Chapman Cultural Center
Materials and Equipment Grant
The purpose of the Materials and Equipment Grant is to assist local creatives with the tools they need to create their art. Creatives may request up to $750 per year to help them purchase raw materials and basic items they need in order to make and/or properly display/present their art.
Eligibility:
Any individual creatives (ages 18+) of any medium, living or working in Spartanburg County, SC.
Examples of items you may request funding for:
- Musical instruments or amplifiers
- Software to mix music or edit video
- Cameras
- Any art supplies
- Display items such as frames or pedestals
- Safety equipment
- Dance shoes or costumes
- Lighting
- Software subscriptions are eligible, up to 12 months.
NOT ELIGIBLE:
This grant may NOT be used to pay for ads or other promotional materials, website design costs, rental costs, labor or basic living expenses, self-published books, CDs, or other merchandise. No nonprofit or other official groups or organizations may apply.
Small independent groups of artists may be considered, based on their specific requests. Artists who have not received other grants from Chapman Cultural Center within the past year will be given preference for receiving this grant. Grants are awarded three times a year by a committee at Chapman Cultural Center. We anticipate to award 5-8 grants per year.
Application Deadlines:
- Friday, October 27th, 2023, 11:59PM
- Friday, December 22nd, 2023, 11:59PM
- Friday, February 23rd, 2024, 11:59PM
Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions about the process, your eligibility, or whether your project qualifies? Check out our FAQ's below! Is your question not addressed? Contact our Outreach department and they will gladly address your concerns! - Lucy Southwell, Outreach Coordinator, lSouthwell@chapmanculturalcenter.org
Who can apply for a grant?
Materials and Equipment Grant Grantees must meet the criteria below to be eligible:
Any individual creatives (ages 18+) of any medium living or working in Spartanburg County, SC.
How much money can I apply for?
Applicants can request up to $750 per application.
What can the money be used for?
The Materials and Equipment Grant funds may be used for:
Requests may be used to help creatives purchase raw materials and basic items they need in order to make and/or properly display/present their art. Examples of items you may request funding for: any musical instruments or amplifiers, software to mix music or edit video, cameras, any art supplies, display items such as frames or pedestals, safety equipment, dance shoes, costumes, lighting, etc. Software subscriptions are eligible, up to 12 months.
NOT ELIGIBLE: This grant may NOT be used to pay for ads or other promotional materials, website design costs, rental costs, labor or basic living expenses, self-published books, CDs, or other merchandise. No nonprofit or other official groups or organizations may apply.
What other CCC grants are available?
Due to a change in funding at the SC Arts Commission, we no longer offer Community Grants. We are exploring other resources to help us fund similar grant opportunities in the future and will announce them here when they are available. At this moment, however, there are not any other grants offered to individual artists through Chapman Cultural Center. However, there ARE grant opportunities through the South Carolina Arts Commission and South Arts for artists and nonprofits.
In the past, artists and nonprofits were not eligible for grants through the South Carolina Arts Commission because they needed to apply directly through CCC. That is no longer the case. Artists and nonprofits may now apply through CCC and the South Carolina Arts Commission for any grant opportunity.
For more resources for artists and creatives, please view our resources page or the Chapman Cultural Center Artists Opportunities Facebook group.