Deadline: 08-Jul-20
The Arts Midwest has announced the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund to provide financial support to catalyze recovery and build resilience for arts and cultural organizations facing disruption and loss during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The impact of COVID-19 has created incredible financial obstacles for the arts, with some estimates placing losses for the sector at $6.8 billion – the equivalent of a 26 percent deficit for organizations in the field over the course of just one year. These losses exacerbate deep, existing inequities present across the Midwest and the nation.
Historically under-resourced communities and organizations now face an additional lack of access to critical support, investment, and capitalization to weather the pandemic, putting their work acutely at risk.
Funding Information
An initiative of the United States Regional Arts Organizations made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund will award grants of $30,000 – $75,000 to small and mid-sized arts organizations in the Midwest, prioritizing organizations that are led by and serving people of color and Indigenous people, and/or led by and serving people from rural communities.
Eligibility Criteria
An organization is eligible for consideration if they meet the following criteria:
- Is a small or mid-size arts organization of any artistic discipline and practice.
- Is led by and/or represents and serves populations and communities that have historically had unequal access to resources for support, investment, and capitalization.
- Is a 501c3 nonprofit organization.
- Has a DUNS (Dunn and Bradstreet number), which is free and can be obtained here.
- Is located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, or the Native nations that share this geography.
- Priority will be given to organizations with recent annual organizational budgets of $250,000 to $10 million (pre-COVID19). Organizations with budgets between $150,000 – $250,000 that operate in severely under-resourced circumstances with a record of vision and impact on community may be considered.
For more information, visit https://www.artsmidwest.org/programs/resiliencefund
