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For Communities – Tuesday, January 18, 2022
2022.01.18 - IACA Announces Availability of FY23 GOS Guidelines and Application
The Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA) is pleased to announce the release of the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) General Operating Support (GOS) Grant. This annual program provides general operating support to eligible Illinois non-profit organizations for public arts programming of high artistic merit. The FY23 GOS application deadline is Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 11:59pm.
Important to note is that the GOS applications will be submitted in IACA's online Salesforce platform: https://arts-illinois.force.com
Returning applicants should login to their existing account to apply. New applicants should create a new user account. More information on the online system, including a user manual, can be found on the IACA website.
Before submitting the application through IACA's online system, applicants must first:
- Have pre-qualification status through the State of Illinois Grantee Portal. Please follow the link to the IACA's Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA) page for details.
- Verify compliance with all eligibility requirements prior to application submission.
- Applicants will need to confirm (or register for) a Unique Entity ID (UEI) in their SAM.gov account. The UEI number must be entered in the Salesforce system as part of the Applicant Information.
Webinars/Meetings:
IACA staff will conduct one GOS webinar on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 1:00pm on the application and review process. Participation requires advance registration; a recorded version of the webinar with transcripts will also be available.
Also, on certain Fridays from 1pm-2pm IACA staff are available via video meetings to answer any questions. You do not need to preregister for these. You simply click the link at the time of the meeting to join the call via WebEx.
- Friday, January 28, 2022 at 1:00pm
- Friday, February 4, 2022 at 1:00pm
- Friday, February 18, 2022 at 1:00pm
- Friday, March 4, 2022 at 1:00pm
- Friday, March 11, 2022 at 1:00pm
Award amounts will be determined after the IACA's FY23 budget is approved.
Program Directors and the disciplines they oversee are listed below.
- Susan Dickson (Dance, Ethnic and Folk Arts, Literature, Media Arts, Visual Arts)
- Jerome Grand (Arts-in-Education)
- George Tarasuk (Music, Presenters)
- Teresa Davis (Arts Service, Local Arts Agencies)
- Jackie Banks-Mahlum, (Partners-in-Excellence, Multidisciplinary Arts, Theatre)
For further information on a GOS Grant, contact the appropriate IACA Program staff.
The IACA acknowledges ongoing support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
