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 11 - 14, 2023
Support Period
Calendar year 2023 (January - December)
Award Notification
By May 19, 2023
Click here to view the 2023 Annual Grants Program Guidelines.
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.
Register for a Zoom workshop:
View application resources:
Virtual:
We can answer questions during virtural office hours every other Tuesday from 11 a.m. to noon. Register here.
We are offering additional virtual office hours for Annual Grants Program applicants from 11 a.m. - noon on Jan. 17, Jan. 31, and Feb. 14, 2023. Register here.
In-person at Indy Arts Council:
Join us for in-person office hours from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Feb. 23, 2023. Applicants can use our WiFi, get assistance with uploading documents, and request any last minute support. No registration required.
A record 87 organizations applied for Annual Grants Program funding this year. A panel of national grant professionals will review applications from 1 to 5 p.m. April 11-14.
FOR APPLICANTS:
If your organization applied for funding, please click on this document to:
FOR THE PUBLIC:
The public can register to attend the 2023 Annual Grants Panel Review, taking place via Zoom webinar. Registration links are below and info about each panel can be found here. The panels will also be livestreamed via YouTube.
Panel A: 1 - 5 p.m. April 11 & 12 | Register
Panel B: 1 - 5 p.m. April 13 & 14 | Register
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 reviewed in a public process that removes 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 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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