Arts, Culture & Creative Economy Grantmaking
The staff of the Community Foundation participates in several collaboratives that are important to promote and provide arts & culture in the region. The Lehigh Valley Community Foundation is the regional partner agency of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Through the Partners in the Arts program, LVCF works with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts to distribute grant awards for projects or programs involving artists throughout Region 5, which includes: Carbon, Monroe, Lehigh, and Northampton counties. This program enables the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts to reach a wider audience by increasing access to funds for organizations and artists across the state, thereby increasing statewide audience exposure to arts activities.
The PCA grants program provides support for two funding opportunities:
PPA | Creative Sector Flex Fund
The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) Creative Sector Flex Fund (CSFF) is designed to address the changing needs of dynamic PA arts organizations with average annual revenue between $10,000 – $200,000. Learn More…
PPA | Creative Entrepreneurs Accelerator Program
The Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program is designed to pair access to existing small business consulting services with financial resources for creative entrepreneurs who aspire to start their own for-profit business or who operate an existing for-profit micro business. The Program’s purpose is to help creative entrepreneurs to grow their business, audience, and revenue. Learn More…
Note About Both Programs
PA Creative Industries grantees and funding recipients are required to acknowledge the agency's support by displaying the agency's logo on their website, published materials, and announcements that acknowledge the grantee’s or funding recipient's grantors and donors.
Additionally, when citing Pennsylvania Creative Industries' project and/or program support in writing, grantees must include the following acknowledgement: “[Grantee name] received funding from Pennsylvania Creative Industries, powered by the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts.”
ASK Mary | Learn more about the Community Foundation’s Partners in the Arts (PPA) grant opportunities
Mary S. Mancino
Program Associate (Part-time Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 9:30am – 2:30pm)
Lehigh Valley Community Foundation
840 W. Hamilton Street, Suite 310, Allentown, PA 18101
mary@lvcfoundation.org | Arts@lvcfoundation.org
