Creative Catalyst
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View & apply on Grants.gov →Creative Catalyst is a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts program funding new initiatives that support creative workers and industries around asset development, workforce, community development, visi…
- Deadline
- Feb 2, 2027
- Posted
- Apr 1, 2026
- Award amount
- Up to $25,000
- Focus areas
- Creative industry
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In plain English
Creative Catalyst is a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts program funding new initiatives that support creative workers and industries around asset development, workforce, community development, visibility, or policy. It's open to nonprofits, municipalities, school districts, and other non-arts nonprofits that provide arts programming or services, provided the project has statewide or broad regional reach. Awards go up to $25,000.
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Who can apply
Nonprofit; Municipality; School — Nonprofit; tax-exempt corporation; Unit of Government; Unit of college or university or school district; Non-arts non-profit providing areas programming and/or arts services in Pennsylvania
About this grant
Creative Catalyst is a grant program of Pennsylvania Creative Industries, powered by Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA), that supports new initiatives and opportunities that advance strategies for empowering, connecting, and amplifying creatives and creative industries and their contributions to Pennsylvania’s communities, economy, and workforce. Creative Catalyst applications will be assessed based on the degree to which they: 1. Align with one or more of Pennsylvania Creative Industries’ five areas of opportunity: • Asset Development • Workforce Development • Community Development • Visibility • Policy 2. Demonstrate statewide or broad regional reach and benefit. 3. Demonstrate capacity to carry out project as proposed.
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