GIG Fund

In August 2024, 99 organizations across the Midwest received a total of $380,000 through the GIG Fund.

All grantees must review and adhere to the instructions detailed in the Crediting Requirements section of your grant agreement. Please use the NEA and Arts Midwest logo lockups below.

For social media posts related to your grant activities, please use the hashtag #artsmidwest.

Locked Up Logos

• Full Color jpeg file
• Black & White jpeg file
• Full Color png file
• Download a zip file of all logos and crediting requirements

Compliances & accessibility

Please read the following important notice about federal policies that govern these grant awards.

Accessibility Tools

Visit our Accessibility Center to access tools that can help ensure your engagements are accessible to people with disabilities.

Final reports are completed in our SmartSimple portal. Here’s a PDF of the questions and information we require.

Final reports will include the following information:

1. Your organization: Provide some basic information about your organization type and discipline.
2. Project information: Provide the name(s) of the artist(s) you presented/partnered with; the number of artists directly involved; activity type, project discipline, and goal of the project.
3. Financial information: Provide a detailed breakdown of your expenses for the project.
4. Final Activity Schedule spreadsheet (upload): Date; location with the location’s address, city, state, zip+4, county; brief description, primary age, format (virtual or in-person) and attendance for each activity.
5. Engagement narrative #1: Description of the overall impact on your community, the audience, and participants. Provide details of how you reached people with limited access to the performing arts, and how they benefitted from their participation. (4,300 character limit)
6. Engagement narrative #2: Provide quotes/feedback from at least two participants that demonstrate the value of this engagement. (1,600 character limit)
7. Crediting: (upload) You must submit a minimum of two examples of crediting. These can include programs, brochures, press releases, email newsletters, your website, and more.
8. Images (upload): Submitting images of your engagement is highly recommended, but not required. If you are submitting images, you must fill out and upload the Image Permission & Usage form. Download the Image Permission & Usage form.

*Character count includes spaces.

The GIG Fund panel is a rotating group of individuals with diverse personal and professional experiences related to the arts and creativity. These panelists work with State Arts Agency staff to assess GIG Fund applications and provide input to help guide Arts Midwest’s grantmaking decisions.

The GIG Fund is a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, Indiana Arts Commission, Iowa Arts Council, Michigan Arts and Culture Council, Minnesota State Arts Board, North Dakota Council on the Arts, Ohio Arts Council, South Dakota Arts Council, and Wisconsin Arts Board.

Arts Midwest is also generously supported by individual donors and other institutional partners.