Brief Description
Every year the Central Minnesota Community Foundation opens this grant round to support small to medium sizes arts organizations in Central Minnesota and arts activities conducted by other organizations. The goal is to make the arts more accessible to area residents.
What We Fund
Support Strategies:
- Program development and implementation
- General support
Eligible organizations:
- 501(c) 3 Nonprofit Organizations
- Schools
- Government entities
Geographic Area: Grant must serve the residents of
- Benton County
- Stearns County
- Sherburne County
- Wright County
Funding Amount Range: $5,000 to $7,500
Focus Areas
- Arts: Visual Art or Performing Arts (dance, music, drama)
- Support small to medium size organizations
- Support organizations to:
- Create access to the arts
- Support the appreciation of the arts
- Increase art education
- Engage people in arts performances or arts exhibits
Favorable Considerations
- Show artistic quality and merit of art projects or programs
- Demonstrates community demand or need for the art program or project
- Build or support collaborative efforts and involve other community partners
- Make a visible positive impact In the community
- Has the potential to inspire additional investments in the community
- Projects/Programs that support diversity, equity and inclusion. (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Policy)
What We Don’t Fund
- Individuals
- Religious organizations for religious purposes (Funding for Faith-Based Organizations Policy)
- Multi-year requests
- Political organizations or political campaigns
- Annual fundraising drives
- Endowments
- Debt retirement or deficit financing
- Projects that have already been completed
- Scholarships or medical research
- Grants for travel or conferences
- Government funding that has been reduced or eliminated