$90,000 Available in Community Arts Grants for Innovative and Creative Ideas

[WAUSAU, WI] – The Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin is seeking applications for Community Arts Grant funding by the April 15 application deadline. The Community Arts Grant Fund, administered within the Community Foundation, encourages cooperation and expansion of arts opportunities in our area. Grants, up to $5,000 will be awarded for projects and programs that reinforce the quality and diversity of the arts in north central Wisconsin.

Funding for the Community Arts Grant program is being provided through the Wisconsin Arts Board, a state agency, the B.A. & Esther Greenheck Foundation, and the Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin’s Wausau Marathon County Fund.  The grant program will continue to make a tremendous impact on the arts throughout Marathon County in the upcoming year.

Projects designed to complement, enhance, or expand new or existing cultural activities throughout Marathon County will be eligible to receive funding. To qualify, some portion or outcome of the project must be open to the public.

To apply for a Community Arts Grant in 2022, contact Sue Nelson, Program Director at the Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin at 715-845-9555 for grant guidelines and application instructions.