Arts Ignite Recovery Grants
Arts Ignite Recovery Grants
Arts Ignite Recovery Grants (AIR) are non-recurring grants to support eligible nonprofit arts organizations, both established and developing, in providing activities that engage diverse audiences and create arts opportunities in underserved areas of the county. By doing so, these grants revitalize Fairfax County residents’ participation in the arts, rebuild programming capacity of arts organizations, and nurture new creative collaborations.
FY22 AIR Grants Recipients:
- 1st Stage
- American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras (AYPO)
- Community Art for Everyone
- Creative Cauldron
- Elden Street Players, Inc (d.b.a NextStop Theatre Company)
- Fairfax Symphony Orchestra (FSO)
- Gin Dance Company
- Icebox Collective
- McLean Project for the Arts (MPA)
- Mt. Vernon Community Children’s Theatre
- Music for Life
- Public Art Reston
FY 22 AIR Grants Information Session Recording
Eligibility
Nonprofit arts organizations based in Fairfax County, City of Fairfax, and City of Falls Church including arts divisions and departments of umbrella organizations are eligible. Organizations receiving line-item funding from the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as schools or departments of state universities, Fairfax County Government departments, divisions, and agencies, and their affiliated foundations and fundraising entities, are not eligible for these ArtsFairfax grants.
Arts Disciplines including arts education, choral/vocal music/opera, dance, film/digital, instrumental music, literary arts, multidisciplinary/arts services, theatre, and visual arts are encouraged to apply as well as culturally specific groups including African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American.
Key Dates
June 8, 2021 | Grant Application opens and Information Session |
July 21, 2021 | Application Deadline |
September 1-2, 2021 | Panel Meetings |
October 2021 | Award Announcement |
March 31 2022 | Interim Report Due |
August 1, 2022 | Final Reports from organizations awarded FY 2022 AIR Grants are due via Submittable |