Community Impact Funds provide fundamental mission support through unrestricted funding to established nonprofit arts organizations for general operations, administration, and programming costs.

This grant opportunity combines the intent of the two grant opportunities previously called CORE and CORE Plus into one unrestricted grant.

Requests for Community Impact Funds require submission of an audiovisual presentation. Submit work samples that best show your fulfillment of your mission and your service to the community. Select the strongest, best-documented audiovisual presentation that complements your application in the form of an .mp4 video. The video must be no longer than four (4) minutes and the file must be no larger than 100mbs.

To be eligible to receive a grant from Arts Fort Worth Community Impact Funds, an applicant organization must:

• have a last fiscal year annual organizational operating budget of at least $10,000;

• be a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit in good standing with IRS and up to date with Form 990 filings;

• be a nonprofit arts organization whose primary mission is the presentation or production of artistic programming;

• demonstrate active operations and a history of at least 2 consecutive years of related program offerings within the City of Fort Worth;

• have a physical headquarters located within the City of Fort Worth and conduct a majority (more than 50%) of its work/outreach/programming within the Fort Worth community OR have a Fort Worth based P.O. Box or residential address and conduct a minimum of 65% of its work/outreach/programming within Fort Worth;

• NEW THIS YEAR: organizations with a budget of $200,000 or more must have a salaried or contracted full-time or part-time (15-20 hours per week) administrator that is responsible for and authorized to address the contractual obligations of the Arts Fort Worth Grant Agreement and the business management of the organization; organizations with an annual budget of $199,999 or less are exempt from this requirement;

• compensate salaried staff at a rate no less than the federal minimum wage at the time of grant submission;

• have an active board of directors; and;

• meet all compliance measures and be in good standing with the Arts Fort Worth Grants Program.

Ineligible applicants include:

• academic institutions;

• fiscally sponsored organizations;

• governmental agencies;

• places of worship; or

• former Arts Fort Worth grant recipients with overdue, unacceptable, or falsified reports.