Supported by the Community Foundation of the Ozarks and the Musgrave Foundation, this is a grant-making program that aids in organizational support, collaborative partnership opportunities, and program assistance for non-profit arts and culture organizations that are also members of the Springfield Regional Arts Council.

2022 Guidelines

• The applicant must be a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, government entity, school district, or tax-exempt faith-based organization with a primary mission in the arts.
• This funding is targeted to organizations working in the arts in the SRAC’s 27-county service area. Organizations not primarily working in the arts are not eligible for this grant program.
• Organizations must be established and have proof of a 3-year track record.

2022 Funding Priorities

• Agencies may apply for up to $5,000 in funding. Matching funds are not required for this grant application.
• Operating support including, but not limited to, rent, payroll, utilities, facility maintenance, and technology.
• Recovery-based projects including the reintroduction of in-person programming, new audience development or rebuilding projects, strategic planning, and other planning efforts.
  
  

In awarding grants, the SRAC will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status. As part of the grant process, all grantees will be required to affirm that, in providing services funded in whole or in part by a CFO grant, the grantee will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status either in its employment practices or in its policies and procedures concerning access to services.

Contact Leslie Forrester, SRAC Executive Director, with questions about this grant program.

Applications to this grant program are due April 11, 2022 at 11:45 p.m. Click the link below and search using the keyword “arts” to find the Arts & Culture grant opportunity.