The Sacramento Office of Arts and Culture is seeking applications for its Capital Region Creative Corps Large Grant Program.
Donor Name: Sacramento Office of Arts and Culture
State: California
County: Alpine County (CA), El Dorado County (CA), Sacramento County (CA), Solano County (CA) and Yolo County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $300,000
Details:
The California Creative Corps is a pilot grant program developed by the California Arts Council (CAC) to engage artists to increase:
- Public health awareness to stop the spread of COVID-19;
- Public awareness related to water and energy conservation, climate mitigation, and emergency preparedness, relief, and recovery;
- Civic engagement including election participation; and
- Social justice and community engagement.
This program is designed to be a media outreach and engagement campaign focusing on the four target topics above. It is also an economic and workforce development program, demonstrating how artists from multiple disciplines can be instrumental in the development and implementation of critical campaigns to address their most pressing community issues.
The intention of this grant program is to provide as broad a geographic reach as possible, serving all 58 counties in communities that demonstrate the highest levels of need as indicated by the California Healthy Places Index (HPI). Sub-grantee organizations should demonstrate strong, ongoing relationships with communities that fall within the lowest quartile of the HPI and will support meaningful engagements with those communities through this grant.
Funding Information
5 large grants of $300,000 to nonprofit organizations, and units of local or tribal government.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligibility applicants for this round of $300,000 will fulfill satisfy the following criteria:
- Organizational Type: (one of the following)
- Operate as a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization and have been in operation for a minimum of 2 years. Non-profit organizations may be either arts and cultural organizations or social service, health-centered, environmentally-centered, social justice, or community-focused organizations. Non-profits must provide proof of current status, verified by through the State of California’s Nonprofit-Verification website and the California Secretary of State Business Search Delinquent or non-active organizations will not be considered for review.
- Operate as an arts-based unit of municipal or county government
- Operate as a unit of tribal government
- Maintain business operations or physical facilities in one of the five capital region counties, and are located in, work with, or serve the areas of the Capital Region in the lowest quartile (0-25%) in the California Healthy Places Index.
For more information, visit SOAC.
