With the release of $116,250 of ARPA funds from the City of West Haven, The Arts Council of Greater New Haven (ACGNH) is proud to announce the rapid release of funds to stimulate arts + culture activity in West Haven, CT this summer. Alongside our partners at ArtsWest CT, we are working to distribute microgrants of $2,500-10,000 each to artists, arts organizations, and creative businesses in West Haven. In accordance with our contract with the City of West Haven, the funds must be distributed, spent, and fully reported on by September 1st. What does this mean for grantees? Funded projects must spend their entire grants and submit final reports on their funds during the project period: July-August, 2024. Final reports are due to ACGNH no later than Friday, August 23rd to ensure that ACGNH remains compliant with the terms of these federal funds. Given the rapid nature of this funding process, feasibility is one of the most important criteria for the panelists reviewing your application. We strongly encourage applicants to consider proposals that are easy to execute in the project period such as equipment purchases, GOS expenses (rent, subscriptions, etc.), artistic commissions, or offsetting costs of previously planned activities within the project period. Applicants should not submit applications for new projects or events that would need to be conceived, organized, and produced within the 2-month timeframe. The primary goal of this funding is to stimulate the arts + culture economy in West Haven following the long-term impacts of COVID-19. Applicants who are queer, trans, non-binary, Black, Brown, Indigenous, disabled, parents, are/have been systemically-impacted, are immigrants, and anyone who has experienced systemic oppression and/or gender-based violence are encouraged to apply. Contact Mina Khokhar (she/her) via Mina@NewHavenArts.org | 203-772-2788 or Elinor Slomba (she/her) via artswestct@gmail.com.