Guidelines

Arts and cultural groups that regularly perform or exhibit in the south Hampton Roads area are eligible to apply for Business Consortium for Arts Support grants. Applicants must perform or exhibit in Chesapeake, Franklin, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk or Virginia Beach or in Isle of Wight or Southampton counties. Applicants must be non-profits with 501 (c) (3) status from the Internal Revenue Service.

2012 BCAS Application Form--pdf format

2012 BCAS Income Page-Excel Format

2012 BCAS Expenses Page-Excel Format

2012 BCAS Reserve Fund Page-Excel Format

2012 BCAS Attendance Page-Excel Format

 

2011 Final Report Form

2011 Final Report--Financial Page in Excel Format

                 

            

Recipients

In 2011 the Business Consortium for Arts Support awarded $742,500 to 33 arts and cultural groups that regularly perform or exhibit in south Hampton Roads. Since 1988 the Consortium has contributed more than $17.1 million to area arts and cultural organizations.

For 2011 the Consortium awarded 75 percent of its funds to the region’s six largest arts organizations: The Virginia Opera $141,970; The Chrysler Museum, $129,040; the Virginia Symphony, $124,800; the Virginia Stage Company, $89,000; the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, $38,740; and Virginia Arts Festival, $52,290. Among the 27 other recipients, grants ranged from $40,000 to Young Audiences of Virginia to $1,670 given to Norfolk Chamber Consort.


The 2011 grant recipients include: