Operating Support Grant for Organizations
Funding Amount
$4,500 - $17,000
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.
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Eligible organizations
- Nonprofit arts organizations
- Nonprofit community education organizations
- Non-arts nonprofit organizations
Geography
- Serving the Arrowhead region
Overview
Geographic Scope: Arrowhead region (Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, and St. Louis counties, plus Fond du Lac, Grand Portage, Bois Forte, and Leech Lake nation within Itasca county)
Recent Awards: $150,000 awarded to 11 organizations in Fall 2025 round (plus additional $10,000 Accessible Arts funding to 5 organizations)
Eligibility:
- Nonprofit arts organizations
- Nonprofit community education organizations
- Non-arts nonprofit organizations
- Located in or serving the Arrowhead region
Program Description:
Provides general operating support to nonprofit organizations serving arts and cultural needs in the region.
Focus Areas:
- Music and performance organizations
- Dance and movement organizations
- Arts education
- Community cultural programming
- Theater and drama
- Folk schools and craft education
- Indigenous arts and cultural representation
What They Fund:
- General operating expenses
- Administrative positions
- Community programming
- Educational offerings
- Performance and event costs
- Accessibility improvements (through Accessible Arts funding component)
Additional Funding:
Accessible Arts Component - Up to $10,000 additional per organization for:
- ADA compliance and accessibility modifications
- Wheelchair ramps
- Handrails
- Accessible portable bathrooms
- AV system improvements
- Ground-level renovations
- Teaching mirrors for ADA compliance
- Facilities accessibility improvements
Contact:
- Phone: (218) 722-0952
- Email: info@aracouncil.org
- Hours: Monday–Thursday, 10 am–3 pm
What Arrowhead Regional Arts Council actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 14
- Total given
- $215K
- Median grant
- $18K
- Range
- $5,640–$20K
- By dollars: Minnesota 100%. Top recipient cities: Duluth, MN; Grand Rapids, MN; ELY, MN.
- 86% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 29% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Third Coast Chamber Collective · Grand Rapids, MN
Operating grant
$20K
ELY Folk School · ELY, MN
Operating support
$20K
Itasca Orchestra and String Program · Grand Rapids, MN
Operating support
$20K
Northern Lakes Arts Association · ELY, MN
Operating support
$20K
Nordic Center · Duluth, MN
Operating support +
$20K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Arts
- Nonprofits
- Operating support
- Foundation
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