Arts Midwest Announces Cultural Sustainability: Equity-Based Operating Grants

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 CT on October 15, 2024. Grants will be made in January 2025.

Consider attending the live informational webinar to learn more about Cultural Sustainability: Equity-Based Operating Grants. The webinar will be held at 1pm CT, September 19, 2024.