Arts Midwest is now accepting applications for Cultural Sustainability: Equity-Based Operating Grants, a pilot program that offers grants of up to $67,000 to small arts and culture organizations that are rooted in communities of color.
- What is it? Cultural Sustainability: Equity-Based Operating Grants is a general operating grant pilot program that offers grants of up to $67,000.
- Who can apply? Arts and cultural organizations rooted in communities of color with annual operating expenses up to $500,000. Nonprofit organizations, fiscally sponsored organizations, and federally recognized tribes can all apply for this grant.
- Where? Your organization must be located and operate within Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, or the Native Nations that share this geography.*
- When to apply? Applications close at 11:59 pm CST on October 15, 2024. Grants will be made in January 2025.
* If your organization is located outside of Arts Midwest’s nine-state region, you still may qualify for a Cultural Sustainability grant through another US. Regional Arts Organization. Learn more here.