Allied Arts & Humanities Fund Grant – Operating Support

The Allied Arts and Humanities Fund Grant - Operating Support is a private grant opportunity associated with the Bartlesville Community Foundation. The grant is intended to support cultural organizations serving the greater Bartlesville area in carrying out their missions to provide access to arts and humanities programming. The fund is open to arts and humanities organizations, with particular interest in supporting new programs as well as ongoing programs that will reach new audiences or underserved audiences. The source identifies the Bartlesville Community Foundation, or BCF, as the contact organization for questions and requests for additional details. This operating support opportunity provides grants with a minimum request of $2,500 and a maximum request of $5,000. A grant request may not exceed 50 percent of the total operational cost. As a result, an applicant must have other sources supporting at least the remaining portion of its operational costs. The source provides examples of other funding sources that may be used, including individual donations, earned income, and gifts from foundations. The source does not state the total amount available across all awards or the number of awards expected to be made. The grant supports general operating needs of qualified arts and humanities organizations serving the greater Bartlesville area. The fund's broader purpose is to help these cultural organizations provide access to arts and humanities programming. Although all arts and humanities organizations are described as eligible for funding, the grant committee specifically expresses interest in new programs and ongoing programs that serve new or underserved audiences. Organizations may submit requests for both program support and general operating support, but only one grant request will be awarded per applicant. The fund explicitly does not make grants to sponsor fundraising events. The Fall Grants cycle opened on August 3, 2026 and closes at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, September 4, 2026. The source provides a direct online application link for the Allied Arts and Humanities Fund Grant - Operating Support. Applicants are instructed to use Google Chrome or Safari when completing grant applications. The source does not identify a separate letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating requirement. It also does not provide an award notification date or a defined grant performance period. The funder advises applicants to review the application and copy all requested information into a word-processing document before completing the online form. Applicants are encouraged to answer and save all questions in that document, then copy and paste the completed answers into the online application. The funder also recommends retaining the document for future submissions involving the same project. This guidance is intended to help applicants preserve their work while completing the application. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed, making completeness an explicit submission requirement. The grant committee's stated funding interests provide useful guidance for applicants. Requests that involve new programming or that expand ongoing programming to new or underserved audiences align with the committee's particular interests. Applicants should also ensure that the requested grant amount falls between $2,500 and $5,000 and does not exceed 50 percent of total operational costs. Fundraising event sponsorship is expressly outside the fund's grantmaking scope. Questions and requests for details may be directed to the Bartlesville Community Foundation by phone at 918-337-2287. The source states that grant information is subject to change and advises applicants to review the grant page regularly for the most accurate information.

Copy application questions into a Word document, draft answers before submitting online, save the document for reuse, and use Google Chrome or Safari for submission.