Deadline: 4-Oct-21
The East Bay Community Foundation (EBCF) is currently accepting applications for the East Bay Fund for Artists to recognize the amazing power of the arts to inspire and bring together.
Since its creation in 2003, the East Bay Fund for Artists has partnered with more than 9,500 community donors and more than 200 organizations to commission new works by over 300 local artists. The East Bay Fund for Artists has leveraged almost $3.1 million in new financial support for the arts in the East Bay.
In 2019, the East Bay Fund for Artists at the East Bay Community Foundation refined its programmatic focus to invest in individual artists and arts organizations rooted in low-income communities of color and other disadvantaged communities , to commission new work that advance racial justice and social equity, while also expanding their individual donor base through match grants. Based on research that showed that individual artists were not adequately compensated (if at all), this fund designates funding directly to the commissioned artist(s): composers, playwrights, choreographers, visual and media artists.
Funding Information
- EBCF’s East Bay Fund for Artists Initiative will be awarding grants of $1,000-$16,000 for the commissioning of new works by Bay Area artists. Awardees must hold a public presentation of their work within a year of receiving the grant award.
- EBFA will fund up to 75 percent of the total project budget. (For example, EBFA will fund up to $7,500 of a $10,000 project).
Eligibility Criteria
- Organizations
- Organizations applying must not have been an EBFA awardee during the 2020 calendar year
- Organizations must have a budget under $2,000,000
- You must be an organization located in Alameda or Contra Costa County
- Commission must be for new works
- Funding must be allocated to lead artists’ fees only
- Commissioned artist(s) must be a Bay Area resident
- They require an East Bay presentation of your work
- Attend an EBFA presentation or view a webinar, if a new EBFA applicant
- Organizations must be a 501c3 or have a fiscal sponsor
- Exhibition spaces, performance presenters, media and arts organizations may apply
- For Artists
- Individuals applying must not have been an EBFA awardee during the 2020 calendar year
- You must live in Alameda or Contra Costa County
- Commission must support a new work or a new interpretation of a traditional form
- Artist(s) must have a 501c3 fiscal sponsor. You must submit a signed fiscal sponsorship agreement with your application.
- Funding must be allocated to lead artists’ fees only.
- They require an East Bay presentation of your work.
- Attend an EBFA presentation or view a webinar, if a new EBFA applicant
- Artists from all artistic disciplines are welcome to apply (filmmakers must have budgets under $50,000 or show other significant support for the project)
For more information, visit https://www.ebcf.org/community/ebfa/