Quick Assist Grants (formerly "Technical Assistance")

Quick Assist Grants are for special, one-time needs unrelated to any other project or activity funded with a Council on the Arts grant. These grants fund unexpected or impromptu programs, opportunities, or other activities that are important to promote, share, or support the arts. Successful applications vary widely.

Quick Assist Grant applications may request between $500 and $1,000, with no matching expenses required to be provided by the applicant. Activities and expenses of a Quick Assist Grants may not overlap or support projects that are funded with another Council on the Arts grant of any kind.

Applications are accepted at any time during the year. An organization or individual are typically limited to one Quick Assist application per year. Quick Assist Grant request are not counted towards an applicant’s annual request limits for any other grant type. Applicants must discuss proposed activities with Council staff to be provided an application form, which is not an indication that grant funds will be awarded.

Successful grants in this category vary far more than other grant types. Key features of a proposal that inform funding decisions include:

• Details about the logistical and financial circumstances related to the need.
• A description of the expenses and costs, including the involvement or availability of other potential funders.
• Artistic outcomes of the proposed activities, for the public, or for one or more of Alabama’s artists.

Grants are approved based on available funds and at the discretion of the Executive Director.

Email annemarie@arts.alabama.gov to request access to the quick assist application.