Arts in Neighborhoods Community Event Mini-Grant

The Arts in Neighborhoods Community Event Mini-Grant supports innovative and creative events that engage communities in Greater Louisville. Applicants can request between $500 and $5,000 in funding, with a 1:1 match required for amounts exceeding $2,000. This program aims to foster community connections through arts and culture, allowing for events tied to geographic locations or shared interests and cultures, such as gardening or the LGBTQ+ community.

NOTE: Applications are awarded on a rolling basis and may be submitted at any time during the year. An applicant may only submit one application per grant cycle.
Fund for the Arts Community Event Mini-Grants support the implementation of short-term or one-time innovative and creative events that engage communities within specific neighborhoods of Greater Louisville. This grant program is part of the Arts in Neighborhoods initiative. A community can be tied to a specific geographic location in Louisville, and can also be a community linked by a common interest, such as gardening or dance, or a community linked by a common culture, such as an immigrant community or the LGBTQ+ community.
Funding
Applicants may request between $500 and $5,000 in Mini-Grant funding. Requests up to $2,000 do not require matching funds. A 1:1 match is required for all funds requested above $2,000, so that a $2,500 request would require a $500 match and a $5,000 request would require a $3,000 match. The 1:1 match for funds requested above $2,000 may consist of cash or the value of in-kind donations of goods and services.