The State-Local Partner Mentorship program is intended to support the establishment of a county-designated local arts agency in each of the three counties in which no such agency has currently been identified (Glenn, Kings, San Joaquin).
Donor Name: California Arts Council
State: California
County: Glenn County (CA), Kings County (CA), San Joaquin County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/05/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
A local arts agency is defined as the official county-designated organization that supports arts and cultural activity in service to individuals and communities throughout an entire county. Local arts agencies provide financial support, services, and/or other programming to a variety of arts organizations, individual artists, and the community as a whole. A local arts agency can be an agency of local government, a nonprofit organization, or a hybrid of the two.
Program Goals
Grantees will be required to accomplish the following within the Grant Activity Period:
- Convene a standing committee of community members and stakeholders to support development of new SLP structure and strategic framework.
- Model equity practices and principles in the development of new SLP mission, vision, programming, and services.
- Identify and retain a dedicated staff member to lead new SLP and provide mentorship to that individual.
- Identify and maintain an accessible public office space for the new SLP.
- Create and implement a realistic operating budget for new SLP, with appropriate portion of grant funds going directly to support new SLP
- Supply anticipated outcomes for a one-year grant and outline any next steps anticipated to occur beyond the grant activity period to fulfill the goals of the grant program.
- All activities to be funded by the CAC must occur within the one-year Grant Activity Period (see Timeline).
- Consult/convene with CAC and other SLP-M grantees around best practices, if applicable.
Funding Information
Applicant organizations can request up to $50,000 for a one-year Grant Activity Period.
- For applicant organizations with total revenue below $250,000, there are no funding restrictions.
- For applicant organizations with total revenue above $250,000, the sum of requests during the same year of funding cannot exceed 50% of the total revenue from the most recently completed fiscal year.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations eligible to apply include:
- Nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3), California organizations
- Units of municipal, county or Tribal governments
- Fiscally sponsored organizations
- Arts service/network organizations with total revenue of $5 million or below
- Arts producing or presenting organizations with total revenue (TR) of $1.5 million or below.
- Have a principal place of business in California and a California address.
- Have a minimum two-year history of consistent arts programming and/or services prior to the application deadline.
- Demonstrate proof of nonprofit status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or section 23701d of the California Revenue and Taxation Code.
- Eligible applicant organizations without non-profit status.
- Have “active status” with the California Secretary of State (SOS) showing evidence of “good standing” at the time of application.
For more information, visit CAC.
