CFAs: Arts Everywhere Grant Program (US)

This program provides funding for educational institutions, arts organizations, and community service non-profits to use the arts to increase student success, foster creative thinking, develop critical job skills, enhance community development, and increase participation in the arts across Kansas. Projects must relate to an arts and culture discipline (music, dance, theatre, creative writing, literature, painting, sculpture, folk arts, photography, crafts, media arts, visual arts, programs of museums, and other such allied, major art forms).

Categories

• Arts in Education
  • This category funds projects that support the role the arts play in all levels of education, community service, and workforce development. This program provides funding for educational institutions, arts organizations, and community service non-profits to use the arts to increase student success, foster creative thinking, develop critical job skills, and enhance community development.
• Innovative Partnerships
  • This category supports innovative programming between Kansas arts organizations and Kansas non-arts organizations to impact a variety of community and/or economic development goals. Arts organizations partner with other community entities (hospitals, prisons, non-arts service non-profits, etc.) to develop arts-centered programs that address community needs such as public health, transportation, tourism, unemployment, aging, corrections, etc. The grantee will be one of the partner organizations.
• Organizational Development
  • Only organizations with arts and culture missions are eligible for Organizational Development.
    • Capacity Building
      • The Capacity Building category provides funds for projects that increase administrative or artistic capacity. Eligible projects include but are not limited to:
      • Staff/volunteer exchange
      • Professional development opportunities such as attendance at seminars and workshops
      • Planning for development opportunities such as fundraising or marketing
      • Equipment/technology needs.
    • Salary Assistance
      • The Salary Assistance category can be used for the full or partial salary support for one or more positions.
• Specific Arts and Culture Projects
  • This program is designed to fund a single cultural project, program, exhibition, or series. The grant activities must support the mission of the applicant organization, which may or may not be an arts and culture organization.

Funding Information

• Grant amount: $1,000 – $20,000
• Arts in Education – up to $10,000
• Innovative Partnerships – up to $20,000
• Organizational Development
  • Capacity Building – up to $5,000
  • Salary Assistance – up to $20,000
• Specific Arts and Culture Projects – up to $10,000
• All proposed activity must take place within a 12-month grant period.
• The grant period start date is July 1 of the state fiscal year in which requested grant funding is awarded.
• The grant period end date is June 30 of the state fiscal year in which requested grant funding is awarded unless an end date extension is approved by KAC.

Eligibility Criteria

• All applicants must meet the following basic eligibility requirements at the time of application:
  • All current and previous grantees must be in good standing with KCAIC and the Department of Commerce at the time of application.
  • Applicant organizations must be either a Kansas non-profit, tax-exempt corporation or public entity as of the application deadline. A public entity is a Kansas local government, entity of state government, school district, community college, college, university, or Federally recognized Indian tribal government or tribal organization. Private schools, private community colleges, private colleges and private universities are not public entities and must be non-profit and tax exempt to meet the legal status requirement.
  • Applicant organizations must have at least one year of completed arts and cultural programming and be able to provide their last completed fiscal year’s operating budget.
  • Applicant organizations must be registered with the Kansas Secretary of State Business Services Division and their status must be “active and in good standing.” If the applicant is registered with Business Services but their status is not “active,” the applicant must correct the status within 10 calendar days of notification, or the application will be deemed ineligible.
  • Applicant must provide their UEI number at the time of application.
• Additional Eligibility Requirements
  • In addition to Basic Eligibility, all grantees are expected to:
    • Complete all proposal activities within the grant period
    • Make programming and activities open and accessible to all members of the public
    • Match the grant amount requested, at least dollar for dollar with non-state and non-federal funds
    • Include only allowable expenses in the proposal budget
    • Comply with all grant administration requirements:
    • Provide required information for grant award agreement
    • Return signed grant award agreement within 30 calendar days of receipt
    • Request approval for any changes to grant award agreement (details for this process are outlined in How to Manage Your Grant materials)
    • Complete a final report no later than July 31, 2026
    • Maintain complete and accurate grant records, including all documentation, for a minimum of three years after the end of the grant period
    • Comply with the requirements of the State of Kansas Policy Against Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, and Retaliation established by Executive Order 18-04
    • Use the appropriate credit line or approved logo to acknowledge grant funding (see grant contract for credit requirements)

For more information, visit Kansas Arts Commission.