West Fargo Events put on Winnie-the-Pooh in West Fargo and Fargo in 2025.
The City of Casselton and its Public Arts Task Force created a public mural in 2025.
North Dakota Shakespeare Festival performed As You Like It in Grand Forks in 2025.
Badlands Opera Project put on Into the Woods in Dickinson in 2025.
Flickertail Woodcarvers of Bismarck held its 54th Annual Woodcarving Show in 2024.
Cando Arts Council put on its Children's Summer Musical, Beetlejuice, in 2025.
The North Dakota-Manitoba District of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition was held in Grand Forks in 2025.
The Brass Band of Minot performed in 2024-2025.
Community Arts Access Grant Program
Community Arts Access Tier 1 & 2 is a grant program that provides up to $4,000 in arts activity support to arts and non-arts organizations and unincorporated groups. This program funds arts activities including but not limited to art festivals, exhibitions, performance series, touring performances or exhibits, and stand-alone single discipline or multidisciplinary arts projects of all forms. (The CAA grant is not a general operating support grant.)
Application Deadlines FY27
- Round 1: Sunday, April 26, 2026, 11:59 p.m. CST (project dates July 1, 2026-June 30, 2027)
- Round 2: Sunday, September 20, 2026, 11:59 p.m. CST (project dates December 1, 2026-June 30, 2027)
Grant Award Range
- $2,000 minimum request
- $4,000 maximum request
- 20% match required
For Questions or Assistance
Contact Program Manager Brenna Lahren l blahren@nd.gov | (701) 328-7590
All applicants should read this document thoroughly before beginning the online application.
Application Method
Grant applications are submitted online through the NDCA online grants system.
To apply online, go to grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=ndca
- Applicant Tutorial 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1H-kcWa8Qk
- Applicant Tutorial 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kAXTBAIVJI
*Totals and recipient lists may change over time due to project adjustments, returned funds, or updates to reporting. This information is updated as capacity allows.