Fiscal Year 2024

Indiana Arts Commission grants awarded through the Regional Arts Partnership are available to qualifying nonprofit organizations through a competitive application process. Nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations or public entities with eligible arts programming and addresses in the following counties are eligible to apply for funding from the Region 2 Partner, the Community Foundation of St. Joseph County: Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, St. Joseph, and Starke.

Full Application

Deadline: March 9, 2023, 11:59 p.m. EST
Grant Period: Fiscal Year 2024 or July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.

Grant Category Summaries:

More detailed eligibility information is provided in full guideline documents.

• Arts Project Support (APS) grants provide funding to nonprofits, units of government, and schools to support a specific part of the organization’s arts activities, such as a one-time event, a single production, an exhibition, an educational workshop, or a series of related arts activities such as art classes or training sessions. View the guidelines.
• Arts Organization Support (AOS) grants provide annual operating support for the ongoing artistic and administrative functions of nonprofit arts organizations. View the guidelines. The Arts Organization Support program has undergone changes as a result of the programmatic review that took place this year. The IAC led a virtual presentation in December on the coming changes to the application, panel, and funding process. You can watch a recording of the presentation on YouTube.

Accessing the Application

All applications must be completed within the Indiana Arts Commission’s Online Grant System. If accessing the system for the first time, you must first create a profile.

Grant Information Workshops

Current grantees and new applicants are invited and encouraged to learn about the grant categories, the online grant system, application process, and changes for this year. Statewide virtual workshops are scheduled as follows:

• January 19 – Virtual Application Support Session –
  AOS for Returning Applicants (4PM ET) 
• January 24 – Virtual Application Support Session –
  AOS for New Applicants (4PM ET)
• February 7 – Virtual Application Support Session –
  Arts Project Support (4PM ET) 

If you have any questions about the application process, get in touch through our contact form or call us at (574) 232-0041.

The Regional Partnership initiative is made possible in part by the Indiana Arts Commission, a state agency, with funds from the Indiana General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts.