The Racial Equity and Inclusion Grant Program is designed to cultivate greater and more consistent efforts and outputs related to racial equity, justice, inclusion, and liberation for nonprofits in our arts and culture sector.

Grant Amounts: $2,000, $5,000, $10,000
All interested applicants to the Racial Equity and Inclusion Grant are required to attend one Virtual Grant Program Orientation sessions.

OVERVIEW

We aim to distribute approximately $75,000 to an undetermined number of arts/culture-based nonprofit organizations whose primary business location is within the proper city limits of Salt Lake City before June 30, 2023. Grants will be made in the following three amounts; $2,500, $5,000 and $10,000. The amount funded is based on request and the application’s score in accordance with the Funding Priorities and Evaluation Criteria. Applicants are encouraged to write their project in close relation to the Funding Priorities and Evaluation Criteria whenever possible to maximize their score.

GRANT PROGRAM PURPOSE

The Racial Equity and Inclusion Grant program was designed to cultivate greater and more consistent efforts and outputs related to racial equity, justice, inclusion, and liberation for Salt Lake City-based nonprofits in our arts and culture sector.

As the Salt Lake City Arts Council, we acknowledge that systemic racism and racial inequities have consistently and pervasively plagued our creative industry’s history and is an injustice which continues to be an issue today. Further, we acknowledge that Black, Indigenous, and/or other racialized persons have persisted through even greater challenges stemming from the COVID-19 Global Pandemic as well as the violence of this prolonged systemic racism and inequities which exist in our industry and society at large. Thus, we are committed to addressing these systemic inequities by providing this grant opportunity.

This grant program will aid in Salt Lake City’s phased economic recovery efforts and provide necessary financial resources to incentivize arts-based nonprofit organizations in our creative sector. The Racial Equity and Inclusion Grant Program will directly contribute to a more expeditious and equitable recovery of Salt Lake City’s thriving creative economy.