Grant Opportunity: City of St. Louis Park Arts and Culture Grant 2027

The Arts & Culture Grant Program is a collaborative program between the City of St. Louis Park, St. Louis Park Friends of the Arts, and Park Public Schools & Community Foundation. The program makes grant dollars available every year for music, visual arts, theater, film, multimedia, dance and other art projects. It provides funding for new arts programs that support community pride, connect artists and the community, and engage people in creative learning.

Artists, arts groups, students, community groups, and neighborhood, cultural and religious organizations are encouraged to apply.

Applicants do not need to live in St. Louis Park, but projects must take place within the city.

Eligible projects

The grant program is designed to fund proposals that:

• Support community pride and build bridges between artists and communities in St. Louis Park.
• Provide opportunities for new and emerging artists.
• Include public expression of arts and culture in ways that are accessible and appeal to large populations.
• Engage people in creative learning experiences through the arts.
• Promote St. Louis Park as a city with rich arts and cultural activity and experiences.
• Projects/proposals selected for funding will be arts-related and community-based, provide artistic enrichment and create opportunities for artistic collaboration.

Ineligible activities

The Arts & Culture Grant does not fund the following grant areas:

• Multiple applications from the same organization in the same year
• Food
• Door prizes
• Travel expenses or accommodations
• Projects that began prior to grant awardee notification
• Repeat installations or performances of existing projects
• Organizations or affiliated organizations that have received three grants in a five-year period
• Purchase or rental of materials that have been used to implement the same project elsewhere (e.g., scripts, displays, photos, etc.)
• Programs that have lost funding or need replacement funding to be implemented
• School programs, including artists-in-residence and school-based events*
• Program put on by city commissions, city departments, etc.
• Community Education programs
• Training programs
• Lecture series

Projects that occur as a part of the curricular school day are ineligible and should consider applying to the Park Public Schools & Community Foundation.

Up to $20,000 total will be awarded to projects that meet the goals and criteria of the grant program.

Grants average $5,000, though applicants may request up to $10,000. For projects that exceed $5,000, it is common that projects may not be fully funded. For that reason, applicants requesting more than $5,000 are encouraged to have additional funding sources beyond this grant program.