Our North Star
A thriving arts community helps us live vibrant lives, so we are working toward making the creative arts accessible for all members of our community.
The Spark
For a community to thrive, we need to foster imagination and creativity so individuals of all ages and backgrounds have abundant opportunities to experience diverse forms of creative expression.
How We Can See It Through
The Farash Foundation is committing its focus on small and mid-size creative arts organizations serving Monroe and Ontario Counties. We want to help organizations serving diverse communities so that anyone can access the types of arts that they find meaningful.
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1. Creative Arts
Utilizing creative expression and imagination through visual, literary, and performing arts including music, theater, dance, spoken word, and film.
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2. Additional Considerations
We believe our small and mid-size organizations have the power to move people in creative ways. To help bolster our creative arts community, we will partner with organizations that have annual operating budgets of $2 million or less. Education and community are important to the Foundation. We will make special considerations to those organizations that offer arts education as part of their programming.
Key dates for 2025 Creative Arts
A vibrant community where the arts can flourish. Let's go.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Creative arts organizations that facilitate Arts Education programing, prioritizes increased audience engagement, or reduces barriers accessing the arts.
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Yes. These organizations are eligible to apply if using a Fiscal Sponsor.
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A tax-exempt nonprofit that agrees to receive funds and assume legal and financial responsibility for an organization that doesn’t have tax-exempt status. Fiscal sponsors may charge a fee to cover the costs of providing services.
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Only organizations that have the creative arts explicitly stated as a central part of its core mission, vision, focus and legal purpose and at least 51% of its annual expenditures are allocated specifically to Creative Arts programming and/or services are considered.
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Some examples of Arts Education include scheduled classes, youth programming, spaces to learn and create. Program space can be determined by audience but should be accessible to those who wish to participate, including in person or virtually.
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Organizations that offer Out-of-School Time programming, respond to an emerging community concern, or have an idea for how to celebrate and evolve our Jewish community so it keeps thriving may apply for future consideration in other program areas.
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Funds are unrestricted operating grants that can be used in an any capacity the organization decides. It is not necessary to designate these funds to any program or budget item for the purpose of this grant. The funds are to be used at the organization’s discretion.
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Yes. Organizations may apply for any funding opportunities that they align with at the Foundation’s strategy areas.
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Accepted but not likely to be funded if the Foundation cannot verify where the organization’s activities take place.
More information can be found on our Grantseeker Resources page. Or give us a call.