United Arts supports schools, organizations, individual artists, and municipalities whose work builds a better Wake County through the arts.

• Mission Support Grants support Wake-based arts organizations that provide specific types of arts programming throughout Wake County.
• Artists in Schools grants support students, teachers, arts specialists, teaching artists, and administrators who are dedicated to making the arts a fundamental part of education.
• Artist Support Grants  fund professional and artistic development for emerging and established artists to create work, improve their business operations, or bring their work to new audiences.
• Wheels on the Bus grants provide funds to move one grade level per school per year at Wake County public elementary schools for field trips to area arts and cultural destinations.
• Arts for Towns Grants support arts programming by North Carolina-based artists in municipalities across Wake County.
• Community Spotlight Project Grants support innovative, arts-related projects that feature or are led by historically underrepresented communities.