Kentucky Touring Grant

The Kentucky Touring Grant is a matching grant designed to enhance public access to quality performances in the commonwealth. It supports presenters in booking artists from the Kentucky Arts Council's Performing Artists Directory, with applicants able to request up to $5,000 for fees and marketing. A 25% cash match is required, ensuring community involvement. This grant fosters cultural engagement through diverse artistic expressions, benefiting nonprofit organizations and public institutions within Kentucky.

The Kentucky Touring Grant is a matching grant that helps make quality public performances available to the people of the commonwealth. This program provides presenters with support to book performers of dance, music, theatre and storytelling from the Kentucky Arts Council Performing Artists Directory.
Applicants may request up to $5,000 for artist fees, marketing and promotion. Funding may be used only for performers who have juried into the Performing Artist Directory. Grantees must match at least 25% of the requested award with cash from other grants, donations, ticket sales, sponsorships, etc. The remaining match may be secured with in-kind goods and services.

Eligibility

Who May Apply:Nonprofit organizations with annual budgets under $1,000,000, including arts organizations; public libraries; schools; cooperative extension offices; social service agencies; community-based organizations; college, university or public school-based nonprofit presenting arts organizations with discrete budgets; nonprofit institutions with residential populations such as assisted living and nursing homes, hospitals, youth and adult jails and detention centers, group and supportive living facilities, homeless and domestic violence shelters, etc.; and Kentucky state and city parks.  Applicants must have existing IRS tax-exempt status at the time of application and must retain that status throughout the grant period. Government agencies and programs must provide proof of government status. Applicant organizations must be legally chartered in Kentucky, have their headquarters in Kentucky and hold their primary activities in Kentucky.