Small Arts Initiative

This year, The Heinz Endowments is moving the Small Arts Initiative’s application online! No longer will you have to have your proposal Downtown by 5 p.m. Instead, you can now submit your application from the comfort of your home and have it in by midnight. Our strict rules on meeting the deadline will still apply, and the online application will be closed down once the deadline is passed, so please get it in on time.

As the application process is new, we are going to hold information sessions for both the spring and fall rounds at the Endowments. The spring information session will take place Thursday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m. Space is limited, so if you plan to attend, RSVP to Cindi Stueber at cstueber@heinz.org or (412) 338-2693 by Tuesday, Feb. 19.

Many of you have asked for this capability over the years, and we think this will make the application process much easier. But please come to the information session so that you are easily able to make this transition. If you have any questions in advance or after the information session, call Justin Laing at (412) 338-2651.

There are two different applications available for the Small Arts Initiative, so make sure that you select the correct one, depending on whether you are applying as an organization or a consortium. Both applications are available on our Apply Online page.

Pennsylvania Cultural Data Project

Training/Information Session
The Endowments requires that the financial and programming information of your last fiscal year be submitted through the Cultural Data Project. We strongly encourage applicants who are using this Web portal for the first time to attend the monthly New User webinar held the first Wednesday of every month at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. If you are interested in attending this webinar, please go to www.pacdp.org/news.aspx. For more general information on the data project, please go to www.pacdp.org.

Funding Available
A total of $450,000 in funding is available. Grants will be awarded up to $20,000. Grants begin at $1,000 and recently averaged $8,000.

Application Deadlines
Monday, March 18, 2013
Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013

Proposals must be submitted online before midnight on the day applications are due.

Grants Announced
Late June 2013
Mid-December 2013

Interested in seeing a selection of our Spring 2012 grantees? Watch the short video below to see a sample of the artists supported in the last round!

Leah Dyer and Nicole Marie Gasse of Microscopic Opera performing in “Fantastic Mr. Fox” at The Hillman Center for Performing Arts. Photographs © Steve Mosites

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