The Community Event Mini-Grants support arts organizations, businesses, neighborhood associations, individual artists, groups of artists, non-arts nonprofits, and community-based organizations with project expenses associated with presenting multigenerational, free gatherings with arts components in communities.
Donor Name: Fund for the Arts
State: Indiana, Kentucky
County: Bullitt County (KY), Clark County (IN), Floyd County (IN), Harrison County (IN), Jefferson County (KY), Oldham County (KY), Shelby County (KY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 10/18/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Funding Information

Applicants may request between $500 and $5,000 in Mini-Grant funding. 
Requests up to $2,000 do not require matching funds. 
A 1:1 match is required for all funds requested above $2,000, so that a $2,500 request would require a $500 match and a $5,000 request would require a $3,000 match. 
The 1:1 match for funds requested above $2,000 may consist of cash or the value of in-kind donations of goods and services.

Eligible Requests

Event must contain an element that is artistic in nature, including either performance, exhibit, culinary arts, or creation and engagement in artistic exercise.
Event should include a physical, in-person event to happen in a specific neighborhood in Greater Louisville.
Event budget should be reasonable and sufficient to execute the project within the project period.
Event must be free and open to the public.

Who may apply?
Individuals, Groups, and Organizations who are based in the Greater Louisville area, including the following counties: Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham, and Shelby counties in Kentucky; Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana are eligible to apply. Applicants may submit proposals as an individual, a group or organization without tax-exempt status, or as a nonprofit organization.
Partnership Guidelines

Community-based applicants are strongly encouraged to apply with an artist or arts organization as a Partner. 
Artists and arts organizations are strongly encouraged to apply with a community-based individual or group as a Partner. 
Individuals, groups, or organizations that are both community-based and arts-based are welcome to apply with additional Partners, but this is not required if the applicant represents both the community connection and arts elements for this application. 

For more information, visit Fund for the Arts.