Community Cultural Arts Grants
This grant aims to foster cultural equity in the arts through the support of culturally and/or ethnically specific arts.
Cultural Affairs
This grant aims to foster cultural equity in the arts through the support of culturally and/or ethnically specific arts.
Cultural Affairs
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This grant is designed to aid in building cultural equity in the arts in Virginia Beach by providing support for arts-based projects that reflect our changing communities through innovative, culturally rooted and/or participatory projects with the goal of bringing the community together to celebrate cultural and ethnic diversity. The grant also recognizes a need to support both emerging and existing organizations that are not typically represented in traditional local funding infrastructures.
Groups representing underserved communities including culturally/ethnically diverse communities are encouraged to apply.
A high strategic priority in the Virginia Beach Arts Plan 2030 is to develop, support and promote a greater diversity of arts offerings (particularly in the area of culturally/ethnically specific arts). The active expansion of culturally diverse activities directly fulfills City Council’s goals to be an "Inclusive Community that is Welcoming and Empowers All.”
The goal of this grant is to foster cultural equity in the arts through:
The grant program is open to 501(c)3 non-profit organizations and groups with the following traits:
Groups representing underserved communities (including culturally/ethnically diverse communities) are encouraged to apply.
Proposals submitted to the program will be evaluated on the following criteria: