United Arts Non Profit 2011 Organizational Project Grants

United Arts is now accepting applications for the fiscal year 2011 Organizational Project Grants program. Grants of up to $20,000 will be awarded to local nonprofit cultural organizations for projects in arts, culture, history or science.

Each applicant must be a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, located in Lake, Orange, Osceola or Seminole counties, and have a mission focused on arts, culture, history, or science. See guidelines for complete eligibility requirements.

Projects will take place during the grant period of October 1, 2010 – September 30, 2011. Funds will sustain ongoing projects, as well as recognize and support imaginative and/or experimental ideas. A season of performances or exhibitions is considered an eligible project.

Workshops to explain the program will be held in May and June; RSVPs required. See our website for program guidelines and applications: www.UnitedArts.cc (click on Programs, then Grants, then Organizational Project Grants). The application deadline is 5 pm on Thursday, July 15, 2010. For more information, contact Mary Patrick Giraulo at Mary@UnitedArts.cc or 407.628.0333, x32.

Workshops for Organizational Project Grants
RSVPs required two business days in advance of each workshop to Mary@UnitedArts.cc or 407.628.0333 x32; some workshops may be cancelled due to lack of RSVPs.

May 6, 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Orlando Ballet
1111 N. Orange Ave., Orlando
5:00 – 6:30 pm Organizational Project Grants
6:30 – 8:00 pm Cultural Tourism Funding from Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs

May 13, 3:00 – 4:30 pm
Leesburg Center for the Arts
429 W. Magnolia St., Leesburg

June 1, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center
203 S. Magnolia Ave., Sanford

June 11, 9:00 am – 12:30 pm
Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center
851 N. Maitland Ave., Maitland
9:00 – 10:30 Cultural Tourism Funding from Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs
0:30 – 11:00 Mayor’s Matching Grants from City of Orlando
11:00 – 12:30 Organizational Project Grants

For more information on the Mayor’s Matching Grants from City of Orlando, go to http://www.cityoforlando.net/executive/nca/grants/grants.htm or contact Julie Tindall at 407.246.3275 or julie.tindall@cityoforlando.net.

For more information on Cultural Tourism Funding from Orange County Arts & Cultural Affairs, go to www.UnitedArts.cc (click on Programs, then Grants, then Cultural Tourism) or contact Trudy Wild at 407.628.0333 x32 or Trudy@UnitedArts.cc.

United Arts of Central Florida is a dynamic collaboration of 140 businesses, 8 governments and school districts, 26 foundations, more than 50 arts and cultural organizations, and 3,165 artists and individuals. This partnership works to enhance the quality and variety of cultural experiences available throughout Lake, Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties. Since its inception in 1989, United Arts has invested more than $107 million in local cultural organizations and cultural education. For more information please visit www.UnitedArts.cc.