The City of West Hollywood is pleased to offer the Arts Project Grant to eligible, nonprofit art organizations for the production, performance or presentation of art projects that take place in the City of West Hollywood and that serve the West Hollywood community.
Donor Name: City of West Hollywood
State: California
County: Los Angeles County (CA)
City: West Hollywood
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The mission of the Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission is to promote and nurture the arts and cultural life of the City of West Hollywood. The Commission supports quality arts and cultural organizations in the City; promotes arts and cultural activities; and advises City Council on policies affecting the arts and cultural life of the City, its residents and organizations that provide such services to the City.
The City offers a wide range of grant opportunities that support:
- Community-based programs, projects, and events
- Increased visibility of Transgender artists
- Career development of individual artists.
Funding Information
The maximum grant award is $20,000 per grantee ($10,000 per year).
Grant Period
This is a two-year grant award and arts organizations may apply for two years of grant funding with one application (year one: January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026 and year two: January 1, 2027 – December 31, 2027).
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for consideration, organizations must satisfy all the following requirements:
- The primary mission of the organization must be the production and/or public presentation of one or more disciplines of the arts.
- Applicants must plan to present for the general public within the City of West Hollywood or immediately adjacent (within 5 blocks of the border of West Hollywood) within the funded calendar year. The proposed project should be 1 (one) presentation per year, as opposed to a series of projects over an extended period.
- Organizations must be able to demonstrate artistic experience in their field, and an understanding of the unique aspects and cultural diversity of the West Hollywood community.
- Organizations must provide a CA Data Arts Report for the previous 2 years (2022, 2023).
- Organizations may not pass through the grant funding. Applicants must be the presenting party.
- Applicants must be a registered 501 (c)(3) nonprofit based in Los Angeles County.
- Applicants may only receive funding from one grant category each calendar year.
- If the applicant is already receiving funding from another City Division or Department, or is cosponsored by a City Council office, they are not eligible for an Arts Grant for that same project or program.
- City of West Hollywood elected and appointed officials, its employees and their immediate family members are not eligible to apply.
- Proposed projects may not include fundraisers, capital campaigns, murals, or religious-based programs/events.
- Organizations with budgets of $1 Million Dollars or more are required to provide a cultural equity statement.
- Applicants must submit an application online by the deadline.
For more information, visit City of West Hollywood.
