Grants & Funding

For Arts & Organizations

The Stanly County Arts Council (SCAC) receives a Grassroots Grant from the North Carolina Arts Council each year. Up to fifty percent (50%) of this grant supports the key operations of the SCAC. The remaining percentage (minimum 50%) is directed back into the community via Subgrants to support arts programs.

To see if your project qualifies to receive a Grassroots Subgrant, click here for a copy of the Grassroots Grant Guidelines. We not only want to insure that all Grassroots Grant funding is handled appropriately, but also that the programs receiving such funding are available and accessible to everyone.

For existing Subgrantees or new Subgrantees that are ready to begin the grant application process, please review the appropriate links listed on this page. If you have any grant questions, please email us at or call 704-982-8118 (leave a message).

For Individuals & Artists

The Artist Support Grant (ASG) supports a broad range of talented artists in multiple art genres. ASG funds professional and artistic development for emerging and established artists to enhance their skills and abilities to create work or to improve their capacity to bring their work to new audiences. ASG was created to provide direct support to individual artists during and following the COVID-19 pandemic. The ASG is replacing the former grant referred to as: Regional Artist Project Grant (RAPG). The Artist Support Grant program is managed through a partnership with the Arts Council of Moore County to serve artists in REGION 12 (Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly, and Union counties). Funding is provided by the North Carolina Arts Council and participating Region 12 arts councils.

Artists at any stage of their careers, emerging or established, are eligible to apply for grants in all disciplines, such as visual art and craft, traditional art forms, music composition, film/video, literature and playwriting, choreography, and dance. Types of fundable projects include the creation of new work, purchase of equipment and materials, and professional development workshops. Grant awards generally range from $500 to $3,000, and are intended to fund projects that begin no earlier than January 1, 2027, and conclude by December 31, 2027. Grant funds must be utilized by June 30, 2027. Deadline to apply is Friday, October 9, 2026, by 5:00 pm.

GRANT APPLICATION WORKSHOPS

Grant workshops are offered to assist artists in strengthening applications. Attendance is not required but strongly encouraged. All grant workshops are open to any artist in Region 12, no matter your county of residence. ASG workshops will take place on the following dates:

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP: August 25, 2026 @ 5:30 pm via Zoom (This will be recorded with link available to view later.)

IN-PERSON WORKSHOP: September 15, 2026 @ 5:30 pm @ Moore County Arts Council Galleries at Campbell House, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines, NC

Reservations for each grant workshop are required by contacting the Arts Council Moore County @ 910-692-2787 or chris@mooreart.org. Please RSVP by the day before the workshop

Click here to download the ASG Grant Guidelines. Click here to download an ASG fillable PDF Application.

The deadline for applications is Friday, October 9, 2026. Must be received by 5:00 pm.

Grassroots Downloads

2026-2027 Grassroots Subgrants Guidelines and Requirements (PDF)

2026-2027 Grassroots Subgrant Application (PDF-Fillable Form)

2026-2027 Grassroots Subgrant Application (Word)

Grassroots Subgrant Final Report Form (PDF Fillable Form)

Grassroots Subgrant Final Report Form (PDF)

Grassroots Subgrant Final Report Form (Word)

No Overdue Tax Debt Form (Word)

Artist Support Grant Downloads

Artist Support Grant Guidelines

Artist Support Grant Application (fillable PDF)

Grassroots Grant Recipients

2025-2026

Historic Badin Hardaway Powwow, Inc. – artist fees for the dancers, storytellers, drummers, singers for the Hardaway PowWow

GHA Autism Supports – various arts programming for clients

Locust Parks & Rec – Expanding movie nights to a cultural enriching event by including the South Seas Dancers for “Lilo &Stitch” movie night

Stanly Arts Guild – operational funds for the Gallery

Stanly County Chorale – support for the Christmas and Spring community concerts

Stanly County Concert Association – operational funds to prepare for upcoming season of professional musical artists

Stanly County Concert Band – Fall concert and Spring Concert

Stanly County Partnership for Children – free theatre experience for preschool-aged children and their families

Stanly County Schools – Performing Artists for the Cultural Education Program for all 7th and 8th graders: Mike Wiley’s “One Noble Journey: A Box Marked Freedom.”

Stanly County Senior Center – Senior Spirit Day @ EE Waddell Center, Albemarle, and the 40th Anniversary concert with the Lowcountry Voices

Uwharrie Players – operational funds for their 2025-2026 season

Past recipients

Albemarle Downtown Development Corporation – artist fees for Ghost mural restoration

Albemarle Parks & Rec – artist fees for performers for Food Truck Fridays

Friends of the Agri-Civic Center – artist fees for mural at the Stanly County Agri-Civic Center

Norwood Central Business District – artist fees for murals in the outdoor art gallery

Pfeiffer University – Eugene Earnhardt Speaker Series – Michelle Gillespie, Educator & Author

The Talent Company – support for their youth driven theatre productions

Uwharrie Youth Arts – support for the performance of the City Youth Ballet’s The Nutcracker

Artist Support Grant Recipients

2026

Janet Borchardt – Equipment for Glass Art

2025

Eli Williams – Mural Project

2023

Susan Lackey – Equipment (Large Easel)

Richard Cutright, Jr – Computer/software for recording music

2022

Jennifer Brogdon – Writer’s Workshop

2021

Austin Coats – Sound equipment and Studio Recording Time in pursuit of musical career

Christian Payne – Camera for live streaming performances and actor workshops

2020

Annette Lowder – artist residency in Shigaraki, Japan

2019

Lorraine Turi – purchase a Canon 5d Mark IV camera to experiment with video in her current project Last Seen. Last Seen is a collection of photographs that have been taken at the last place a species was seen in the wild before going extinct.

2018

Susan Lackey – attend a mentoring style studio experience with master artist, Carrie Burns Brown, Kanuga Watermedia Workshops in Hendersonville, NC

Rodney Rock – purchase Nikon D500 camera to further his artistry in photography

2017

Caroline Stephenson – attend the Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah University

2016

Mark Stephenson – attend the Portrait Society of America Annual Conference 2016 in Washington, D.C.