Arts and Cultural Heritage Grants

Download application: pdf or word document.
Check the grant deadlines page for application due dates.

Eligibility
Artists, arts organizations, nonprofit organizations (schools, youth groups, etc.), cultural heritage groups and local governments may apply.  If your organization is not a 501(c)3 organization you will need to find a fiscal sponsor and fill out a Fiscal Sponsor Agreement, however, if you are applying as an individual artists will not need to do this. Please read the guidelines included with the application thoroughly and contact the Region 2 Arts Council with any questions.

After you have received your grant award:

If you have received an Arts and Cultural Heritage (ACH) grant you must use the Legacy Funds Logo, for download here, and the official credit line, below, on all publicity for your project including public service announcements and news releases, brochures, posters, radio announcements, and television news coverage.

“This activity is funded in whole or in part by a Region 2 Arts Council Grant through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature, and the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund passed by Minnesota voters on November 4, 2008.”

And don’t forget to write a letter thanking your legislators, click here for a list of names and addresses.

Final Report
If you have received an Arts and Cultural Heritage (ACH) grant, and completed your project, please download and complete the necessary ACH Final Report Form.  You can choose between the pdf or the Word document.