Deadline: 20-Sep-22
The North Dakota Council on the Arts is seeking applications for its Special Projects Grant Program to provide art experiences for diverse populations in North Dakota.
The North Dakota groups and individual artists initiate new art events of all disciplines and forms utilizing North Dakota or out-of-state artists/artist groups.
Funding Information
- Maximum award request: May not exceed $1,500 or 50% of the total project cash expenses, whichever is less.
- Grants to individuals are taxable income. Applicants who need further information are encouraged to contact a tax preparer.
- Matching Funds
- A 1:1 match is required. For every one NDCA dollar requested, the applicant must match or raise one dollar from a cash source other than from NDCA and National Endowment for the Arts.
- Match sources may include general operating funds, past surpluses, other grants, earned income or revenue that is planned to be raised specifically for the project, and documented in-kind services and contributions.
Note: There is limited funding available for this program. Early submission is highly recommended. Applications are reviewed and grants awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis and it is not guaranteed that funds will be available for all the panel dates listed.
Program Funds
- Initiating new art events of all disciplines/forms (in person or online) including, but not limited to, exhibitions, performances, and festivals.
- Examples:
- An individual artist requests funds to work with a web designer and photographer for an online event that has not been done before, which will support engaging sustainable audiences and initiating new business practices.
- An annual art festival requests funds to initiate a new music performance series for youth.
- A fiscally sponsored group requests funds to stage a musical for a new public performance that has not been done before.
- A city or chamber of commerce requests funds to incorporate art programs into a community gathering.
- Murals, sculptures, or installation of public art pieces, or publications that include community input and participation.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be one of the following:
- Individual artist
- North Dakota State tax-exempt nonprofit arts organization
- Federally tax-exempt nonprofit arts organization
- Federally tax-exempt non-arts organizations and community education units – Arts budgets
- must be isolated from the larger entity’s budget.
- A public entity such as a unit of state, local, or tribal government
- An affiliate arts presenting or producing organization hosted within a North Dakota 501(c)(3) tax-exempt institution or public institution – An arts affiliate is a distinct program or division within a public or 501(c)(3) nonprofit nonarts organization (such as an arts division of a city or tribal government, a public or nonprofit college or university, or a community service nonprofit) that provides arts programming or services that primarily serve the general public. It has a distinct and separate budget from the host organization for arts programming. An affiliate and its host organization may not both apply for a grant, however, more than one affiliate of the same host may receive funding.
- Fiscally sponsored groups with art projects – A fiscally sponsored group must be comprised of at least three people, have an advisory committee of at least three people that is responsible for oversight of project and grant funds, and a fiscal sponsor. Fiscal sponsors must be a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization, unit of state or local government, or federally recognized tribal community or tribe.
Program Does Not Fund
- Activities or programs that do not intentionally engage an audience.
- Activities or programs that have been offered on an ongoing basis with the same format and purpose. Example: Hiring the same touring performing group year after year for an annual arts festival without a different focus or to support an arts event that has already been established.
- Activities or programs where teaching and/or learning is the outcome.
- Activities or programs that take place as part of the K-16 school-day curriculum and activities in public, private, alternative, charter, and home schools. This includes costs to subsidize school participation (e.g. tickets, bussing, etc.)
For more information, visit https://www.arts.nd.gov/grants/arts-organizations/special-projects