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Back to Better: $3,000 Resilience Grants for Artists & Creative Businesses: PA Arts & Culture

Centre Foundation Inc

Funding Amount

US $3,000

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Can we apply?

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Eligible organizations

  • You are an active artist or creative entrepreneur, who was working in their artistic discipline or operating a creative business in 2019.
  • You are a full-time resident of Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, or Huntingdon County.

Other requirements

  • In 2019, you made the majority of your income from your creative work.
  • You experienced a pandemic-related disruption to your income.
  • We will process applications in the order of severity to disruption of income stream.

Overview

The Back to Better Resilience Grants provide $3,000 to artists and creative entrepreneurs in Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, or Huntingdon County, who experienced significant income disruption due to the pandemic. Eligible applicants must have primarily earned their income from their artistic practice in 2019 and be active in their creative field. This initiative, funded by the PA Department of Community and Economic Development, aims to support the recovery of the arts community.

Back to Better: Resilience Grants for Artists & Creative Businesses: PA Arts & Culture
The ARPA PA Arts and Culture Recovery (PACR) Grant for Working Artists awards $3,000 grants to artists and creative entrepreneurs who derived the majority of their pre-pandemic income from their artistic practice and experienced a significant pandemic-related disruption to their income. Funding for this program is provided by the PA Department of Community and Economic Development.

Eligibility

You are an active artist or creative entrepreneur, who was working in their artistic discipline or operating a creative business in 2019. In 2019, you made the majority of your income from your creative work.You experienced a pandemic-related disruption to your income.You are a full-time resident of Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, or Huntingdon County.We will process applications in the order of severity to disruption of income stream.

What Centre Foundation Inc actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024
173
Total given
$5.13M
Median grant
$15K
Range
$5,059–$576K
  • By dollars: Pennsylvania 97%, New York 1%, Maryland <1%. Top recipient cities: State College, PA; Bellefonte, PA; Boalsburg, PA.
  • 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 14% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • Shippensburg University Foundation · Shippensburg, PA

    Scholarships

    $40K

  • Pennsylvania College of Technology · Williamsport, PA

    Scholarships

    $31K

  • Indiana University of Pennsylvania · Indiana, PA

    Scholarships

    $30K

  • Juniata College · Huntingdon, PA

    Scholarships

    $18K

  • Lock Haven University · Lock Haven, PA

    Scholarships

    $15K

IRS Form 990, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Arts
  • Startups
  • Hardship

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