Indy Arts & Culture Giving Guide
The Arts Council provides funding annually to 70 nonprofit arts & cultural organizations in Central Indiana on behalf of the City of Indianapolis. Since March, these organizations have suffered an average $8.6 million in financial losses per month due to venue closures and event cancelations caused by the pandemic. On Giving Tuesday (and beyond), we encourage you to support these organizations by giving a direct donation or buying tickets to the virtual and in-real-life events they are hosting throughout the holidays.
Visual
Dance
Theatre
Echoing Air
Indiana Performing Arts Centre Inc.
Literary
Music
Indiana Music Education Association & Foundation
Museums, Historical Sites, and Culture Organizations
Organizations led by and/or primarily serving people of color
Local Emergency Relief Funds You Can Support
Consider donating to these funds, which provide grants to help Central Indiana artists and arts and culture workers who have experienced sudden and severe income losses due to the pandemic.
What: The Indianapolis Jazz Foundation, the Penrod Society, Owl Music Group, and The Jazz Kitchen have joined forces to create a musicians relief fund to assist local jazz and related genre musicians who have had a direct loss of income through canceled or rescheduled performances.
What: The Kheprw Institute fund helps local artists and entrepreneurs deal with a loss of income by providing $500 emergency grants through a lottery selection system.
What: The fund provides $1,000 emergency relief grants to artists and arts/culture workers in Central Indiana to help cover basic living expenses through the winter. Individual donations of any amount will be doubled by the Efroymson Family Fund Match Challenge.
Power Plant Emergency Grants, administered by Big Car Collective, supports visual artists who live, work, or run spaces in Indianapolis. To donate, please contact Big Car’s associate director, Elizabeth Nash.
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