NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS

Grants are available to support the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and the strengthening of communities through the arts. Matching grants generally range from $10,000 to $100,000. A minimum cost share/match equal to the grant amount is required.

Small Business Administration

SBA provides a number of financial assistance programs for small businesses that have been specifically designed to meet key financing needs, including debt financing, surety bonds, and equity financing.

Indiana Humanities

Indiana Humanities offers a competitive grants program that awards funding to Indiana not-for-profit organizations, schools, and other institutions. Humanities Initiative Grants are awarded to conduct public programs dealing with the humanities. These grants respond to initiatives from notfor-profit organizations that wish to sponsor public programs such as town hall meetings, workshops, lectures, exhibits, reading and discussion programs, and production of humanities resources. Funding for these grants is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency.

Historic Preservation Education grants are the result of a partnership between Indiana Humanities and Indiana Landmarks. Eligible projects include lectures, workshops, conferences, the production of multimedia materials, and heritage or cultural tourism programs. Educational print plus online materials such as walking tour brochures, guides to historic homes, and curriculum units constitute eligible projects as well. Grant projects must involve professionals or experts in the field of historic preservation as presenters or advisors.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (EDA)

EDA’s Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance (EAA) programs provide economically distressed communities and regions with comprehensive and flexible resources to address a wide variety of economic needs. Projects funded by these programs will support work in Opportunity Zones and will support the mission of the Department by, among other things, leading to the creation and retention of jobs and increased private investment, advancing innovation, enhancing the manufacturing capacities of regions, providing workforce development opportunities, and growing ecosystems that attract foreign direct investment.

Through the PWEAA NOFO, EDA solicits applications from applicants in order to provide investments that support construction, non-construction, planning, technical assistance, and revolving loan fund projects under EDA’s Public Works program and EAA programs (which include Assistance to Coal Communities). Grants and cooperative agreements made under these programs are designed to leverage existing regional assets and support the implementation of economic development strategies that advance new ideas and creative approaches to advance economic prosperity in distressed communities, including those negatively impacted by changes to the coal economy. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

BROWNFIELDS ASSESSMENT AND CLEANUP GRANT PROGRAM (EPA)

EPA assessment grants provide funding for a recipient of the grant to inventory, characterize, assess, conduct planning activities, develop site-specific cleanup plans, and conduct community involvement related to brownfield sites. Several grant options are available to use including a community-wide assessment grant, site-specific assessment grant, and community-wide assessment grants for states and tribes. Each applicant can request a specific funding amount up to a cap based on the location and conditions of the site. There is a time limit to use the grant funding.

Cleanup grants provide funding for cleanup activities and initiatives of brownfield sites. Applicants may request up to $650,000 which is based on the number of brownfield sites, the size, and contamination levels. These grants require a 20 percent cost share, but tribes, nonprofit organizations, and government entities can request the EPA to waive the 20 percent cost share based on hardship that is evaluated on a case-by-case basis.