Arts & Culture Program
Driving Community Vitality Through Arts, Culture, and Creativity
Grant Cycle: February 1-28, 2026
Building on the success of its 2025 pilot, The Endowment is launching an enhanced Arts and Culture Grants Program for 2026 to directly advance its core priorities: education, social and health equity, community safety, and community development. Grants of $5000 to $15,000 will be awarded to nonprofit arts & culture organizations and public agencies based in New Hanover County.
The Arts Council of Wilmington will accept grant requests for $430,000 in available funding from February 1-28, 2026. The guidelines and application will be available on this webpage on February 1, 2026.