Arts and Cultural Heritage Grant

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 made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.”

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

Final Report
When you receive your Arts and Cultural Heritage (ACH) grant award, you will also receive a customized final report form. This customized form contains information from your application to help you compare your original goals with your project’s actual outcomes. If you have lost your customized final report form, call or email the R2AC office and we can send you a new one.