This online Guide to Grants for Major Arts Partners (MAP) Fiscal Year 2013 includes information and application materials for grant programs designed for eligible nonprofit tax-exempt organizations with a three-year average budget equal to or greater than $1 million.
The Arts Council offers grants for Major Arts Partners in two categories:
- General Operating Support
- Arts in Education
Grant awards for FY13 are made for projects, programs and activities occurring between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013.
Grant funds are supplementary to the budget of any grantee. Applicants are encouraged to secure and demonstrate broadly based financial commitments for the proposal submitted.
Grant awards are based on anticipated Arkansas Arts Council revenues and can be reduced at any time during the grant period.
To be eligible to become a Major Arts Partner, an organization must
- Be a 501(c)(3) arts organization with a three-year average total income equal to or greater than $1 million for FY09 (2008-09), FY10 (2009-10), and FY11 (2010-11)
- Generate at least 25% of operating revenues from earned income
- Generate at least 25% of operating revenues from contributed income or sponsorships exclusive of endowment income
- Have a staff person designated to develop and implement the pre K-12 educational outreach program if applying for an AIE grant
Eligible Major Arts Partners may submit a maximum of two proposals—one application in the MAP General Operating Support category and one in a MAP Arts in Education category.
Specific match requirements are noted in the instructions for each grant category. Grant requests must be matched by cash from sources other than the Arkansas Arts Council, the Mid-America Arts Alliance, or the National Endowment for the Arts. Portions of the proposal not involved in the specific Arts Council request and its match may be funded by government sources.
Matching funds that are anticipated at the time of application must be received and obligated no later than June 30, 2013.
In-kind contributions may not be used as matching funds on applications or counted as matching funds on final report.
MAP applicants may request a maximum of 5% of the average of its last three years adjusted actual operating income in FY09, FY10, and FY11 up to $75,000.
The MAP organizations were panel reviewed for General Operating Support in FY12 as the first year of a three-year review cycle. While the panel ranking remains constant, request amounts in Years 2 and 3 are determined each year from 5% of the average of the last three completed years' total incomes up to $75,000. Final grant awards are determined by staff review once the eligible request amounts are adjusted by the FY12 panel scores.
For example, the request for FY13 would be based on 5% of the average actual income totals from FY09, FY10, and FY11. The grant award would be the result of the request factored by the panel score from FY12 and the amount of money available to grant out.
Major Arts Partners can apply for proposal funding in one of three Arts in Education categories:
AIE In-School Residency (AIE ISR) grants of up to $40,000 are awarded to place professional artists in residencies at specific school sites or in conjunction with other nonprofit community or governmental organizations and institutions. The AIE In-School Residency program provides a way for artists to demonstrate their art form, create or perform works of art so that participants may observe the creative process and relate their art form to other pre K-12 curriculum areas.
AIE After-School/Summer Residency (AIE AS/SR) grants of up to $10,000 are awarded to sponsor artist residencies that provide positive alternatives for children and youth during non-school hours.
AIE Arts Curriculum Project (AIE ACP) grants up to $10,000 are awarded to schools and nonprofit or governmental organizations and institutions to help support projects that advance the goal of arts as a basic part of education. Projects must seek to enhance current arts curricula or must assist in the goal of establishing on-going arts programming and/or curricula in schools and organizations.
Click on the files listed below to find specifics in the two Major Arts Partner grant Programs:
- FY13 MAP GOS Program
- FY13 MAP AIE Program