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GRANTS


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City Investment Grant

​Grants are available to provide general operating support (GOS) within the criteria to arts organizations that present performing or visual arts or, through their core activities provide arts programs that are vital to the cultural life of the community. For full details, and application, please click HERE.


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Rapid City Arts Council | Stanford M. & Lynda Adelstein Art Grant

​Stan & Lynda Adelstein are committed to the Rapid City Area and to bringing new arts, culture, and experiences to the area. The Stanford M. & Lynda Adelstein Art Grant is a grant for arts organizations who have exciting and unexpected opportunities arise that requires funding to make the available. This grant is for one-time events that are not a part of the regular scheduled season activities for the organization. You are required to be a non-profit organization with 501(c)3 status, in the Rapid City area and have a specific, unfunded opportunity. 

Get all the info HERE.

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BH Community Loan Fund and Native POP Great Plains Artist Development & Technology Program
Application Deadline: December 31, 2020

Black Hills Community Loan Fund, a Native Community financial Institution located in Rapid City, is partnering with local organization, Native POP: People of the Plains to provide a unique approach to helping Native artists advance economically through the COVID-19 Pandemic. Great Plains Fine Art Artists in need of a business plan, marketing, or coaching are encouraged to apply. Space is limited to 20 Native POP Great Plains artists. Selection will begin early 2021 with services beginning in January. Services and Education to include: Business plan development, entrepreneurship class certification, merchant service set up, marketing services, website development, website hosting fees (up to one year), up to 10 hours of website maintenance fees. 

Applicants may apply at: https://artsrapidcity.wufoo.com/forms/zguik9y14t6p0x/
Or email info@nativepop.org for more information. 

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South Dakota Arts Council Grants

The South Dakota Arts Council is encouraging artists, arts organizations and other nonprofit groups to apply for grants to assist in funding arts projects and programs throughout the state.

​South Dakota artists may apply for funding through five grant programs: artist fellowships of $5,000, artist project grants of between $1,000 and $2,000, artist collaboration grants of up to $6,000, traditional arts apprenticeship grants of up to $4,000 and artist career development grants of $2,000.
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Nonprofit organizations can seek funding support in the form of arts challenge grants, statewide services grants, project grants and importation of musicians grants.

The application deadline is March 1.

Applicants are encouraged to review the eligibility requirements, granting criteria and the application procedure on the website before beginning the application process. Get all the info HERE.

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Allied Arts Fund | Pailing Family Grants

The Allied Arts is pleased to announce that it is taking applications for a grant administered by the organization through the generosity of The Pailing Family. The Pailing Family Grants are being established in memory of Walter and Y’Vonne Pailing. They were dedicated supporters of the arts, and their family wishes to continue that tradition.

Applications may be requested by contacting the Allied Arts Fund business office at 605.394.4106 or officemgr@alliedartsrc.org, or online at www.alliedartsrc.org. Applications must be made by 501(c)3 non-profit organizations for an arts event, activity, or project. Preference is given to one-time-only projects, and particularly to those benefiting children and underserved populations. Grants may not exceed $500. Deadline for applications is 60 days prior to individual project end date.

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Crazy Horse Memorial - Continuing Education Grant

The Continuing Education Grants are designed to provide financial support to Native artists committed to improving artistic skill and their careers as artists. This grant provides funds to support artists by providing funding to attend workshops, classes and/or conferences, or for marketing their existing works to reach new geographic or social audiences. Other related ideas and purposes are welcomed.

​Grants are received on a continuous basis and between 12- 15 grants are awarded per year on a first come first serve basis. 

​Download the application below
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Foundation For Contemport Art - Emergency Grants

In keeping with FCA's mission to encourage, sponsor, and promote work of a contemporary, experimental nature, applicants must demonstrate that their artistic practice falls within this context. Created in 1993, Emergency Grants provides prompt funding for innovative visual and performing artists who:
  • Have unanticipated, sudden opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding
  • Incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates
Emergency Grants is the only active, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate assistance of this kind to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad. Grants range in amount from $200 to $2,000.

​More info HERE.

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-Innovate Grant - Fall 2020 Cycle Now Open for Submissions

Innovate Grant is a new initiative that supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants.
It was created out of the frustration of applying to grants with time-consuming requirements. They believe that time is one of the most valuable components of fostering creativity and innovation. 

Innovate Grant distributes (2) $550 grants each quarter to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. Grant cycles are in the Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. 

They believe that your work should speak for itself and the grant application reflects that. All that is required is your:
-Name
-E-mail
-Website (optional)
-Grant Category
-3-5 images of your work
-Application Fee of $25 USD

Fall Deadline: Thursday, December 10 ,2020
​More info HERE
On behalf of the Rapid City Arts Council, the Dahl staff, Board of Directors, and our volunteers, we would like to express our sincere gratitude and thank the City of Rapid City for their ongoing support of our organization. It is because of support like this that we are able to continue to fulfill our mission to champion inclusive, innovative and inspired arts opportunities to enrich the communities we serve. 

The Rapid City Arts Council receives support from generous members and donors, the City of Rapid City,  SD Community Foundation, and the South Dakota Arts Council with funds from the State of South Dakota, through the Department of Tourism and the National Endowment for the Arts. Special thanks to Bierschbach Equipment and Supply and Dakota Business Center, Carter Taylor.

​​The Dahl Arts Center is a municipal facility managed by the Rapid City Arts Council and owned by the City of Rapid City.​

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