Community Based Organizations: Arts Access Grant

The Community Based Organizations: Arts Access Grant, offered by the Delaware Division of the Arts, supports nonprofit organizations, schools, and government entities in presenting various art forms. Grants can cover up to 80% of eligible expenses, not exceeding $1,250. This initiative encourages community engagement through arts programs and is intended for groups that may not qualify for other funding categories. Applications must be submitted six weeks prior to the event, with early submissions recommended.

Note: Arts Access Grant Application must be submitted 6 weeks before the date of the supported event. Applications are reviewed in the order they are received, beginning in July of each year. When the funds allocated to this program are depleted, the application will be closed for the remainder of the fiscal year (ending June 30). Early applications (starting in July) are recommended, whenever possible.
Delaware Division of the Arts
The Delaware Division of the Arts offers a variety of grant programs for individual artists, nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations chartered and based in Delaware, and schools and government entities that support arts activities.
Community-Based Program Grants
These grants serve non-profit Delaware organizations, colleges, universities, and government entities that do not have the arts as their primary mission
Arts Access (ACC) Grants
Arts Access grants support the presentation of performing, visual, literary, media, or folk arts in communities throughout the state. The supports organizations that offer occasional arts programs and organizations that do not meet the eligibility criteria for the Division’s General Operating Support and Project Support categories.
Arts Access provides small grants of up to 80 percent of eligible cash expenses, not to exceed $1,250, to support the presentation of performing, visual, literary, media, or folk arts in communities throughout the state.

Eligibility

The Delaware Division of the Arts awards small grants to support the presentation of performing, visual, literary, media, or folk arts in communities throughout the state. The Arts Access Grant provides program support to organizations that offer occasional arts programs and to organizations that do not meet the eligibility criteria for the Division’s General Operating Support and Project Support categories. To be eligible to apply for an Arts Access grant, applicants must:
Be an established unit of municipal, county, or state government within Delaware, OR be based and chartered in Delaware as a nonprofit organization; exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) or 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; and eligible to receive donations allowable as charitable contributions under Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Applicants may include arts organizations, community-based non-arts organizations, schools, libraries, parks, etc.
Be managing an arts program that involves the presentation of work by a professional artist or artists.

Ineligibility

Organizations that receive General Operating, StartUp, or Project Support from the Division of the Arts are generally not eligible to apply.
Schools are eligible to apply only if the proposed project takes place after school hours and is open to and promoted to the community at large.
The Division will not accept applications through fiscal agents.
No individual may compile or submit an application on behalf of an organization if that individual is a member or relative of a member of the Delaware State Arts Council or Division staff.