Project Eligibility

Applications that do not adhere to the following requirements are ineligible for funding consideration.

• FOR MARION COUNTY-BASED APPLICANTS ONLY. To be eligible for funding, applicant organizations in Marion County are required to direct their projects to these individuals inclusive of, but not limited to veterans, individuals in high poverty areas, persons of color, individuals with disabilities, those living in institutions (retirement/healthcare facilities, incarcerated populations, etc).

Projects that do not meet program objectives:

• Applications for projects that primarily present political, denominational, religious, or sectarian ideas or projects that enhance the property of religious institutions.
• Applications for projects whose primary purpose is to purchase capital equipment (this includes technology equipment and uniforms, instrument purchase, etc)
• Applications for projects that supplant the role of a professional educator and/or that which should be provided by the school.
• Applications by schools, disability service organizations, and similar service agencies with specific communities served that do not have an event/activity that is open to the public.
• Multiple applications from the same organization or department (if higher education institution)
• Applications from higher education organizations for projects that do not clearly serve the needs of surrounding communities and involve community input during planning and implementation. Activities that are credit-producing or oriented primarily to university students and the academic community are not eligible.

Expense Eligibility

The allowability of expenses is based on IAC policy, National Endowment for the Arts Legislation, and 2CFR 200. To view a list of allowable expenses and non-allowable expenses, view the guidelines.

APS FY2025 Application Timeline

APS Guidelines

FY25 Guidelines

• Access the FY25 Guidelines
• FY25 Arts Project Support Evaluation Criteria

It's important to know that there are certain requirements and expectations involved with receiving a grant from the IAC. Read the grant recipient requirements for organizations before you consider applying.

• Resources to help you with the application
• Fiscal Sponsorship Policy
• Preview the application. 
• Access the online grant system.

FY24 Guidelines

• Access the FY24 Guidelines
• FY24 Arts Project Support Evaluation Criteria

FY23 Guidelines

• FY23 Arts Project Support Guidelines
• FY23 Arts Project Support Evaluation Criteria

FY22 Guidelines

• FY22 Arts Project Support Guidelines
• FY22 Arts Project Support Evaluation Criteria

Questions about the program, application, and panel process should be directed to the applicant’s Regional Arts Partner.

• Region 1 - Laura Camacho, South Shore Arts, laura@southshoreartsonline.org
  • Serving Lake, La Porte, and Porter Counties
• Region 2 - Kayla Myers, Community Foundation of St. Joseph County, kayla@cfsjc.org
  • Serving Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, Starke, and St. Joseph Counties
• Region 3 - Heather Closson, Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne, HCLOSSON@ARTSUNITED.ORG
  • Serving Adams, Allen, Dekalb, Huntington, Lagrange, Miami, Noble. Steuben, Wabash, Wells, and Whitley Counties
• Region 4 - Tetia Lee, The Arts Federation, tetia@theartsfederation.org
  • Serving Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Jasper, Montgomery, Newton, Pulaski, Tippecanoe, Tipton, and White Counties
• Region 5 - Braydee Euliss, Community Foundation of Randolph County, beuliss@randolphcountyfoundation.org
  • Serving Blackford, Delaware, Fayette, Grant, Henry, Jay, Madison, Randolph, Rush, Union, and Wayne Counties
• Region 6 - Sherri Wright, Arts Illiana, sherri@artsilliana.org
  • Serving Clay, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion, and Vigo Counties
• Region 7 - Ryan Shelton, Noblesville Creates, rshelton@noblesvillecreates.org
  • Serving Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Marion, and Shelby Counties
• Region 8 - Sean Hildreth, Brown County Community Foundation, sean@bccfin.org
  • Serving Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Morgan, Orange, and Owen Counties
• Region 9 - Kim Wadholm, Columbus Area Arts Council, kwadholm@artsincolumbus.org
  • Serving Bartholomew, Dearborn, Decatur, Franklin, Jackson, Jennings, Ohio, Ripley, and Switzerland Counties
• Region 10 - Anne McKim, Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, anne.mckim@artswin.org
  • Serving Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick Counties
• Region 12 - Aubre Carter and Randy Lakeman, Madison Area Arts Alliance, artsherenow@gmail.com
  • Serving  Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott, and Washington Counties

FY25 Panel Information

All applications receive an initial review by the Regional Arts Partner to ensure that all required information was submitted and that the application is eligible for panel review. If any discrepancies are found (such as incomplete answers or uploads), the application may be deemed ineligible to move forward to panel review. Each eligible application will be reviewed and scored by a conflict-free panel of field professionals. The panel review will take place online and will be available for observation through a zoom registration process. Applicants may observe the panel reviews online but cannot lobby or address the panel on behalf of their application before, during or after the panel meeting. Panels will not be recorded; however comments will be available to the applicant.

Under no conditions should an applicant contact a panelist or ask anyone to contact a panelist on their behalf (inclusive of letters of support) before, during, or following panel review. Doing so will result in disqualification of the application.

View the FY2025 panel schedule and assignments and register to view the panel live.