The City of Flagstaff has allocated American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Coronavirus Local Recovery Funds (Local Recovery Funds) to the Aid to Non-Profits: Arts & Sciences eligible use category. In partnership with the City of Flagstaff, Creative Flagstaff will administer these funds on the City’s behalf.

Creative Flagstaff has created a Capacity & Innovation Project Grant (Project) to provide the Local Recovery Funds as flexible funds to support a specific project designed to provide financial support for which will result in additional operational capacity in the art, science, and cultural sectors in greater Flagstaff.

Projects must result in or support:

• Audience Development & Marketing

and/or

• Professional Development for your staff, board, or volunteers that would otherwise not be accessible such as conferences, continuing education, or facilitation.

To qualify for ARPA funding, projects must directly address at least one of the following: COVID-19 Response, COVID-19 Mitigation, COVID-19 Prevention, and/or Negative Economic Impacts of COVID-19

Projects may be awarded $500 minimum and up to $10,000, depending on eligibility, however applicants should keep in mind the competitive nature of the grant when determining their requested amount. Grants are reimbursement-based and there is NO MATCH REQUIREMENT.

Who can apply?

This fund is specifically for Flagstaff non-profits that have:

• Faced significant challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s shifts in priorities and changing operational needs.
• Faces declines in revenue sources such as donations and fees.
• • Non-profits eligible for assistance are those that experienced negative economic impacts or disproportionate impacts of the pandemic and meet the definition of “nonprofit,” specifically those that are 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(19) tax exempt organizations, and that have a primary mission dedicated to producing, presenting, teaching or serving the arts, cultural equity, preservation, or awareness, or presenting science programming to the public.
• The non-profit must be based in the greater Flagstaff area as defined by the Flagstaff Metropolitan Planning Organization
• Preference will be given to organizations that did not receive project funding in the Fall 2023 cycle or do not have pending project applications.

Important Notices

• Applicants need to ensure that they are receiving communications from Submittable platform. If not, please check the application account email address’s spam filter or check the Submittable application communications panel regularly.
• Applicants should subscribe to the calendar feed below and mark all dates.

All questions about this grant opportunity should be directed to: grants@creativeflagstaff.org or 928-779-2300 option 8.

Opportunity Calendar