The Creative Sector Flex Fund, launched in 2023 by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, provides grants of $5,000 flat to eligible applicants that provide consistent annual levels of artistic programming and/or arts services in Pennsylvania. Eligible uses of funds are flexible, including administrative, programmatic, and project-related expenses. BOTH arts/culture focused non-profits with a budget of $10,000-$200,000 AND Non-Profits who run arts/culture programming which has a budget of $10,000-$200,000 can apply.
The Letter of Interest (LOI) for the Flex Fund opens on June 1, 2023 and is used solely to determine your organizations eligibility for the Fled Fund grant. The LOI should take 5-10 minutes to fill out. Once an organizations LOI is received, you will be notified within a few days if you are eligible or not. Eligible organizations will then be sent the full application to fill out.
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The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts requires certain documentation to be submitted along with your grant application. We recommend preparing the following documents:
- IRS Determination Letter confirming nonprofit 501(c) status
- Provide a list of arts activities or programmatic highlights you generated during the previous two years.
- For arts organizations: your TWO most recently submitted form of 990 (or 990-N or 990-EZ) IRS tax filings. If your revenue is below $50,000 and you submit a postcard 990, you MUST attach Board/Committee financial statement for your most recently completed TWO fiscal years. The program financial statement must include program revenue, including contributed and earned income and income realized from investments, as applicable, and expenses.
- For non-arts organizations: A Board/Committee approved arts-specific program financial statement for your most recently completed TWO fiscal years. The program financial statement must include program revenue, including contributed and earned income and income realized from investments, as applicable, and expenses. In-kind is not included.
- For those applicants being fiscally sponsored:
- Fiscally sponsored entities’ arts-specific program financial statement for your TWO most recently completed fiscal years. The program financial statement must include program revenue, including contributed and earned income and income realized from investments, as applicable, and expenses.
- Fully executed, active Sponsorship Agreement with the fiscal sponsor.
- LLCs MUST also include Pennsylvania Department of State Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organization’s Certificate of Organization-Domestic Limited Liability Company-MUST list three organizers.
This Creative Sector Flex Fund is provided by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and administered by the Cultural Alliance in York, Adams, Franklin and Fulton Counties. Contact Jennifer Glassmyer at Jennifer@culturalyork.org or call 717-812-9255 with any questions.
