The Iowa City Area Community Grant Program was established to support events that are open to the general public. Funds are available to further develop events that improve the quality of life for residents of the Iowa City area and have the potential to attract visitors to the area or to enhance a visitor’s experience. Potential grant projects can be cultural, educational, literary, recreational or artistic. Each recipient may be awarded up to $5,000 for an approved event or project, following a July 1 – June 30 funding cycle with applications due in April of each year.
The application for FY25 is now closed. The application for FY26 will open in Spring 2025.
FY24 Grant Recipients
- Summer of the Arts
- Coralville 4th Fest
- North Liberty Blues & BBQ
- Mission Creek Festival
- Iowa City Book Festival
- Move Ya Body Reggae Fest
- Riverside Theatre: Free Shakespeare in the Park
- Beat the Bitter
- Mic Check Poetry Fest 2023
- ReFocus Film Festival
- Vice Presents: Kick-It Iowa City 2023
- LibCon 2023
- Johnson County Fair
- Chinese Spring Festival
- Iowa City Expo for Comics and Real Eclectic Alternative Media (ICE CREAM)
- Feed Me Weird Festival
- IARGUS Fall Festival: Ukrainian Music
- FIRST Tech Challenge Iowa Championship
