CultureWorks Grants

CultureWorks supports the Richmond region’s vital arts and culture community through a variety of grant programs each is described below.

2011 Grants were awarded to the following:

Innovation Priority
1708 Gallery
Henley Street Theatre Company

Capacity Building Priority
Artspace
Firehouse Theatre Project
Richmond Triangle Players
Robinson Theater Community Arts Center
Sycamore Rouge
WRIR 97.3

The CultureWorks Grants Program also administered grants, with funding provided by Altria Group, to five organizations that had received prior support through a legacy Altria program:
Black History Museum and Cultural Center
Elegba Folklore Society
Latin Ballet of Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe Museum
Richmond Jazz Society

CultureWorks was also able to provide grant funding to two individual artists. Local aerial artist and dancer Heather Bailey was awarded a capacity building grants; Sonya Clark, Professor and Chair, Department of Craft/Material Studies at VCU School of the Arts was awarded an innovation grant.

CultureWorks 2012 Grants Program - UPDATED 12/28/11

Grant funding is available to nonprofit arts and cultural organizations and individual artists, in the Richmond Region and focuses on two funding priorities – innovation and capacity building.

Basic eligibility requirements include:

    •Applicants must be headquartered in or have their arts/culture focus primarily in the Richmond Region.
     For the CultureWorks Grants Program the Richmond Region is defined as the City of Richmond, Tri-Cities
     area (Colonial Heights, Hopewell, Petersburg), Town of Ashland and the counties of Chesterfield, Hanover
     and Henrico.
    •Funding must be used within the fiscal year July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013.
    •Organizations must be a legally incorporated 501(c)(3) organization.
    •Organizations must have an annual operating budget less than $500,000.

2012 Grants will be awarded through a competitive process that includes community volunteers evaluating each request. Artists and organizations which receive funding through the CultureWorks Grants Program will be required to report on the outcomes of their grant.

The application deadline is March 30, 2012.

CultureWorks Grants Program Guidelines and required forms are available for download.

2012 Grants Program Guidelines (PDF)

2012 Cover Sheet (PDF)

2012 Cover Sheet (Word)

2012 Budget Form (PDF)

2012 Budget Form (Excel)

CultureWorks Microscopic Grants

CultureWorks Microscopic Grants are determined by the CultureWorks administration on an ad hoc and spontaneous basis. Microscopic Grants ($25-$250) enable 501c3 organizations to take advantage of unexpected opportunities to strengthen their capacity.

For example, CultureWorks provided Microscopic Grants to pay the registration fees for nine arts and culture organizations to attend the 2009 workshop entitled, “Surviving the Economic Perfect Storm” – a learning session that provided information and action steps to equip nonprofit organizations to be sustainable during difficult financial circumstances.

Arts and Cultural Funding Consortium Grants

CultureWorks is the entity which manages the Arts and Cultural Funding Consortium and administers funding to the qualifying arts and culture organizations.

Established in 1996, the Arts and Cultural Funding Consortium’s mission is focused on maximizing the collective resources of the arts and cultural community - to maintain stability and encourage the advancement of arts and culture in the Richmond region. The Consortium provides crucial general operating support to annually qualifying arts and cultural organizations.

The 2010-2011 Arts and Cultural Funding Consortium is comprised of municipal funding received from the City of Richmond and the counties of Hanover and Henrico.

The Consortium Founding Members are:

CultureWorks
Barksdale Theatre
Black History Museum and Cultural Center
Children's Museum of Richmond
Elegba Folklore Society
Edgar Allan Poe Museum
New Virginia Review
Richmond Ballet
Richmond Jazz Society
Richmond Symphony
Theatre IV
Valentine Richmond History Center
Virginia Historical Society
Virginia Opera
Visual Arts Center of Richmond