The Creative Space (CRSP) grant program supports the enhancement of San Francisco cultural facilities through Planning and Facility Improvement Grants.
Donor Name: San Francisco Arts Commission
State: California
City: San Francisco
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/26/2022
Grant Size: $50,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The funding category aims to improve existing arts facilities and develop new ones that will support the work of San Francisco’s arts organizations and artists.
CRSP Planning and Facilities grants support the planning or pre-planning for the development or acquisition of arts facilities; or facilities-related capital improvements to address emergency and safety situations including compliance with COVID-19 related health orders, and/or improve or enhance the creative space.
Funding Information
Creative Space grants range from $50,000 to $100,000 based on current budget availability and funding category.
- Planning Grants: Up to $50,000. The applicant organization’s average annual operating revenue over the last two completed fiscal years determines the eligible grant request amount. Organizations can request up to 50 percent of their average annual operating revenue.
- Facilities Improvement Grants Level 1: Up to $50,000 for arts organizations that have at least three years remaining on their lease at the start of the grant term or have a year-to-year lease and have leased the space for a minimum of ten years prior to the start of the grant term.
- Facilities Improvement Grants Level 2: Up to $100,000 for arts organizations that hold title to their space or have a lease with at least five years remaining on their lease at the start of the grant term.
- A grant funded pursuant to these guidelines will have a grant term of one or two years.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant organization or fiscal sponsor must be tax-exempt and in good standing under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3).
- The applicant organization must be San Francisco-based.
- The organization (and its fiscal sponsor, if applicable) must demonstrate a San Francisco corporate address. Documentation demonstrating a San Francisco corporate address must be submitted with the application.
The applicant organization must articulate a consistent programmatic history and public benefit to the City of San Francisco, its neighborhoods and communities over the last two years (since October 2020). - The applicant organization’s mission statement must be clearly focused on the development, production, and/or presentation of arts activities and/or youth arts activities in San Francisco.
- The applicant cannot be part of another City agency or department.
- The organization’s annual operating revenue must not exceed $3,000,000.
For more information, visit San Francisco Arts Commission.
