Deadline: 18-Jan-22
The Tennessee Arts Commission’s Arts Project Support Grant is now open for arts projects and activities across all disciplines that focus on community vitality and engagement in urban counties.
An organization may submit only one Arts Project Support application for any given fiscal year. Arts Project Support applicants may not apply for operational support or a rural arts project support grant. If eligible, an organization may also submit applications in the Arts Access and Arts Education categories for distinct projects. Organizations eligible to apply in more than one grant category in a single fiscal year must submit applications for unrelated, separate and distinct projects projects. Organizations may not apply in different categories to support different activities of the same project or event.
Funding Information
Funds awarded to a single organization in these categories range from $500 to $12,000 for non-arts organizations and arts organizations, and entities of local government. Arts organizations serving a statewide audience may apply for up to $14,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- K-12 schools are not eligible under this category. Arts education-based projects, especially those primarily serving youth, must be submitted in one of the Arts Education grant categories.
- Applicant organizations must be chartered in Tennessee. National or regional 501(c)3 organizations, chartered in Tennessee, and serving as an umbrella organization applying for funds for another group are restricted to one application only per fiscal year. All Nonprofit, 501(c)3 applicants must upload the most recent copy of their by-laws. All Nonprofit, 501(c)3 applicants must upload these to their organization profile during registration, prior to submitting on their application.
- Arts organizations that receive revenue directly from a “New Specialty Earmarked Plate” are ineligible for Commission grant funding.
- Debarment and Suspension. Grantees are required to sign contracts certifying to the best of its knowledge and belief, that it, its current and future principals, its current and future subcontractors and their principals are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any federal or state department or agency.
For more information, visit https://tnartscommission.org/grants/arts-project-supportrural-arts-project-support/