Art grants can help you implement important programs.
Whether you're an artist who needs funds to get art supplies for a project or a nonprofit organization trying to bring art programs to low-income schools in your city, you can benefit from art grants that can help make borrowing funds unnecessary. Because a wide variety of art grants may exist in your state or city, it's a good idea to narrow down your search to certain types of grants. For example, if you want to start an online art supply store, you should seek out business-related arts grants.
Instructions
1. Follow application guidelines. If the application states that you need to submit a planned monthly budget for their review, then prepare this document at least a few weeks before the deadline. If the application requires that an essay be written stating what the grant money will be used for, write specific details about your project.
2. Have someone look over your grant application. If you're submitting a grant to an organization that offers funds to senior fine arts majors who plan to open their own galleries after graduation, meet with some of your art professors and ask them for suggestions. If one professor tells you that you need to include more information about your art internships and what you learned from them in your statement of purpose, do so. Get the best advice you can from those with experience.
3. Promote your mission. If your goal is to start a student-operated online job bank for aspiring artists in your city, mention that you want high school and college students to have access to daily updated job listings in visual arts, and that you will also include articles from local artists and entrepreneurs who will teach these students build stable financial futures in this field through networking and education. Be specific and present a clear picture.
