Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund

Overview | Eligibility & Process | Grant Recipients | FAQs | External Resources

Each year the Arts Fund provides selected small and mid-sized arts organizations with grants to support staff positions, marketing or strategic plan development, debt reduction, capital reserves and other less glamorous "behind-the-scenes" initiatives that are vital to stability. In all, Atlanta's small and mid-sized, non-profit arts organizations (with annual operating budgets less than $1.5 million) use Arts Fund grants to develop sustainable organizational capacity so they can further their
creative endeavors.

Arts organizations face the same issues challenging most businesses, including:

funding
financial management
staffing
organizational management
risk management
marketing
liquidity
planning
public relations
sales

The Arts Fund is a key resource in Atlanta devoted to helping nonprofit arts organizations adapt to a changing environment, while managing growth and maintaining professionalism. It's like venture capital for the arts. While the Arts Fund does not fund artistic programming, the goal is to strengthen organizations and allow them to do what they do best - provide innovative and exciting creative work that contributes to the quality of life in the metropolitan Atlanta community.

The Arts Fund is overseen by an Advisory Board appointed by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. The Advisory Board makes recommendations regarding policies, programs and grants of the Arts Fund. The Board of Directors of The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta reviews these recommendations and makes the final approval of grants made by the Arts Fund.

Learn More About Grants:

Eligibility & Process
Past Recipients
Frequently Asked Questions
External Resources

2008 GRANT DEADLINE
January 11, 2008, 5:00PM

2008 GRANT MATERIALS
Grant Application (Word)
Grant Application Guidelines (PDF)
Financials Cover Sheet (Word)
Artistic Director Statement (Word)
Extra Wish Application (Word)
Extra Wish Guidelines (PDF)

2008 GRANT WORKSHOPS
Grant workshops are scheduled in October and November of each year. All applicants are encouraged to attend a workshop.

Please check the calendar of deadlines, workshops, and events .

PREVIOUS GRANTEES
Previous recipients of Arts Fund grants must complete a final report and wait two years after the completion of their previous grant before reapplying. If your organization has received a grant in the last five years, please check your grant contract and contact Arts Fund staff to check your eligibility.


	Overview \| Eligibility & Process \| Grant Recipients \| FAQs \| External Resources Each year the Arts Fund provides selected small and mid-sized arts organizations with grants to support staff positions, marketing or strategic plan development, debt reduction, capital reserves and other less glamorous "behind-the-scenes" initiatives that are vital to stability. In all, Atlanta's small and mid-sized, non-profit arts organizations (with annual operating budgets less than $1.5 million) use Arts Fund grants to develop sustainable organizational capacity so they can further their creative endeavors. Arts organizations face the same issues challenging most businesses, including: funding financial management staffing organizational management risk management marketing liquidity planning public relations sales The Arts Fund is a key resource in Atlanta devoted to helping nonprofit arts organizations adapt to a changing environment, while managing growth and maintaining professionalism. It's like venture capital for the arts. While the Arts Fund does not fund artistic programming, the goal is to strengthen organizations and allow them to do what they do best - provide innovative and exciting creative work that contributes to the quality of life in the metropolitan Atlanta community. The Arts Fund is overseen by an Advisory Board appointed by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. The Advisory Board makes recommendations regarding policies, programs and grants of the Arts Fund. The Board of Directors of The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta reviews these recommendations and makes the final approval of grants made by the Arts Fund. Learn More About Grants: Eligibility & Process Past Recipients Frequently Asked Questions External Resources 2008 GRANT DEADLINE January 11, 2008, 5:00PM 2008 GRANT MATERIALS Grant Application (Word) Grant Application Guidelines (PDF) Financials Cover Sheet (Word) Artistic Director Statement (Word) Extra Wish Application (Word) Extra Wish Guidelines (PDF) 2008 GRANT WORKSHOPS Grant workshops are scheduled in October and November of each year. All applicants are encouraged to attend a workshop. Please check the calendar of deadlines, workshops, and events . PREVIOUS GRANTEES Previous recipients of Arts Fund grants must complete a final report and wait two years after the completion of their previous grant before reapplying. If your organization has received a grant in the last five years, please check your grant contract and contact Arts Fund staff to check your eligibility.
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