Vitality Grants: Supporting Arts and Culture

Purpose

The Arts and Culture Action Area supports our goal to strengthen regional vitality by encouraging vibrant and diverse arts and cultural offerings and improving the capacity of local arts organizations.

Applications are invited from nonprofit organizations with programs that support this goal, including:

• Expanded arts access for artists and audiences across our 8 counties
• Capacity support (professional development/supplies) for organizations to expand audience access
• Addressing equitable representation by celebrating or promoting the region’s rich racial/cultural diversity
• General program/project support
• Festival organizations that offer arts and culture programming and increase outreach/engagement for underrepresented populations

Applications for arts education (PreK-12^th grade) programming will be accepted in the first quarter of 2026. However, if you are applying for programming to provide arts exposure (i.e. field trips), submit a proposal through this application.

Typical Grant Size

$5,000 – $10,000+

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations or 509(a)(1) public organizations in our eight-county region, which comprises Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates counties.

Application Due Date(s)

An informational webinar will be offered on Sept. 29, 2025, and a video recording will be available. Click here to RSVP for the webinar.

The upcoming deadline to submit an application is 4p.m. November 7, 2025.

All decisions will be announced by the end of March 2025.

Future opportunities will be announced in our quarterly e-newsletter, Grant Opportunities (Click to subscribe.)

Application

Click on our online grant portal to apply.

Contact

Annette Jiménez Gleason, Senior Program Officer
Community Programs Department
Rochester Area Community Foundation
500 East Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607-1912
585.341.4372
Grants@racf.org