Deadline: 16-Jun-22
The California Arts Council (CAC) is seeking applications for its Folk and Traditional Arts Grant Program.
The Folk and Traditional Arts (FTA) grant program intends to redirect resources to build capacity at the local level by proposing to fund one Administering Organization (AO) that will regrant funds, provide technical assistance, and/or build capacity with artists and arts organizations in support of folk and traditional arts expressions.
The AO will work directly with artists who belong to family, ethnic, occupational, religious, and/or regional cultural communities that practice traditional art forms. The forms of traditional expression can include but are not limited to: crafts, music, dance, ritual, and technical skills.
Funding Information
- Grant Request Amount: $1,000,000
- Estimated Total Number of Grant Awards: 1
- Grant Activity Period: January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023
- Matching Funds: Not Required
Eligible Request Amounts
- The AO grant will fund up to $1,000,000 for the following purposes:
- Program administration costs of up to 10% can be applied to re-grant funds to artists and arts organizations, provide technical assistance, and/or capacity building.
- The CAC is proposing to serve one AO for this program. However, if it is determined that multiple applicants will meet the requirement of implementing statewide and culturally specific engagement strategies to priority communities and trusted culture bearers, the CAC will consider distributing awards to multiple AOs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant organizations and their partnering personnel and/or organizations (if applicable) will be assessed on the strength with which they demonstrate the following:
- Organizational Capacity and Readiness
- Applicant organizations and/or key project personnel must have a minimum of five years of experience working with the nonprofit and/or arts and culture fields in California and must represent communities of color.
- Applicant organizations and/or key personnel must demonstrate five years of experience reaching diverse communities across the state, such as: communities of color, communities of varying economic means, people with differing technical abilities with computers and Internet communications, racially and ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ people, rural communities, tribal communities, immigrant and refugee communities, people without institutional educational opportunities, and communities that have principal languages other than English.
- Applicant organizations and/or key project personnel must demonstrate at least five years of grants management experience and demonstrate administrative and organizational capacity to administer grant programs, including application submission and review processes, financial tracking, and grants management capability.
- Applicant organizations and/or key personnel must demonstrate ability to design and implement programs with statewide reach that includes rural communities and regions outside of major metropolitan areas.
- Applicant organizations and/or key personnel must demonstrate deep knowledge and understanding of the arts and culture ecosystem and an understanding of nonprofit management.
- Application organization must employ or engage in a close partnership/contract with an experienced Folklorist as a part of their program design and implementation.
- Fiscally sponsored organizations are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit https://arts.ca.gov/grant_program/folk-and-traditional-arts/