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All IAC grant applications and reports are now online. All direct grant programs will be applied to through IAC's Online Grant System. Even if your grant deadline is months away, you can start to enter your basic information and manage your grant application now. To start an application, select the program you wish to apply for below and read the section on how to apply.

Types of Grants Available:

  • One-time Grants
  • Grants for Individual Artists 
  • Annual Grants for Organizations
  • Biennial Grants for Organizations
  • Special Programs

One-time Grants 

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Grants
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provides $50 million to be distributed in direct grants to fund arts projects and activities which preserve jobs in the nonprofit arts sector threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn.  Forty percent of the funds will be distributed through State arts agencies and regional arts organizations and 60 percent will be competitively awarded directly by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Grants for Individual Artists

Individual Artist Program
The Individual Artist Program (IAP) funds projects to aid in artist career development.    

  • FY2011 Application Deadline:  February 1, 2010 by 4:30 p.m. EST.

Annual Grants for Organizations

American Masterpieces
The National Endowment for the Arts will sponsor performances, exhibitions, tours, and educational programs allowing audiences to experience art forms that represent the best of our cultural and artistic legacy.

  • This program has been eliminated for FY2010 due to budget cuts. For more details, click here.

Arts in Education Granting Program
The Arts in Education (AIE) Granting Program was created to help support curriculum needs, impact individual student engagement and performance, and develop a long term commitment to the arts in schools at the primary and secondary levels. Schools are asked to develop a working partnership with an artist, organization, business or group to develop and  implement a successful project. All projects must meet current state curriculum standards.

  • Applications for FY2010 have closed.

Presenters Touring Program
This program was developed to assist Indiana Presenters presenting Indiana artists/ensembles and Indiana producers to tour Indiana. Artists must be Indiana residents or employed as part of an arts organization based in Indiana. The emphasis will be on reaching rural audiences.

  • This program has been eliminated for FY2010 due to budget cuts. For more details, click here.

Regional Partnership Initiative
Due to the recent change in the IAC's Regional Partner makeup, we are now managing the Arts Operating Support (AOS), Arts Project Support (APS), and Mini Grants for Regions 8 & 12 for Fiscal Year 2010. Applications for these programs have already been adjudicated and grantees have been determined. The following guidelines have been posted for the reference of those grantees.  

Region 8:

Region 12: 

Contact Bobbie Garver at bgarver@iac.in.gov or 317-232-1283 with questions regarding these programs.

    Biennial Grants for Organizations

    Capacity Building Program
    Provides support, over 2 years, for organizational assessment, long range planning, and plan implementation.

    Multi-regional Major Arts Institutions
    Provides operating support for the ongoing artistic and administrative functions of arts organizations that provide programs and services on a statewide or multi-regional basis with an emphasis on education. Major Arts Institution program awards will be contracted for one year at a time. Depending on an update form included with the Final Report, panel scores from the original application may be used to begin a new program contract for the following year.

    • Applications for FY2010 have closed. 

    Statewide Arts Service Organizations
    Provides financial support to organizations offering technical assistance on a statewide or multi-regional basis, with an emphasis on arts providers in underserved communities.  

    • Applications for FY2010 have closed.

      Regional Arts Partners
      In 1997, the Indiana Arts Commission and 12 community-based organizations jointly established the Indiana Regional Arts Partnership, a collaborative project to enhance support for arts and cultural activities statewide, especially in underserved areas. Each of the 12 Partners works in cooperation with the Indiana Arts Commission to provide four core services to artists, arts providers, and arts consumers in specified multi-county regions of Indiana. The core services are: cultural planning, grants making, information and referral, and technical assistance. The Regional Arts Partners use information about the needs of local artists, arts providers, and arts consumers to develop and provide services.

      Note: The application below is for the 10 Regional Arts Partners of the Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) only. If you are applying for or reporting on indirect IAC funding through a regional partner, contact your Regional Partner for information about applications and reporting.  

      Special Programs

      Statewide Cultural District Program
      A cultural district is a well-recognized, labeled, mixed-use area of a community in which high concentrations of cultural assets serve as the anchor.  Indiana Statewide Cultural Districts promote the exploration of and participation in the arts and humanities through cultural experiences that are unique to our communities.  Indiana Statewide Cultural Districts support community life and economic vitality.
      • Applications for FY2010 have closed. 

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