FY20 Creative Community Application Calendar

Application Calendar

February 1, 2019

Eligible applicants are invited to submit a Phase 2 application

February 21, 2019

12:15pm Q&A phone session for Phase 2 applicants*

February 21, 2019

Deadline for applicants to submit draft applications for staff review (not required)

February 28, 2019 by 3pm

Deadline for Phase 2 electronic (SmartSimple) application and postmark or hand-delivery deadline for required hardcopy materials

April 1, 2019

Arts Education panel meets in Madison

April 5, 2019

Folk Arts panel meets in Madison

April 8, 2019

Local Arts panel meets in Madison

May 3, 2019Wisconsin Arts Board meets in Madison to make grant determinations

May 2019

(provided the Wisconsin state legislature has passed the state budget)

Arts Board makes grant award announcement, mails contracts and grant proposal revision report forms

July 2019

Grant recipients submit signed contracts, grant proposal revision report forms, and copies of the letters that they have sent to their legislators in which they notified them of the grant and invited them to a specific project activity/event.

July 2019

Once the state legislature has passed its biennial budget and the grantee has submitted the signed contract and other required materials, Arts Board mails grant check.

(NOTE: The Arts Board cannot guarantee an exact timeframe for payment. It is possible that grant checks may not be sent until late Fall, depending on State Legislative and Administrative action.)

July 1, 2019

Activities on which grant can be spent, begin (no earlier than)

June 30, 2020

Activities on which grant can be spent, end (no later than)

July 31, 2020Final Report due
Please note: Grant checks may not arrive until as late as October 2019, depending on State Legislative and Administrative action. If your project occurs before October, please contact staff to discuss the impact this may have on your project. ​


*Phone-in Q&A - Use this time to ask questions of WAB staff and hear other applicants' questions. To call in, dial toll-free 1(888) 291-0312 and enter Access Code: 8928952# when prompted.  While this is not required, it is encouraged.


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