Spartanburg County cultural organizations and artists awarded over $550,000 from Chapman Cultural Center
June 11, 2019
Chapman Cultural Center, the leading local arts agency in Spartanburg County, will award fourteen arts, science, and humanities organizations and ten local artists a total of $554,734 at a public ceremony on June 11th, 2019. The ceremony will take place in the theater at Chapman Cultural Center at 5:30pm and will acknowledge grantees and the impact they make in our community.
In the last twenty-four years, through generous donations to the United Arts Fund, Chapman Cultural Center has awarded $17 million in grants to strengthen, develop, and promote the cultural vibrancy in Spartanburg County in a sustainable way, and our community’s creative ecology is thriving because of it.
Chapman Cultural Center offers General Operating Support Grants and Community Grants to local non-profits and individual artists.
The General Operating Support (GOS) Grants are awarded to anchor cultural organizations that have been established for 3 years or more and have at least a part time staff person working to advance the mission of the organization. Grantees for GOS Grants were evaluated on the basis of artistic/historic/scientific merit, evidence of sound management & fiscal responsibility, and service to all of Spartanburg County. These awards support up to 20% of the grantees’ annual operating expenses.
Chapman Cultural Center’s 2020 strategic plan includes assessing and revising their grant making portfolio to be more inclusive, collaborative, impactful, and supportive of the broader cultural sector.
General Operating Support Grants are being awarded to the following organizations:
- Artists’ Guild of Spartanburg – $15,500
- Ballet Spartanburg – $102,600
- Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve – $13,500
- Hub City Writers Project – $22,500
- Spartanburg Art Museum – $89,050
- Spartanburg County Historical Association – $70,000
- Spartanburg Philharmonic – $90,000
- Spartanburg Science Centre – $38,000
- Spartanburg Little Theatre and Spartanburg Youth Theatre – $93,600
Chapman Cultural Center’s second grant opportunity, Community Grants, are awarded quarterly to non-profits and individual artists who reside in Spartanburg County. This year Chapman Cultural Center has awarded over $20,000 to non-profits and individual artists through this grant program. The grants are funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina.
