Enrichment Micro-Grants for Community Impact
GrantID: 58024
Grant Funding Amount Low: $2,000
Deadline: Ongoing
Grant Amount High: $5,000
Summary
This grant opportunity is designed to support small professional arts organizations operating within a specific U.S. state, offering general operating support rather than funds tied to a specific project. The goal is to strengthen organizations whose annual budgets fall under a certain threshold and who may face historic barriers related to geography, equity, disability, race or economic status. Eligible recipients include nonprofit theatres, collectives or fiscally‑sponsored groups that present live or virtual programming open to the public; commercial businesses and for‑profit LLCs are not eligible in this case.
Award amounts range from roughly $2,000 to $5,000 per organization. The funds are flexible, allowing recipients to use them for capacity‑building, stabilization, paying artists, maintaining operations, expanding access, or improving their community‑oriented programming. Applicants are asked to demonstrate how support would enhance their ability to engage their audience, serve their community, and compensate creators fairly.
Applications open annually with defined deadlines; for example one cycle opens in early December and closes in mid‑January. The geographic focus is state‑wide, serving organizations based and working in every county of the state (not just the major metro area). Applicants must have been active for at least two years, be based in the state, have a publicly accessible creative program, and have a recent annual operating budget under the specified cap. They should demonstrate a commitment to allocating a significant portion of any awarded funds to directly supporting artists.
Overall, this funding opportunity is meant to be inclusive, relatively low‑barrier, and oriented toward organizations that are important to their local communities but may have fewer resources. It is a chance for smaller theatres to gain support for ongoing operations, diversified programming, and better access to funding that hasn’t always reached them.
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