{"status":200,"message":"Success","data":{"id":"ed388d13-8dee-5be4-be65-1c9240bc2f0b","title":"Express Grants (Express Project and Touring)","identifiers":{"systemId":{"registry":{"code":"opp:opengrants:system","url":"https://opengrants.io/common-grants/registries/opp-opengrants-system.json"},"id":"2a1cc633-f37d-4948-bc96-d9658a245a8f"},"otherIds":{"opp:opengrants:program":{"registry":{"code":"opp:opengrants:program","url":"https://opengrants.io/common-grants/registries/opp-opengrants-program.json"},"id":"mo:arts-express-grants"}}},"status":{"value":"open","description":"Rolling — applications accepted continuously"},"description":"Express Grants are the Missouri Arts Council's simpler, rolling-deadline grant track, aimed at small and emerging arts organizations, organizations in rural communities, first-time applicants and shorter or smaller-budget projects. The Council is accepting Express Project and Express Touring applications for FY2027 (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027). The maximum request is $4,000, no match is required, and applications scoring 75% or higher are funded at 100%. 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Applicants need a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and a SmartSimple account; organizations with budgets over $1,000,000 need an audit. Missouri-incorporated, IRS tax-exempt nonprofits or units of local government (libraries, colleges and universities, counties, municipal agencies). Individuals, for-profit organizations (including B Corporations), nonexempt nonprofits and organizations in operation less than a year are not eligible."},"description":"Who is eligible, in the funder's words","schema":"https://commongrants.org/custom-fields/eligibilityCriteria"},"additionalInfo":{"name":"additionalInfo","fieldType":"object","value":{"url":"https://missouriartscouncil.org/grants/","description":"Missouri Arts Council grants page"},"description":"Where the agency publishes its programs","schema":"https://commongrants.org/custom-fields/additionalInfo"},"fundingInstrument":{"name":"fundingInstrument","fieldType":"string","value":"grant","description":"grant, loan, grant+loan, tax credit, rebate, in-kind or other","schema":"https://opengrants.io/common-grants/schemas/state-portal-v1.json"},"lastSyncedAt":{"name":"lastSyncedAt","fieldType":"string","value":"2026-11-04T07:15:34Z","description":"When the OpenGrants record data behind this opportunity was last refreshed (UTC)","schema":"https://opengrants.io/common-grants/schemas/state-portal-v1.json"},"stateCode":{"name":"stateCode","fieldType":"string","value":"MO","description":"USPS code of the state whose agency offers this funding","schema":"https://opengrants.io/common-grants/schemas/state-portal-v1.json"},"agencyKey":{"name":"agencyKey","fieldType":"string","value":"arts","description":"Portal key of the administering agency","schema":"https://opengrants.io/common-grants/schemas/state-portal-v1.json"},"agencyAbbrev":{"name":"agencyAbbrev","fieldType":"string","value":"MAC","description":"Administering agency abbreviation","schema":"https://opengrants.io/common-grants/schemas/state-portal-v1.json"},"agencyUrl":{"name":"agencyUrl","fieldType":"string","value":"https://missouriartscouncil.org/","description":"Administering agency website","schema":"https://opengrants.io/common-grants/schemas/state-portal-v1.json"},"categories":{"name":"categories","fieldType":"array","value":["Libraries and Arts"],"description":"Portal categories","schema":"https://opengrants.io/common-grants/schemas/state-portal-v1.json"},"applicantTypes":{"name":"applicantTypes","fieldType":"array","value":["Nonprofit","Public Agency","Higher Education"],"description":"Portal applicant types","schema":"https://opengrants.io/common-grants/schemas/state-portal-v1.json"},"applicantTypesNotes":{"name":"applicantTypesNotes","fieldType":"string","value":"Missouri-incorporated, IRS tax-exempt nonprofits or units of local government (libraries, colleges and universities, counties, municipal agencies). 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Funds cannot pay for projects already held, out-of-state projects, scholarships or direct aid to individuals, capital improvements, equipment purchases, receptions or fundraising events. Records must be kept four years. 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