Community Arts Grant
Funding Amount
Up to $19,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Can we apply?
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Eligible organizations
- Community-artist collaboratives
Geography
- Located in underserved communities
Other requirements
- Projects must be free and open to the public
Overview
Supports community-artist collaborative design and implementation of new, exterior wall mural projects in underserved communities of Baltimore City.
Geographic Scope: Underserved communities in Baltimore City
Focus Areas:
- Exterior wall mural projects
- Community-artist collaboration
- New mural projects (not restoration)
- Outdoor, publicly accessible spaces
Eligibility:
- Community-artist collaboratives
- Projects must be free and open to the public
- Must be located in underserved communities
Award Details:
- Up to $19,000 per project
- VARA Waiver required from artist to receive funds
Program Support:
- Create Baltimore seeks approvals on behalf of finalists:
- Environmental review of project site
- Right of Entry (permission to work on property)
- Artist contract administration
- Payment processing
- Email: ljoseph@promotionandarts.org
What Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 18
- Total given
- $232K
- Median grant
- $8,300
- Range
- $5,600–$58K
- By dollars: Maryland 96%, New York 4%. Top recipient cities: Baltimore, MD; Owings Mills, MD; Hartsdale, NY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 50% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Arts
- Community development
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