Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs is accepting applications for its Cultural Grants Program to invest in free and/or low-costs activities and projects for the public.
Donor Name: Department of Cultural Affairs
State: California
County: Los Angeles County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 08/29/2022
Grant Size: Up to $80,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
DCA’s Grants Program Office provides panel scores that can be held for two consecutive years (two one-year contracts), so applicants are encouraged to propose a project which can be repeated (in general or with a related theme) for a second year/term.
Applicants in odd-numbered years (such as 2023 or 2025) are encouraged to apply within one of these categories: culture/history presentations, literature or publishing projects, media activities or presentations, design/visual art exhibitions or museum projects, or traditional/folk arts activities/presentations.
Applicants in even-numbered years (such as 2022 or 2024) are encouraged to apply within any of these categories: dance concerts or classes, music concerts or classes, theatrical workshops or productions, and/or multi-disciplinary arts activities.
Funding Information
- Up to $80,000, depending on organization’s eligibility, grant request, and panel score.
- Period of Performance: which will take place between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024.
Eligibility Criteria
Qualified applicants:
- Are nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations with a primary purpose to provide arts/cultural services, or arts-friendly charitable organizations (e.g. 501(c)3, 501(c)6, etc.) that will partner with an arts expert/agency to present an outdoor festival or parade, and
- Are headquartered in Los Angeles County and proposing projects that will specifically serve residents, visitors, and/or tourists within the City of Los Angeles boundaries, and
- Have a minimum of one year of prior experience with the project they propose to make “bigger, stronger, or faster” with City of LA support, and
- Have an arts/culture mission statement as well as specific metrics about the project-audiences they recently served within the City of LA, and
- Fulfill all of the additional qualifications for the category in which they apply.
For more information, visit Department of Cultural Affairs.
