TCA Texas Arts Create 1 Grant

TCA Texas Arts Create 1 Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Texas Commission On The Arts
Amount: More than US $3,000
Last Updated: January 22, 2025

Summary

The TCA Texas Arts Create 1 Grant, offered by the Texas Commission on the Arts, supports established arts organizations and college arts institutions with budgets between $50,000 and $1 million. This multi-year grant aims to enhance the creative economy of Texas by providing operational support up to 25% of the last completed year's cash operating budget. Organizations must meet specific eligibility criteria, including nonprofit status and compliance with federal regulations.

Overview

NOTE: New organizations may only apply in odd numbered years. Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) The mission of the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) is to advance our state economically and culturally by investing in a creative Texas. TCA supports a diverse and innovative arts community in Texas, throughout the nation and internationally by providing resources to enhance economic development, arts education, cultural tourism and artist sustainability initiatives. Arts Create Grants Intent: To advance the creative economy of Texas by investing in arts organizations. This program provides multi-year operational support. Applicants write their grant for a one year period, and if funded, will provide an update for the second year. Depending on the availability of funds, the organization's award amount will be the same for two fiscal years. New organizations may only apply in odd numbered years. Arts Create 1 Arts Create 1 provides support for established Arts Organizations with a budget between $50,000 and $1 million and College Arts Institutions. Arts Create 1 is a  Multi-year grant that may consider requests up to 25% of organization's last completed year's cash operating budget.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Arts Create 1 provides support for established Arts Organizations with a budget between $50,000 and $1 million and College Arts Institutions.To be eligible for TCA grants, an organization must:be  an established Arts Organization with a budget between $50,000 and $1 million or a College Arts Institutionbe a tax-exempt nonprofit organization as designated by the Internal Revenue Service and/or must be an entity of governmenthave their eligibility status established with the TCA prior to the deadline day; know that it can take two weeks or more to get confirmation from the IRS of nonprofit status and 990 financial information which may be required for categorizationinform TCA if they believe their eligibility status has changedbe incorporated in Texashave fulfilled all its outstanding contractual obligations to the State of Texas (i.e. taxes, etc.) comply with regulations pertaining to federal grant recipients including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Drug Free Workplace Act of 1988.

Ineligibility

The Commission will not fund the following:Grants that exceed 25% of the organization's previous year's cash operating revenuesSocial functions, parties, receptions, fundraisers, or galasOperating expenses for home officesOperating expenses for state operated facilities including, but not limited to, salary support and facility costsActivities for which college or university students receive academic creditProjects at colleges and universities that serve mostly students and faculty, with minimal or no community involvementProjects by privately owned for-profit corporationsFinancing of political activitiesRetroactive fundingDebt reductionProjects, productions, workshops and/or programs that include obscene material as defined in Section 43.21, Penal Code of Texas.