Deadline: 10-Nov-20
United Arts Council has declared the Wake County Nonprofit Arts Relief Fund.
In Wake County, the arts are a powerful force — forming connections, opening doors, and enriching life experiences. The local arts organizations and artists based here are vital to a thriving economy.
The Wake County arts and cultural community has been inordinately damaged by the COVID-19 outbreak and associated business restrictions. To mitigate the impacts of and alleviate operational disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wake County Board of Commissioners and the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County created the Wake County Nonprofit Arts Relief Fund.
Funding Information
- Eligible applicants may request to be reimbursed for eligible expenses incurred March-December 2020. The maximum request is 10% of the most recent 3-year average operating expenses or $50,000, whichever is less. The maximum request for culturally specific organizations is 20% of the most recent 3-year average operating expenses or $50,000, whichever is less.
Eligible Operating Expenses
When building your claim of eligible expenses, the following expenses that were or will be incurred between March 1 and December 30, 2020, can be considered:
- Paid salaries and benefits (including contractors);
- On-going operating expenses such as rent, utilities, or insurance;
- Established monthly expenses such as loan payments;
- Costs associated with canceling programs, such as contractual payments to venues, vendors, etc.;
- Costs of pivoting to remote/virtual programs and services;
- Costs of mitigating the spread of COVID-19, such as cleaning, PPE, physical barriers, etc.;
- And other business-critical operating expenses;
- All claimed expenses must be supported by documentation.
Eligibility Requirements
To be eligible for funding, all applicants must:
- Be a Wake County-based, IRS-recognized 501(c)3 tax-exempt nonprofit in “good status” as a nonprofit corporation and up to date with IRS 990 filings.
- Function as a nonprofit arts or cultural organization with programs directly related to the creation, education, preservation, presentation of arts or cultural programming, and be the primary presenter/producer of the work.
- Offer programming accessible to members of the public in Wake County for at least the last three consecutive years.
- Have at least one paid staff person or board member (i.e., treasurer) who will be designated as the administrator of the grant funds.
- Have not received any direct assistance from the State of North Carolina in Session Law 2020-97.
- Have received private funding since March 1, 2020 or have an active plan to achieve private funding in an amount equal to the grant amount requested.
- Demonstrate the costs of business interruption and expenses caused by required closures between March 1, 2020 and December 30, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in at least the amount of the grant request.
For more information, visit https://unitedarts.org/grants/wake-arts-relief-fund/