Creative Corps Inland SoCal is pleased to announce a request for proposals to fund artists and organizations to envision and co-create public projects, messaging campaigns, media, and events that wrestle with environmental, public health, social justice, and civic engagement issues.
Donor Name: Inland Empire Community Foundation (IECF)
State: California
Counties:
Type of the Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $25,000 to $150,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The program serves high priority communities, putting artists to work in order to build healthier and more vibrant communities, working on local issues where their contributions traditionally have been excluded. Together, Creative Corps Inland SoCal is designing a program to distribute more than $3.8 million in grants for artists to offer their unique perspectives and talents.
Creative Corps Inland SoCal is a collaboration between the California Arts Council, the Inland Empire Community Foundation, Arts Connection (The Arts Council of San Bernardino County), Riverside Arts Council, and the California Desert Arts Council to facilitate the California Creative Corps for Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
Goals
- Put artists, creatives, and culture bearers to work in service to their communities.
- Fund projects and work that address one or more of the four (4) key topics that were identified at the state level:
- Public health awareness and pandemic recovery
- Public awareness of environment-related issues, such as water and energy conservation, climate mitigation, and emergency preparedness, relief, and recovery
- Civic engagement and voter participation
- Social justice and community engagement
- Serve communities in Quartile 1 (highest priority) on the California Healthy Place Index map – or HPI map.
- Regrant directly to artists; and regrant to organizations and agencies to hire artists.
Four Focus Areas
- Environment
- Civic Engagement & Voter Participation
- Social Justice & Community Engagement
- Public Health & Pandemic Recovery
Artistic, Cultural and Creative Disciplines (ie performing arts, visual arts, media, theater, etc).
- Dance – contemporary, hip-hop, ballet, jazz, tap, house, dance and movement traditions and forms of all cultures; circus arts
- Literary Arts – poetry, zine-making, spoken word, excerpts from novels, literary criticism, essays, prose; literature, architectural research, creative writing, poetry, scriptwriting, spoken word
- Media Arts – animation, video, digital photography, film, podcasts, other forms of new media; cinema, digital arts, visual arts, graphic design
- Music – traditional/culturally specific, folk, jazz, hip-hop, punk, classical, composition, vocal production, recording, group performance, instrumental works
- Theatre – devised, original works, playwriting, productions; readers theater
- Traditional, Cultural, and Folk Arts – basketry, embroidery, weaving, woodcarving; storytelling, puppetry, community circles and gatherings, intergenerational learning, paper mache
- Visual Arts – murals, exhibitions, 2D & 3D works, photography, sculpture, clay works, curatorial training; ceramics, metal working, textiles, woodworking and carving, drawing, painting, printmaking, moving image, illustration, arts and crafts, fiber arts, assemblage
- Multi-media – creative combinations of media genres, hybrid forms of technology and experimental works
- Social Practice Arts – an art medium that focuses on engagement through human interaction and social discourse
- Culinary and culturally-specific practices
- Other Creative Process
Grant Categories and Amounts
$2.4 million is available to grant to Nonprofits
- Nonprofits and agencies who will employ artists & culture bearers – $25,000 to $150,000
- 80% of funds must be used to hire artist(s) and/or culture bearer(s)
- No more than 20% of funds may be used for administrative and program expenses (supplies)
- A nonprofit or agency should apply with a lead artist or group of artists in mind, but the nonprofit must submit the application, not the artist.
- A nonprofit or agency does not need to have the artist identified at the time of application, but a clear timeline and equitable process for identifying the artist must be included in the application. They recommend applicants under this category attend the workshop on How to Work with Artists. Special pacing and support will apply to applicants of this nature and will receive mentoring from staff.
Artists can only be funded/hired through ONE application. They may be included in multiple applications, but may only be paid through ONE project application.
$1.4 million is available to grant to Individuals and Culture Bearers
- Individual Artists and Culture Bearers
- Applying independently – $10,000 to $50,000;
- Applying collectively as a smaller group (3 or more artists, creatives, and culture bearers working together), with no affiliation to a 501c3 organization or fiscal sponsorship – $50,000 to $100,000
- Must identify one lead individual to apply
No more than 20% of funds may be used for program expenses (travel, supplies, etc) Artists can only be funded/hired through ONE application. They may be included in multiple applications, but may only be paid through ONE project application.
Project Period
July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations
- Nonprofit, public benefit organizations with evidence of tax-exempt status under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and not classified as a private foundation
- Fiscally sponsored organizations:
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. Fiscal sponsors must have a minimum two-year history of consistent engagement in arts programming and/or services prior to the application deadline. 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. If a grant is awarded, the fiscal sponsor becomes the legal contract holder with IECF.
- Local government unit, municipality, or a Tribal authority.
- Organizations that operate Creative Corps Inland SoCal Grant so that they do not discriminate in the hiring of staff or in providing services on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or disability.
- Organizations that are located and serve residents of Riverside County and/or San Bernardino County II)
Individual Artists, Creatives, or Culture Bearers/Practitioners OR
Individual Artist applying on behalf of a Collective
- 18 years or older
- Residents of Riverside or San Bernardino County
- Proposed project work should take place in Riverside or San Bernardino county and serve a community in Quartile 1 on the HPI
For more information, visit Creative Corps Inland SoCal Grant.
