Deadline: 07-Jan-21
The Culver City Performing Arts Grant Program has been announced that offers grants to non-profit performing arts organizations in Los Angeles County for music, dance and theatre.
Under the purview of the City Council and the Cultural Affairs Commission, the Performing Arts Grant Program is designed to support arts organizations and to bring distinguished cultural programming to Culver City.
The City of Culver City sponsors dance, music and theatre performances through its Performing Arts Grant Program which is under the purview of the City’s Cultural Affairs Division and Cultural Affairs Commission. These performances provide an enriching and accessible cultural opportunities for the city’s residents, business community and visitors.
The City of Culver City is dedicated to achieving cultural equity and inclusion through the Performing Arts Grant Program. Cultural Equity and inclusion embodies the values, policies, and practices that ensure that all people—including but not limited to those who have been historically underrepresented based on race/ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, socioeconomic status, geography, citizenship status, or religion—are represented in the development of arts policy; the support of artists; the nurturing of accessible, thriving venues for expression; and the fair distribution of programmatic, financial, and informational resources.
Funding Information
- The Culver City City Council has allocated funding for this program from the Art in Public Places Program’s Cultural Trust Fund. Sony Pictures Entertainment and Culver City Arts Foundation have provided additional contributions to the program.
- There is a grant limit of $10,000 per organization. Applicants are temporarily not required to provide matching funds.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for consideration, organizations and projects must meet all of the following criteria:
- The primary mission of the organization must include performances in one or more of the following disciplines: dance, music, theatre.
- The organization must be a current 501(c)(3) and provide proof of non-profit status, or the organization must provide a current agreement with an established fiscal receiver that is a 501(c)(3).
- Projects must be scheduled to take place in a Culver City location (or online only) from April 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021.
- Performances must take place in an ADA-compliant venue or location.
- Performances may not be staged in conjunction with a fundraiser or class presentation.
- Applicants must include their DataArts Funder Report for a minimum of one year.
- Organizations must demonstrate significant plans for outreach and promotion to attract Culver City residents and visitors.
- Applicants may not submit multiple applications for different projects.
- Applicants may not apply to the City’s Performing Arts Grant Program and the City’s Special Events Grant Program for the same project.
Evaluation and Selection Process
- Grant applications will be reviewed by staff to ensure that the application is complete. The applications will be presented to a peer review panel for evaluation and ranking. The recommendations of the review panel will be presented to the Cultural Affairs Commission 2021 Ad Hoc Culver City Performing Arts Grant Program Subcommittee who will forward its recommendation to the Cultural Affairs Commission for consideration.
- The City Council will review the recommendations made by the Cultural Affairs Commission and make the final determination concerning grant awards. All applicants are required to have a representative attend the Cultural Affairs Commission meeting to answer any questions that should arise.
- Applicants will receive notification of the specific date for the Cultural Affairs Commission meeting at least seven (7) days in advance. At this time, it is anticipated that all meetings will be held remotely using Webex Events.
For more information, visit https://www.culvercity.org/Explore/Arts-Culture/PAG
