Fiscal Information
The COVID Relief Fund for the Arts grant program is closed. The application deadline has passed.
- Qualifying organizations will receive a base grant of $5,000. A base grant does not require a cash match.
- Supplemental funding is based on 50% of contributed income (from non-governmental sources) between March 1, 2020 - November 1, 2020. A supplemental grant award requires a 2:1 cash match. The maximum grant award is $750,000 with no grant exceeding an organization's eligible expenses.
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A written pledge payable in whole or in part will be accepted if the pledge was made between March 1, 2020 - November 1, 2020 and will be fully paid by December 30, 2020. Pledges can account for up to 20% of the required match only. In other words, an organization may only use pledged dollars for up to 20% of total contributed income.
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Awarded grant funds can be used for eligible costs that incurred during the period that begins March 1, 2020 and ends December 30, 2020.
- Grantees will be responsible for submitting a final report. Final report due date is January 30, 2021.
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According to Federal CARES Act guidelines, a grant recipient cannot apply CARES Act funding from different sources to support the same expense.
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Grantees are responsible for ensuring funds received from any federal, state or local source, including any other grant funds received from the Connecticut Office of the Arts, do not total more than 100% for the same eligible expense for the same time frame. Grantees must track and keep records of how the funds were allocated to prove that no duplication of benefits took place.
- Grantees must maintain records associated with the use of funds for audit purposes for at least three (3) years.