FY25 County Arts Community Grants Program
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County Arts Grant Program Overview
The County Arts Grant Program provides PROJECT funding for organizations in Prince George's County that provide high-quality arts and cultural activities that enhance the quality of life in Prince George’s County and reflect the collective creativity, diversity and collaborative spirit of the County’s arts, humanities, and cultural sectors.
Match: There is a 1:1 cash-matching requirement, designed to assist fundraising by leveraging funding from additional sources. Organizations can receive a grant up to $10,000. Grant period is from April 1, 2025 to March/May 2026.
Information Session: Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 4PM REGISTER AT THIS HYPERLINK:
Download a PDF copy of full Guidelines to work on your grant here: (PLEASE READ ALL REQUIREMENTS IN PDF)
County Arts Grant Goals: Provide county-based arts and humanities non-profit organizations access to funding to support arts and cultural programs and experiences;
- Provide access to high-quality arts and humanities experiences to Prince George’s County residents;
- To support county arts and humanities non-profit organizations in their pursuit of innovative programmatic offerings, these grants may support research, professional development or implementation related to expanded programs, new artistic creation or cultural programs;
- To promote accessibility in arts and humanities programming that is inclusive, mutually beneficial, and ensures meaningful participation for artists, cultural practitioners and audiences with diverse needs in all cultural and creative spaces by providing full access both physically, intellectually and programmatically.
- To advance equity, diversity, inclusion, and innovation in the County’s creative community and cultural organizations, and in their programs for County residents and visitors.
NEW: UEI Number Required for Applicant Organizations to Community Grants Program
The PGAHC Community Grants Program now requires that all organizations applying for funding from PGAHC to have a Unique Entity ID (UEI) from SAM.gov in alignment with requirements from the National Endowment for the Arts. PGAHC strongly encourages all applicant organizations without a UEI, who plan to apply for a grant, to apply for your UEI number as soon as possible before the deadline.
INDIVIDUALS applying for PGAHC funding do NOT need to create a UEI. Learn more here: For further information about obtaining your new UEI, access the Quick Start Guide
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Organizational Eligibility: (Please note applicants can only apply to ONE Community Grant category per cycle)
- Nonprofit organization with 501 c (3) status located in Prince George’s County for at least one year prior to application date, and whose programs most directly benefit county residents.
- Organizations must provide evidence of 2 years of artistic or cultural programing in one or more of the creative disciplines of the visual or performing arts, art education, film, literary arts, public art etc.. Contact the community grants program for questions.
- Organizations with an annual budget that does not exceed $750,000.
- Organizations must adequately demonstrate a project to be produced within grant period.
- Organizations must be in good standing with PGAHC. Applicants with incomplete or delinquent reports, in any funding program, as of the date of the grant application, are ineligible to receive an additional award from PGAHC in FY2025
Maximum Grant Award: $10,000
Funding Restrictions
Examples of allowable costs for County Arts Grant:
- Cost of materials/supplies;
- Costs for marketing, facility rental
- Costs for guest labor (i.e., Artist honorarium, etc.)
- Costs for sign interpretation, visual aids, close captioning, or other accessibility tools.
Examples of unallowable costs for County Arts Grant:
- Salaries for regular employees;
- Capital improvements on facilities;
- Rental of a performing arts, recording, or exhibition space outside of Prince George’s County, Maryland, Washington, D.C., or Northern Virginia
- Programs occurring outside of Prince George’s County.
For questions or additional information, please contact smoore@pgach.org. Please use "FY25 County Arts" in the subject line.