Illinois Arts Council

01/18/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/18/2022 15:54

IACA Announces Availability of FY23 GOS Guidelines and Application

The Illinois Arts Council Agency (IACA) is pleased to announce the release of the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) General Operating Support(GOS) Grant. This annual program provides general operating support to eligible Illinois non-profit organizations for public arts programming of high artistic merit. The FY23 GOS application deadline is Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 11:59pm.
Returning applicants should login to their existing account to apply. New applicants should create a new user account. More information on the online system, including a user manual, can be found on the IACA website.

Before submitting the application through IACA's online system, applicants must first:

  • Have pre-qualification status through the State of Illinois Grantee Portal. Please follow the link to the IACA's Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA)page for details.
  • Verify compliance with all eligibility requirementsprior to application submission.
  • Applicants will need to confirm (or register for) a Unique Entity ID (UEI) in their SAM.gov account. The UEI number must be entered in the Salesforce system as part of the Applicant Information.

Webinars/Meetings:

IACA staff will conduct one GOS webinar on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at 1:00pmon the application and review process. Participation requires advance registration; a recorded version of the webinar with transcripts will also be available.

Also, on certain Fridays from 1pm-2pm IACA staff are available via video meetings to answer any questions. You do not need to preregister for these. You simply click the link at the time of the meeting to join the call via WebEx.

Award amounts will be determined after the IACA's FY23 budget is approved.

Program Directors and the disciplines they oversee are listed below.

  • Susan Dickson (Dance, Ethnic and Folk Arts, Literature, Media Arts, Visual Arts)
  • Jerome Grand (Arts-in-Education)
  • George Tarasuk (Music, Presenters)
  • Teresa Davis (Arts Service, Local Arts Agencies)
  • Jackie Banks-Mahlum, (Partners-in-Excellence, Multidisciplinary Arts, Theatre)