Organizations must be not-for-profit, tax exempt (501c3) entities registered as not-for-profit corporations in good standing with the Illinois Secretary of State, or units of government, or institutions of higher education. Refer to the Proof of Eligibility page.
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Applicants must have been providing public arts programming for at least one year prior to the date of application.
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Grantees must have successfully submitted final reports for all awarded Illinois Arts Council grants in the last two completed fiscal years, and have no record of forfeiture of grants during the same period.
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Applicants must submit all required application materials by the deadline.
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Applicants must be registered with Duns and Bradstreet and have a DUNS (data universal numbering system) number.
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All applicants are required to participate in the Illinois Cultural Data Project.
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The IAC Funder Report submitted as "Attachment B" in the eGrant system, must include data for fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011. Data for each fiscal year must have received "Review Complete" status from the CDP. Data for other fiscal years will not be accepted. Recently established organizations with less than three years of financial data must submit at least one year of data with "Review Complete" status.
Applicant Restrictions
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Organizations with which advisory panelists or IAC Council members are affiliated are eligible to apply. However, a panelist or Council member may not be the authorizing official signing any documents relating to an application or grant award.
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With the exception of colleges and universities, multiple Program Grant applications are not accepted from an organization. This does not preclude an organization from applying for other grants from the IAC, in addition to one Program Grant application.
