Lead your arts organization with confidence
Grants now open for all stages of arts leadership
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET
This morning the SCAC opened two grant categories to help arts leaders in all career stages build their leadership capacity.
One grant returns after a successful first year in FY24. The other is a new category that will help leaders who have a little more experience than those just starting their journeys. These leadership- and capacity-building initiatives will provide resources, training, and support for leaders and the boards of arts nonprofits to build sustainability, capacity, and partnerships in South Carolina.
Nonprofit arts organizations would be the applicants for these grants and designate a participating principal.
EMERGING ARTS LEADERS GRANTS
These grants are intended to strengthen and nurture emerging arts leaders and their organizations who have an operating budget of $500,000 or less. The leader would have five (5) or fewer years in an executive role.
- Funding available: up to $2,500 for eligible participants.
- No matching requirement.
- Emerging Arts Leaders grant guidelines.
ARTS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
This is a cohort-style professional development grant/program focused on arts leadership training for mid- through advanced-career arts administrators with a goal of increasing the effectiveness of arts organizations and their boards. The program will offer in-person and virtual sessions with experts in the field that focus on arts administration areas, including leadership and management, marketing, strategic planning, fundraising, human resources, and arts advocacy in South Carolina.
- Funding available: up to $3,500 for eligible participants.
- No matching requirement.
- Arts Leadership Development grant guidelines.
Grant funding can only be used for professional development. Examples include:
- Conference fees and expenses.
- Staff and board training.
- Consultant services for strategic planning and strategic plan implementation.
- Financial management.
- Program evaluation consultation.
- Communications, marketing, and rebranding strategy development.
- Facilitation of a board retreat.
- In-person or virtual training.
Funds cannot be used for food/beverages, operating support, fundraising projects/events, or endowment/capital campaigns.
The deadline to apply for both grants is Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Grant criteria are included in the guidelines to help you craft your application. Always read grant guidelines in full.