The Iowa City Area Community Grant Program was established to support events that are open to the general public. Funds are available to further develop events that improve the quality of life for residents of the Iowa City area and have the potential to attract visitors to the area or to enhance a visitor’s experience. Potential grant projects can be cultural, educational, literary, recreational or artistic. Each recipient may be awarded up to $5,000 for an approved event or project, following a July 1 – June 30 funding cycle with applications due in April of each year.
Applications will open for the FY24 program on April 3, 2023. Deadline for applications is April 20, 2023.
FY23 Grant Recipient Events
- Summer of the Arts
- Coralville 4th Fest
- Riverside Theatre: Free Shakespeare in the Park
- Local Foods Festival
- Why IF (intellectual freedom) Matters
- Coralville 5th Street Social
- Mission Creek Festival
- Mic Check Poetry Fest
- ReFocus Film Festival
- Global Community Dinner
- Feed Me Weird Festival
- IARGUS Fall Festival: Ukrainian Music
- KidLit Pizzazz Festival
- 2nd Annual South District Diversity Market
- North Liberty Blues and BBQ
- Iowa City Book Festival
- Latino Festival Iowa City
- Iowa City Pride
- North Liberty’s Beat the Bitter
- Mic Check Poetry Fest 2022
- Vice Presents, Kick-it Iowa City 2022
- Iowa City Expo for Comics and Real Electric Alternative Media (ICE CERAM)
- The Art of Action Project
- Prompt for the Planet Showcase