Application Release
January 9, 2023
Draft Submission Deadline
February 3, 4:30 p.m.
Application Deadline
February 24, 2023, 4:30 p.m.
Public Panel Review
April 18 - 21, 2023
Support Period
Calendar year 2023 (January - December)
Award Notification
By May 19, 2023
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Applicants may submit a preliminary draft of their application for feedback from the Indy Arts Council grant services team. Please submit a draft by February 3, 2023 at 4:30 p.m.
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2022 Awards Announcement
May 17, 2022
This year's Public Panel Review Meetings were livestreamed via Zoom Webinar April 12 - 15, 2022. You can view the recordings here.
New applicants are only eligible to apply for the Level 1 Operating Support Program. To make the application process easier, first complete the eligibility survey, and then schedule a meeting with a member of the Investments team. An invitational password is required to begin an application (January 4 - February 18).
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Apply for one of our competitive grant programs and let us invest in your plans for the arts in Indianapolis.
Each year, the City of Indianapolis through the City-County Council allocates funding to the Arts Council to grant to Marion County arts organizations. The Arts Council’s Annual Grants Program is a three-tiered program of investment support for the arts in Indianapolis. Grants from the Arts Council will provide investments in the arts and cultural community, reflecting the changes of our growing city and ever-expanding arts community.
Grant applications are adjudicated in a public process that is free from conflicts of interest and assures fairness and professionalism.
Each application will be reviewed and scored by a conflict-free online panel. The scores will be included as part of a funding formula that determines grant awards. Information submitted in the application will be reviewed according to the evaluation criteria below. The criteria center racial diversity, equity, inclusion, and access across three areas, with an emphasis on racial equity.
The public review process took place April 12-15. Panelists included Benjamen Douglas, former grants program manager for DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities; Dionne Griffiths, community leadership officer for the Indianapolis Foundation (a CICF affiliate); Laura Holland, managing director of the Quarry Theatre; Lasana D. Kazembe, assistant professor, IUPUI Africana Studies program; Anika Kwinana, director of social responsibility and inclusion at WESTAF; Stacia Murphy, director of equity, outreach & strategic partnerships at Indy Chamber; Tariana Navas-Nieves, director of cultural affairs for the City of Denver, and India Pierre-Ingram, racial equity initiatives and grant operations manager at Cuyahoga Arts and Culture in Cleveland, Ohio.
Organizations receiving 2022 Annual Grants Program funding (in alphabetical order) include:
American Pianists Association |
$8,350 |
Arte Mexicano en Indiana |
$8,000 |
ArtMix |
$40,000 |
Arts for Lawrence (Partnerships for Lawrence) |
$30,000 |
Arts for Learning Indiana |
$35,000 |
Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis, Inc. |
$45,000 |
Aurora PhotoCenter |
$2,900 |
Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site |
$2,000 |
Big Car Collaborative |
$40,000 |
Brick Street Poetry, Inc. |
$2,500 |
Buck Creek Players, Inc. |
$2,000 |
Classical Music Indy (Fine Arts Society of Indianapolis) |
$25,000 |
Claude McNeal's Musical Theatre Training Program, Inc. |
$7,000 |
Dance Kaleidoscope |
$20,000 |
Echoing Air, Inc. |
$2,000 |
Ensemble Music Society of Indianapolis |
$2,000 |
Festival Music Society |
$2,000 |
Fonseca Theatre Company (River West Theatre) |
$50,000 |
Footlite Musicals, Inc. |
$4,000 |
Freetown Village |
$8,450 |
Harrison Center for the Arts |
$25,000 |
Heartland Film, Inc. |
$5,000 |
Iibada Dancers, Inc. |
$10,000 |
Indiana Fashion Foundation |
$4,500 |
Indiana Historical Society |
$2,500 |
Indiana Musical Education Association & Foundation |
$2,500 |
Indiana Performing Arts Centre |
$9,000 |
Indiana Repertory Theatre |
$75,000 |
Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites |
$75,000 |
Indiana State Symphony Society, Inc. |
$75,000 |
Indiana Wind Symphony |
$2,000 |
Indiana Writers Center |
$5,500 |
Indianapolis Art Center |
$11,400 |
Indianapolis Ballet, Inc. |
$5,000 |
Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra |
$10,000 |
Indianapolis Children's Choir |
$7,650 |
Indianapolis Jazz Foundation, Inc. |
$30,000 |
Indianapolis Men's Chorus, Inc. |
$2,900 |
Indianapolis Movement Arts Collective |
$2,900 |
Indianapolis Opera |
$9,900 |
Indianapolis Shakespeare Company, Inc. |
$3,500 |
Indianapolis Suzuki Company |
$5,000 |
Indianapolis Symphonic Choir |
$10,000 |
Indianapolis Women's Chorus |
$2,900 |
Indianapolis Youth Orchestra, Inc. |
$2,500 |
Indianapolis Zoo |
$20,000 |
IndyBaroque Music, Inc. |
$3,600 |
International Violin Competition of Indianapolis |
$10,575 |
Kan-Kan Cinema (Indianapolis Film Project, Inc.) |
$2,900 |
Kids Dance Outreach |
$35,000 |
Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library |
$22,805 |
Madame Walker Legacy Center, Inc. |
$15,270 |
Music For All, Inc. |
$2,900 |
Musical Family Tree |
$2,900 |
Newfields (Indianapolis Museum of Art) |
$75,000 |
PATTERN, Inc. |
$6,500 |
Percussive Arts Society |
$6,500 |
Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis, Inc. |
$5,000 |
Phoenix Theatre Cultural Center |
$15,150 |
React (Young Actors Theatre) |
$15,300 |
Storefront Theatre of Indianapolis |
$4,000 |
Storytelling Arts of Indiana |
$7,000 |
Summer Stock Stage |
$6,500 |
Summit Performance Indianapolis, Inc. |
$3,000 |
The Cabaret |
$40,000 |
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis |
$75,000 |
The District Theatre |
$6,500 |
The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art |
$75,000 |
The Indianapolis Fringe Theatre Festival |
$15,000 |
The Indy Convergence, Inc. |
$6,000 |
The New Harmony Project, Inc. |
$45,000 |
The Performing Arts Conservatory |
$8,500 |
The Philippines Cultural Community Center |
$6,500 |
The Sapphire Theatre Company |
$6,750 |
WFYI |
$20,000 |
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