The Connecticut Arts Endowment Fund was established by the Legislature to stimulate the development of private sector funding and help stabilize arts institutions. Interest earned on the Fund’s principal is distributed annually to Connecticut non-profit arts organizations which have received a minimum of $25,000 in contributions in each of the last two years from non-governmental sources. Grant awards are calculated based on a formula that rewards those organizations reporting a substantial increase in the amount of private sector contributions received during the prior year. Organizations may use funds for capital projects, operations, programming, or to build their own endowments.

The annual deadline to apply to the Arts Endowment Fund is December 15.  Law requires that grants be awarded by April 15th of the following year. 

State Law Creating CT Arts Endowment Fund
Arts Endowment Fund Guidelines (PDF) For Information Only!
Announcement of 2010 Arts Endowment Fund Grant Recipients

For more information on the Connecticut Arts Endowment Fund, contact Kathleen DeMeo at 860-256-2735 or kathleen.demeo@ct.gov.