The Division of Arts & Museums offers several grant opportunities for museums and nonprofit organizations. The chart below provides information of grant offerings.
Grant Opportunities |
Basic Information |
Application Guidelines |
Funding Request |
Deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts Education Artist-in-Residence Grants | Provide schools and nonprofit organizations with an artist for a 40-hour residency |
Download FY13 Guidelines | $700 to $3,500 |
March 1, 2012 for FY13** |
| Arts Education Project Grants | Provide for a comprehensive arts education project utilizing the services of artists or artistic companies | Download FY13 Guidelines | $1,000 to $10,000 | March 1, 2012 for FY13** |
| Arts Project Grants | Funding for one-time arts-related projects | Download FY12 Guidelines |
$500 to $2,000 | September 15, 2011 and March 15, 2012 for FY12* |
| Capital Facility Projects | To prioritize capital requests by organizations and museums to the Utah State Legislature | More Information | Legislative Line Item Appropriations |
Applications are closed for FY12* |
| Creative Communities Grants | Creative Communities Grants are not currently funded | |||
| Folk Arts Master Class/Workshops Grants | Designed to help perpetuate traditional folk and ethnic arts |
Guideline for FY13 will be available in 2012 | Maximum of $3,000 | Funding not available for FY12* |
| Folk Arts Project Grants | Designed to assist individual artists and cultural communities in developing, perpetuating or presenting their traditional art forms |
Download FY12 Arts Project Grant Guidelines | $500 to $2,000 | September 15, 2011 and March 15, 2012 for FY12* |
| Local Arts Agency Grants | Annual panel reviewed competitive operations grants for local arts agencies and municipalities | Download FY12 Guidelines |
Maximum of $15,000 | Applications are closed for FY12* |
| Museum Development Grants | Museums that are open less than 1,000 hours per year |
Maximum of $1,000 | March 30, 2012 for FY13** | |
| Museum Interpretation Grants | Museums with a budget of less than $200,000 for interpretive projects |
Visit the Utah Humanities Council for guidelines | Maximum of $2,000 | Visit the Utah Humanities Council for deadlines |
| Museum Project Support Grants | Available to all museums | Download FY13 Guidelines | Maximum of $6,000 | March 30, 2012 for FY13** |
| Nonprofit Arts Organization Capacity Building Grants | Annual panel reviewed competitive grants for general operating expenses | Download FY12 Guidelines | Maximum of $2,500 | Applications are closed for FY12* |
| Nonprofit Arts Organization Sustainability Operating Grants | For arts organizations with at least one paid staff member who have received 3 consecutive years of general operations funding | Contact Katie Woslager for information | Applications are closed for FY12* | |
*Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) runs from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012.
**Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13) runs from July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013.
Deadline dates subject to change.
Click HERE to see a funding history for the Nonprofit Grants program.
Visit the DCC Login Portal to access your online application.
Office of Museum Services Grants Program
To download a grant evaluation form, please click HERE.
Utah Arts Council Grants Program
To download a grant evaluation form, please click on the corresponding year below:
If you are having any problems in submitting your online application or need assistance, please contact Katie Woslager.