ARTS RECOVERY GRANTS
Asheville Recovers Together Small Business Grant Program
The Asheville Recovers Together Small Business Grant Program provides grants of $5,000–$75,000 to eligible Asheville small businesses impacted by Hurricane Helene. Funded through Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding, the program is designed to help businesses recover, rebuild, and retain jobs.
Eligible businesses must be located within Asheville city limits, have been operating prior to September 27, 2024, and demonstrate unmet financial losses related to Hurricane Helene.
Please note: This program is available only to for-profit businesses. Nonprofit organizations are not eligible.
Applications open June 15, 2026 and close July 14, 2026.
For eligibility requirements, application information, technical assistance resources, and to apply, visit: ashevillerecoverstogether.org
Nonprofit Arts Recovery Grant
The ArtsAVL Nonprofit Arts Recovery Grant supports nonprofit arts organizations in Western North Carolina that have experienced ongoing physical and/or economic impacts from Hurricane Helene. While immediate emergency needs have passed, many organizations continue to face recovery challenges that affect their operations, staffing, and ability to serve their communities.
The first cycle of this two-year recovery grant program awarded $665,000 to 65 nonprofit arts and cultural organizations across 12 Western North Carolina counties. These grants provide flexible recovery funding to help organizations stabilize operations, address storm-related impacts, restore programming, and rebuild audiences as the region continues its long-term recovery from Hurricane Helene.
The $1.2 million Nonprofit Arts Recovery Grant Program is supported by $1,000,000 from the North Carolina Community Foundation’s Disaster Relief Fund and $200,000 from Dogwood Health Trust. The program is structured across two grant cycles, with the second application cycle planned for Spring 2027.
Read the full press release below to learn more about the program and view the complete list of 2026 grant recipients.
Support by:
2026 Grant Recipients
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Appalachian Theatre of the High Country
Arts For Life
Ashe County Arts Council
Asheville Art Museum Association, Inc.
Asheville Community Theatre
Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre
Asheville Gay Men’s Chorus
Asheville Independent Arts and Music INC
Asheville Music School
Asheville Puppetry Alliance (Street Creature Puppet Collective)
Asheville Symphony Society, Inc.
Attic Salt Theatre Company
Black Mountain Center for the Arts
Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center
Black Wall Street AVL
Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
Blue Ridge Orchestra
Brevard Music Center
Caldwell Arts Council
Carolina Mountain Woodturners, Inc.
Delta House Life Development of Asheville, Inc.
Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective
Ensemble Stage
Florence Thomas Art School
Folkmoot Center for the Arts
French Broad Valley Music Association for the JAM Kids of Henderson County
Haywood County Arts Council
Hendersonville Theatre
Lamplight AVL
LEAF Global Arts
Local Cloth, Inc.
Lost Province Center for the Cultural Arts
Madison County Arts Council
Marshall High Studios
Montford Moppets Youth Shakespeare Company
Montford Park Players
North Carolina Glass Center
North Carolina Stage Company
Open Hearts Art Center
Parkway Playhouse of Burnsville, Inc
Polk County Film Initiative
RADA Foundation
Raíces (Colaborativa La Milpa)
Rare Bird Cultural Arts
Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre
Southern Highland Craft Guild
Stewart/Owen Dance
Swannanoa Valley Art League
Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance
The Art League of Henderson County
The Arts Council of Henderson County
The Firefly Gathering, Inc
The Glitter Sisters Inc.
The Village Potters Clay Center
Toe River Crafts
Transylvania Community Arts Council
Trillium Arts, Inc.
Tryon Arts and Crafts School
Umoja Health Wellness and Justice Collective
Watauga County Arts Council
Womansong of Asheville
World Bridge Foundation
Wortham Center for the Performing Arts
YMI Cultural Center