Overview
The Supporting Arts grant program provides general operating support to help Connecticut’s arts organizations and municipal arts departments cover programmatic costs associated with their mission-related work. This type of grant is flexible and gives the grantee the ability to use the funds where they are most needed.
* Some restrictions apply. Visit Eligible Expenses for funding restrictions.
LOOKING TOWARDS FY24 - Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and Accessibility
To prepare for upcoming changes to the Supporting Arts program (scheduled for FY24), each FY23 application will be reviewed by a panel of independent reviewers. These independent panelists will review and score responses to the application questions in the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Accessibility sections. An applicant’s score will not affect an organization’s FY23 grant award.
COA is utilizing independent panel reviews to gather information and to establish a benchmark that will serve as a guide for the FY24 SAP guidelines and criteria.
Each organization will be reviewed based on their own organizational commitment to DEI and Accessibility principles and how that commitment is illustrated in both their internal policies and procedures and their external programs and services. COA respects that each organization comes to this work from differing needs and perspectives and that there is no one single path to instituting equitable practices across the organization. Because of this, we will ask questions that are designed to help you share your organization’s assessed needs and action steps. See How to Apply & The Application and Glossary of Terms & Resources.