The Flexible Support grant provides up to $15,000 in funding to help groups create access to the arts and stay connected to audiences/community across the seven-county metro area: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties. Projects must benefit Minnesotans. Grant requests must outline specific arts projects that may include related costs for artists and other personnel, supplies, equipment rental, and other expenses needed to carry out the project. No matching funds are required for this program.
This grant opportunity is open to new applicants as well as applicants who have received funding in the past.
This program supports the production of artistic projects, and/or activities that strengthen the organizational capacity and operations of groups providing access to the arts.
Examples of proposals could include one or more of the following: planning, adapting, maintaining, expanding, producing, developing resources or leadership capacity, moving towards recovery.
Please read the guidelines before you apply.
Text Guidelines for screen readers and translation applications are available at this link: Flexible Support Text Version Grant Guidelines The pdf of the grant guidelines are available in the grant document section below.
Grant Workshop
A video of the grant workshop is available on YouTube at this link: Flexible Support Grant Workshop Video The slides referenced in the workshop are available in the grant document section below.