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The South Carolina Arts Commission is offering a Festivals Program Grant to support a broad range of arts activities at festivals in South Carolina communities.
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Get matched →The Festivals Program Grant, offered by the South Carolina Arts Commission, aims to support a wide range of arts activities at festivals that significantly impact local communities. By fostering public engagement and participation in arts and culture, this grant prioritizes festivals in underserved areas, enhancing access to creative experiences for all. Applications are expected to reopen late winter 2025.
Up to US $7,500.
Applicants must be a unit of state or local government, or a nonprofit organization currently registered as a charity with the S.C. Secretary of State’s Office, reflecting S.C. as the primary address on all current official organizational documents, and with federal tax-exempt status or applying through a tax-exempt fiscal agent/receiver organization. All organizations must provide a valid UEI number to receive an SCAC grant award.
Allowable activities are limited to: arts programming, temporary art installations, commissions, or licensing fees for original works; artistic, administrative, technical, marketing salary support and/or contractual fees paid to artists, musicians, curators, programmers, and/or arts presenters/performers including travel and lodging; event production costs for equipment/venue rentals and operation; marketing including graphic design services, advertising space, and promotional materials; and items or services ensuring program accessibility as mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Any activities carried out within this grant must align with state guidelines regarding COVID-19.
A 1:1 match (grantee:SCAC) is required. Up to 50% of the grantee’s match may be through an in-kind donation of materials and/or contracted services, such as a waived or discounted contracted fee.
Every listing links to the organizer's official page. Always confirm deadlines, fees, and entry rules there before you apply.
Special consideration will be given to festivals in underserved communities where people lack arts programs, services, or resources due to geography, economic conditions, cultural background, socio-political circumstances, disability, age or other demonstrable factors. Priority will be given to applicants that have projects in SCAC’s Opportunity Initiative Counties.
The applicant must be a nonprofit arts organization or unit of state or local government, not an individual artist. Unallowable activities include but are not limited to: non-arts activities; food and beverages; festivals organized for or by political parties; trade fairs, commercial events, and consumer shows; events produced solely as fundraisers or contributing to endowments; an organization’s season or a seasonal series; competitions and award ceremonies; cash prizes, purchase/awards, plaques; re-granting; sports and recreation activities; scholarship programs, pageants, conferences, symposiums, or seminars; showcases or recitals.