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  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Innovations in Government

    Open Date
    Apr 15, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    CA Arts Council
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $23,600
    Estimated Low/High
    $23,600
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA Arts Council
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    10010
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The California Arts Council has been a member of the Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE) since 2017. The Innovations Grant funds government partnerships with local artists / cultural practitioners* of color or of the global majority* to eliminate structural racism*. The Innovations in Government grant is a pilot for the CAC to address structural racism through arts creation.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    The grant is open to past California-based grantee organizations of the CAC's Cultural Pathways program. 

    View Full Grant Details: Innovations in Government>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Artists in Schools

    Open Date
    Apr 28, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    CA Arts Council
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $11,200,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $0 – $60,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA Arts Council
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    10064
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The Artists in Schools (AIS) program supports projects that integrate community arts partners into culturally and linguistically responsive, sequential, standards-based arts learning for students in preschool through Grade 12 as part of the regular school day, and that address the unique circumstances of the school environment. 

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    California-based - Documentation of having a principal place of business in California. 

    View Full Grant Details: Artists in Schools>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Arts Integration Training

    Open Date
    Apr 28, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    CA Arts Council
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $1,600,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $0 – $15,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA Arts Council
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    10067
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    In recent years, the CAC expanded the arts education grant programs, including the Arts Integration Training (AIT) grant. Awards of up to $5,000 per year support nonprofit arts organizations and teaching artists to plan and deliver professional development in arts integration strategies to classroom teachers, as well as site, district, and county-level administrators.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    California-based - Documentation of having a principal place of business in California. 

    View Full Grant Details: Arts Integration Training>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Arts Education Exposure

    Open Date
    Apr 28, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    CA Arts Council
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $8,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $0 – $60,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA Arts Council
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    10070
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The purpose of the Exposure program is to support attendance at high-quality performances and exhibits for students who would particularly benefit from these experiences. Students may be identified as priority communities for participation due to socio-economic status, geographic region, or other aspects of students’ life experiences that elevate the impact of having opportunities to engage with these cultural assets.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    California-based - Documentation of having a principal place of business in California. 

    View Full Grant Details: Arts Education Exposure>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Statewide and Regional Networks

    Open Date
    Apr 28, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    CA Arts Council
    Match Funding?
    100%
    Estimated Total Funding
    $2,520,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $0 – $50,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA Arts Council
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    10085
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    Statewide and Regional Networks grantees continue to provide timely and adaptive services which respond to the needs of culturally specific and geographically diverse communities. 

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    California-based - Documentation of having a principal place of business in California. 

    View Full Grant Details: Statewide and Regional Networks>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Arts and Accessibility

    Open Date
    Apr 28, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    CA Arts Council
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $500,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $0 – $500,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA Arts Council
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    10088
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    To best serve California artists with disabilities and organizations that support them, the CAC is seeking applications for up to five Administering Organizations to partner with in the 2022-23 grant cycle, who may receive all of part of the $500,000 program allocation, to manage the Arts and Accessibility regranting program. 

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    California-based - Documentation of being a California-based nonprofit arts/cultural organization; an arts-based unit of municipal or county government; or a tribal government, or nonprofit social service organization with regular ongoing arts programming and/or services and a principal place of business in California. 

    View Full Grant Details: Arts and Accessibility>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Cultural Pathways-Technical Assistance

    Open Date
    Apr 28, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    CA Arts Council
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $150,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $150,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA Arts Council
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    10091
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The purpose of the Cultural Pathways-Technical Assistance program is to strengthen the capacity of small, new, and emerging arts organizations that are rooted in historically and systemically under-resourced communities and to anchor the cultural and creative work of these organizations into the cultural landscape of the state.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    California-based - Documentation of having a principal place of business in California.

    View Full Grant Details: Cultural Pathways-Technical Assistance>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Folk and Traditional Arts

    Open Date
    Apr 28, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    CA Arts Council
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $1,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $1,000,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA Arts Council
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    10103
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The Folk and Traditional Arts (FTA)grant program intends to redirect resources to build capacity at the local level by proposing to fund one Administering Organization (AO) that will regrant funds, provide technical assistance, and/or build capacity with artists and arts organizations in support of folk and traditional arts expressions.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    California-based - Documentation of having a principal place of business in California.

    View Full Grant Details: Folk and Traditional Arts>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    JUMP StArts – Cycle B

    Open Date
    Apr 28, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    CA Arts Council
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $3,200,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $2,500 – $50,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA Arts Council
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    10115
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The JUMP StArts program supports arts and culture education, apprenticeship and/or mentorship via artists-in-residence programs for system-engaged, system-impacted, and/or at-promise youth and young people through the age of 24.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    California-based - Documentation of having a principal place of business in California. 

    View Full Grant Details: JUMP StArts – Cycle B>/span>
  • Deadline
    Closed
    Grant Title

    Creative Youth Development

    Open Date
    Apr 28, 2022
    State Agency / Department
    CA Arts Council
    Match Funding?
    No
    Estimated Total Funding
    $16,000,000
    Estimated Low/High
    $0 – $40,000
    Funds Disbursement
    Advance(s)
    Current as of:
    Grantor
    CA Arts Council
    Grant Program ID
    Portal ID
    10127
    Opportunity Type
    • Grant
    Purpose

    The Creative Youth Development program is rooted in the CAC’s belief that arts learning is an essential tool for healthy human development and that it should be available to all young people throughout California. The CAC envisions that all of California’s young people are provided with meaningful, culturally responsive arts-learning experiences so that they can reach their full potential.

    Eligible Applicants
    • Nonprofit
    • Public Agency
    • Tribal Government
    Eligible Geographies

    California-based - Documentation of having a principal place of business in California.

    View Full Grant Details: Creative Youth Development>/span>