Deadline: 1-Jun-22
The Fleishhacker Foundation is seeking applications for its Special Arts Grants Program.
The Foundation strives to make grants that advance a diverse array of artistic disciplines, aesthetic sensibilities, and forms of cultural expression. They prioritize grant requests that best support working artists and place particular emphasis on funding organizations that represent and engage marginalized artists and communities.
Funding Information
- Special Arts Grants are generally about $10,000 and usually do not exceed $25,000.
Eligibility Criteria
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Applicants must be:
- Arts and culture organizations incorporated as 501(c)(3) nonprofits.
- Located and primarily offering programming in San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Sonoma, San Mateo, and/or Santa Clara counties.
- Engaged in the production and presentation of new work by Bay Area artists in the disciplines of dance, music, theater, visual arts, interdisciplinary arts, or film.
- Providers of additional benefits to the local arts community, such as rehearsal, performance, or exhibition space; technical assistance, fiscal sponsorship, or other support; or special expertise working with a particular art form, cultural practice, or under-represented community.
- Able to demonstrate a consistent artistic presence in the Bay Area for at least three years.
- Of an annual budget size between $750,000 and $2,500,000.
- An organization that evidences strong support from the community and its Board of Directors.
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Not eligible are:
- Organizations or projects whose primary purpose is youth training in the arts, youth ensembles and performances, exhibitions of youth artwork, and productions designed for youth.
- Organizations or projects whose primary purpose is to present historical works by artists no longer living.
- Organizations or projects whose fundamental purpose or benefit falls within the social services, health, youth, or community development fields.
- Fiscally sponsored projects and individual artists, except eligible filmmakers.
For more information, visit Fleishhacker Foundation.
For more information, visit https://www.fleishhackerfoundation.org/grants/special-arts-grants/