Kentucky Performing Arts: Spaces For All Fund Grant

The Kentucky Performing Arts: Spaces For All Fund aims to foster inclusivity in the arts by providing rental assistance to local artists and organizations. This initiative supports projects that reflect the diverse communities of the Greater Louisville area, ensuring that qualifying groups can access KPA venues at reduced rates. In-kind support ranging from $1,500 to $5,000 is available for venue expenses, enhancing the cultural landscape and making the arts more accessible.

NOTE: All available funding for this program year has been fully allocated. Thank you to the many organizations who applied. We look forward to announcing new funding opportunities effective July 1, 2026 — please check back then for updates.
Kentucky Performing Arts strives to deepen and strengthen its commitment to being welcoming and inclusive by removing barriers to the joy and power of the arts. KPA's programming supports artists and art forms that reflect the diverse community it serves.
Kentucky Performing Arts (KPA) offers community-based artists and organizations an opportunity to obtain rental assistance in its family of venues: The Kentucky Center (Whitney Hall, Bomhard Theater, and MeX Theater), the Brown Theatre, and Old Forester's Paristown Hall. The KPA Spaces for All Fund has been established to ensure local, qualifying organizations can successfully afford KPA venues at reduced rental rates.
Rental assistance awards may be used toward overall venue expenses, including rental cost, production equipment and labor, venue staffing and security costs. Funds will be applied at settlement and can only be used to support facility expenses.
Funding
In-kind support of between $1,500 and $3,300 may be awarded. No cash is awarded. In-kind support will be applied toward venue expenses with the exception of the deposit. Applicants will be asked to communicate the amount of support they are requesting between $1,500 and $3,300. Award amounts are at the discretion of the review panel. Amounts awarded may be less than requested. Awards are for a single, arts-based project to be presented in a KPA venue.

Eligibility

Artists/organizations must have an operating budget of $500,000 or less and meet at least one of the following requirements to apply:Be a registered 501(c)3
Be mission based
Represent and/or serve youth or historically underrepresented communities
Present underrepresented art forms
Communities served: Greater Louisville area including the following counties: Bullitt, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, Nelson, Shelby, and Spencer counties in Kentucky; Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, and Washington counties in Indiana..
Applicants must have a (no cost, no obligation) hold at a Kentucky Performing Arts venue and go through the estimate process.
Funds must be used within one year of receiving approval.
Language referencing KPA funding must be included in all print/digital materials, social media, related events, and pre-show remarks.
The KPA Spaces for All Fund provides underwriting to ensure local, qualifying organizations can successfully afford KPA venues at reduced rental rates.
A post-event evaluation is required including a brief explanation of how the funding impacted the project.
Applicants who have received KPA funding in the past year are eligible, however, any additional funding must be for a unique project.

Ineligibility

Exclusions include social events, political events, set costs, costumes, catering and artist fees.