THE FOLLOWING MINIGRANTS ARE AVAILABLE ANNUALLY

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• Project Mini-grants - (up to $4,000) 

• Professional & Organizational Development (POD) Grants - (up to $1,500)

• Arts and Culture Trek Grants for schools (up to $500)

• ​Arts Equipment and Supplies for schools (up to $1,500)​

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MACC Round Two Arts in Education & Minigrants Now Open

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Round 2 of the MACC Minigrant Program as well as the Arts in Education grant are now open for applications.  

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The Minigrant Program is administered through our Regional Regranting partners and offers grants for Projects, Professional/Organizational Development, Supplies and Bus Grants. Please contact your Regional Regrantor to verify they are offering a Round 2 and/or with any questions you might have. 

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Minigrant Projects provide up to $4,000 for special opportunities to address arts and cultural needs locally. These projects connect communities with the world by exploring, sharing and supporting creative expression, and by doing, so they promote the health and well-being of communities and citizens throughout our state. We believe that by sharing creative experiences and expressing our creativity, we build powerful connections with the people we are closest to, with our community, the world around us and with ourselves. 

 

Professional or Organizational Development (POD) Minigrants provide up to $1,500 to assist non-profit arts and cultural organizations, artists, arts administrators and arts educators with opportunities that specifically improves their management and/or brings the artist or the arts organization to another level artistically. In addition, the Minigrant POD program provides Michigan and individual Michigan artists/arts administrators/arts professionals a presence at national conferences and workshops. 

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Supplies Grant are available to Michigan K-12 schools for up to $1,500 to pay for equipment (including repairs of equipment) or supplies being used within the classroom/school setting for arts and/or cultural experiences. Michigan K-12 teachers in any arts or cultural discipline may apply for the grant, including, but not limited to, creative writing, dance, film/video, music, visual arts, and theatre. Grants are awarded on a reimbursement basis.

 

Bus Grant are available to Michigan K-12 schools grants of up to $1,500 to pay for equipment (including repairs of equipment) or supplies being used within the classroom/school setting for arts and/or cultural experiences. Michigan K-12 teachers in any arts or cultural discipline may apply for the grant, including, but not limited to, creative writing, dance, film/video, music, visual arts, and theatre. Grants are awarded on a reimbursement basis.  

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Arts in Education grants are available to Michigan K-12 schools and offer up to $20,000 to fund arts education school-based arts learning projects, designed to introduce or enhance student knowledge of and participation in a particular art form such as: dance, theatre, music, creative writing, storytelling, visual arts (including video, media arts and graphic design), or traditional folk arts.

 

Find the grant guidelines here:

https://medc.app.box.com/s/dheaegyiwjyk4b8rb7k215pfckkjlmcw/file/92514894664

 

The deadline for submission for all grants listed above is January 15 for projects taking place between March 1st, 2023 and September 30th, 2023.