Grassroots Arts Grant Applications for FY27 are Open!

We are now accepting applications for the 2026-27 season! Read on to see if Grassroots Arts Grants might be a good match for a Chatham County organization you know and love.

For more than 25 years, the Chatham Arts Council has helped bring public arts funding into communities across Chatham County through annual Grassroots Arts Grants. These grants have awarded between $20,000 and $30,000 each year to local nonprofits using the arts to do extraordinary work. Over that time, they have invested more than $315,000 in arts-centered projects across Chatham County.

As the Designated County Partner of the North Carolina Arts Council, the Chatham Arts Council is proud to help award these funds and strengthen the role of artists and arts organizations in Chatham County.

We invite you to explore our past Grassroots Arts Grant recipients below, and to review the guidelines to see whether your organization may be a good fit to apply.

For more information about the Grassroots Arts Grant Program, please contact heather@chathamartscouncil.org

The Grassroots Arts Grant Program is made possible by individual contributions to the Chatham Arts Council’s general operating fund—and by the Grassroots Arts Program of the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Grassroots Arts Program :: Guidelines for Application

The 2026-2027 Grassroots Arts Subgrant Application deadline is Monday, 15 June, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

Please note: You can save this application and come back to it later. However, the form will not allow you to move to the next page of the application until all fields on the current page have been completed. We realize this is challenging, so here’s a PDF link to the full application so you can see it all at once.

Remember to save often, please! The NEXT button does not autosave your work, and we feel so bad when we get desperate emails about lost work due to power outages and internet weirdness. We’ve been there, and it stinks. Save, save, save!

If you have questions about your application, please email us at heather@chathamartscouncil.org

Who may apply?

To be eligible, your organization must be able to answer YES to all of the following questions:

• Are you an organization?
• Have you been in operation for at least one year?  501(c)(3) status or fiscal agency is required.
• Do you have an arts mission—or do you have a program that uses the arts to help accomplish your mission?
• Are you based in Chatham County?
• Can you submit your application and support materials by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, 15 June, 2026?

What can we apply for?

Cash! Cash grants range from $1,000 to $5,000. We prefer to award gifts of $1,000 or greater for two reasons: (1) We want our grants to have strong impact, and (2) There is fairly significant required state reporting for the subgrantee.

What activities are eligible?

Grassroots Arts Program funds may be used for expenditures to conduct quality arts programs or to operate an arts organization.

Typical uses of Grassroots money include:

• Program expenses such as artists’ fees and travel, space rental, advertising, marketing and publicity, website and electronic media, scripts, costumes, sets, props, music and equipment rental.
• Operating expenses for arts organizations, including salaries, telephone, office supplies, printing, postage, rent, utilities, insurance and equipment rental or purchase.
• Two particular areas of interest for the Chatham Arts Council are (1) local artist fees/fair payment of artists and (2) outreach to diverse and/or underserved communities.

Who gets funding priority?

• The first priority of the Grassroots Arts subgrant program is to provide operating or program support to qualified arts organizations including theaters, symphonies, galleries, art guilds, choral societies, dance companies, folk arts societies, writers groups and arts festivals. We’re talking about groups whose mission is all about making and sharing art. Grassroots funds are not generally awarded to arts organizations that receive funding through the N.C. Arts Council’s General Support Program.
• The second priority of the Grassroots Arts subgrant program is to support arts learning and arts-in-education programs conducted by qualified artists. These can be artist residencies in schools, after school summer camps, or adult arts learning classes.
• The third priority of Grassroots Arts subgrants is to support community organizations that provide quality art experiences for the greater community. These programs must be conducted by qualified artists—and if they’re local artists, that’s even better. But these local artists can’t already be on your organization’s staff! We can’t support your non-arts org’s payroll with these grants.

What are the policies for specific types of organizations?

• Tribal organizations that receive grassroots funds must represent state or federally recognized tribes.
• Colleges, universities, civic organizations, municipalities, and libraries may receive grants for arts programs that are community-based or generate regional arts involvement. Grants may not support their internal programs, administration, or operation expenses (library books, band boosters, equipment purchases).
• Religious organizations or churches may not receive grassroots funds unless the programs are presented outside regular church services, engage the larger community, and do not contain religious content.
• Grassroots funds may not be used for activities associated with a school’s internal arts programs such as in-school student performances, the purchase of art supplies, or student arts competitions and publications.

What will the Grassroots Arts Program decline to support?

Subgrants may not be awarded to individuals or to organizations for prizes or tuition, including scholarships and financial awards. Grassroots Arts Program money may not be used for the following kind of expenditures:

• Art, music, and dance therapy
• Fundraising events
• Artifacts
• High school band activities or equipment
• Artwork
• Interest on loans, fines, or litigation costs
• Capital expenditures
• Lobbying expenses
• Contingency funds
• Oral history and history projects
• Deficit reduction
• Tuition for academic study
• Food or beverages for hospitality or entertainment functions

When does my project need to take place?

The activity must be complete by May 31, 2027, and all grant funds and matching funds must be spent by that time. Retroactive grant applications (for activities that occurred between July 1, 2026 and the grantee awards) are allowable, but they do not tend to score as well with grant panels. If you’d like to apply for support of a multi-year project, you can apply for the phase of the project that will happen in the current application year.

Is there a matching requirement?

Yes. All subgrantees are required to match their grant amounts dollar for dollar. The funds must come from other public or private sources. Other N.C. Arts Council funds cannot be used as a match.

What is required of Grassroots Grant Recipients?

Each grant recipient will:

• Complete the Grassroots Grant contract. The contract must be submitted to the Chatham Arts Council with a copy of your organization’s Conflict of Interest Policy, Certification of No Overdue Taxes, Board List, W9, and By-Laws.
• Use the Chatham Arts Council logo in all relevant publicity. This includes listings in print materials, email blasts, web pages, and news releases. The Chatham Arts Council logo is available for download on the Reporting + Resources tab on this page. Please note that we are now using the county shaped CAC logo, and we ask that you use that one, too!
• Use the North Carolina Arts Council logo and grant acknowledgement line in all relevant publicity. This includes listings in print materials, email blasts, web pages, and news releases. The NC Arts Council’s web site offers information and downloadable logos at ncarts.org.
• Thank Chatham County senators and representatives in writing for appropriating state funding for the arts. The letter should provide info about how Grassroots funds were used to support your program or project—as well as the community impact of the event. Copies of letters to legislators must be included in the subgrantee’s final report.
• File final reports on the use of the grant in a timely and thorough manner. Each subgrantee is required to submit a final report providing a detailed description of the funded project, participation statistics and demographics, sample marketing and program materials using the N. C. Arts Council and Chatham Arts Council logos, and copies of their legislative letters. Final reports for FY26 grants must be completed online at the Reporting + Resources tab on this page by May 31, 2026.

• Application
• Recipients
• Reporting + Resources

We look forward to receiving your Grassroots Arts Grant application by 11:59 p.m. on June 15, 2026!

1The Main Scoop

2About Your Fabulous Project

3About Your Awesome Organization

4Wrapping It Up

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• What is the name of your organization?*
• What is the title for your proposed Grassroots Arts project?*
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• Please give us a one-sentence description of your project:*
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• What amount of grant money are you requesting?*
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  When was your organization founded?
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• Who is the best contact person at your org for this application?*
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• What's their title in your org?
• What's the best email address for your contact person?*
• What is your contact person's cell number?*
• If there's an org phone number for your contact person, please list it here.
• What is your org's website address?
• Please share the link to your org's Facebook page.
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• Please share the link to your org's Instagram page.
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• What is your org's address?*
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• About Your Fabulous Project

  This section is all about the project you’re proposing. If you’re an arts org, and you’re applying for operating dollars, then your operations (and all your programs) are your project!
• What's that project title again?*
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• And the one-sentence description of your project?*
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• What is your project start date?*
  No earlier than July 1, 2025
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• What is your project end date?*
  No later than June 30, 2026
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• Please confirm that your project/work takes place in Chatham County.*
  Yes, indeed, our project/work takes place in Chatham County.
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  What county is your project in?*
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• Please answer the following questions:
  
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• What are the two most important goals of your project?*
  500 character max. Please write these in two numbered “To” phrases, as in: 1) To reach every community in Chatham County. 2) To pay our artists for the first time ever. (These do not have to be your goals. This is just how we want to see them written.)
• 3a. What are the estimated racial/cultural demographics of your intended participants in the project?
  
  Participants are anyone who is part of the project (audience, artist, staff, etc.). You do NOT need to include numbers of participants for other programs your org provides here. We’re just looking for the numbers related to your proposed project.
• What is the total number of participants you expect for your project?*
  Please enter a number from 1 to 100000.
• What percentage of participants do you expect will be Black/African American?
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• What percentage of participants do you expect will be Asian/Asian American?
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• What percentage of participants do you expect will be Native American/Alaska Native?
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• What percentage of participants do you expect will be Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander?
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• What percentage of participants do you expect will be Hispanic/Latinx?
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• What percentage of participants do you expect will be white?
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• What percentage of participants do you expect will be multi-racial?
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• Double check! What do your percentages add up to? (Should be 100%!)*
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• Please talk about other demographics of your intended participants.*
  600 character max. Include geographic, age, gender, disability, and other demographic characteristics, if desired. Again, participants are anyone who is part of the project (audience, artist, staff, etc.).
• Where will the project take place?*
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• What are the project activities? Please describe each activity of the project in three sentences or less.*
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• Who are the artists to be involved in the project, how and why were they chosen, and what will be the rate of payment for their services? (If you have not yet selected the artists, please describe the kinds of artists you intend to involve and how you will select them.)*
  This is important. Just want to emphasize that. 1000 character max
• How do you plan to publicize and promote your project to reach intended participants? Please use a specific, clear list to answer this question.*
  (Example: “Communication with our members” is okay. “Email blasts to members” is good. “Four email blasts to our 650 members” is awesome.) 1000 character max
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  How has your work changed, evolved, or shifted due to economic uncertainty? Please talk about how your project can adapt to potential shifts in the economic landscape.
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• What are three measurable goal statements by which you will evaluate your project?*
  (Example: “We will have strong attendance” is not so fabulous. “More young people will come than last year” is better. “At least 15% of our audience will be under 50” is awesome.) 750 character max
• What are your top two strategies for creating a quality arts experience? Please describe each in two sentences or less.*
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  10. In two sentences, what is the biggest lesson you learned from the last time you conducted this (or a similar) project? In three or four more sentences, what will you do this time to improve?
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• How do you plan to maintain or develop racial/ethnic inclusion in this project?*
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• In five sentences or less, how is your project and/or work unique and necessary in Chatham County?*
  This one is a big deal, too, y’all. 1000 character max
• Project Budget
  
  Please provide a projected budget for your proposed grant project using the format below. If you’re an arts org requesting operating dollars (rather than project dollars), you’ll enter numbers from your FY25 total annual budget projections here.

• Total Project Expenses :: How much will the project cost?

• Personnel: Administrative Staff*
• Personnel: Artistic Staff*
• Personnel: Technical/Production Staff*
• Outside Fees and Services: Artist Contracts*
• Outside Fees and Services: Other Contracts*
• Space Rental*
• Travel*
• Marketing*
• Remaining Project Expenses*
• If you entered an amount for Remaining Project Expenses, please describe what those include below.
• Total Project Expenses*

• Grant Request Allocation :: What part(s) of the project will you pay for with a Grassroots Arts Grant?

  This will tell us which of the above project expenses you plan to pay with this Grassroots Arts Grant.
• Personnel: Administrative Staff*
• Personnel: Artistic Staff*
• Personnel: Technical/Production Staff*
• Outside Fees and Services: Artist Contracts*
• Outside Fees and Services: Other Contracts*
• Space Rental*
• Travel*
• Marketing*
• Remaining Project Expenses*
• If you entered an amount for Remaining Project Expenses, please describe what those include below.
• Total Project Expense*
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  Total Grant Request*
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  Project Expense Summary

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  Total Grant Request*
  Be sure this matches the amount of your grant request earlier on this page!

• Other Project Income :: Where is the other money coming from?

  The state requires that your org provide a funding match for the grant amount you’re requesting. That means that if you’re asking for $1,000, you have to bring $1,000 to the project, too. This can be from money you raise–or money your org already has. It cannot be in-kind donations of goods or services!
• Admissions*
• Contracted Services Revenue*
• Other Earned Revenue*
• Private Support: Corporate*
• Private Support: Foundation*
• Private Support: Individual*
• Private Support: Other*
• Government Support: Federal*
• Government Support: State/Regional*
  Not including this Grassroots Arts Grant request.
• Government Support: Local*
• Applicant Assets*
  This is money your org already has on hand.
• Total Applicant Funding Match*
  Add up all the “Other Income” you just entered, and that’s your required funding match. It can be more than the grant amount you’re requesting, but it can’t be less!
• Total Grassroots Arts Grant Request Amount*
  Double-check: Is it equal to–or more than–your Total Applicant Funding Match? It should be!
• Total Project Income*
  This is the Applicant Funding Match + Grassroots Arts Grant Request. Double-check; This number should equal the Total Project Expense amount entered earlier on this page!

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• About Your Awesome Organization

• What is your organization's mission?*
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• In what year did your organization form?*
• In ten words or less, who does your organization primarily serve?*
• List your most important two or three programs/services, and describe each with one or two great sentences only.*
  600 characters max
• Does your organization have a business plan or strategic plan?*
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• Please upload your business/strategic plan.
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• Staff and Board

• How many full-time employees are on your org's staff?*
• How many part-time employees are on your org's staff?*
• Please list your board members and their affiliations here.*
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  Board Member Name	Affiliation

• Please discuss the racial/cultural and geographic diversity of your board. We ask that you be specific with numbers and identities–and that you share any efforts you're currently making toward inclusivity in your staff and board.*
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  How many board members does your org have?
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  Please upload a one-page current list of your Board of Directors with their affiliations.
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• Organization Budget Statements
  
  Please attach complete income and expense statement (an audit may be substituted) for your last completed fiscal year and complete operating budgets for the current fiscal year. Public schools and other large governmental or community agencies should attach arts program financial information only. Please copy the totals from these attachments in the spaces below.

• Last Year's Financials

• What was your LAST fiscal year end date?
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• What was your total actual income from LAST fiscal year?*
• What were your total actual expenses from LAST fiscal year?*
• Upload your actual income/expense statement from LAST fiscal year here, please.*
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• This Year's Financials

• What is your end date for your CURRENT fiscal year?
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• What is your total projected income from your CURRENT fiscal year?*
• What are your total projected expenses from your CURRENT fiscal year?*
• Upload your budget projections for your CURRENT fiscal year here, please.
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• Next Year's Financials

• What is your end date for your NEXT fiscal year?
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• What is your total projected income for your NEXT fiscal year?*
• What are your total projected expenses for your NEXT fiscal year?*
• Upload your budget projections for your NEXT fiscal year here, please.
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• Please provide the information in sections 7 and 8 for your CURRENT fiscal year for your organization.
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  7. Audience / Participants

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  Total annual number of audience/participants for all arts programs and activities:*
• Of this number, approximately what percent are:
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  Black/African American*
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  Asian/Asian American*
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  Native American/Alaska Native*
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  Hispanic/Latino*
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  White, not Hispanic*
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  Multi-racial*
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  Total
• Of the total number of participants, approximately what percent are:
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  Residents of Southwest Chatham*
  Includes Bennett, Bear Creek, Bonlee, and Goldston
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  Residents of Southeast Chatham*
  Includes Moncure and a small part of Apex
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  Residents of Northwest Chatham*
  Includes Silk Hope and Siler City
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  Residents of Northeast Chatham*
  Includes Pittsboro, Bynum, parts of Chapel, parts of Apex, and a small part of Cary
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  Folks from outside Chatham County*
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  8. Volunteers

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  Approximate total number of hours contributed by volunteers annually:*
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  Total number of artists under contract*
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  Total amount paid to artists under contract*
• Of the total number of staff/contractors, how many are:
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  8. Board

• Of your total number of board members, how many are:
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• Wrapping It Up

• Grant acknowledgement opportunities*
  Year-round acknowledgement of the donors and legislators who provide funding for the Grassroots Grant Program is critical to the on-going strength of the program. Please check each credit line option that your organization can provide to recognize the support of the Chatham Arts Council and the North Carolina Arts Council with insertion of the CAC logo, NCAC logo, and NCAC text credit line (see the the Resources + Reports Tab for logos and credit line):
  • Website Home Page logo or listing
  • Social Media logo or listing
  • Program/playbill logo or listing
  • Printed newsletter
  • E-blast newsletter
  • E-blast invitation and announcements
  • Event/exhibition flyers/brochures
  • Event/exhibition poster
  • Curtain speech at each event/performance
  • Lobby display
  • Logo include on all media ads inc. TV
  • Audio credit line included in radio/TV ads
• Other grant acknowledgement opportunities, including additional social media
• Additional Information*
  If there is relevant information you haven’t been able to share elsewhere in the application, please share it here. 600 characters max.
• Certification
  
  
• We understand that failure to respond to any of the above items may adversely affect the consideration of this application. We certify that we are committed to the completion of the proposed project in compliance with legal requirements and granting procedures. We certify that the information contained in this application, including attachments and supporting materials, is true and correct to the best of our knowledge.*
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• Name of Authorizing Official*
• Position of Authorizing Official*
• Name of Contact Person*
• Position of Contact Person*
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• You did it! Thank you for applying for a Grassroots Arts Grant this year. Our panelists will read everything carefully. You’ll receive an email copy of your application. That’s how you’ll know the submission went through. Good luck!

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• Go See This: Phil Wiggins, Hubby Jenkins, and Women in Old-Time Music at The Hoppin’ John Fiddlers Convention
• Go See This: New Classes now available at the Chatham Clay Studio
• Go See This: Drive-In Day of the Books / El Día de los Libros en Carro
• Go See This: NCAI Artshop opens with Folk Art Show
• Go See This: Fiesta! This Weekend in Siler City
• Go See This: Sisters’ Voices Spring Concert
• Go See This: Day of the Books / El Día de los Libros
• Go See This: Celebrate the Bluegrass Experience
• Meet This Artist: Leandra Strope is empowering girls to find their voices
• Go See This: Sisters’ Voices Winter Concert

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• Organizational Information

• Name of Organization*
• Contact Person's Name*
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• Contact Person's Title*
• Mailing Address*
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• Fiscal Year End Date*
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  Choose the one item which best describes you. This code is used for N.C. Arts Council lists to group similar organizations together.
  • Individual
  • Arts Organization
  • Community Organization
• Institution Code – Individuals
  Choose One01 Individual-Artist— includes performing, visual, crafts, literary and others who create, perform or interpret works of art02 Individual-Non-Artist— includes supporters, patrons and others interested in arts
• Institution Code – Arts Organizations
  Choose OneArt School (15A)Artist Guild/Membership Association (18)Artist Shop/Studio (10A)Arts Cultural Center (15)Arts Camp/Summer Program (15B)Arts Council/Local Arts Agency (16)Arts Publication (13A)Arts Service Organization (17)Arts Support/Fundraising Group (18A)Book Publisher/Press (12)Cinema (11)Concert Series/Series Presenter (14A)Exhibit Space – other than artists studio or gallery (10B)Fair/Festival (14)Gallery (10)Literary Magazine (13)Museum – Art (08)Performance Facility (07)Performing Group – College/University (04)Performing Group – Community – avocational performers; may be directed by professionals (05)Performing Group – Professional (03)Performing Group for Young Audiences (06)Regional Arts Consortium (16A)Youth Performing Group (06A)
• Institution Code – Community Organizations
  Choose OneCollege/University (26)Community Service Organization (32)Chamber of Commerce/CVB (32B)Corporation/Business (31)Correctional Institution (33)Email new site/web site (43A)Foundation (30)Government-Executive (38)Government-Judicial (39)Government-Legislative (House) (40)Government-Legislative (Senate) (41)Health Care Organization (34)Historical/Science/Interpretive Museum (09)Historical Society/Commission (28)Humanities Council/Agency (29)Library (27)Local Government (38A)Media-Daily Newspaper (43)Media-Periodical (42)Media-Radio (45)Media-Television (46)Media-Weekly Newspaper (44)Park/Historic Site (37A)Parks and Recreation Department (37)Preschool/Child Care Facility (25B)Recreation/Athletic Center (37B)Religious Organization (35)Senior Citizens’ Center (36)School District (19)School-Elementary (21)School-K-12 (25A)School-Middle (22)School-Other (25)School-Parent-Teach Association (20)School-Secondary (23)School-Vocational/Technical College (24)Social Service Organization (32A)
• Applicant Discipline*
  Choose the code describing the discipline for the majority of supported activities. Only use Multidisciplinary (14) if the majority of activities cannot be attributed to one discipline.
  Choose OneCrafts (07)Clay (07A)Fiber Arts (07B)Glass (07C)Leather (07D)Metal (07E)Mixed Media (07I)Paper Arts (07F)Plastics (07G)Stone (07AB)Woodworking (07H)Dance (01)Ballet (01A)Ethnic/Jazz/Folk Inspired Dance (01B)Modern Dance (01C)Design Arts (06)Architecture (06A)Fashion Design (06B)Graphic Design (including computer graphics) (06C)Industrial Design (06D)Interior Design (06E)Landscape Architecture (06F)Urban/Metropolitan Design/Planning (06G)Folk Arts (12)Folk Crafts (12C)Folk Dance (12B)Folklore/Study of Folk Arts (12E)Folk Music (12A)Narrative/Storyteller (12D)Literature (10)Children's Literature (10F)Fiction Writing (10A)Non-Fiction Writing (10B)Playwriting (10C)Poetry (10D)Screenwriting (10E)Translation (10H)Spoken-word (10G)Media Arts (09)Audio Arts (09B)Film (09A)Film Animation (09AB)Technology/Experimental (09D)Video Arts (09C)Music (02)Band Music (02A)Blues (02FA)Chamber Music (02B)Choral Music (02C)Country Music (02GC)Ethnic/Folk Inspired(02E)Gospel Music (02EA)Hip Hop Music (02GB)Jazz(02F)New Music/Electronic/Experimental(02D)Orchestral Music (02I)Popular/Rock Music (02G)Rap/Urban(02GA)Solo/Recital Music (02H)World Music(02EB)Opera/Musical Theater (03)Opera (03A)Musical Theater (03B)Photography (08)Theater (04)Mime (04B)Puppetry (04D)Theater for Young Audience (04E)Theater (general) (04A)Visual Arts (05)Experimental Visual Arts (05A)Graphics – Prints/Drawings (05B)Painting (05D)Sculpture (05F)Humanities (13)Interdisciplinary (11)Multi-Disciplinary (14)Performing Arts (14A)Visual Arts (14B)Non-Arts/Non-Humanities (15)
• Applicant Race/Ethnicity Code*
  This is a National Standard for Arts Information Exchange data collection project to document state arts agency grantmaking activities. This information will not be used in making grant decisions.
  
  Applicant Race/Ethnicity
  Individuals may select any combination of the codes that apply. Organizations should choose the one code that best represents 50 percent of more of their staff or board or membership.
  Choose OneN American Indian/Alaskan nativeA AsianB Black/African AmericanH Hispanic/LatinoP Native Hawaiian/Pacific IslanderW White, not Hispanic
• Organization’s 2025-26 Income*
  This should be your last complete Fiscal Year.
• Organization’s 2025–2026 Expenses*
  This should be your last complete Fiscal Year.

• Grant Data

• Grant Amount*
• Matching Funds*
• Total*

• Project Data – Participation Statistics

• Total number of people participating in programs funded through Grassroots Arts Program Grant:*
  (Include the total number of individuals who were directly involved in the funded activity, i.e., artists, non-artist project participants or audience members.)
• Specify the number of this count who are children and youth (pre-K through secondary school students):*
• Specify the number of this count who are artists:*
• What percentage of participants (including artists and audience) reside in western Chatham?*
  We understand this will likely be an estimate.
  Please enter a number from 0 to 100.

• Project Data – Multicultural Statistics

• Excluding artists but including audience, what number of total participants in the funded project are: (Do not enter a percentage)
• American Indian/Alaskan Native*
• Black/African American*
• White, not Hispanic*
• Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander*
• Hispanic/Latino*
• Asian*

• What number of artists in the funded project are: (Do not enter a percentage)
• American Indian/Alaskan Native*
• Black/African American*
• White, not Hispanic*
• Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander*
• Hispanic/Latino*
• Asian*

• Arts Education

• Do 50% or more of project activities involve arts education; increasing knowledge and skills in the arts to grades pre-K–12?*
  • Yes
  • No

• Project Description Narrative

• Please provide a brief description of the project funded:*
  Limit: 200 characters

• Project Expenses Report

• Please list below the specific expenses paid with these grant funds:*

  Item	Amount

• Total*

• Attachments

• Publicity Materials*
  Attach a PDF copy of any materials used for project publicity and any other printed materials using the N.C. Arts Council credit line and logo and the Chatham Arts Council logo. This includes articles, reviews, and other materials documenting the funded project.
  Accepted file types: pdf, Max. file size: 10 MB.
• Legislative Letters*
  Attach copies of the letters or emails sent to legislators expressing appreciation of this grant.
  Max. file size: 10 MB.
• List of Participating Artists*
  Attach a list that includes the names, place of residence, ethnicities, payment amount, and art forms of artists participating in your funded project. ALL PARTS OF THIS LIST ARE REQUIRED. WE MUST REPORT ALL CATEGORIES TO THE STATE ARTS COUNCIL, SO PLEASE DO NOT OMIT CATEGORIES IN YOUR LIST!
  Max. file size: 10 MB.