Regional consortia of local arts agencies must apply to receive grant funding to distribute as Artist Support Grants to individual artists within their area for professional and artistic development, equipment purchase, professional development, travel, and promotional materials.
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Get matched →This category funds regional consortia of local arts agencies that award project grants to artists within their area. The Artist Support Grant provides direct support to individual artists, funding professional and artistic development for emerging and established artists to enhance their skills and abilities to create work or to improve their business operations and capacity to bring their work to new audiences.
Applicant must be a nonprofit organization in good standing with the state of North Carolina (or an organization that has applied for nonprofit status using a fiscal agent); have been producing quality arts programs for at least two years; and have prior-year organizational cash operating expenses of at least $20,000. Tribal organizations must represent North Carolina or federally-recognized tribes. North Carolina municipalities, schools, and universities are also eligible; colleges and universities may receive grants for community-based programs or area-wide arts involvement only, not internal programs.
Every listing links to the organizer's official page. Always confirm deadlines, fees, and entry rules there before you apply.
Applicants must have a nonprofit organization profile in the grant system with details including authorized signatory, Employer Identification Number (EIN) and Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) numbers, mission statement, and documentation of nonprofit status. Each applicant must also set up a separate user profile.
Creative Economies Director Leigh Ann Wilder, 919-814-6508, [email protected]