Minnesota State Arts Board Grant Opportunity — Fiscal Year 2025 Cultural Expression
Application materials are now available for the Cultural Expression grant program. This program is open to individuals and organizations.
Cultural Expression grants support activities that share, explore, pass on, express, or celebrate culture through the arts. Culture may be defined by a common ethnicity, tribal affiliation, geographic or regional identity, occupation, language, or recreation. Traditional and contemporary forms of cultural expression may be funded in this program.
Funds could be used to support:
- Practicing a cultural art form
- Presenting cultural festivals
- Community celebrations
- Performances
- Media or exhibitions
- Offering demonstrations
- Passing on cultural traditions through apprenticeships or documentation
Applicants may request between $5,000 – $35,000.
The application deadline is July 12, 2024.
Learn more and apply for a Cultural Expression grant.
MNOSHA WSC: Safety Grant Program
The Safety Grant Program awards funds up to $10,000 to qualifying employers for projects designed to reduce the risk of injury and illness to their workers.
To qualify, an employer must meet several conditions, including but not limited to:
- Having been in business for at least two years.
- Having at least one employee to create the employer/employee relationship.
- Having workers’ compensation insurance.
- Having had an on-site hazard survey conducted by a qualified safety professional and a written report of the findings and recommendations to reduce the risk of injury or illness to employees.
- Having the knowledge and experience to complete the project and is committed to its implementation.
- Being able to complete the project within 120 days of a fully executed contract.
To qualify, the project must be supported by all public entities involved and comply with federal, state, and local regulations where applicable.
Businesses that are the current focus of the Minnesota OSHA Workplace Safety Consultation strategic plan will be given added priority. If your grant is approved, you will be notified in writing of the specific approval. Whether we approve your grant application or not, in no way diminishes, delays, or absolves you of any obligation to abate safety and health hazards. When a project is complete, the applicant must submit a certificate of completion form, with invoices and proof of payment, to the grants administrator, to initiate issuance of the grant. An employer that has received a grant for a particular worksite will not be eligible to receive another grant for that worksite during the two years after the date of their award.
Learn more and apply to the MNOSHA WSC: Safety Grant Program.
Minnesota State Arts Board Grant Opportunity — Fiscal Year 2025 Arts Experiences
Application materials are now available for the Arts Experiences grant program. This program is open to individuals, organizations, and local governments.
The program helps to support arts experiences for Minnesotans throughout the state. Funds may be used for a variety of arts programming such as creating and/or presenting concerts, plays, tours, exhibitions, arts festivals, public art, or other kinds of activities that provide Minnesotans opportunities to engage in arts activities that are instilled into community or public life. Applicants may request between $5,000-$35,000. The application deadline is June 21, 2024.