The Asian Cultural Council (ACC) offers Organization Grants to arts and culture organizations in Asia and the U.S. to promote cultural exchange through travel and collaborative activities for their staff, communities, and collaborators.
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Get matched →The Asian Cultural Council (ACC) offers Organization Grants to arts and culture organizations in Asia and the U.S., promoting cultural exchange through travel and collaborative activities. These grants support immersive experiences, research, and access to artistic communities, fostering international dialogue and relationship-building. Organizations must be nonprofit or educational institutions, legally registered in eligible regions, and demonstrate a minimum of five years of relevant programming. ACC provides additional support to enhance project feasibility.
The ACC Organization Grant program enables arts and culture organizations in Asia and the U.S. to pursue activities that foster meaningful cultural exchange for their staff, communities, and collaborators. The grant may support an organization’s participants to travel to another country, territory, or region for their activities and/or invite and host activity participants in the country, territory, or region where the organization is based.
ACC may award Organization Grants of up to $50,000 USD. ACC determines grant award amounts based on a review of the applicant’s proposed budget, activities, travel duration, and overall application quality. ACC asks applicants to submit a budget that is reasonable and realistic with regards to the plan of activities, travel costs, visa-related expenses, travel health insurance, interpretation services (if necessary), and the cost of living where the activities will take place. Grant amounts may be adjusted if there are changes to the proposed fellowship.
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The organization must be either a nonprofit organization, a government-affiliated or government sponsored arts or cultural institution (e.g. national museums, national or local performing arts centers, etc.), or an academic or higher education institution. The organization must be legally registered and based in one of ACC’s eligible countries, territories, or regions. The organization needs to demonstrate that they have at least five years of artistic and/or cultural programming.