Engage: Capacity-building programs for arts and cultural organizations
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Engage: Capacity-building programs for arts and cultural organizations supports arts and cultural groups with coaching, workshops, and peer learning to strengthen leadership, sustainability, and community impact.
Funder: Mid-America Arts Alliance
Due Dates (Anticipated): May 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Capacity-building services; Engage Lubbock fee estimated at $500 per organization, refundable upon completion; Engage US is free
Summary: Engage provides customized workshops, coaching, and peer learning to strengthen arts and cultural organizations’ leadership, sustainability, and community impact.
Key Information: Engage Lubbock requires organizations in Lubbock or Hockley County, Texas, with at least three years of creative activity.
Description
Mid-America Arts Alliance’s Engage program provides customized capacity-building and technical assistance for arts and cultural organizations. Through workshops, consultations, individualized coaching, and peer learning, it helps organizations navigate leadership transitions, fluctuating funding, and operational constraints. Priorities include effective governance, financial management, leadership succession, clearer missions and values, cross-sector partnerships, volunteer recruitment and retention, and sustained community engagement grounded in access and inclusion.
Formats range from introductory workshops to intensive organizational development. Engage Express Lubbock, developed with the Lubbock Cultural Arts Foundation, offers a 12-month, in-person cohort for eligible local organizations and creative businesses. The national Engage US pilot serves organizations that previously received federally funded technical assistance, offering tailored coaching and peer connections rather than additional grant funding.
