Nearly 80% of all dollars we raise through the Annual Arts Campaign go out to Stark County non-profit organizations, artists and schools in the form of grants. Annually, that’s $1.2 million to more than 100 organizations and individual artists.
We are the “united way of the arts” for Stark County, and the biggest grant category is the $1,007,000 in Operating Grants that go to the seven largest arts organizations in Stark County: The Canton Ballet, Canton Museum of Art, Canton Palace Theatre, Canton Symphony Orchestra, Massillon Museum, Players Guild Theatre and Voices of Canton, Inc. (VOCI). Learn more about Operating Grants.
The other grant category is $150,000 - $200,000 in Special Project Grants awarded in Innovation Grants to non-profit organizations and individual artists --- and SmArts Grants to schools to supercharge learning. ArtsinStark processes all its grants in the fall of the year so the spring can be devoted to running the Annual Arts Campaign. Learn more about Special Project Grants.
For information about ArtsinStark grants, please contact Grants Officer Anne Wadian.
For those who still have outstanding grants with us, we must recieve your final report. Forms can be downloaded, as follows:
Final Report Form (Word Doc)
Final Report Form (PDF)
Please use the following image, as a PDF or RIGHT click it to copy/paste on your promotional materials, as pertaining to the grant you received.
