Guides to Grants for Fiscal Year 2013 Cycle Now Available

By Arizona Commission on the Arts

on January 24th, 2012

If you are currently a recipient of grant funding from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, or are interested in applying for the first time, please visit www.azarts.gov/grants to find information about grant categories, eligibility and application requirements.

Guidelines are now available for applying to the 2012-2013, fiscal year 2013 cycle of grants for organizations and schools.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to begin preparing application narratives and materials now, using the Guide to Grants documents. The Electronic Grants Online Resource, or EGOR – the online system used by applicants for grant application submission – will open in late January 2012.

Applicants should pay special attention to the following changes:

• Cultural Data Project: After nearly two years of preparation, trainings and orientations, the Arizona Cultural Data Project (CDP), a free financial tool for Arizona arts organizations, is now the primary vehicle for application budget submission. All applicants to the GOS and Festivals grants categories are required to submit their organization’s budget information using the Arizona Cultural Data Project (www.azculturaldata.org). Applicants should not delay: an organization’s first CDP data entry effort takes time and should not be postponed until the last minute. See the GOS Guide for more information.
• Festival Grant Funding: For the fiscal year 2013 grants cycle, Metro Phoenix/Metro Tucson organizations may not apply for support for both a Festival Project Grant and a General Operating Support (including Organizational Development Grant, General Operating Support Levels I, II, or III, or Basic/Locals Aid). Additionally, up to 10 of the grant review panels’ top-ranked festivals may receive merit-based $1,000 awards in addition to the flat $1,500 Festival Project Grant award, as well as an “Arizona Commission on the Arts Superfestival” distinction for the grant cycle (based on the availability of Arts Commission funds).
• Grants on hiatus: Due to sustained reductions to the Arts Commission’s grantmaking budget, Partners in Arts Learning Grants, discipline-based Project Grants and Arts Link to Tourism and the Economy (ALTE) are on hiatus for the 2012-2013, fiscal year 2013 cycle.

Applicants are encouraged to review all updates and changes to the Arts Commission’s grant application and review process in the Guide to Grants, Overview.

The deadline to submit an application for the upcoming grants cycle is Thursday, March 15, 2012.

Questions? Contact the Arts Commission at 602-771-6502 or info@azarts.gov.