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Application Cycle is now Closed.
The 2025 Cultural Fund Grant application is open and applications are due April 1.
Questions should be directed to artscouncil@cityofevanston.org.
2025 Materials
Note: Guidelines have been updated to include flow-down federal regulations and policy requirements.
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2025 Guidelines and Eligibility (Downloadable PDF)
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2025 Judges' Form
2025 Application Timeline
| February 26 |
Application Opens (Apply Here) - Please read the guidelines before applying. |
| March 6, 7-8pm |
Application Info Session on Zoom. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 868 6691 7544 Passcode: 488072 |
| April 1 | Submission deadline at 11:59 p.m. |
| May 10 | Reviewing panel meets |
| Late May or early June | Arts Council allocates funds. This grant program is contingent on the receipt of federal funding. |
| June | Applicants notified |
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June 30, 2026 |
Grant monies to be spent |
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July 31, 2026 |
Final report Due |
Funding Acknowledgement
Applicants that receive funding must acknowledge the City of Evanston/Evanston Arts Council support in all publicity and media materials used in connection with the funded project. For 501c3 organizations, similar acknowledgement is required of the support of the Illinois Arts Council Agency and the National Endowment for the Arts