2025 Community Arts Access Tier 1 & 2 Grant Program

The Community Arts Access Tier 1 & 2 grant provides arts activity support to arts and non-arts organizations and unincorporated groups. Donor Name: North Dakota Council on the Arts State: North Dakota County: All Counties Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 09/27/2024 Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000 Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year Details: Program Goals To encourage groups to enhance the quality of programming and expand audiences in rural and urban areas while building capacity. To promote knowledge and appreciation of the arts in North Dakota. Funding Information Minimum award request: $1,250 Maximum award request: May not exceed $4,000 or 75% of the total project cash expenses, whichever is less. Grant Period November 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. Uses of Funds Arts activities including but not limited to art festivals, exhibitions, performance series, touring performances or exhibits and stand-alone single discipline or multidisciplinary arts projects of all forms. Eligibility Criteria An organization may be the official applicant on only one application in this program. An affiliate and its host organization may not both apply for a grant from the same program. However, more than one affiliate of the same host may receive funding. Example: two distinct groups within a university may receive funding for different projects within the same fiscal year. Applicants must be one of the following 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. Public entity such as a unit of state, local, or tribal government An affiliate arts-presenting or arts-producing organization – A distinct program or division hosted within an in-state 501(c)(3) tax-exempt institution or public institution (such as an arts division of a city or tribal government, a public or nonprofit college or university, or a community service nonprofit organization) that provides arts programming or services for the general public. Arts budgets must be isolated from the larger entity’s budget. Fiscally sponsored groups with art projects must be comprised of at least three (3) people and have an advisory committee of at least three (3) people who are responsible for the oversight of project and grant funds. Fiscal sponsors must be a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, unit of state or local government, or federally recognized tribal community or tribe. All Applicants Must Be physically located in North Dakota Have the majority of arts programming, services, or activities take place in North Dakota Primarily serve and engage North Dakota audiences and participants. For more information, visit NDCA.