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2025 Experience Support Grant Program

$68,000
Closed
Recurring
Grant Description

The Experience Support grant program provides arts and culture-related project funding to Michigan organizations for which arts and culture is not the primary focus of the organization’s mission. Donor Name: Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC) State: Michigan County: All Counties Grant Duration: 1 Year Details: Applicants can submit one grant application to request funding in any/all of these categories: Project Support, Facility Enhancement & Equipment Purchase, Professional/Organizational Development and Transportation. Available FY25 Experience Support Funding Opportunities Project Support (up to $20,000) Project Support funding is designed to support the production, presentation, and creation of arts and culture experiences for Michigan communities. Projects may range anywhere from a single, one-day event to a program that takes place over the entire grant period. Experience opportunities resulting from grant funds must be open to the public. Grant funds can only be used for the specific arts and culture related project that is awarded (cannot be used for any of the organization’s non-arts and culture-related programs). Facility Improvement & Equipment (up to $30,000) Facility Improvement & Equipment funding is designed to assist organizations with both facility improvements and/or the purchase of equipment related to the arts and culture programming, services, and/or activities the organization provides to its audiences and communities. Organizations may request any combination of facility improvement and/or equipment needs up to the maximum request amount. Organizations applying for Facility Improvement needs must have proof of ownership of the building or evidence of a long-term lease. Professional/Organizational Development (up to $1,500) Professional/Organizational Development funding is designed to assist an organization in providing arts and culture-related educational opportunities that increase the knowledge and skills of the organization’s personnel. Only staff members, contracted employees, board members, and/or volunteers may be selected to participate in the organization’s Professional/Organizational Development request. Transportation (up to $1,500) Transportation funding is designed to assist organizations that have a need to transport participants in “field trip” style events to engage in arts and cultural programming/services/activities. The transportation costs may be associated with both in-state and out-of-state travel. The transportation funding may be related to (or may be separate from) any other project applied for within this Experience Support grant application. The funding may be used in one (or both) of the following ways: Transporting a group of participants to the applicant’s venue to participate in the applicant’s arts and cultural programming/services/activities. Transporting a group of the applicant’s participants to a different organization’s venue to participate in arts and cultural programming/services/activities. Grant Period All funding must be spent within the grant period: October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025.  Eligibility Criteria  Eligible Michigan applicants for Experience Support: PreK-12 Schools (public or private schools, home schools, school districts, young adult special education, regional educational service agencies, and/or accredited Head Start programs) Colleges/Universities Municipalities and Tribal Entities 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organizations (with non-arts and culture-related missions). For more information, visit MACC.

Funding Details

Award Range

Not specified - $68,000

Total Program Funding

Not specified

Number of Awards

Not specified

Matching Requirement

Yes - Yes, 25%

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants

Nonprofits
Independent school districts

Additional Requirements

PreK-12 Schools must provide the following two additional pieces of information: o School District Code (available in the Entity Summary as instructed below) o Upload School District Entity Summary from the Center for Education Performance and Information (CEPI)  To obtain a copy of the School District Entity Summa MACC FY25 Experience Support Guidelines Page 4 of 39 • Go to CEPI’s website. • Use the search function to find the applicant’s school district entity summary. • Once listing is found, click on “Printer Friendly View” which will download a PDF of the Entity Summary. This will be uploaded later in the application. (The PDF can also be saved by right-clicking on the listing, clicking “Print”, and save as a PDF through the print dialogue screen).

Geographic Eligibility

All

Key Dates

Application Opens

Not specified

Application Closes

Not specified

Contact Information

Grantor

Alex Flannery

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