Support
Potential Partners:
**Roto **
Local exhibition design company that Dublin Arts Council works with and recommended.
May be good partner in making fan system
https://roto.com
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Ohio grants
https://ohio.grantwatch.com/cat/2/arts-and-culture-grants.html
Potential Funding:
For artists:
New BASF 50k grant. Apply for our installation? Due Dec 31.
Creative Capital 10-50k
Due Apr 1 ish
Guggenheim 50k
Due Sep 15
GCAC Visual Arts Fellowship 15k
Due Sep 30
Artistic Production grants fund the production and exhibition of new artistic commissions, in amounts ranging between $25,000 – $100,000. Often exhibited beyond museum walls in public space, these projects feature high levels of thought leadership, artistic production, and public engagement. VIA Art Fund accepts Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) on a semiannual basis for our Fall and Spring award cycles.
https://viaartfund.org/apply/
Two cycles
Due Nov 6
Due May 21
Public art engineer services
12k pro bono
https://www.rbhu.org/rbhu-gives-back
**For nonprofits: **
Norah Roberts Foundation
https://norarobertsfoundation.org/applicants.html
GCAC 25k grant
https://www.gcac.org/grant/2026-project-support-events-festivals-series/
Project Support: Events, Festivals, Series grants provide assistance for performances, exhibitions, locally produced film presentations, and community events where the arts are at the core of the project. Projects must be open to the public, include significant participation of professional artists, have an implementation plan outlined at the time of submission, and primarily take place in the City of Columbus.
Columbus 10k grants for neighborhood improvement
Due Oct 6 for projects happening in the next year
https://www.614beautiful.org
People’s Bank
The deadline to submit applications for quarterly reviews are:
March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 1
https://www.peoplesbancorp.com/about-us/commitment-to-communities/peoples-bank-foundation/
ArtsMidwest GIG Fund
2-15k but requires a 1:1 cash match w the org
Eligible for artist fees, materials, staff salaries, software, equipment purchases, promotion, etc
Due Sep 15, notified Nov, for funding projects that take place Dec-Jun
So if we wanted to apply, we would apply for Sep 2026
https://artsmidwest.org/get-support/gig-fund/
Ohio Arts Council (OAC)
ARTSNext grant
Funding for bold, groundbreaking projects
Experimental projects, mental health
Up to 25k but requires a 1:1 cash match w the org
Due Mar 1, 2026 for fiscal year 2027
https://oac.ohio.gov/grants/10-grant-opportunities/15-artsnext
Greater Columbus Arts Council (GCAC)
Project Support Grant: Events, Festivals Series
Up to 30k
Deadline May 2026
https://www.gcac.org/for-organizations/organization-grants/
PNC Arts Alive
Funded by PNC Bank
Specifically for central Ohio
Site says deadline past, no info on next
https://www.pnc.com/en/about-pnc/corporate-responsibility/philanthropy/pnc-foundation.html#accordion-5d3bf05eca-item-cb32e864b9
https://www.pnc.com/en/about-pnc/corporate-responsibility/philanthropy.html
Sohn Foundation
Supports arts, alternative health care
http://www.sohnfoundation.org
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
1-20k to support museums, cultural arts programs, schools
https://www.mvdreyfusfoundation.org/application-guidelines