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Opportunities for Communities

IAC Grants for Communities

Creative Catalyst Grant (CCG)

Opens: July 10, 2024
Deadline: Closed


Creative Catalyst Grant offers support to Illinois artists and non-profit organizations for arts-related projects, programming, events, and/or professional development.

Regional Arts Partners (RAP)

Opens: June 20, 2024
Deadline: Closed

The Regional Arts Partner (RAP) Grant creates a partnership between the Illinois Arts Council (IAC) and IAC-designated organizations by providing funds to expand local mechanisms that encourage and support developing arts programs throughout the organization’s service area. Based on the assessment and perception of local needs, the RAP regranting funds make it possible for designated RAPs to develop grantmaking processes that are responsive to their service area.

General Operating Support (GOS) & Youth Employment in the Arts (YEA)

Opens: May 30, 2024
Deadline: Closed
 

General Operating Support (GOS) Grants are available for Illinois non-profit organizations that provide ongoing arts programming.

Youth Employment in the Arts (YEA) Grants provide funds to GOS grantees for individuals between the ages of 14-22.

Community Public Artworks Fund

Opens: July 15, 2024
Deadline: September 6, 2024
Grant Range: TBD

The Community Public Artworks Fund supports the creation of public artworks.

 

IAC Initiatives for Communities

Local Arts Network

The Local Arts Network (LAN) is an initiative to build capacity and excellence amongst Local Arts Agencies so they can better serve their communities and to provide opportunities for validation and support. The LAN is open to leaders from Local Arts Agencies across Illinois.

Illinois Creative Collaborative

Additional State Funding and Other Resources

Illinois DCEO Grants

DCEO's grant programs provide funds to organizations throughout Illinois that support and maintain a strong economy. To better assist potential and current grantees, this page contains a variety of resources to provide end to end support for grant recipients.

Americans for the Arts

Local Arts Agency Resources for Individual Artists

 

Artist education programs rarely provide information for artists to create and develop their art as a small business. In 2018, Americans for the Arts (AFTA) and the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation partnered to provide support for local arts agency administrators working with individual artists.  These resources have been updated and are now available to Local Arts Agencies so they may better support artists in their communities apply for grants and other opportunities.

NEA Big Read

Intent to Apply: January 23, 2025

 

Applications are open for the NEA Big Read, a national program that offers matching grants of up to $20,000 to support community-wide reading programs.
 

This year's theme is: “Our Nature: How Our Physical Environment Can Lead Us to Seek Hope, Courage, and Connection.”
 

The 22 books that applicants can choose to program all explore our relationship with the physical environment.  

Discipline-Specific Resources

Search for additional state and national resources for organizations through the IAC's Discipline-Specific Resources database.    

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