The City of Savannah is accepting applications is accepting applications for its 2025 Arts & Cultural Enrichment Grant Program to provide high quality, innovative and creative art, and cultural programs.
Donor Name: City of Savannah
State:
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: (mm/dd/yyyy) 07/28/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The City seeks proposals that position arts, cultural, and creative programs as catalysts to realize the City’s goals of increasing economic growth through skill-building, employment, and entrepreneurship; improving the aesthetics of built environments; building and reinforcing a strong sense of community; engaging, developing and inspiring young people through imaginative approaches; and to increase access to art and culture in close proximity to where residents live.
Funding Information
Applicants may request up to 50% of the cost for each proposed program up to a maximum of $100,000 per application. 
Eligible Expenses 
Funding may be used: 

To support direct project costs associated with the provision of contracted programs, such as artistic/technical/production fees, marketing costs, program/project supplies and materials, equipment rental, etc. 
To support indirect program costs, such as administrative office supplies or internal/external personnel costs associated with the program, up to a maximum of 15% of program expenses.

Funding Priorities 
The City and Cultural Affairs Commission are seeking proposals that strategically position the disciplines of the creative sector to address the following City priorities in a measurable way.  The level of funding and contract awards is contingent on the annual availability of funds and applying for funds does not guarantee a proposal will be recommended or a contract will be awarded.   

Increase economic growth through skill-building, employment, and entrepreneurship. 
Improving the aesthetics of built environments through creative programs. 
Expand art and cultural experiences to new and diverse audiences and participants. 
Build and reinforce a strong sense of community throughout Savannah. 
Engage, develop, and inspire young people through imaginative and innovative approaches. 
Reestablish, enrich, and/or preserve vibrant neighborhoods and the quality of life in Savannah. 
Increase access to art and culture in close proximity to where residents live.

Eligibility Criteria
Applying organizations must meet ALL of the following requirements to be eligible for funding consideration. Please note: These criteria only determine the eligibility of organizations to apply for funding and do not guarantee applicants will be recommended or receive funding. 
Applying organizations must meet ONE of the following: 

Be a cultural/art-focused organization that provides arts/cultural programming for community benefit as part of the organization’s primary mission, OR 
Be a college, university, or other non-profit that is seeking to provide arts/cultural programming as part of its overall services to the community (50% or more of audience/participants may not be students/faculty), OR 
Be a new or emerging organization with a documented history of previous community programs/events (reviews, articles, photos, videos, etc.), articles of incorporation, and proof of determination of tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

Applying organizations must meet ALL of the following: 

Be a legally formed non-profit (not-for-profit) entity registered in the state of Georgia. 
Organizations must have obtained their IRS non-profit status prior to application submission. 
Have an independent functioning board of directors, reflective of the community it serves. 
Be located within the corporate city limits of Savannah and/or provide the majority of the non profit programs in Savannah. 
Project/program manager must permanently reside within the greater Savannah metropolitan area. 
Provide financial information demonstrating ongoing fiscal responsibility and stability (e.g., income/expense statements, completed IRS Form 990/990EZ, financial audit). 
Be able to meet all insurance coverage requirements, including coverage that includes the City and its agents as co-insured parties for the duration of funded activities. 
Have successfully completed the requirements of past contracts with the City and/or be in good standing and compliant with the terms of existing City contracts (if applicable).

For more information, visit City of Savannah.