Mini Grants

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Arts Alive is passionate about supporting people with passion and creative ideas to pursue and share creativity and artistry with the community. The organization offers mini grants of up to $250 to artists and creative businesses in the Monadnock region. Applications for 2024 Mini Grants will be open from August 5th through September 22nd. A jury of local arts leaders will review the applications in early October, and Arts Alive will distribute grants to selected projects in the last week of October.

Through the Mini Grants program, Arts Alive seeks to boost our local creative community, especially those that identify as experiencing financial hardship, in their professional and creative endeavors. We encourage emerging artists to apply as well!

Grants support one or both of the following goals:

• Artists get better at their craft by getting time, equipment, or other support to bring their ideas or creative practice to "the next level"

• The wider community, or specific groups within the wider community, have increased access to meaningful arts experiences

Grants can be used to cover a wide range of costs, including

• travel expenses

• renting a space

• website building

• purchasing or renting equipment or materials

• child or family care

• attending a class or workshop

• marketing a project, workshop, album, or event

• studio renovation

• applying to festivals

• getting takeout dinners for the family for a week while you work on a project

• expenses related to a community event

• fees for installing public art

• hiring a creative collaborator

• documentation of work

Check out some stories from last year’s grantees—this will help applicants understand past projects that have received awards. Projects or ideas must be specific.

Arts Alive raises the bulk of the funds for mini grants online through The New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits’ 24-hour online fundraiser NH Gives in early June. If you would like to make a gift to the program, you still can! Visit our Minigrants Campaign on GiveButter, a secure online donation platform.

Deadline to apply is September 22nd at 11:59pm

There are three sections and you must fill out each section. Some questions are required (marked by a star) others are optional. You must hit the “SUBMIT” button at the bottom of the 3rd section or your application will not be processed.

Section 1: About the project or idea you’d like to use the grant for

Section 2: About you (Required so we can contact/notify you - not used in determining grants)

Section 3: About your creative practice & Demographic info collection (Optional and not used in determining grants)

Don’t forget to hit the SUBMIT button at the bottom of section 3