Grants & Services for Organizations
Grants Guidelines › Technical Assistance
Technical Assistance is a capacity-building program supporting the management, governance and professional development needs of nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists. Currently, Technical Assistance will be awarded to organizations with proposals in the following focus areas:
Long-term solutions to upgrade functionality of Operating Support organizations on watch.
Proposals should be clear about why the focus area is crucial to long-term health. Proposals could be focused on fundraising, marketing, technology, governance or any area that is in critical need of support and should relate to the organization’s most recent Operating Support application. The organization will be required to meet with Grants staff and at least one Grants Committee member before submitting the proposal.
Sudden opportunity grants for Operating Support organizations.
GCAC will consider a limited number of requests annually from Operating Support groups for sudden opportunities. Requests can be for programming or for capacity building opportunities. The organization must be able to demonstrate the unexpected nature of the activity and the activity cannot be a part of the organization’s regular season
Activities that strengthen critical aspects of governance, leadership, and operational management for arts and cultural organizations.
If this is a first-time activity that will need to be sustained, proposals should be clear about how it will be maintained. For example, how will the organization pay for an annual audit or sustain technology upgrades?
Professional development assistance for individual artists and small to mid-sized organizations with budgets of $500,000 or less.
Small grants of up to $1,000 to offset the costs of professional development opportunities will be considered.
To apply for Technical Assistance, register or log in at GO Arts, GCAC's online grants system.
