Arts Grants - Keep Art in Your HeART (Community Foundation of Shelby County (OH))
Funding Amount
$2,000 total available, may be split across several requests
Deadline
October 15, 2026
19 days left
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
'The Keep Art in Your HeART grants are available for arts educational programs benefiting children from Shelby County, Ohio in grades K-12. The programs may be visual, literary, musical, or performing. A total of $2,000 is available and may be awarded in smaller amounts to support several requests. Grants are awarded one time a year.' Opens August 6, deadline October 15, awarded the last week of October. General eligibility follows the Foundation's grant rules - 501(c)(3) organizations and government agencies serving Shelby County, Ohio and surrounding areas.
Eligibility
Who Can Apply
How to Apply
Application opens August 6 and the deadline is October 15 each year (moving to the preceding business day if it falls on a weekend); awarded the last week of October. Each program's application is available online roughly two months before its deadline. See the Art Grant Guidelines.
What Community Foundation of actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 88
- Total given
- $6.22M
- Median grant
- $18K
- Range
- $5,151–$3.52M
- 98% of its 2024 grant dollars went to recipients in Ohio, where this grant's project is located.
- By dollars: Ohio 98%, Virginia <1%, Michigan <1%. Top recipient cities: Sidney, OH; Russia, OH; Ft Loramie, OH.
- 5% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 33% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Village of Russia · Russia, OH
Community developmen
$224K
Lehman High School · Sidney, OH
Equipment and educat
$107K
Compassionate Care-Shelby CO · Sidney, OH
Medical support
$88K
Shelby County United Way · Sidney, OH
Comunity support
$88K
Agape Distributions · Sidney, OH
Food program
$64K
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