Rolling, rolling, rolling…
Rolling SCAC funding available for various projects
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Varies, but mostly Monday, March 2, 2026
This, but in grant form.
Four FY26 S.C. Arts Commission grants with convenient, rolling deadlines are now open for applications.
These grants offer funding for artists, organizations, units of government, libraries, schools and more. All you have to do is apply no fewer than five (5) weeks before your project is to begin.
New this year! You might have seen our video shorts about these grants on social media, but the SCAC programs team sat for longer-length videos introducing each grant. Check the guidelines for the relevant video, or check out the full playlist on our YouTube Channel. (Don’t forget to hit that subscribe button!) You’ll get to meet Mikayla, Hailey, Harvee, McKenzie. and Amanda N.!
Keep reading for a quick rundown of what is available.
The Grants
Accessibility Grants
Accessibility grants are designed to help South Carolina organizations make arts programs and existing facilities accessible to persons with disabilities by removing accessibility barriers that prevent an individual with a disability from fully accessing a service or fully participating in a program.
- Who’s eligible? Nonprofit organizations, units of government, and designated S.C. Department of Disabilities & Special Needs boards.
- How much? Up to $2,500.
- How can I use it? Programmatic needs (e.g. sign language interpretation, staff training, Braille materials) or upgrades to existing facilities that improve accessibility (e.g. curb cuts, install an elevator, modify a restroom).
- Accessibility Grants guidelines.
Art of Community: Rural SC Grants
This grant supports arts-based projects throughout rural South Carolina that use the arts to address issues and challenges in rural communities. The project must serve the rural community in which the applicant is located. Grant-funded activities should: 1) expand community access to the arts in rural areas and 2) include a public engagement component and 3) engage a project steering committee to lead the project (details on that in the guidelines).
- Who’s eligible? Most S.C. nonprofit organizations (arts & non-arts), colleges and universities, libraries, and units of government.
- How much? Up to $5,000.
- How can I use it? Examples include… Artist residencies, exhibitions, digital projects, arts festivals, workshops, community murals, equipment (e.g., kilns, lighting or sound equipment, musical instruments, storage), furniture (e.g., easels, music stands), professional services (e.g., performance space rental, web designer, consultant fees), artistic services (e.g., muralist, performers, instructors), and—new in FY26— performances that have a public engagement component.
- Art of Community Grants guidelines.
Arts Project Support Grants
These grants support an artist’s or organization’s quality arts project or program or their commitment to improving themselves and/or their work artistically. Among other things, the APS grant can be used to build and/or increase technical, online, or virtual capacity; for supporting art projects in public spaces, community arts development, or professional development for artists and arts administration staff.
- Who’s eligible? Artists, nonprofit organizations, and units of government.
- How much? Up to $2,500 within a fiscal year between up to two (2) grants.
- How can I use it? The broad uses for these grant funds are mostly the same for artists and organizations, with one key difference being that artists may use funds for certain marketing expenses.
- Arts Project Support Grants guidelines.
School Arts Support Grants
Grants from this category help schools acquire supplies, materials, equipment, professional development, or creative arts therapy services.
- Who’s eligible? 4K CERDEP classrooms/providers and most public, private, and charter schools in S.C.
- How much? Up to $2,500 per grant request, with a maximum of two grants per fiscal year.
- How can I use it? That depends on the type of provider you are, whether 4K or K-12.
- IMPORTANT! The application deadline for this category is Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
- School Arts Support Grants guidelines.
