Kentucky Arts Rising Grant

Kentucky Arts Rising Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Kentucky Arts Council
Amount: US $1,500
Last Updated: February 20, 2026

Summary

Overview

Kentucky Arts Rising Grant The Kentucky Arts Council is now accepting applications for the new Kentucky Arts Rising (KAR) Grant, a program created to support small, community-based arts and cultural organizations that provide year-round arts programming for Kentuckians. Kentucky Arts Rising offers $1,500 in operational support to help strengthen and sustain grassroots arts organizations with limited operating budgets. Goals Through the Kentucky Arts Rising program, we strive to work in collaboration with arts organizations across the commonwealth in order to: Develop and maintain strong arts organizations,  Increase arts participation statewide, Promote diverse arts and culture, and  Help build an efficient arts delivery system across the state.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Have an average annual operating revenue of less than $100,000. Provide ongoing, year-round arts programming.Operate as an independent nonprofit organization or are in the process of obtaining IRS 501(c)(3) status.Organizations that do not yet have nonprofit status but are considering applying are encouraged to contact the program director before submitting an application to discuss eligibility and next steps.Organizations with annual operating revenue exceeding $100,000 should apply for the Kentucky Arts Partnership (KAP) grant, which provides larger operating support awards for established arts organizations.

Ineligibility

Purchase of equipment, property, library holdings or acquisitions;  Capital improvements, facility construction, structural renovations or restorations;  Publications or recordings for commercial purposes;  Scholarships or other activities related to academic credit or degrees;  Activities intended primarily for fundraising;  Food, beverages or other refreshments;  Requests designed to reduce or eliminate existing deficits;  Interest on loans, fines, penalties or litigation costs;  Expenses incurred before the starting date of the period covered in the grant request;  Investments of any kind;  Performances not available to the general public;  Programs that have sectarian purposes;  Indirect costs unless per a current federally negotiated indirect cost rate agreement (official documentation required), or de minimis indirect costs not to exceed 10 percent of total modified direct costs; or the application of new artistic work to historic buildings or structures unless approved by the state historic preservation office as being in compliance with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties.