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Arts organizations apply for up to $3,000 in project funding for arts and cultural initiatives in Greenville County with a required 2:1 match.
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Get matched →- Deadline
- annual cycle, check dates
- Entry fee
- Free
- Award
- $3,000
- Location
- Greenville County, South Carolina
About
Overview
The Metropolitan Arts Council's Quarterly Project Grant Program provides funding to arts and cultural organizations for projects that benefit the Greenville County community. Eligible expenses include artist fees, production or exhibition-related costs, and marketing and promotion campaigns.
Eligibility
Applicants must be a unit of government or charitable organization with current registration from the Office of the Secretary of State of South Carolina, be located in and serving Greenville County residents, and show the ability to collect required matching funds.
Funding & Match
Awards up to $3,000.00 per project with a 2:1 (applicant to MAC) match required. Organizations with outstanding MAC project support activities are ineligible until previous grant requirements are completed. No more than two grants may be awarded to an applicant within one fiscal/calendar year. A single project cannot be funded from two separate quarterly grants. GOS-funded organizations are given lower priority.
2026 Deadlines
- 1st Q: Monday, February 16 – project initiation May–July, 2026
- 2nd Q: Friday, May 15 – project initiation August–October, 2026
- 3rd Q: Friday, August 14 – project initiation November, 2026–January, 2027
- 4th Q: Monday, November 16 – project initiation February–April, 2027
- Award
- Up to $3,000.00 per award
- Entry fee
- Free to enter
- Entries per artist
- Up to 2
- Theme
- Projects that provide funding mechanisms for artist payments, promote cultural tourism, advance organizational capacity, ensure arts access, stimulate economic and community development, and develop new arts audiences.
- Eligibility
- Must be a unit of government or charitable organization registered with South Carolina, located in and serving Greenville County, and able to collect required matching funds.
- Priority given to
- Non-GOS organizations prioritized over General Operating Support recipients
- Audience
- Arts and cultural organizations in Greenville County
- Format
- Ship your work in
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