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1. Association of Performing Arts Presenters Seeks Proposals for Projects to Increase Awareness of Muslim Cultures
   
2. BARNES & NOBLE
   
3. Chamber Music America - New Jazz Works
   
4. Federal grants
   
5. FREE PAINT FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
   
6. Grants for Performing Artists for USA
   
7. Kansas City Artists Coalition - Int'l Artist Exchange
   
8. MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION NONPROFIT TOOLKIT
   
9. Mid America Arts Alliance - Artistic Innovations
   
10. Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation - Southern Exposure
    
11. MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION
    
12. National Endowment for the Arts
    
13. NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE
    
14. POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION GRANTS
    
15. South Arts Literary Art Grants
    
16. Sprint Foundation
    
17. STARBUCKS FOUNDATION
    
18. SUNDANCE DOCUMENTARY FUND
    
19. Target
    
20. THE MCKENZIE FOUNDATION
    

• Association of Performing Arts Presenters Seeks Proposals for Projects to Increase Awareness of Muslim Cultures
  Posted on February 20, 2013
  Deadline: April 24, 2013
  Association of Performing Arts Presenters Seeks Proposals for Projects to Increase Awareness of Muslim Cultures
  The Building Bridges: Campus Community Engagement program, an initiative of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, is accepting proposals from performing arts presenting organizations based in the United States for projects designed to increase awareness of Muslim cultures.
  
  Grants ranging between $100,000 and $200,000 will support projects that expand awareness, knowledge, and understanding of Muslim societies. Eligible applicants are performing arts presenting organizations (within or collaborating with colleges or universities) interested in building interdisciplinary cross-campus and campus-community partnerships. Grantees are expected to work with campus-based and external community partners in order to engage targeted populations, with a primary focus on young people born after 1980.
  
  In addition, projects must demonstrate discernible change in knowledge and attitudes about contemporary Muslim culture in communities where there has been limited exposure to Muslim culture or where opportunities exist to strengthen and expand existing partnerships and resources.
  
  While applicants are not required to be current APAP members, any applicant invited to submit a full application must become a member.
  
  Click here for eligibility and application guidelines.http://www.apap365.org/knowledge/grantprograms/pages/buildingbridges.aspx
  
  
• BARNES & NOBLE
  BARNES & NOBLE ARTS PROGRAMS SPONSORSHIPS
  barnesandnobleinc.com/our_company/sponsorship/Sponsorship_main.html
  Deadline: Ongoing. Barnes & Noble provides in-store fundraising opportunities, sponsorships, and donations to local and regional nonprofit organizations that focus the arts or K - 12 education. Applicants must be located in communities with company stores and should serve the greater good of the local community or region. A plan for promoting the program with Barnes & Noble should be included in the proposal.
  
  
• Chamber Music America - New Jazz Works
  Chamber Music America Accepting Applications for New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development
  Chamber Music America's New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development program supports professional United States jazz ensembles in the creation and performance of new works.
  
  More specifically, the program supports the creation and two performances of a new work, provides funds for activities that extend the life of that work, and supports the bandleader in developing career-related business skills.
  
  New works must be of substantial length and feature improvisation. The commissioned work may be composed by the ensemble leader, a member of the ensemble, or by a guest composer. Priority is given to projects that represent new territory or significant growth for the ensemble.
  
  An ensemble is eligible if it is a professional composer-led or collective jazz ensemble; is based in the United States or its territories, and the leader is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident; consists of two to ten musicians; includes improvisation as an integral part of its composition and performance; is a CMA organization-level member; has no overdue reports or financial obligations to CMA; and has waited twelve months from completion of a previous New Jazz Works grant.
  
  Please note, an ensemble may apply to either CMA's 2013 New Jazz Works program or the 2013 Classical Commissioning program, but not to both. Similarly, a composer may appear on only one of these applications.
  
  Grants provide up to $16,000 in core funding (amount is related to the size of the ensemble) for creation and performance of the new work; up to $7,500 to continue the life of the work; up to $3,000 to improve the ensemble leader's music business skills; and free registration and a limited travel subsidy for the CMA National Conference. The composition and two performances must take place during the first eighteen months of the grant, but recipients have up to three years to complete all other grant activities.
  
  New Jazz Works application workshops will be held on January 30, February 6, and February 20, 2013. Reservations are required.
  
  Visit the CMA Web site for complete program guidelines, application materials, an FAQ, and information on the application workshops.
  
  
• Federal grants
  www.grants.gov
  Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all federal grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is the single access point for more than 900 grant programs offered by 26 federal grant-making agencies
  
  
  
• FREE PAINT FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
  FREE PAINT FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
  http://www.paintrecycling.org/homepage.htm
  Each year, millions of gallons of paint remain unused or unsold by our nation's retailers. The National Council on Paint Disposition, Inc. (NCPD), a nonprofit environmental organization, is compiling a list of nonprofit organizations that are interested in receiving the free paint that might otherwise end up in a landfill. There is no charge to participate in this program and no requirement to take in quantities more than your organization can use. For more information, or to get involved in this program, please contact President of NCPD Marv Goodman at marvgoodman@paintrecycling.org; 732.309.2022; or P.O. Box 74, East Brunswick, NJ 08816. See the National Council on Paint Disposition's website for more information.
  
  
  
• Grants for Performing Artists for USA
  
  Grants for Performing Artists from USAI (Deadline: April 19)
  USArtists International (USAI) is committed to ensuring that the impressive range of the performing arts in the U.S. is represented abroad, and that American artists from across the country can enhance their creative and professional development through participation at international festivals. Grants are available to American dance, music and theater ensembles and solo performers that have been invited to perform at international festivals and for performance engagements that represent extraordinary career opportunities anywhere in the world outside of the United States. USAI continues the important tradition in the United States of the public and private sectors working collaboratively to support the arts. USAI is a program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Applications are submitted to Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation.
  
  For application, click here: http://www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/pat_presentation/us_artists/USAI%20FY13%20Guidelines%20Final.pdf
  
  
• Kansas City Artists Coalition - Int'l Artist Exchange
  Kansas City Artists Coalition is accepting applications for the Lighton International Artists Exchange Program, which provides support to local and regional visual artists to travel to international residencies and artist communities and for foreign visual artist to travel and work in the Kansas City area. For more information, visit www.kansascityartistscoalition.org or call 816/421-5222. Deadline open.
  
  
• MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION NONPROFIT TOOLKIT
  MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION NONPROFIT TOOLKIT
  www.mcknight.org/resources/toolkit.aspx
  The Nonprofit Management Toolkit on the McKnight Foundation website offers fundraising resources, tips for honing your nonprofit's message for the media and the public, and advice about effectively evaluating programs and services. The fundraising resources section provides links to information compiled by the Foundation Center, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Charity Channel, Idealist.org, the Minnesota Council on Foundations, and other organizations.
  
  
  
• Mid America Arts Alliance - Artistic Innovations
  Mid-America Arts Alliance is very excited to announce our newest grant program: Artistic Innovations. This unique grant program provides funding support for new works by artists of all disciplines, and underwrites the direct expenses related to the art making process and premiere of new endeavors. Grant requests of up to $15,000 will be considered, and require a 1:1 match.
  
  We are accepting Letters of Intent NOW; the deadline for those letters is February 15, 2013. Complete information about the program is available on our website: www.maaa.org/innovations. Still have questions, or need additional information? Contact innovations@maaa.org.
  
  
• Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation - Southern Exposure
  Grant Proposals Invited for Southern Exposure: Performing Arts of Latin America
  Administered by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Southern Exposure: Performing Arts of Latin America supports projects in which arts presenters from different cities or states work collaboratively to bring exemplary performing artists from Latin America to audiences in the United States that have little access to this work. The initiative supports the presentation of dance, music, and theater artists and ensembles and encourages arts presenters to reach new audiences, including communities with origins in Latin America that reflect the demographic changes that have taken place in the U.S. over recent decades.
  
  The program funds projects that are developed collaboratively by presenter consortia based in the U.S. and its territories and ensure that engagements take place in at least three (and a maximum of five) different cities or towns. In addition to public performances, all projects will include complementary community activities intended to build appreciation for the visiting artists' work and cultures.
  
  Each consortium must consist of a minimum of three and a maximum of five presenting organizations. Priority will be given to consortia that include at least one organization with little to no experience of presenting artists from outside the U.S. Consortium partners must be based either in different states and/or federal jurisdictions or, at a minimum, outside of a fifty-mile radius from one another. Each presenter in a consortium must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or a unit of state or local government and have a minimum of three continuous years of experience offering multiple presentations by professional touring performing artists in a given season
  
  Grants will not exceed $25,000. No presenter request for less than $5,000 will be considered for support. Grants will be made directly to each presenter in a consortium whose project has been approved for support. Grants must be matched on a 1:1 basis. Matches may be achieved through cash and/or in-kind contributions.
  
  The application deadline is February 8, 2013, for projects taking place between September 1, 2013, and August 31, 2014.
  
  Click here for more information: www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/pat_presentation/Southern_Exposure/guidelines.html
  
  
• MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION
  MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS FOUNDATION
  www.mhopus.org
  Deadline: ongoing. The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation is accepting applications for The Melody Program grant. The grant assists K-12 school and community music programs across the United States that need new and refurbished musical instruments and/or instrument repairs. Applications are reviewed three times a year and there is no deadline. E-mail: info@mhopus.org.
  
  
  
  
• National Endowment for the Arts
  National Endowment for the Arts
  The hot news here is that the grant guidelines for FY2014 have now been posted. These include the major Art Works grants ($10,000 to $100,000) and the Challenge America Fast-Track grants that extend the reach of the arts to underserved people ($10,000). To help you navigate this year’s changes in the guidelines, 14 different webinars, one for each artistic discipline, will be held from January 29 to February 12. The webinars will be archived for easy reference. Details are on the “Apply for a Grant” section of the NEA’s website. Deadlines for Art Works applications: March 7 and August 8. Deadline for Fast-Track applications: May 23.
  Click here for more info: http://arts.gov/grants/apply/index.html
  
  
• NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE
  NATIONAL PARKS SERVICE
  www.nps.gov/volunteer/air.htm
  The National Parks Service Artist-in-Residence Program offers residencies in 29 national parks.
  
  
  
  
• POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION GRANTS
  POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION GRANTS
  www.pkf.org
  Deadline: Ongoing. The Pollock-Krasner Foundation invites painters, sculptors, mixed media and installation artists, and artists who work on paper to apply for grants ranging from $1,000 - $30,000. The sole purpose of the foundation is to provide financial assistance to individual working artists of established ability. For more information, contact grants@pkf.org.
  
  
• South Arts Literary Art Grants
  SOUTH ARTS LITERARY ART GRANTS
  www.southarts.org/site/c.guIYLaMRJxE/b.7586099/k.9279/Literary_Arts.htm
  Deadline: May 1, 2013. This grant program offers organizations the opportunity to receive financial support to engage writers (fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry) who reside outside of the presenter’s state. Support is awarded to literary projects that contain both a public reading and an educational component such as a writing workshop. The project can include single or multiple writers involved in an event (for example, writers series, festivals, or single engagements).
  
  
• Sprint Foundation
  THE SPRINT FOUNDATION
  sprint.com/community/index.html
  Sprint's corporate giving supports programs in education, arts and culture, youth development, and community development. In the area of Arts & Culture, the foundation supports visual and performing arts organizations, theater, symphonies, museums, and other cultural organizations and activities with effective outreach programs that broaden cultural experiences for the general public, particularly youth and nontraditional audiences. All proposals must be submitted via their website. The company accepts proposals year-round, but not via hard copy. For more information, contact SPRINT at 800-829-0965.
  
  
  
  
  
• STARBUCKS FOUNDATION
  STARBUCKS FOUNDATION: FUNDS FOR PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH
  www.starbucks.com/aboutus/grantinfo.asp?cookie_test=1
  Deadlines: September 1 and March 1 (yearly). Starbucks Foundation funds programs for youth, ages 6-18, that integrate literacy with personal and civic action in the communities where they live. The Starbucks Foundation invites letters of inquiry from qualifying 501(c)(3) organizations that work with underserved youth in the fields of literacy (reading, writing, and creative/media arts) and environmental literacy. Grants range from $5,000-$20,000.
  
  
  
• SUNDANCE DOCUMENTARY FUND
  SUNDANCE DOCUMENTARY FUND
  www.sundance.org
  Deadline: open. The Sundance Documentary Fund is dedicated to supporting international documentary films and videos focused on current and significant issues and movements in contemporary human rights, freedom of expression, social justice, and civil liberties.
  
  
  
• Target
  Music, art, dance, drama and visual arts are all part of the well-rounded education our kids deserve. Through grants, Target helps schools bring more arts and culture into the classroom, enabling them to expand their creativity... and their horizons.
  
  Guidelines
  Art and Culture in Schools Grants are $2,000. Grant applications are typically accepted between March 1 and April 30 each year, with grant notifications delivered in September.
  
  For more information and the application, click here: sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031764
  
  
• THE MCKENZIE FOUNDATION
  THE MCKENZIE FOUNDATION
  www.mckenziefoundation.us
  Deadline: open. The McKenzie Foundation looks for creative projects or programs that can serve as catalytic agents in their fields and that can have an impact that will continue after the specific project has been completed.