Deadline: 29-Aug-22
The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) is pleased to announce the Cultural Grants Program to invest in free and/or low-costs activities and projects for the public (which will take place between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024), that are proposed by the following types of vendors/applicants:
- A non-profit arts organization may propose an Artistic Project, in one primary art form or discipline (which is also the selection to the expertise of the review panel). In the special case of youth-education projects with a in-school lesson plans, an applicant should not apply under their discipline, but instead select SAIL-CAPE, Sequential Arts in-school learning Culminating in Afterschool Public Events.
- A partnership between a non-profit community-service organization (an organization whose mission and programs are not arts-exclusive but include cultural offerings) may ONLY propose to plan and present an outdoor festival or parade in partnership with a tribal elder, arts curator, or arts agency.
DCA’s Grants Program Office provides panel scores that can be held for two consecutive years (two one-year contracts), so applicants are encouraged to propose a project which can be repeated (in general or with a related theme) for a second year/term.
Applicants in odd-numbered years (such as 2023 or 2025) are encouraged to apply within one of these categories: culture/history presentations, literature or publishing projects, media activities or presentations, design/visual art exhibitions or museum projects, or traditional/folk arts activities/presentations.
Applicants in even-numbered years (such as 2022 or 2024) are encouraged to apply within any of these categories: dance concerts or classes, music concerts or classes, theatrical workshops or productions, and/or multi-disciplinary arts activities.
Funding Information
- Grant amount available Up to $80,000.
Eligibility Criteria
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Qualified applicants:
- Are nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations with a primary purpose to provide arts/cultural services, or arts-friendly charitable organizations (e.g. 501(c)3, 501(c)6, etc.) that will partner with an arts expert/agency to present an outdoor festival or parade, and
- Are headquartered in Los Angeles County and proposing projects that will specifically serve residents, visitors, and/or tourists within the City of Los Angeles boundaries, and
- Have a minimum of one year of prior experience with the project they propose to make “bigger, stronger, or faster” with City of LA support, and
- Have an arts/culture mission statement as well as specific metrics about the project-audiences they recently served within the City of LA, and
- Fulfill all of the additional qualifications for the category in which they apply.
For more information, visit DCA.
For more information, visit https://culturela.org/grants/cultural-grant-program-org/
