Appalshop Creators Fund
Funding Amount
$3,000
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
Appalshop Creators Fund
Status: Launched May 2020; initial round closed July 17, 2020. Second round announced October 2020. Current status unknown as of 2026.
Award Amount: $3,000 stipend per creator
Geographic Scope: Central Appalachia, generally defined to include Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Tennessee, Western North Carolina, West Virginia, and Southwest Virginia
Focus Areas: All creative mediums eligible, including:
Purpose: Provide relief and support for individual creatives during crises (originally launched in response to COVID-19 pandemic and anti-Black racism). Fund aims to support artists best positioned to amplify the region's cultural diversity.
Eligibility:
What They Support:
Contact: [email protected]
Background: Inspired by community response funds set up across the country. First round (2020) funded 7 creators; second announcement (October 2020) funded 10 artists including painters, poets, visual artists, photographers, videographers, printmakers, performance artists, and rappers.
How to Apply
Application Process
1. Submission Method: Digital Google Form submission
2. Deadline: 11:59 PM EST on specified deadline (first round: July 17, 2020)
3. Notification: Grantees notified approximately 4 weeks after deadline
Required Materials
Details available in the Google Form application; specific requirements not fully detailed in provided text- Award amount if selected: $3,000 stipend
- Age requirement: 14 years or older
- US citizenship: Anyone with social security number eligible
- Partnership eligibility: Yes, can use money to create with public or private partners
- Final product requirement: Not required, but Appalshop hopes to speak with grantees about sharing work
- Number of grantees: Varies by round (7 in first round; 10 in second round announced)
FAQs
Questions
Contact Jessica Shelton at [email protected] with any questions not answered in FAQWhat Appalshop Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 5
- Total given
- $80K
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $10K–$35K
- By dollars: Kentucky 100%. Top recipient cities: Blackey, KY; Whitesburg, KY; Carcassonne, KY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Concerned Letcher Countians LLC · Blackey, KY
To further the tax-exempt purpose of the organization
$35K
Cowan Community Action Group · Whitesburg, KY
To further the tax-exempt purpose of the organization
$15K
Carcassonne Community Center · Carcassonne, KY
To further the tax-exempt purpose of the organization
$10K
Hemphill Community Center · Jackhorn, KY
To further the tax-exempt purpose of the organization
$10K
Sandlick Volunteer Fire Department · Jenkins, KY
To further the tax-exempt purpose of the organization
$10K
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