In These Mountains: Infrastructure Grants
Forecasted
In These Mountains: Infrastructure Grants support nonprofits’ non-programming needs, from equipment to planning, to sustain folk arts and traditional culture in Central Appalachia.
Funder: South Arts
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $30,000 per award, paid in one installment; no match required
Summary: Supports nonprofit organizations’ non-programming needs to sustain folk arts and traditional culture in Central Appalachia.
Key Information: Applicants must be located in and serve an eligible ARC county in Kentucky, North Carolina, or Tennessee; colleges, universities, and FY19–FY26 In These Mountains Partners are ineligible.
Description
South Arts’ In These Mountains: Infrastructure Grants support the resources and systems organizations need to sustain or advance their work in Central Appalachian folk arts and traditional culture. Part of the In These Mountains initiative, the program promotes sharing, teaching, learning, preserving, documenting, and continuing traditions, with particular attention to handcrafts and material culture, foodways, and music.
The grants address non-programming expenses that other grants often do not cover or that organizations cannot otherwise afford. Support can cover professional development, emergency readiness, minor equipment purchases, software upgrades, marketing, strategic planning, website maintenance and accessibility upgrades, conference or research travel, office supplies, and health and safety equipment. Organizations may seek support for a single need or a combination of needs.
