GRANTS
Pennsylvania Partners on the Arts (PPA) is a partnership between local organizations and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA). Operating in all 67 counties in Pennsylvania, PPA re-grants funds to support a wide variety of local and community arts activities. Since its creation in 1996, PPA has demonstrated enormous success in achieving the PCA’s mission: to strengthen the cultural, educational, and economic vitality of Pennsylvania’s communities through the arts by providing thousands of artistic activities, arts services and arts programming within the Commonwealth of PA.
The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts’ Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA) program provides regionalized funding through the Program Stream & Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Program grants.
As one of fourteen regional PPA partners with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Berks Arts services Berks, Lancaster, and Schuylkill Counties.
For additional information, contact:
PPA Administrator
Berks Arts
P.O. Box 854
Reading, PA 19603-0854
Phone: 610.898.1930
email: PPA@berksarts.org
CREATIVE ENTREPRENEUR ACCELERATOR PROGRAM
CURRENT CYCLE APPLICATION DEADLINE:
April 30, 2024
As a creative entrepreneur, you are a leader on the pathway to recovery and increased opportunity in our rapidly changing environment. The Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator grant program provides creative entrepreneurs with small business consulting and up to $2,000 in critical financial resources to grow businesses and revenue.
Funding for the Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator rogram comes from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
CREATIVE SECTOR
FLEX FUND
DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE CHANGING NEEDS OF DYNAMIC PA ARTS ORGANIZATIONS WITH AVERAGE ANNUAL REVENUE RANGING FROM $10,000 TO $200,000 (FORMALLY THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR THE NOW-RETIRED PROGRAM STREAM & ENTRY TO PROGRAM STREAM).
APPLICATION WINDOW NOW CLOSED FOR 2023-24. LOOK FOR 2024-25 APPLICATIONS IN MAY 2024.
The Berks LaunchBox hosts free seminars and workshops on topics of interest to entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs. The sessions are an important part of our strategy to help grow and expand the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the community. Past topics have included legal issues, social entrepreneurship, improving your social media presence, creating a pitch and more. Some of these events include networking time. Please plan to attend one of our upcoming sessions! Check back frequently for new offerings.