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Cultural Leadership Partners

Note: This funding opportunity is no longer currently accepting applications. See below for resources to manage your grant award.

Demonstrate your investment in a rich cultural environment that improves the quality of life for all Iowans by becoming a Cultural Leadership Partner. Partners are designated every three years and receive grant funds to support operating and programmatic costs throughout the three-year cycle. Cultural Leadership Partners demonstrate an exemplary record of programming, managerial excellence and community service on a year-round basis to the citizens of Iowa; sound fiscal and managerial practices; and deliberate community outreach and involvement.

  • Who: Iowa Nonprofit Cultural, Humanities or Arts Organizations
  • What: Designation and $30,000 - $60,000 in funding over a three year period
  • When: May 3, 2021 for the funding period of July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2024

 

How to Apply

  1. Read the guidelines 
  2. Watch the informational webinar
  3. Drop in on virtual office hours via Zoom to ask program staff questions at 10:00 a.m., March 18 and April 15
    Office Hours Zoom Link 
    Office Hours Zoom Call-In: 312-626-6799
    Meeting ID: 626 286 2564
  4. Submit the application 

Manage Your Grant

Grantee Handbook

Download the Grantee Handbook to learn how to manage your grant, including contract compliance and publicity.

Final Report

As a grant recipient, you must complete the final report form at the end of the process and share the impact of the project on arts and culture in Iowa.

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Grant Awards History

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Project Title Applicant City County Fiscal year Sort ascending Grant Amount
Operating Support Cedar Rapids Museum of Art Cedar Rapids Linn 2023 $20,000.00
Science Center of Iowa Science Center of Iowa Des Moines Polk 2023 $20,000.00
Operating Support Sioux City Public Museum Sioux City Woodbury 2023 $20,000.00
Operating Support ArtForce Iowa Des Moines Polk 2023 $10,000.00
Operating Support Des Moines Metro Opera Indianola Warren 2023 $20,000.00
Operating Support African American Museum of Iowa Cedar Rapids Linn 2023 $10,000.00
Operating Support Dubuque Symphony Orchestra Dubuque Dubuque 2023 $20,000.00
Operating Support Theatre Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids Linn 2023 $20,000.00
Operating Support Art Center Association of Sioux City Sioux City Woodbury 2023 $20,000.00
Operating Support National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library Cedar Rapids Linn 2023 $20,000.00
Operating Support Iowa Stage Theatre Company Des Moines Polk 2023 $10,000.00
Operating Support FilmScene Iowa City Johnson 2023 $15,000.00
Operating Support Charles H. MacNider Art Museum Mason City Cerro Gordo 2023 $10,000.00
Operating Support Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Decorah Winneshiek 2023 $20,000.00
Operating Support Dubuque Museum of Art Dubuque Dubuque 2023 $15,000.00
Operating Support CultureALL Urbandale Polk 2023 $10,000.00
Operating Support Iowa Arboretum Madrid Boone 2023 $10,000.00
Operating Support Des Moines Performing Arts Des Moines Polk 2023 $20,000.00
Operating Support Pottawattamie Arts Culture & Entertainment Council Bluffs Pottawattamie 2023 $15,000.00
Operating Support Waterloo Center for the Arts Waterloo Black Hawk 2023 $20,000.00