The Arts Council of Fayetteville|Cumberland County launched a pilot grant program in December of 2022 that will provide capital support to arts, culture, and history-based nonprofit organizations throughout Cumberland County.

The Capital Project Grant program will support small to medium capital projects for 501(c) organizations in Cumberland County who have an arts, culture, or history-driven mission or core programming. Capital Projects must enhance the cultural quality of the community by increasing infrastructure in public-facing spaces within cultural organizations, and can be used to acquire, construct, remodel or repair, and maintain facilities.

“In my short tenure at the Arts Council, one of the chief requests our staff have heard from our grantee partners in the community is the need for capital support. We are listening,” said Director of Grants and Allocations Michael Curtis Houck in a press release. “At the Arts Council, we believe in more than just providing funds to organizations to sustain their programs. At the core of our work, we are capacity builders, and we understand that a solid infrastructure is vital to develop and maintain quality programs, support staff, and board development. This new grant initiative is a commitment to help our community’s cultural nonprofits thrive by directly addressing root capital needs.”

Program guidelines can be read at https://www.theartscouncil.com/capital-project for capital projects that can be completed between January and June of 2023. A letter of intent is required and must be submitted before Jan. 9, 2023.

This initiative is funded in part by the North Carolina Arts Council through a Grassroots Arts special allocation of the American Rescue Plan funds and in part by the Cumberland County Occupancy Tax.

The Arts Council encourages anyone with questions to contact Director of Grants and Allocations Michael Curtis Houck at michaelh@theartscouncil.com or call 910-460-5725.