The California Arts Council (CAC) is seeking applications from Administering Organizations with the capacity to administer regranting funds to arts and social service organizations and to individual artists and cultural workers throughout the state to develop media, outreach, and engagement campaigns that speak to the program goals.
Donor Name: California Arts Council
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/19/2022
Size of the Grant: Up to $5,000,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The 2021 State Budget included $60 million one-time General Fund allocation for the California Arts Council to implement the California Creative Corps pilot program, a media, outreach, and engagement campaign designed to increase: (1) public health awareness messages to stop the spread of COVID-19; (2) public awareness related to water and energy conservation, climate mitigation, and emergency preparedness, relief, and recovery; (3) civic engagement, including election participation; and (4) social justice and community engagement.
The intention of this grant program is to provide as broad a geographic reach as possible and serve all 58 counties, while prioritizing communities that demonstrate the highest levels of need as indicated by the California Healthy Places Index. Funded Administering Organizations and sub-grantee organizations, artists and cultural practitioners must demonstrate strong, ongoing relationships with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities and other historically marginalized groups and will support meaningful engagements with those communities through this grant.
Eligible Request Amounts
Applicant organizations may request no less than $1,000,000 and up to $5,000,000 for the grant period. The request amount should reflect the regranting capacity of the organization.
Grant Activity Period
October 1, 2022 – September 30, 2024
Funding Restrictions
Applying for the California Creative Corps grant does not restrict an organization from applying for other CAC grants.
Requirements
Administering Organizations shall regrant California Creative Corps funds to California-based individual artists ages 18 and above; and to units of government and nonprofit organizations (both arts– and non-arts-based) that meet the following eligibility criteria:
- 501(c)(3) organization as applicant or fiscal sponsor – Nongovernmental applicant organizations must 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.
- Local government – A unit of municipal or county government; or a tribal government.
- Applicant organizations using fiscal sponsors – An applicant organization that is without nonprofit status must use a California-based fiscal sponsor with a federal 501(c)(3) designation to apply for funding. For-profit businesses and individuals may not use a fiscal sponsor to apply to CAC organizational grants. Types of applicant organizations eligible to apply using a fiscal sponsor include, but are not limited to artist collectives, guilds, and 501(c)(6) organizations.
- A Letter of Agreement between the fiscal sponsor and the applicant organization must be signed by a representative from both parties and submitted with the application. A blank signature field will not be accepted. If a grant is awarded, the fiscal sponsor becomes the legal contract holder with the California Arts Council.
- A fiscal sponsor change is not permissible during the Grant Activity Period, except in extenuating circumstances based on staff assessment.
- Fiscal sponsors must have a minimum two-year history of consistent engagement in arts programming and/or services prior to the application deadline. (Acting as a fiscal sponsor to arts and cultural organizations is considered an arts service.)
Applications from individuals and eligible organizations shall be reviewed on the following criteria: Racial Equity, Project Design, Community Engagement, and Accessibility.
Administering Organization Eligibility Requirements
The following organizations are eligible to apply:
- Nonprofit arts organizations and social service organizations with a two-year history of arts programming and existing capacity in the following areas:
- Administering regranting programs to organizations with meaningful reach into communities impacted by the four program focus areas
- Administering regranting programs to individuals, including providing direct grant payments to artists and cultural practitioners
- Demonstrating strong, ongoing relationships with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities and other historically marginalized groups
- Providing technical assistance to grant applicants
- Employing a robust online grants management system
For more information, visit California Creative Corps.
