MRAC: Grant Information

General Grant Information

Deadlines
2011/2012 GRANT DEADLINES (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012)

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Arts Activities Support (grant awards up to $10,000)
Round 1 - July 11, 2011
Round 2 - April 9, 2012

Arts Learning (grant awards up to $10,000)
Round 1 - November 7, 2011
Round 2 - March 5, 2012

Community Arts (grant awards up to $5,000)
Round 1 - October 10, 2011
Round 2 - January 9, 2012

Next Step Fund (grant awards up to $5000)
One round only - March 5, 2012

Organizational Development/Capital (grant awards up to $10,000)
One round only - September 12, 2011

Creative Intersections (grant awards up to $15,000)
One round only - February 13, 2012

Management Training Fund and Management Consulting Fund grants have ongoing application deadlines. See specific page or guidelines for further information.

Grant Application Workshops
Free grant application workshops are held about a month prior to each deadline for Arts Activities Support, Community Arts, Organizational Development and Capital grants. For further information, see grant application workshops page.

Assistance
Program directors are a great resource for help on your application. They would welcome an opportunity to get to know you and your group/project at a grant application workshop. Staff members make no funding decisions in the major grant programs so they can be a useful and objective source of help as you plan your project and write an application. Go to our staff page to determine your program director.

It helps to see what others have done to be successful. There are books of recent years' grant applications in our office for your perusal. Your program director can suggest successful applications for you to read. We recommend you call in advance to make sure the office is open and a staff person is available to guide you toward useful applications.

Funding process
Grant applications are reviewed by a peer panel of 8 - 10 people. Applicants are notified of the meeting and are encouraged to attend. Panelists read all grants and discuss them at the meeting in the context of the criteria of the grant program. Upon review, the panel submits its recommendations to the MRAC board of directors, which makes final funding decisions.

Projects are reviewed based on the information provided in the application. Work samples are not permitted. Panelists do not make site visits.