ArtsEZ Grant Disbursement

What Happens If You Receive an ArtsEZ 2025 Grant? 

About Direct Grant Funding 

Northampton Arts Inc. has initiated a Direct Grant Program for our ArtsEZ grant round. Approved grantees will receive their award funding upfront. 

To receive grant funds, the recipient must submit a completed Grant Agreement and W-9, which will be sent to you shortly after receiving the award announcement. 

All successful applicants must credit the Northampton Arts Council for providing funds to the project in all press materials, posters, programs, announcements, and paid advertising by putting the Northampton Arts Council logo on the press materials. Please do so to avoid a loss of funding. An example of proper credit would be: "A grant from the Northampton Arts Council supports this program." Please add the Northampton Arts Council logo to the press materials as well. We strongly encourage sending a press release and a jpeg image to arts@northamptonma.gov at least two weeks before the project takes place so we can advertise the public component of your funded project. 

Grant recipients have one year from the date of their award notification to complete their program and submit their final report. The final report includes a brief form and evidence that the event took place and was credited as promised (ex: programs, news clippings, press releases, photos, testimonies, videos, etc.) The final report should be sent to the Arts Council within two weeks of completing the funded program but no later than one year from the award notification date. 

If the funded program or project still needs to be completed, the grantee is responsible for returning the grant funds, in total, to the Northampton Arts Council. Grantees that only repay the grant funds risk jeopardizing future funding. If you need more time to complete your project, please email a letter addressed to the Northampton Arts Council requesting an extension of six months. Please provide details of your project and why you need an extension.