Mid-America Arts Alliance is now accepting applications for Cultural Sustainability: Operational Impact Grants for Small Arts Organizations.
This pilot program, in partnership with The Wallace Foundation, will offer operational grants, capacity building, and cohort learning to small, culturally driven arts organizations with operating expenses under $500,000. M-AAA’s grant program is open to nonprofits AND arts-centric businesses in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and the Native Nations that share this geography.*
M-AAA expects to grant a total of $1,100,000 in the region, through 22 unrestricted, non-matching organizational grants of $50,000 each.
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Timeline
- Applications open October 30, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. CT
- Applications close January 10, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. CT
- Awards for Cultural Sustainability: Operational Impact Grants for Small Arts Organizations made April 2025
- Public announcement April 2025
The Technical Assistance Learning Cycles will occur in 3-month cycles with a 1-month break at the end of each cycle.
- Cycle 1: May 2025–July 2025
- Cycle 2: September–November 2025
- Cycle 3: January 2026–April 2026
