Deadline: 26-Feb-21
The Illinois Prairie Community Foundation is currently accepting applications for the Mirza/Arts & Culture Grants Program.
The Illinois Prairie Community Foundation connects people who care with causes that matter by offering philanthropic leadership, organization and grant-making for the long-term enrichment of the community.
Grants available in the fields of art, music education, theater education/enrichment, and/or the performing, visual and literary arts.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must represent a 501 (c)(3) organization, an organization with a fiscal sponsor that is a 501 (c)(3) organization, a unit of municipal, county, state, or federal government (including public schools), a nonprofit institute of higher learning, or a tax-exempt religious organization or place of worship (programs may not proselytize for a particular religion or cause).
- Programs must be available to residents of McLean, DeWitt, Livingston, or Logan Counties; however, programs do not have to serve all four counties. The one exception is Shulman Grants which must be based in McLean County.
- Programs must be operated and organized in such a manner that no applicable anti-discrimination laws are violated.
- Organizations that have received past grants from Illinois Prairie Community Foundation must be current on all final reports.
- The Executive Director, CEO, or Board President of an organization must approve the application.
- They do not fund non-program-related expenses, endowment campaigns, annual fundraising events and expenses, capital improvements or expenditures, conference or continuing education expenses, or scholarships to schools or colleges/universities.
- They give the greatest consideration to programs that have the potential to be on-going and self-sufficient beyond the time of funding, offer solutions to address the program goal by building on proven practical methods, facilitate cooperation and collaboration among organizations, and offer clear methods of measuring and reporting results with emphasis on objective, quantifiable measurements.
For more information, visit https://ilprairiecf.org/spring-grants