The Cultural Pathways-Technical Assistance program is rooted in the CAC’s commitment to serving the needs of an increasingly demographically complex California, and the belief that a healthy arts ecosystem reflects contributions from all of California’s diverse populations.
Donor Name: California Arts Council
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/26/2023
Size of the Grant:$150,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The purpose of the Cultural Pathways-Technical Assistance program is to strengthen the capacity of 2022 Cultural Pathways grantee organizations that are rooted in historically and systemically under-resourced communities and to anchor the cultural and creative work of these organizations into the cultural landscape of the state.
The intended outcome of this program is to facilitate transformational growth for the 2022 cohort of Cultural Pathways grantees through delivering significant professional development and technical assistance to these organizations. Successful applicants will provide Cultural Pathways grantees with technical assistance and professional development tools, resources, and training. Technical assistance may take the form of convenings, webinars, learning communities, workshops, and more.
Program Goals
- Strengthen the organizational capacity of the 2022 Cultural Pathways grantee organizations.
- Advance specific skills and knowledge of key administrative, artistic, and governance personnel within the 2022 cohort.
- Support the strategic and long-term stability of the 2022 Cultural Pathways grantee organizations.
- Promote best practices in nonprofit and public sector management.
Technical Assistance may include the following areas:
- Online grants management system support
- Grant evaluation and reporting assistance
- Additional areas as identified by the grantee cohort
Professional Development may include providing assistance with the following:
- Strategic planning and implementation
- Leadership and board development
- Nonprofit financial management
- Fund development strategies
- Marketing and outreach
- Data and systems management
- Arts presenting
- Communicating the value of your work
- Program evaluation
- Developing and maintaining partnerships
- Additional areas as identified by the grantee cohort
Funding Information
Eligible Request Amounts Applicant organizations can request up to $150,000 for the two-year grant period.
Project Period
April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2025 (2 years)
Project Requirements
- Provide technical assistance and professional development activities to all 2022 Cultural Pathways grantees (remotely and/or person).
- Provided activities, programs, and services must be free for all participants.
- Activities should be offered in group or one-on-one sessions as applicable.
- Facilitate one regional convening per year (two total) and provide travel assistance to grantee cohort for all convenings.
- All activities to be funded by the CAC must occur within the two-year Grant Activity Period. Technical Assistance and Professional Development activities should conclude by the end of the Cultural Pathways Grant Activity Period end date.
- Provided activities, programs, and services must be culturally relevant and responsive to the identified communities and groups that 2022 Cultural Pathways grantee organizations are led by and serve (historically and systemically under-resourced communities).
- Translation and interpretation services must be utilized/offered for all applicable activities.
- All CAC-funded programs, services, information, and facilities where funded activities take place, including online spaces, must be accessible for individuals with disabilities, including but not limited to individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf-Blind, have difficulty speaking, have a physical disability, visual disability, developmental disability, learning disability, mental illness, or chronic illness.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicants must comply with the requirements below. All applications must include the listed items at the time of submission in order to be considered for funding.
- California-based – Documentation of having a principal place of business in California.
- Arts programming – Applicants must have a minimum two-year history of consistent engagement in arts programming and/or services prior to the application deadline.
- 501(c)(3) organization as applicant or fiscal sponsor – Non-governmental (municipal, county, or tribal) 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.
- Fiscal sponsors – An applicant organization without nonprofit status must use a California-based fiscal sponsor with a federal 501(c)(3) designation to apply for funding.
- The fiscal sponsor will provide the fiscal oversight and administrative services needed to complete the grant.
- 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, with rare exceptions. o 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.)
- Certificate of good standing – Nonprofit organizations and fiscal sponsors (if applicable) must have “active status” with the California Secretary of State (SOS) showing evidence of “good standing” at the time of application. You can verify your organization’s status by conducting a search using the SOS online Business Search tool. An indication of “active” (versus “suspended,” “dissolved,” “cancelled,” etc.) confirms that your nonprofit corporation exists, is authorized to conduct business in the State of California, has met all licensing and corporation requirements, and has not received a suspension from the Franchise Tax Board.
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