Are you an artist? What has been on your heart and mind lately? Do you have a creative idea that is ready to be unleashed? Are you ready to tap into your creative genius to heal and inspire the community? If yes, then you are invited to apply. Now is the time to make your creative dreams a reality. The Latino Community Foundation wants to invest in your vision with a PoderArte
Donor Name: Latino Community Foundation
State: California
Counties: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/31/2023
Size of the Grant: $100,000 – $150,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The Latino Community Foundation is thrilled to launch PoderArte to amplify the importance of arts and culture and to channel vital resources to the artists—the culture bearers, keepers, and teachers who help us dream up a better world. LCF has partnered with the California Arts Council (CAC) as an Administering Organization of the Creative Corps Pilot Program.
The goals of PoderArte are to promote civic engagement, including election participation, social justice, and community engagement by investing in artists, culture bearers, and nonprofit organizations across the state. This work builds on LCF’s efforts under the Latino Power Fund, an initiative to build civic and political power in communities of color with three key approaches:
- Strengthen frontline organizations engaged in healing and movement building.
- Equip and mobilize leaders and voters with the tools to make lasting civic and political change.
- Uplift a narrative that is progressive, just, and rooted in values of equity.
Funding Information
Applicants may apply for either or both of the funding opportunities available:
- Program Level Support grants will range from $100,000 – $150,000. They are intended for established arts and culture organizations with existing programs that inspire civic engagement and social change through their activities.
- Project Level Support grants will range from $25,000 – $50,000. They are intended for art and cultural projects focused on increasing civic engagement, social justice, and community engagement.
Selected programs and projects will include activities and outcomes that align with one or more of the following Grant Themes:
- Narrative Change: advance strength-based narratives that amplify community voice, center cultural strengths and identity, and/or reframe how a community is presented.
- Community Education Campaign: raise public awareness and access to information around local issues that impact community well-being.
- Civic Engagement: spark individual and/or collective civic action that addresses shifts in local, state, and national systems and/or policy, including election participation.
Project Period
The 12-month grant term will be July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
To apply, organizations must answer yes to all the following questions:
- Are you a California-based, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization or fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)3 organization?
- Is your organization or project leveraging the power of arts and culture to advance civic engagement and/or social change in California?
- Are you rooted in communities within the first quartile of the California Healthy Places Index?
The Foundation encourages all nonprofit organizations and creative collectives comprised of artists and/or culture bearers who meet the eligibility criteria to apply. Please note that at least 72% of the grant award funding must be used to for individual artists’ salaries and fees to implement the goals of the grant.
For more information, visit Civic Engagement and Social Change.
