Due to extreme Demand, the Arts & Humanities Touring Grant application is now closed. The next cycle opens February 1.

Grant Guidelines

The Arts and Humanities Touring Program awards reimbursement grants to help support the fees and expenses of touring performers, artists, exhibitors, and humanities presenters.

Touring Program grants are available to Michigan nonprofit organizations who may request:

• Up to 60 percent of Michigan based presenters’/exhibitors’ fees and travel expenses. (Proof of artist residency must be provided.)
• Up to 40 percent of out-of-state presenters’/exhibitors’ fees and travel expenses.
• Up to 75 percent of under-represented (Michigan-based) presenters’/exhibitors’ fees and travel expenses. Under-represented artist is defined as the following: artists that are Black, Indigenous, or people of color; artists that identify as LGBTQ+; artists with a disability; artists located in an under-represented area of the state (zip code population below 10,000).

Request for a grant may not exceed $3,000 per application, and an organization may not submit more than four (4) grant applications or request more than $4,000 during the program period (November to May cycles). Artists are limited to $6,000 in requests per program period.

Events must have a ticket price of $10 or lower to be eligible for funding. Events that are organization fundraisers are ineligible for funding.

Due to new federal requirements, organizations must have a Unique Entity Identifier, or obtain one prior to your final report deadline, to receive grant funds. For more information on how to obtain a Unique Entity Identifier, please click here.

Arts and Humanities Touring Grants

The Arts and Humanities Touring Program is a joint collaboration of Michigan Humanities and the Michigan Arts and Culture Council. Michigan nonprofits can apply for Touring Grants to host arts and humanities programming that feature artists and presenters from both the humanities and performing/visual arts fields.