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Request for Site Visit Due Friday, July 30, 2021, at 4:30 p.m.
Complete Applications and Renewals are due Friday, August 27, 2021, at 4:30 p.m.
This program offers operating support for regional nonprofit arts organizations.
The Operating Support grant is awarded on a one-year-plus-one-year formula. Grants of up to $10,000 will be made based on an organization’s relative score and size. Actual amounts may be significantly less depending on how many qualified organizations apply. This year, awards are contingent on the final approval of funds for ARAC from the Minnesota State Arts Board.
Important dates
Friday, July 30, to submit a Request for Virtual Site Visit form via our grant portal.
Friday, August 27, to have completed your site visit.
Applications (including renewals) are due Friday, August 27, 2021, for support starting January 1, 2022.
All dollars must be expended by December 31, 2022.
If you received the Operating Support grant for 2021, a renewal short-form application is due by Friday, August 27, 2021
Both of these will cover operating support for January 1-December 31, 2022. aracouncil.org/for-organizations-grants/two-year-operating-support-grant/
Become a grant reviewer
Are you an experienced cultural worker, artist, or arts field professional? Would you like to be more involved in the Arrowhead arts community?
Would you like to improve your grant writing and evaluation skills? Are you interested in giving back to the arts community from your home?
Do you want to get a first look at new and upcoming art projects? Do you feel you represent a voice that has been missing?
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council is seeking someone just like you!
ARAC provides grants for the development of artists, arts organizations, and arts services throughout the region. With your help, we can ensure that our grant review process is representative of our region’s racial, ethnic, gender, and disability identities, extensive geography, and distinct perspectives. Read on for details.
Reviewer experience and background
ARAC chooses grant reviewers based on their arts practice, knowledge, and experience
ARAC reviewers must:
* Live in the Arrowhead region of Minnesota.
*Have access to the Internet, a computer, and have the ability to interact within the web environment.
*Be willing and able to provide written and oral comments based on their knowledge, not their personal bias.
*Listen attentively to the input of other reviewers.
*Engage in discussion.
Additionally, reviewers must have the highest level of personal standards to:
*Ethically review proprietary information.
*Maintain confidentiality.
*Acknowledge any conflict of interest or need to abstain.
*Time commitment and compensation
Time commitments vary, depending on the grants under review and the number assigned.
Typically, a half-hour of time is required to review each grant application with a current average of 18-24 applications.
Reviewers will have access to applications 2-3 weeks before the panel discussion.
Reviewers will receive $50 per panel session.
How to apply
Prospective reviewers should contact ARAC’s Grants Manager Holly to discuss experience and availability before July 21 at grants@aracouncil.org.
If chosen, you will be asked to fill out a simple application that will enter you into our reporting and history tracking system.
For more about the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council, go to aracouncil.org/.
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