Deadline: 9-Dec-20
The Creative Space (CRSP) grant program supports the enhancement of San Francisco cultural facilities through Planning and Facility Improvement Grants. The category aims to improve existing arts facilities and develop new ones that will support the work of San Francisco’s arts organizations and artists.
CRSP Planning and Facilities grants support the planning or pre-planning for the development or acquisition of arts facilities; or facilities-related capital improvements to address emergency and safety situations including compliance with COVID-19 related health orders, and/or improve or enhance the creative space.
The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) is committed to creating a city where all artists and cultural workers have the freedom, resources and platform to share their stories, art and culture and where race does not predetermine one’s success in life.
Funding Information
- Planning Grants: Up to $50,000
- Facilities Improvement Grants Level 1: Up to $50,000
- Facilities Improvement Grants Level 2: Up to $100,000
Creative Space Funding Categories
PLANNING GRANTS: Grants for up to $50,000 to arts organizations for the planning or pre-planning of the development and/or acquisition of arts facilities. Funds may be used for overall plan development or specific components, such as: feasibility studies, design and engineering consultations, financial and management analysis, market analysis, site analysis, needs assessment, or capital campaign preparation. The applicant organization may use a San Francisco-based tax-exempt fiscal sponsor to apply for a CRSP planning grant.
FACILITY IMPROVEMENT GRANTS: Grants for up to $100,000 for capital improvements to tax-exempt arts organizations with programming space. The affected spaces must be integral to the organization’s arts activities. Multiple projects may be included in the request and must meet at least one of the following priorities:
- Emergency situations that render the artistic activities at a creative space inoperable, such as: correct cited fire, ADA and/or safety code violations, address issues prior to receiving a citation; or complies with COVID-19 related health orders.
- Improve or enhance the creative space by significantly upgrading an organization’s artistic presentation, such as: improved stage floor, lighting systems, or new sound equipment.
- Positive effects on audience accessibility, comfort, and enjoyment of the creative space, such as: soundproofing, seating areas, or heating/cooling equipment
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant organization or fiscal sponsor must be tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). Only fiscal sponsors may be used for the Planning Grant category.
- The applicant organization (and its fiscal sponsor, if applicable) must be San Francisco-based, and must demonstrate two years of programmatic activity with at least four programmatic San Francisco-based activities since November 2018.
- The applicant organization’s mission statement must be clearly focused on the development, production, and/or presentation of arts activities in San Francisco.
- The applicant organization cannot be part of another City agency or department.
- New for FY21: The organization’s annual operating revenue must not exceed $3 million in income.
For more information, visit https://www.sfartscommission.org/content/creative-space-grant-planning-facilities