City Arts & History Grants are awarded annually, based on quality, management, and community involvement.  These grants support a variety of activities and disciplines, and are available to individuals and organizations in Boise. Grant allocations are based on available funding and a review panel's evaluation score of the application.

FY 2012/13 Deadline: TBA

City Arts & History Fund FY2011 Recipients

Complete list of recipients 1997-2011

Categories

The Department offers grants in three categories:

• Major grants, for requests over $5000-$10,000
• Mid-level grants, for requests between $2001 - $4999
• Minor grants, for requests under $2000

NOTE: All applicants will submit needs-based request for funds. These needs can be administrative, operational or project specific. Organizations and individual applicants have access to the same pool of program funds. Future funding categories may be developed as program funds increase, and the possibility of one-time funds from other sources may be included as available. Review criteria will be consistent for all funding requests.

Recipients need to be aware that twenty percent of the funding will be held until the completion of the project and submission of final reports, Funding from the City should not exceed 50% of total budget.

Eligibility

Those who apply for funding must have a project or organizational mission that is primarily arts or history-related and produce work of artistic or historical merit.  Applicants do not need to be a non-profit organization or have official tax-exempt status.

The following may apply for funding:

• Individuals, businesses and information groups.
• Arts, cultural or history organizations (State of Idaho organizations will be considered on an ad hoc basis)
• Educational and community organizations such as neighborhood associations, business district associations and social service agencies.

Although the applicant need not be from Boise, the projects or resulting programs must be preseted within the Boise Citiy Limits (see map).  Projects originating in Garden City must include partners and/or participants from Boise.

City of Boise employees are not eligible for funding through this program.

In order to be eligible to apply for this grant, you may not have received funding from the Performing Arts for Cultural & Community Celebrations grants from the 2011 calendar year.

The Department of Arts & History is committed to supporting cultural endeavors in the City of Boise without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, military status, marital status, political opinion, national origin, familial status, mental and physical disability, gender identity, and source of income or disability status.

Will fund, as an example:

• Administrative/operations
• Documentaries
• Exhibits and performances
• Walking tours
• Planning, reserach, experimental, or untested projects
• Equipment
• Presentation of conventions, conferences or seminars (not travel to)
• Fellowships
• Research

The following types of projects are ineligible and will NOT be considered for funding:

• Organizations or projects with a religious or political affiliation
• Capital campaigns and endowment funds, lobbying or fundraiseres
• Capital improvements, such as renovation or construction
• Real estate acquisition
• Organizations that receive in-kind support from the City of Boise such as facility rental
• Emergencies
• Efforts to influence elections directly or indirectly
• Travel
• Loans

Requirements

• Application narrative must be submitted online. Hard copies of the application in any format will not be accepted.
• If awarded funding, applicants must be willing and able to sign an agreement to indemnify the City against any and all liability and indicate applicant's full acceptance and assumption of responsibility for all federal, state, local, and venue legal responsibilities related to the project included but not limited to liability insurance, workers' comp insurance, and permits.
• Recipients need to be aware that twenty percent of the funding will be held until the completion of the project and submission of final reports.
• The Boise City Department of Arts & History logo must be included on all promotional materials produced after award notification date, be thanked verbally when possible, and provide comp tickets when requested for purposes of evaluation.
• Must fill out a W-9 form (either as an individual or organization)

Application narrative must be submitted online. Hard copies of the application in any format will not be accepted.

Please submit applications electronically
If you need assistance, or need a hard copy of the guidelines, please call 433-5671.

Applicants are encouraged to consult with A&H staff about their projects  up to two weeks prior to the deadline to discuss ideas, answer questions and support the submission of successful proposals: 433-5672. TDD/TTY (800) 377-3529. Staff will not review project drafts submitted within two weeks of the submission deadline.

Grant Review Process