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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 Grant Amount Sort descending
Operating Support Red Cedar Chamber Music Marion Linn 2018 $10,000.00
Operating Support Cedar Falls Community Theatre Cedar Falls Black Hawk 2018 $10,000.00
Jackson Pollock: Mural Art Center Association of Sioux City Sioux City Woodbury 2015 $10,000.00
Cultural Leadership Partner Operating Support Legion Arts Cedar Rapids Linn 2016 $10,000.00
Mission Creek Festival's Literary Programming Englert Theatre Iowa City Johnson 2017 $10,000.00
Cedar Falls Community Theatre, inc Cultural Leadership Partner Grant Cedar Falls Community Theatre, inc Cedar Falls Black Hawk 2015 $10,000.00
Iowa Youth Chorus Cultural Leadership Partner Grant Iowa Youth Chorus Windsor Heights Polk 2015 $10,000.00
Operating Support Summer of the Arts Iowa City Johnson 2018 $10,000.00
Operating Support Civic Music Association Des Moines Polk 2018 $10,000.00
Cultural Leadership Partner Operating Support Spencer Community Theatre Spencer Clay 2016 $10,000.00
Cultural Leadership Partner Operating Support Cedar Falls Community Theatre Cedar Falls Black Hawk 2017 $10,000.00
Cultural Leadership Partner Operating Support Muscatine Art Center Muscatine Muscatine 2017 $10,000.00
Operating Support German American Heritage Center Davenport Scott 2023 $10,000.00
Operating Support CultureALL Urbandale Polk 2020 $10,000.00
Operating Support Octagon Center for the Arts Ames Story 2018 $10,000.00
Cultural Leadership Partner Operating Support Civic Music Association Des Moines Polk 2016 $10,000.00
Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra Cultural Leadership Partner Grant Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra Mount Pleasant Henry 2015 $10,000.00
Operating Support Spencer Community Theatre Spencer Clay 2023 $10,000.00
Operating Support German American Heritage Center Davenport Scott 2022 $10,000.00
Operating Support Bell Tower Theater Dubuque Dubuque 2021 $10,000.00