Each year, the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County provides operational and programmatic funding to a wide range of artistic, cultural, and historic organizations. Using this support, our grantees are able to create the vibrant local arts community that makes Anne Arundel County a wonderful place to live and work.
Click the links below to learn more about the organizations we support.
Annual Community Arts Grants provide general operating support to 501(c)(3) arts organizations that are based in and provide programming in Anne Arundel County.
This grant is designed to provide for substantive, organizational transformation that will take the organization’s operations or performance to the next level. Applicants must be current or former Community Arts or Founding grantees.
These grants are the result of a partnership between ACAAC and Anne Arundel County, and provide funding for programming that utilizes heritage resources in Anne Arundel County in a new or innovative way; increases public access to historic sites; improves or enhances how the public engages with heritage resources; and/or encourages the maintenance and preservation of important heritage sites.
Mini Grants support arts programming by nonprofits or community organizations that will benefit an underserved audience or fill a community need.
Mini Grants support arts programming by nonprofits or community organizations that will benefit an underserved audience or fill a community need.
These grants enable schools and PTO/PTA groups to present quality performances and residencies for students in dance, history, music, theatre, and arts-related or arts-integrated projects.