Grant Process
Grants are available to help communities and organizations develop meaningful Heritage Month events and programs in their areas. These are the general guidelines:
- The grant process typically opens each year in late October, with an application deadline in mid-December. Grants will be awarded in February for Heritage Month events to be held in May.
- Grant awards can be up to $5,000 for a qualifying event.
- Grant applications must reflect the current year’s theme.
- Grant awards require a 25 percent match, either in cash and/or in-kind.
- The project must occur during the month of May.
- The applicant must be a non-profit or not-for-profit organization.
- The applicant must not be an agency of local, county or state government. However, collaborative efforts, such as friends groups involving state agencies, are acceptable.
- Grants will not be awarded to fund ongoing operating cost of the organization.
2010 Heritage Month Grants
For more information about this grant program, e-mail
randy@arkansasheritage.org.