Horizons Grants

The Horizons Grants Program is a public/private partnership funded by the City of Salina and over 60 individuals and companies, each of whom makes a three-year commitment of support.

Since 1986, the Horizons Grants Program has provided funding for projects which significantly enhance the cultural life of Salina. This program of Salina Arts and Humanities supports the development of nonprofit organizations in Saline County which offer arts and humanities programming, funds arts and culture-specific organizations as they develop ways to use existing resources to reinforce their connections to Salina communities. For individual artists, Horizons has an entry-level grant program to support small-scale artistic growth and encourage stronger project concept, and a more complex developing artist grant which includes a strong community-building component.

The Horizons Grants Program was the first of its kind in operation in the State of Kansas. Widely respected, Horizons helps give Salina a firm reputation as a vibrant and supportive cultural community that actively helps to empower the organizations which enrich our lives.

In 2008, the Horizons Grants Program funded its 1,000,000th dollar - $1,000,000 in direct support to artists and organizations. With the match required by grantees, this has generated over $3,300,000 in projects since 1986. Besides supporting artistic development, Horizons has enriched our community, touching the lives of over 961,265 citizens and contributed widely to the economic development of the region.

The Horizons Grants Categories are:

• Organizational Projects
• Lana Jordan Developing Artist Grant
• Horizons Enrichment Grant (available in Developing Artist and Organizational Projects categories)

Download Horizon Grants Guidelines and Applications here