Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF) is investing in strengthening arts & culture nonprofits in Washtenaw County through a racial equity lens. This program invests funds to activate the artistic and cultural identity of all people in Washtenaw County and ensure a fundamental level of access to arts and culture for everyone.

This program is now closed and we will reopen in 2025.

AAACF seeks opportunities to invest funds in new and existing community-based projects that are serving communities through arts and culture focusing on racial equity to support:

1. Community driven art programs and organizations that serve and engage/collaborate with Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) communities.
2. Arts programs and organizations with BIPOC leadership
3. Equity in arts education
4. Entrepreneurship in the Arts for Economic Development
5. Empowering the digital capacity of organizations to reach BIPOC communities
6. Vocational training for the marginalized community in the Arts

Questions related to this grant program can be sent to Amina Iqbal, Senior Community Investment Officer, at aiqbal@aaacf.org