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Impact Projects

Grantor:
CA Arts Council
Portal ID:
100554
Status:
Active
Opportunity Type:
  • Grant
Last Updated:
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Details

Purpose:

The purpose is to support collaborative projects that center artists and artistic practice in responding to issues experienced by historically and systemically under-resourced communities, including but not limited to, social, political, and economic inequalities. This program prioritizes California-based artists and forms of arts and cultural expression that are unique to, and/or historically rooted in, the specific communities to be served.  
 

Description:

Impact Projects supports arts organizations for collaborations between California-based artist(s) and community members to address a community-defined need. Projects must use artistic practices to impact social issues affecting their communities, including but not limited to systemic marginalization, incarceration/justice systems, arts learning, poverty/economic disparity, health disparities, accessibility for people with disabilities, housing insecurity, violence, food insecurity, cultural/social justice, intergenerational/multigenerational learning, veterans’ issues, immigrant/refugee/asylum seeker/migrant issues, LGBTQIA+ issues, environmental sustainability, and climate change/natural disasters/climate refugee issues.   
 
Previous applicants to Reentry Through the Arts and Veterans in the Arts are encouraged to apply through this program. Applicants focused on arts education for youth should apply for the Arts & Youth program.  
Program Goals  
Heal, stabilize, uplift, and transform communities 
Fund artistic projects that foster creative social change in the areas of equity and access 
Provide crucial opportunities for sustaining strong, healthy, vibrant, safe, and resilient communities in a region 
Strengthen community collaboration 
Support artistic practice and the creative expression of artists 
Project Requirements  
Applicant must develop and complete a project addressing the program goals within the Grant Activity Period.    
Projects must be collaboratively developed between California-based artist(s) and community members to address a community-defined need.  
Projects must use artistic practices to positively impact social issues affecting a community. 
Lead artist(s) must be California-based.  
Project planning, implementation, and measures of success/evaluation (if applicable) must include and represent the communities to be served.  
All aspects of the project must be free to community participants/audiences or affordable/accessible.  
Rates of pay for artists and arts workers supported by this grant must be appropriate to experience and comparable to fees for other local skilled workers.  
Individuals to be paid by this grant may not be full-time students in a degree program if they are receiving compensation/credit for this project.  
All CAC-funded programs, services, information, and facilities where funded activities take place, including online spaces, must be accessible for individuals with disabilities, including but not limited to individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind, have difficulty speaking, have a physical disability, visual disability, developmental disability, learning disability, mental illness, or chronic illness. 

Eligibility Requirements

Eligible Applicants:

  • Nonprofit
  • Public Agency
  • Tribal Government

Organizations eligible to apply include: 
Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), California organizations 
Units of municipal, county or Tribal governments 
Fiscally sponsored organizations 

 

Eligible Geographies:

Applicant organizations and fiscal sponsors must meet the requirements below: 
Have a principal place of business in California and a California address. 

Important Dates

The date (and time, where applicable) by which all applications must be submitted to the grantmaker. Time listed as “00:00” equates to midnight.
The date on which the grantor expects to announce the recipient(s) of the grant.
9/26/2025
The length of time during which the grant money must be utilized.
10/01/25-09/30/26

Funding Details

The total projected dollar amount of the grant.
See Notes Below
A single grant opportunity may represent one or many awards. Some grantors may know in advance the exact number of awards to be given. Others may indicate a range. Some may wish to and wait until the application period closes before determining how many awards to offer; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
Dependent
Grant opportunities representing multiple awards may offer awards in the same amount or in varied amounts. Some may wish to wait until the application period closes before determining per-award amounts; in this case, a value of “Dependent” will display.
Dependent
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) provide a letter of intent.
No
Certain grants require that the recipient(s) be able to fully or partially match the grant award amount with another funding source.
No

Available Funding Notes:

Total funding available will be determined based on passage of the state budget and Council allocation priorities.

The funding source allocated to fund the grant. It may be either State or Federal (or a combination of both), and be tied to a specific piece of legislation, a proposition, or a bond number.
  • State
The manner in which the grant funding will be delivered to the awardee. Funding methods include reimbursements (where the recipient spends out-of-pocket and is reimbursed by the grantor) and advances (where the recipient spends received grant funds directly).
  • Advance(s)

How to Apply

State agencies/departments recommend you read the full grant guidelines before applying.

Resources

For questions about this grant, contact:
Natalie Peeples, 1-916-322-6555, impactgrant@arts.ca.gov

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