Project Support Grants

> We are currently offering FY21 project grants for Folk Art activities. Please see the information below. All other project grants are still suspended for FY21.

Project grants can be used for a variety of activities by organizations that are not otherwise eligible for General Operating Support Grants. Project Grants not the right fit? Look at our General Operating Support Grants.

What Can We Apply For?

Folk Arts Cultural Preservation Grants assist individual artists, organizations, and cultural communities in the documentation, preservation, and presentation of traditional art forms. Funds up to $2,000.
Folk Arts Apprenticeships support master folk artists to work with an apprentice to share and preserve a traditional skill or art form. Funds up to $3,000.

Who Can Apply?

501(c)(3) Nonprofit organizations or government agencies
Individual artists

NEW This Year!
In an effort to increase accessibility we are allowing applicants to apply via a video. Please be sure to look over the guidelines (below) and review the Video Procedure Document to understand how the video process will work.

Can We See the Questions Before We Apply?
Yes! Please review the full grant guidelines before you apply.

Which Budget Form Should We Use?

How Do We Apply?
The grant will open on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. If you want to apply be sure to review the guidelines and questions first. You may apply through our online grant portal. You will need a portal account to access our grant applications. If you do not have one, please submit a new user request through the portal or contact the grants staff. Creation of an account can take up to two days.

When is the Grant Deadline?
Monday, May 10 2021 at 5:00 pm MST.

What Can We Apply For?
The purpose of the Museum Project Support Grant is to help support museums by encouraging the use of best practices in the care and management of collections, fostering the development of quality exhibitions and educational resources, and helping create public access to museums. Request Amount: up to $1,000

Who Can Apply?

Utah Certified Museums who are classified as a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organization or government agency

Can We See the Questions Before We Apply?
Yes! Please review the full grant guidelines before you apply.

Small Museum Project Guidelines

Which Budget Form Should We Use?

Small Museum Project Budget

How Do We Apply?
Once you have reviewed the guidelines and questions, you may apply through our online grant portal. You will need a portal account to access our grant applications. If you do not have one, please submit a new user request through the portal or contact the grants staff. Creation of an account can take up to two days.

When is the Grant Deadline?
TBD

Artist Career Advancement Scholarships were offered for the first time in early 2020. Due to the pandemic, Utah Arts & Museums pivoted and provided hundreds of thousands of dollars to indiviudal artists for emergency funds. We will continue to do our best to serve the artists who work to make Utah a vibrant and rich place to live.

From the first round of Artist Career Advancement Scholarships, a small sample of funded projects were currated for a virtual exhibition.

When the scholarships come back, they will function in a similar fashion to last year. Read on for last year's descriptions: Scholarships are being offered to support the professional development and career advancement of artists. These scholarships are specifically designed to support artists by helping them to take advantage of timely external professional opportunities and providing access to resources to advance their artistic careers.

What Can We Apply For?

Creation/design of marketing materials (professional photos, website, videos, recordings, etc. for publicity and marketing)
Expenses associated with an exceptional learning environment such as a residency or intensive study with a recognized master/mentor. (Degree bearing programs are not eligible)
Framing, freight, shipping, or materials costs for gallery exhibitions
Conference registration fees and/or associated travel costs
Vendor license fees for professional artistic opportunities

This list is not comprehensive. Please review the guidelines below for more examples and information.

Who Can Apply?

Individual artists residing in the State of Utah

Can We See the Questions Before We Apply?
Yes! Please review the full grant guidelines before you apply.

FY20 Artist Career Advancement Scholarship Guidelines & Questions

When is the Grant Deadline?
Grant Opens: TBD
Grant Closes: TBD

What Is the Partnership Grant?
The purpose of Office Partnership Grants is to leverage funding to provide training, networking, centralized marketing, professional development, technical assistance, model programs, or unique educational resources. By creating strategic partnerships with Utah-based nonprofit organizations that have complementary missions and resources, Utah Arts & Museums (UA&M) can more efficiently and effectively provide services for Utahns.

Who Can Apply?

501(c)(3) Nonprofit organizations
Government agencies

Because these grants are for partnerships, the grant application must be crafted and executed in direct partnership with a Utah Division of Arts & Museums staff member and must contain mutually agreed upon goals and measurements. New applicants must contact the UA&M Grants Manager at 801-236-7550 before starting an application.

Can We See the Questions Before We Apply?
Yes! Office Partnership Guidelines

Which Budget Form Should We Use?
Please use the project budget form.

How Do We Apply?
New applicants must contact the UA&M Grants Manager at 801-236-7550 before starting an application.

This grant is currently postponed/cancelled. We are working to meet the needs of the community in the best way possible. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

These grants were previously offered as Art Project Grants

What Can We Apply For?

Examples of Cultural Vibrancy projects include: the artistic, cultural or heritage component of festivals, exhibitions, workshops/classes, creative aging, providing art experiences to veterans, creating a community mural under the direction of an artist, creating new curriculum, fostering preservation of cultural traditions of a refugee population, offering special projects that highlight a new exhibit/program, creative place-making endeavors tied to community revitalization, or other innovative projects that advance arts and culture in a community or geographic region, and has a strong public component.

The purpose of Cultural Vibrancy Project Grants is to enable organizations and groups to develop arts or cultural-based projects that are open and accessible to the general public. Cultural Vibrancy grants provide support for projects that help showcase the richness of our cultural community, which includes the following disciplines: Arts (dance, folk life, literary, media arts and film, performing arts, public art installations, theater, visual arts); Museums (arts, botanical, history, natural history, science, zoological); Historic Preservation (service and education of architecture with a focus on the artistry involved in creating historic buildings. Neither restoration nor preservation of buildings, landscapes, nor objects is supported by this grant). Applications from organizations that do not have a cultural mission, but are producing culturally significant work will be favorably considered. If you have questions as to whether your proposed project might fit, please call the grants office for guidance.

Who Can Apply?

Nonprofit organizations or government agencies that have not received an FY21 or FY22 General Operating Support Grant or the Arts Learning Grant.

Can We See the Questions Before We Apply?
Yes! Please review the full grant guidelines before you apply.

Please check back for guidelines

Which Budget Form Should We Use?

Please check back for the budget form

How Do We Apply?
Once you have reviewed the guidelines and questions, you may apply through our online grant portal. You will need a portal account to access our grant applications. If you do not have one, please submit a new user request or contact the grants staff. Creation of an account can take up to two days.

When is the Grant Deadline?
TBD

Grants Frequently Asked Questions

Visit uamgrants.utah.gov to access your online application. All applications must be submitted through this portal.

If you already have an account, login with your credentials and start an application! If you forget your password, you can request a new one.

New to our system? It can take up to two days to get access to the portal, so please plan ahead! You can request access to the grants portal by clicking on "new user" when you reach the grants portal page.

If you have any questions, please contact: Laurel Cannon Alder, Grants Manager, at lalder@utah.gov801.236.7550 or Racquel Cornali, Grants Coordinator, at rcornali@utah.gov or 801.236.7541

You will need the following documents for any grant you apply for through UA&M:

Charitable Solicitations Permit: A Charitable Solicitations Permit is required by Utah law and must be current in order to apply for our grants. A charitable organization may not knowingly solicit, request, promote, advertise, or sponsor a charitable solicitation that originates in Utah, is received in Utah, or is caused to be made through business operations in Utah unless the organization is either exempt under Section 13-22-8 or registered with the division of Consumer Protections under Section 13-22-6. You may learn more about this, or apply for a CSP on the Division of Consumer Protection's website.
DUNS Number: All organizations will need a DUNS Number, which is free to apply for (this is not required for Individual Folk Artists)
Now Playing Utah: You will need to upload a screenshot of your organization or event listing on nowplayingutah.com
Work samples or other supporting documentation that demonstrates your organization's work

Depending on the grant you are applying for, there will be different attachments/requirements that are specific to that grant opportunity. Please review the guidelines for the grant you are apply and familiarize yourself with the necessary information and documentation.

All of our grants are first reviewed for eligibility and requirements by the grants staff. All eligible applications are then reviewed by a panel of community members assigned to each grant category. These panels score and comment on all applications and make funding recommendations. These recommendations are then forwarded to the full Utah Division of Arts & Museums or Office of Museum Services board who must approve all grant amounts before they can be awarded. Utah Division of Arts & Museums staff are not allowed to score, comment, or make funding recommendations for any applicant. All panel review members are required to sign a conflict of interest policy and must recuse themselves from discussion and scoring of any application they may have a conflict with.