Wavemaker Arts Grants are available to arts non-profit organizations providing inclusive arts and culture programming in Tempe (501c3 status required).
Donor Name: City of Tempe
State: Arizona
City: Tempe
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline:  07/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Community Arts Grants Program supports a commitment to advancing Tempe as a vibrant and progressive community for cultural and artistic activity, and aims to fulfill the following recommendations from the Arts and Culture Plan:

Increase and promote Community-Initiated Arts projects
Support community festivals celebrating cultural diversity
Continue, expand and enhance informal arts programming provided in community settings

Funding Information
Up to $10,000
Project Period
Project must take place in Tempe between September 1, 2024 – July 30, 2025.
Expectations

Requests may include services of artists, professional services, stipends, supplies, production costs, space rentals, food, marketing and/or printing.
Project structures may include:

Performances
Residencies/Workshops
Festivals

Eligibility Criteria

Non-Profit organizations providing arts programming in Tempe (501c3 status required) 
Applicants are only eligible to receive one Community Arts Grant per year (September 1-June 30) 

Restrictions

activities that occur outside of the City of Tempe; 
entirely virtual programming (activities can simultaneously occur in-person/virtual); 
permanent enhancements of infrastructure (i.e. murals or public art); 
construction or renovation of facilities, reduction of debt, feasibilities studies; 
projects in schools (see Arts in Schools Grant); 
parent teacher organizations (i.e. booster clubs, PTA or PTO) or TCA home/resident companies; 
projects associated with universities or colleges; 
projects funded by a TCC Grant or a Neighborhood Grant; 
for-profit organizations or organizations that are incorporated for religious purposes or projects that focus on religious themes; 
an organization or learning institution’s administrative or artistic staff salaries; grant administration, overhead or processing fees taken by an umbrella/parent organization as a percentage of the total award; 
fundraising, re-granting, scholarship programs or awards; 
an applicant who failed to submit a Final Report from a previously funded grant.

For more information, visit City of Tempe.