Call for Applications for Arts Impact Endowment Grants (California)

Applications are now being accepting for Arts Impact Endowment Grants.

Donor Name: San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC)

State: California

City: San Francisco

Type of Grant: Endowment | Grant

Deadline: 11/13/2025

Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000

Grant Duration: 3 Years

Details:

Funding Areas

The three funding areas are:

• Sustaining Ongoing Initiatives = General Support 1: Ongoing Work
  • What this funds:
    • Artists: basic needs
    • Organizations: general operations
• Resilience & Growth = General Support 2: Growth & Planning
  • What this funds:
    • Artists: equipment purchase of $10,000 or more for a single item, professional development, capital (not labor)
    • Organizations: equipment purchase of $10,000 or more for a single item, organizational development, professional development for staff, capital (not labor)
• New Creative Opportunities = Project Support
  • What this funds:
    • Artists: artistic works and/or activities, research and development, a phase or portion of a larger project
    • Organizations: artistic works and/or activities, research and development, a phase or portion of a larger project.

Funding Information

Arts Impact Endowment grants provide San Francisco-based artists up to $50,000 and San Francisco based arts organizations between $50,000 to $100,000 depending on the funding area.

Grant Period

Grant terms are 25 months. Projects and activities must take place in San Francisco and provide a public benefit to the City of San Francisco and its communities.

Eligible Expenses

• Artistic and Technical (including lodging for artists)
• Direct Personnel
• Professional Services
• Administrative costs (including travel in San Francisco)
• Facility and Maintenance.

Project Requirements

• Alignment with the 2024-2029 Cultural Services Allocation Plan (CSAP) theme Keeping Artists in San Francisco. While this funding aims to help artists and organizations stay open and active in San Francisco, this is not a needs-based application. Personal Income for artists is not part of the eligibility review. Organizations are required to provide financials to ensure their annual operating revenue is under $2,000,000.
• Public Benefit: Projects must demonstrate a public benefit, something that is open and accessible to the general San Francisco-based public. This can be through a virtual or in person public event, or through other means as imagined and realized by the applicant, which benefit the City of San Francisco, its neighborhoods and communities.

For more information, visit SFAC.