Deadline: 1-Oct-22
The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) is pleased to announce an open call for the Project Grant in Healthcare (PGH).
Project Grants in Healthcare (PGH) provide matching grants for arts projects that connect teaching artists with healthcare in hospitals or other healthcare settings such as hospices or community health agencies. Teaching artists experienced in healthcare settings need to partner with one or more licensed healthcare staff to implement the project. Arts-based professional development with a variety of staff from the healthcare organization is also strongly encouraged, with a priority placed on experiential learning and job-embedded experiences. Funds can support artists’ and other arts professionals’ fees including mileage and supplies and materials.
Funding Information
Project Grants in Healthcare (PGH) provide up to $9,000 matching grants.
Ineligible Projects
Council support may NOT be used for:
- Capital projects. Bricks and mortar activities and capital improvements, or for the purchase of permanent equipment.
- Addressing Debt. Eliminating or reducing existing debt, or for contributions to an endowment fund.
- Fundraising. Fundraising efforts, such as social events or benefits.
- Prizes and awards. Note: your project having an award or competition component does not make the project ineligible; RISCA funds just may not be used for the prize or award.
- Hospitality expenses. This includes food and beverages for openings or receptions. Under no circumstances will the purchase of alcoholic beverages be supported. Note: your project can have hospitality expenses; RISCA funds just may not be used for hospitality expenses.
- Expenses outside of award period. Expenses incurred or activities occurring prior to July 1 or after June 30 in the fiscal year in which the grant has been awarded.
- Regranting funds. Applications where the purpose is to “regrant” or award funds using some or all of the RISCA grant funds.
- Undergraduate or graduate school activities. Activities which are part of a graduate or undergraduate degree program, or for which academic credit is received.
- Religious activities. Applications for projects that proselytize or promote religious activities, or which take place as part of a religious service.
- Private functions, or programs that are not ADA complaint. Performances and exhibitions not available to the general public, or which are inaccessible to people with disabilities
Eligibility Criteria
- A non-profit, health-based (clinical, behavioral, and public health) organization. The organization must be incorporated in and conduct business in the State of Rhode Island, with 501(c)3 tax exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service, governed by a revolving board of directors, trustees or advisory board drawn from the community at large and shown to be actively involved in the governance of the organization.
- If your organization is incorporated in a state outside of Rhode Island, they may still apply for a grant. The organization must show that its principal place of business is in Rhode Island, it is registered with the Secretary of State’s office, it is producing programming predominantly in Rhode Island, and it is governed by a revolving board of directors, trustees or advisory board drawn from the Rhode Island community and shown to be actively involved in the governance of the organization. Please contact the Arts in Healthcare program coordinator, for more information
- A non-exempt, Rhode Island-based health-based (clinical, behavioral, and public health) organization using a fiscal sponsor that fits the above requirements.
- Eligible health care sites might include non-profit: hospitals, rehabilitation centers, facilities serving the elderly, veterans’ homes, hospice care programs, etc.
For more information, visit RISCA.
For more information, visit https://risca.online/grants/art-and-health-project-grant/