2025 Arts + Culture Grant

What are the arts & Culture grants?

The Springfield Regional Arts Council’s Arts & Culture Grant Program aims to transform lives and enrich the community through arts by providing funding support, collaborative partnership opportunities, and program assistance for nonprofit arts and cultural organizations that are members of the SRAC. 

This year, there is one grant option available to support Springfield's Arts and Culture community. The Program Support Grant offers up to $10,000 to nonprofit arts organizations for events, performances, classes, and collaborations. Program Support grants should prioritize advancing arts advocacy, education, collaboration, and tourism, and ensuring high-quality cultural access for the community.

The Operating Support Grant is in the second year of a 3-year cycle and is not open for new applications in 2025.

GUidelines

Arts & Culture Grant: Program Support

The Arts and Culture Program Support grantmaking program aims to transform lives and enrich the community through the arts by providing funding support, collaborative partnership opportunities, and program assistance for nonprofit arts and cultural organizations that are within the service area of the Springfield Regional Arts Council. This grant program is supported by a portion of the local hotel/motel tax collection allocated to the Springfield Regional Arts Council, and additional funding is made possible by the Jeannette L. Musgrave Foundation and the Community Foundation of the Ozarks.   

The total amount available in this grant round is $120,000. Agencies may apply for up to $10,000 in funding. While $30,000 is designated for Springfield agencies, the remaining $90,000 is available to agencies within the SRAC's 27-county service area.

 Applications to this grant program are due April 17, 2025 at 11:45 p.m. For more detailed information about the Program Support Grant, CLICK HERE.

Arts and Culture Grant: Operating Support

The Operating Support Grant is in the second year of a 3-year cycle and is not open for new applications in 2025.

For more detailed information about the Operating Support Grant, CLICK HERE.

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frequently asked questions

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Our organization is just getting started and we don’t have our 501(c)(3) designation from the IRS yet. Are we eligible to apply?

Why is the Operating Support cycle not open this year?

Unfortunately, no, not yet. This is an annual grant program, so please apply once your IRS nonprofit status is finalized.

Do I need to be a member of the Springfield Regional Arts Council?

Yes. Annual memberships range from $50 to $500 depending on the organization’s size. Give us a call! We can find the right membership for your organization and talk about the great benefits available to SRAC members.

Are fiscally sponsored organization eligible to apply?

No. Eligible organizations must be a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, government entity, school district, or tax-exempt faith-based organization.

Our organization has received an Arts & Culture grant in the past. Are we eligible to apply again this year?

Absolutely! As long as your project or need matches the outlined priorities and guidelines, send us an application.

Who is making the funding decisions?

All eligible grants are reviewed by a committee made up of SRAC board members, experts from the arts and culture field, educators, and other qualified community members.

When will funds be awarded?

Grants will be awarded during First Friday Art Walk, June 6 at The Creamery Arts Center. The celebration will kick-off at 5pm.

Who has received this grant in the past?

A wide variety of organizations have been awarded funding in the past including film, festivals, visual arts, theatre, opera, vocal music ensembles, and many others.

Previous grantees:

• AcompañARTE Cultural Center

• American Indian Center of Springfield

• American Indian Student Association

• Arrow Art Supply

• Boys & Girls Club

• Boys Choir of Springfield

• Branson Regional Arts Council

• Carbon Trace Productions

• Connect2Culture

• Discovery Center of Springfield

• Drury University

• Eminence Area Arts Council

• Friends of Abilities First

• Gillioz Theatre

• Heartland Opera Theatre

• History Museum on the Square

• KSMU

• Lighthouse Children's Theater

• Marshfield Public Schools

• Mid-America Performing Arts Foundation

• Men’s Chorus of the Ozarks

• Mt. Vernon Community Betterment Council

• Mt. Vernon Community Theater

• Moxie Cinema

• Music Therapy of the Ozarks

• Nature Education Arts Trails

• Overlay

• Ozarks Lyric Opera

• Ozarks Public Television

• Plotline

• Queen City Rock Camp

• Queen City Voices

• SATO48

• Sculpture Walk Springfield

• Southern Missouri Arts Connection

• Springfield Sister Cities Association

• Springfield African-American Read-In

• Springfield Art Museum

• Springfield Ballet

• Springfield Chamber Chorus

• Springfield Contemporary Theatre

• Springfield Dance Alliance

• Springfield Little Theatre

• Springfield Metro Chorus

• Springfield R-12 Public School District

• Springfield Sister Cities Association

• Springfield Symphony Orchestra

• Taneycomo Festival Orchestra

• Timmons Hall

• Unite of Southwest Missouri