Back to Better: Creative Resilience Grants

The Back to Better: Creative Resilience Grants aim to support independent artists and creative business owners in Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, and Huntingdon Counties, who are still facing challenges due to the pandemic. Funded by the ARPA Pennsylvania Arts and Culture Recovery initiative, these $3,000 grants provide essential financial assistance to help stabilize their practices, adapt to new realities, and reinvigorate their artistic endeavors, fostering resilience and community recovery.

Note: Grants will be evaluated and distributed on a rolling basis throughout the remainder of 2025 until funds are exhausted.
Across Pennsylvania, artists and creative business owners are still feeling the ripple effects of the pandemic—though many people may not realize that, even four years after the pandemic began, the impact on artists and creative businesses is still significant. From music venues and galleries to designers, filmmakers, and independent publishers, creative professionals lost income streams, faced stalled projects, or had to take on second jobs just to make ends meet.
To help our region’s creative community recover and move forward, Centre Foundation is launching Back to Better: Creative Resilience Grants. This one-time program, made possible through the ARPA Pennsylvania Arts and Culture Recovery initiative, offers $3,000 flat grants to independent artists and creative sole proprietors in Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, and Huntingdon Counties. It’s designed to provide practical support so artists can stabilize their practice, adapt to new realities, and bring their work, and their audiences, back to better.
What This Supports
Grants may be used for practical steps that help artists and creative entrepreneurs recover and move forward, including:

• Completing a body of work
• Upgrading tools or technology
• Re-engaging audiences or reopening a storefront
• Addressing supply chain challenges
• Restarting a revenue stream

Eligibility

Independent creative professionals and sole proprietors of creative businesses based in Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, or Huntingdon County are eligible to apply.Eligible disciplines include: Architecture, Design, Digital Games, Film & Media, Marketing/Advertising, Music & Entertainment, Publishing and Visual Arts & Crafts

Ineligibility

Important: Funds cannot be used to reimburse the same lost revenue already covered by other sources (public or philanthropic)