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Max Funding
Up to $10K
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Due Date
Nov 4, 2026
Application Type
LOI Accepted
FUNDER DETAILS
FUNDER TYPE
Private
FUNDING FREQUENCY
Annual Grant
FUNDING DURATION
One-Year Grant
USE OF FUNDS
Programs/Projects
RESTRICTIONS
Restricted
ELIGIBILITY
✅ 501(c)(3) Organizations, ✅ Native American Tribes/Nations
PROGRAM AREAS
Arts & Culture, Health, Healthcare
LOCATIONS
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin
The GIG Fund is a grant of $2,000 – $15,000 for nonprofit organizations to offer public-facing arts projects and activities in Midwestern communities.
The goal of the GIG Fund is to make arts opportunities more accessible to underserved audiences across the region. Funds may be used for performances; exhibits; arts festivals; public art, or other activities that provide Midwesterners the opportunity to experience art and creativity.
GIG Fund projects should:
Expand access to arts and creativity for underserved audiences in the Midwest.
Highlight arts and creativity as an essential element of Midwestern life.
Support smaller nonprofits in offering relevant artistic programming to their audiences.
Focused on Arts & Culture: Arts and cultural organizations in any arts discipline (literature, performing arts, visual arts, traditional arts, multidisciplinary arts, etc.) or nonprofit organizations that provide arts programming (social service agencies, etc.)
GIG Fund: Arts and Wellness
The goal of the GIG Fund: Arts and Wellness is to provide flexible grants to Midwest nonprofits that provide artist-driven community wellness programming. Funds may be used for performances, workshops, programs in clinical settings, creative aging programs, efforts that engage veterans in the arts, etc.
GIG Fund: Arts and Wellness projects should:
Seek to improve health outcomes for participating audiences.
Help audiences associate arts participation as a means to improving health.
Strengthen cross-sector partnerships between the arts and wellness sector.
Applicants may apply for only one Arts Midwest GIG Fund grant per year. If you are applying for a GIG Fund: Arts and Wellness grant, you should not apply for a standard GIG Fund grant.
About The Grant
Requirements
Gig Fund: Smaller Non-profit Organizations: 501c3 non-profit organizations and tribal organizations with annual expenses of $2 million or less.
GIG Fund: Arts and Wellness: Non-profit Organizations: 501c3 non-profit organizations, hospitals, and clinics; and tribal organizations of any budget size.
In the Midwest: Organizations located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, or Wisconsin, and the Native Nations that share this geography.
With a UEI: Organizations will need to have a UEI number from SAM.gov in order to receive funding. Apply for a free UEI at SAM.gov.
A final report is due 30 days after the project is completed.
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