The Nexus Grant offers $5,000 grants for new and emerging local small organizations, individual artists, and small arts businesses to produce creative public projects.
Donor Name: City of Austin
State: Texas
City: Austin
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/14/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Nexus grant is designed to nurture new and emerging applicants in the creative community. Funds support creative public activities for the city and its tourists through community-centered arts activities and collaboration.
Grant funds may cover administrative costs, equipment and space rentals, marketing, and other eligible expenditures.
Collaborations might include activities that involve:

Artists
Culturally specific groups
Groups representing LGBTQIA and disability communities
Nonprofits
Social advocacy organizations.

Priority will be given to:

Applicants that are representative of, serve and are accountable to communities that are at immediate risk of cultural erasure and displacement within Austin and/or have been institutionally marginalized and under-funded by the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division. This may include applicants that directly serve Black/African American, Native American, Asian, Hispanic/Latino, Middle Eastern, and Pacific Islander communities or LGBTQIA+ and/or disability communities.
Applicants who have never received City of Austin Cultural Funding awards in the last five years.

Funding Information
The Nexus award is $5,000.
Eligible Activities

Exhibitions
Performances
Workshops and classes that include a performance or exhibition
Public art projects that are installed on public or private property and accessible by the public.

Eligible Expenses

Payments to administrators and artists
Space rentals
Equipment rentals (not purchases)
Supplies and materials
Marketing and promotion expenses
Insurance costs
Fiscal sponsor fee, if applicable.

Eligible Applicants 

501(c) nonprofit arts organization:

Maximum Annual Expenses: $150,000.
Maximum Request Amount: $5,000.

An individual aged 18 or older:

Maximum Annual Expenses: $150,000.
Maximum Request Amount: $5,000.

Creative Business:

Maximum Annual Expenses: $150,000.
Maximum Request Amount: $5,000.

For more information, visit City of Austin.