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* Funding Sources *

Many funding sources are available to fund your concert/artist series!

Anthony Olson has written numerous grants and helped many presenting
organizations prepare grant proposals. Please call us if you need help
in securing grant funds for your performing arts events.

* * Missouri Presenters * *
may apply for up to 60% funding from the Missouri Arts Council
the Lyric Duo is on the Missouri Arts Council Touring Artist Roster
(click here to visit the Missouri Arts Council)

* * Presenters in the Midwestern States * *
are elligible to apply to the Heartland Arts Fund
for grant funds for concerts as the
Lyric Duo is on their Touring Artist Roster
 (click here to visit the Heartland Arts Fund)

Nearly all state Arts Councils and Humanities Councils
provide significant grant opportunities
(click here to find a link to your state’s arts council)

The Ford Foundation provides grant funds for the arts
(click here to visit the Ford Foundation)

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation provides grant funds
(click here to visit the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)

The Wallace Reader’s Digest Foundation provides grant funds for the arts
(click here to visit the Wallace Reader’s Digest Foundation)

The National Endowment for the Arts provides
grant funds to all US organizations
(click here to visit the NEA)

The Pew Charitable Trust provides grant funds
(click here to visit the Pew Charitable Trust)

The Rockefeller Foundation provides grant funds for the arts
(click here to visit the Rockefeller Foundation)

Numerous corporations have grant programs
(The Target Foundation is one example, click here)

The federal government maintains a database of grants opportunities
(click here to visit grants.gov)
(also click here to search federal opportunities)

(also click here to find a list of other funding sources.)

A local business sponsor will often help fund programs,
usually in exchange for an ad in the concert program

Elementary and Middle School PTAs
(PTAs and Schools are often very excited about funding
school assembly programs  for their students <click here>)