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Grant Eligibility

Each grant may have additional eligibility requirements so please review the How to Apply section of each grant program.

Please note:

  1. For each of our grant programs, only not-for-profit presenting organizations in the Southern Arts Federation’s nine-state region are eligible to apply. Eligible project events must take place in SAF’s nine-state region (in the presenter’s state). SAF’s nine-state region includes Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

  2. Funding is awarded to presenters targeting underserved communities and special consideration will be given to presenters for the engagement of an in-region artist. Underserved, for the purpose of these guidelines, is defined as those communities in which people lack arts programs, services, or resources due to geography, economic conditions, cultural background, socio-political circumstances, disability, age or other demonstrable factors. The term “community” can refer to a group of people with a common heritage or characteristics, whether or not living in the same location.

  3. SAF does NOT offer grants to individual artists at this time

  4. Eligible applicants include performing arts centers, local arts councils, museums, universities, schools, libraries, festivals and other non-profit or government entities with venues for performance and residency activities by touring artists and composers.

  5. All applicants must have a DUNS number. Applications will not be accepted from organizations that do not have a DUNS number. To find out more about the DUNS number and how to get one click here. Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) keeps track of more than 70 million businesses world-wide through its Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS). In recent years, the DUNS number has become increasingly important to both federal and local governments (e.g., the National Endowment for the Arts and state arts agencies) and national arts organizations (e.g., Americans for the Arts). SAF requires that all applicants have a DUNS number.


  6. Touring support is awarded to theatre, music, opera, musical theatre, literary and dance projects that contain both a performance and an educational component. Events must be open to the public and dedicated to serving a wide audience.

  7. Presenters cannot receive funding for artists who reside in the presenter’s state (i.e., a Georgia non-profit organization cannot apply for funding to present a Georgia artist).

  8. Applicants may apply for support up to 50% of the artist's or consultant's fee as listed in the contract (subject to the noted limits and funding availability).
  9. All SAF grant awards require a dollar-for-dollar CASH match.

  10. Applications must be postmarked by the designated deadline date.  Applicants should request a legibly dated US Postal Service postmark (from a federal postal service center) or receipt from a commercial carrier.  Privately metered postmarks will NOT be accepted as proof of timely mailing.
  11. Generally, an applicant can receive no more than $15,000 per SAF fiscal year.

  12. All grant recipients are required to provide accessibility for constituents with disabilities at grant-funded events.  The National Endowment for the Arts has provided a resource to assist you in making accommodations.  The Design for Accessibility Handbook is available on the Endowment's website. If you have additional questions, please contact Teresa Hollingsworth , ADA Coordinator for the SAF, at 404.874.7244 extension 14.

  13. For further information on any of our grant programs, contact Nikki Estes, Program Director - Presenting and Touring, at 404.874.7244 ext. 16.