The Quick Grant program awards reimbursement funds up to $600 to California artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, and cultural producers, and San Francisco/San Jose nonprofit arts administrators to participate in professional development activities that build administrative capacity, hone business skills, and strengthen the financial sustainability of the grantee’s practice, area of cultural production, or arts organization.
Donor Name: Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI)
State: California
Cities: San Francisco and San Jose
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 12/15/2021
Size of the Grant: $600
Details
The Quick Grant program provides professional development funds to San Francisco Bay Area arts organizations and artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, and cultural producers in the state of California to enroll in workshops, attend conferences, and work with consultants, coaches, and mentors in order to build administrative capacity, hone business skills, and strengthen the economic sustainability of an organization, arts practice, or area of cultural production.
Awards
- Artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, and cultural producers meeting eligibility requirements may receive one annual award of up to $600 in reimbursement funding to participate in approved professional development activities.
- Nonprofit arts organization staff members meeting eligibility requirements may receive one annual award of up to $600 each in reimbursement funding to participate in approved professional development activities. Up to two individual staff members may apply per organization per year, including staff, board, or key volunteers.
Funding Information
- The maximum award amount is $600.
- Grant requests will be awarded on a competitive basis, as long as funds are available for a given month. While not required, priority will be given to applicants who:
- Have not already received support through the Quick Grant program.
- Have budgets of $500,000 or less, in the case of organizations.
Who can Apply
- California artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, and cultural producers.
- San Francisco and San José nonprofit arts organization staff.
Eligible Activities
- Professional development activities that build administrative capacity, hone business skills, and strengthen the financial sustainability of the grantee’s practice, area of cultural production, or arts organization.
- Activities must begin after application notification. For example, for the upcoming December 15, 2021 deadline, the proposed activity must start on or after January 16, 2021.
- Examples include (but aren’t limited to):
- Conferences, convenings, festivals
- Business trainings or workshops
- Platform memberships
- One-on-one work with consultants, coaches, and mentors including request to bring your practice or programming online
Eligibility Criteria
The Quick Grant program is supported by a joint consortium of California arts funders. Eligibility criteria may therefore vary slightly by region. Artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, cultural producers, and nonprofit arts organizations may apply if they meet the eligibility criteria for any of the Quick Grant program’s funding partners as follows:
Artists, Creatives, Cultural Practitioners, & Cultural Producers
- Artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, and cultural producers living in the state of California (demonstrated by resume); and/or Current San Francisco Arts Commission individual grantees; and/or
- Individuals who have applied to the California Community Foundation Visual Arts
Fellowship since July 2012 but have not received a fellowship, with a preference for applicants of color and/or applicants from Antelope Valley, Pomona, San Fernando Valley, Southeast LA, and Long Beach.
Nonprofit Arts Organizations
- Staff at a nonprofit arts organization in the city of San Francisco or the city of San José.
- Staff of a current Grants for the Arts (GFTA) organizational grantee receiving operational (includes Arts & Parades) and/or Voluntary Arts Contribution Fund support.
For more information, visit Quick Grant Program.
