The Arts Project Support Grants is designed to support artists’ and organizations’ quality arts projects, marketing, and events and/or their commitment to improving themselves and/or their work artistically.
Donor Name: South Carolina Arts Commission
State: South Carolina
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/04/2025
Size of the Grant: Up to $2,500 within a fiscal year
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
These grants support an artist’s or organization’s quality arts project or program or their commitment to improving themselves and/or their work artistically. Among other things, the APS grant can be used to build and/or increase technical, online, or virtual capacity; for supporting art projects in public spaces, community arts development, or professional development for artists and arts administration staff.
Funding Information
Up to $2,500.
Grant Period
August 6, 2024 – May 31, 2025.
Uses of funds 
Grant funds must be used for actual project costs, defined as consumable and non-consumable items needed to complete the proposed project (including, but not limited to):

For Artists

Technical, online, or virtual capacity building (e.g., website development, technical support, digital skills training)
Equipment (e.g., airless paint sprayer, kilns, lighting or sound equipment, musical instruments, storage)
Furniture (e.g., easels, music stands)
Professional services (e.g., project-specific general liability insurance, performance space rental, web designer, consultant fees)
Professional development (e.g., conference or membership fees, artist residencies, public art training, booth, or conference fees)
Marketing (e.g. artist branding, event marketing, developing/redeveloping online presence; print or digital materials e.g. flyers, posters, catalogs).

For Organizations

Technical, online, or virtual capacity building (e.g., website development, technical support)
Equipment (e.g., kilns, lighting or sound equipment, musical instruments, storage)
Furniture (e.g., easels, music sands)
Professional services (e.g., performance space rental, web designer, consultant and/or cultural plan development fees)
Professional development (e.g., public art facilitation training, conference, or membership fees).

Geographical Areas 
Priority will be given to individuals or organizations that have projects in SCAC’s Opportunity Initiative Counties:

Allendale
Bamberg
Calhoun
Cherokee
Clarendon
Dillon
Edgefield
Hampton
Jasper
Laurens
Lee
Marion
Marlboro
Saluda
Williamsburg

Eligibility Criteria 

For Artists 

The applicant must meet all the following eligibility requirements:
Be a practicing artist in one of the following disciplines:

Dance (choreography or performance)
Music (composition or performance)
Opera/musical theatre (production or performance)
Theatre (performance or playwriting)
Visual arts (painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, or printmaking)
Crafts (ceramics, fiber, glass, leather, metal, paper, plastic, or wood)
Photography
Design arts (architecture, fashion, graphic, industrial, or interior)
Media arts (film, animation, including production or screenwriting)
Literature (poetry or prose)
Spoken word/slam poetry
Time-based arts (installation, sound, video art, animation, film, computer generated art, or performance art)
Public art (ephemeral or permanent)

Be a legal resident of the U.S. and S.C., with a permanent residence in the state for at least one year prior to the application and throughout the grant period.
Be 18 years of age or older at the time of application.
Not be a degree-seeking student during the grant period.

For Organizations 

The applicant must be:

a unit of government, OR
a nonprofit organization

currently registered as a charity with the S.C. Secretary of State’s Office

Note: Applicants who are exempt from this registration must upload their registration exemption approval.

reflecting S.C. as the primary address on all current official organizational documents
with federal tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service
OR

applying through a tax-exempt fiscal agent/receiver organization
Note: Applicants who are applying through a fiscal agent/receiver must submit a letter outlining the working relationship and responsibilities of both parties.

In accordance with federal government policy, all organizations – including (but not limited to) private schools, public school districts, government entities, and nonprofit organizations – must provide a valid UEI number to receive an SCAC grant award.

For more information, visit SCAC.