Miller Foundation Arts (Large Org.) Grant

Miller Foundation Arts (Large Org.) Grant is sponsored by Miller Foundation. Supports organizations with annual expenses of $500,000 or more that put 'art at the heart' of their work, including arts education programs.

Arts (Large Org.) | Miller Foundation Individual Artist Grants Portal Organization Grants Portal Miller Foundation arts grants support those who put "art at the heart" of their work. We also fund other types of organizations that deliver ongoing arts or arts education programming.

Together, we can help the arts play a key role in all our Oregon communities. All organizations requesting Arts or Arts Education funding through our Standard Grant program have minimum annual operating expenses of $500,000. The Miller Foundation generally considers a 3-year average of an organization’s annual expenses (from completed fiscal years).

Please consult our Arts page for details on the types of activities we fund. Please be sure to review the list of activities that are ineligible for funding. Specific eligibility considerations Because the Miller Foundation believes that every child should have access to a well-rounded education that includes the arts, our Arts grants also support K-12 Arts Education programs.

If you provide arts education programming, you have a greater chance of receiving Miller funding if your programs meet any of the criteria below: You provide non-school based sequential arts education specifically engaging youth who face economic, geographic, or other barriers to participation. You work in partnership with public schools to provide arts education where such programming would otherwise be unavailable.

You connect young people with professional teaching artists. You provide culturally specific arts education. Deadline and response time Inquiry Forms are open 24/7 and have three deadlines each year.

We invite and accept applications three times annually. We will notify you three weeks after the inquiry form deadline if a full application is invited. The Miller Foundation offers one, two, or three years of support through the Standard Grant program.

First-time applicants may request a one-year grant. Grantees with a history of between 2-4 years of Miller funding are eligible to apply for 2 years of support. Grantees with a 5-year history of Miller funding are eligible to apply for 3 years of support.

Grant history can be non-sequential. (e.g. Past funding does not need to have been in 5 consecutive years.) ‍ Our operating support grants typically represent between 3-5% of an organization’s annual operating expenses.

We consider an average of the organization's expenses over recent years. Here are typical examples of how our operating support grants are commonly funded: If an organization's annual expenses are under $1 million, then the grant amount would likely be up to 5% of those expenses. If an organization's annual expenses are between $1-2 million, then the grant amount would likely be up to 4% of those expenses.

If an organization's annual expenses are over $2 million, then the grant amount would likely be up to 3% of those expenses. Please note, our typical maximum for operating support grants is $150,000. ‍ A note to broader-missioned organizations: ‍ For those broader organizations working beyond Arts activities: Our operating support grant amounts are based on the portion of your organization budget dedicated to Arts activities.

Our Operating Support grants typically support organizations with missions that are focused solely in the Arts and K-12 Arts Education. The Miller Foundation understands that funding general operations is the best way to help organizations thrive. Our Standard Grant prgoram provides operating support to help organizations have maximum flexibility.

Miller Foundation operating support grants can be used for a grantee's operating expenses. Examples: Artist or Contractor fees Programming, performance, presentation, or exhibit expenses General business expenses Marketing, fundraising or technical support Addition of new paid staff Expenses not considered operating support include: We value your time.

To keep staff, grantwriters, and volunteers from applying for something we don't currently fund , please see the list below.

Activities that we do not currently fund include: ​​Capital purchase and permanently installed (non-movable) equipment Debt relief and endowment Religious institutions and programs significantly shaped by religious affiliation (with rare exceptions for religiously-affiliated schools providing tuition-free opportunities to specific student populations) Libraries or library foundations Colleges and universities ‍ Requests for individual schools or classrooms for in-school projects or programs (arts education courses, assemblies, school trips to performances, school clubs, field trips, art materials, or musical instruments) Adult education , including adult literacy programs and standalone adult arts education The Miller Foundation has collaborated with the Oregon Community Foundation and the Oregon Arts Commission to fund individual artists.

Specifically, we participated in funding the Artist Relief Program and the Artist Resilience Program as part of our COVID-19 response efforts.

Activities that we do not currently fund include: Museums whose primary focus is not art (except for culturally specific museums) Art therapy/arts programming in therapeutic settings Arts programming in residential or correctional settings Scholarships or tickets to performances After-school arts enrichment programs Recreational camps and summer programs Festivals , either single-focus or culturally specific, with the exception of festivals where the primary focus is art (film, music, visual art, literary arts, etc.) Activities that we do not currently fund include: Social service supports , including mental and behavioral health interventions, foster care and juvenile justice programs Physical education , including sports programs Environmental or ecology education , including gardening programs Special Education programs or schools focused on a single diagnosis After-school enrichment programs such as Boys & Girls Clubs Scholarships or tuition assistance Private schools with tuition-based, traditional models where most students pay tuition ‍ Pre-K/Early Learning supports (we fund these only by invited initiative) ‍ Parenting or caregiver education (as distinct from school-based family engagement) Food and housing assistance for families ‍ Recreational camps and summer programs (except for programs addressing academic disparities or summer learning loss) Museums (except regional institutions with extensive K-12 education programming) Career pathways or workforce Development Higher Education institutions Permanent school personnel and activities that fall under public schools' core operating budgets School Foundations and school districts Create your account on our organization grants portal.

Take our Eligibility Quiz to see if you qualify. Apply for a grant if you're a fit!