The Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the Cultural Affairs Division are pleased to provide a number of opportunities for 2023/2024 to support the work of the individual artist, bring the creative process into the classroom, fund the programs of their cultural institutions, and aid in long-term planning for the cultural community.
Donor Name: City of Pasadena
State: California
City: Pasadena
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/08/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000 and over $500,000
Details:
The Annual Grants Program supports the creative life of Pasadena by expanding public access to the arts in their community. Each year, through an application process, awards are made to eligible applicants to fund diverse programming that benefits the greater Pasadena community.
Grant Categories
1. Art and Culture Grant Category I
2. Art and Culture Grant Category II
3. Art and Culture Grant Category III
This is a program and program support grant, including support for: exhibitions, performance, education, outreach, and marketing. General operations and equipment are not fundable.
Eligible Art and Culture Grant Category organizations must meet the following conditions to apply:
- Must be a Pasadena-based, non-profit, Arts/Culture organization with a tax-exempt status, as defined by the IRS.
- Must be a Pasadena-based, non-profit, social service organization with a tax-exempt status, as defined by the IRS that offers arts and cultural programs to Pasadena residents, presented by a majority of Pasadena artists and or managed by a majority of Pasadena arts professionals.
- Must be a non-profit social service (or other non-Arts/Cultural) organization with a tax-exempt status, as defined by the IRS, partnering with a Pasadena-based arts organization or artist(s). Social service non-profits without a tax-exempt status are NOT eligible for projects, even with a fiscal sponsor/receiver.
- Must be a Pasadena-based arts group or arts organization without a tax-exempt status which has obtained a fiscal sponsor/receiver for an ongoing project or one-time-only project. Fiscally sponsored organizations must be physically located within the City of Pasadena without exception.
- “Pasadena-based” is defined as maintaining principal offices, studio, or other facility within the boundaries of the City of Pasadena. Extant 501(c) (3) organizational addresses must be the same as the application address.
- Applicant organizations must have a City of Pasadena address listed on the IRS website for 501(c) (3) organizations at the time of the application deadline.
4. Arts Education Partnership Grant Category
- Arts Education Partnership (AEP) Grant Category was designed to enhance a student’s learning experience through the development of arts programs as they relate to standards-based curriculum themes in history, social sciences, mathematics, language arts and science.
- AEP applicants can be:
- Pasadena Arts/Culture organizations
- Pasadena Non-Arts/Culture Organizations partnered with a Pasadena Arts/Culture Organization or an Individual Artist Educator or Artist Team
- Individual Artist Educators
- Artist Teams
- AEP programs include presentations, classes, and workshops in visual, performing, and multi-media arts.
- AEP programs may take place during regular school hours, as an after-school program, during the weekend, or during the summer, or be focused on the training of Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) teachers or artists as PUSD art educators.
- Non-Arts/Culture Organizations must include a current letter of agreement is required from all partnering schools AND partnering Arts/Culture Organizations in the AEP application.
- Applicant may offer on- or off- campus programming without a school partnership ONLY if the program
- Is managed by or in partnership with an Individual Artist Educator or Arts/Culture organization
- Is documented with definable goals; guidelines; and follow-up, evaluation and assessment procedures; and these are provided with the application for review.
- Partnering School: Eligible partnering schools include all those in the PUSD, grades pre-K through 12. Private school partnerships are not eligible for this funding.
- An Arts/Culture Organization or Artist Team applying to this category does not have to be Pasadena-based, provided 50% of the program’s artistic personnel either live or work in Pasadena. Priority will be placed on funding a Pasadena Artist Team or Pasadena Arts/Culture Organization as opposed to an Artist Team of Arts/Culture Organization located outside of Pasadena if the applications are of similar artistic quality and intent.
- An Individual Artist Educator applying to this category must live or work in Pasadena.
- For Art and Culture organizations must provide an audit or the most recent financial report, prepared by the organizational accountant and signed by the board president and accompanied by Federal 990, no more than two years old.
5. Individual Artist Grant Category
- Individual Artist may not receive more than one grant in a three-year period. If you have received a grant from the Annual Grants Program between FY 2020/2021 and 2022/2023, you are ineligible to apply for funding in this grant cycle.
- An individual artist living or working in Pasadena may apply for up to $5,000 to support exhibitions, performances or special projects. As it is unlikely that an award amount for the full request will be granted, please identify other possible sources of support for your project.
- The artist will demonstrate that these monies will aid the artist by enhancing his or her career in a clearly definable way. For example: A choreographer may apply for funding to support a full-length show, which he/she has not yet accomplished in his/her career.
- An artist not living in Pasadena must show proof of lease or ownership of a studio, or own other property in Pasadena, be locally employed, or be permanent teaching staff or guest lecturer employed during the application cycle at a Pasadena school (primary through university).
- The funded product must take place in Pasadena and be accessible by the general public through presentation or exhibition at a publicly accessible space.
- This grant is NOT intended to support teaching or education programs, or to further projects with primarily commercial intent, but rather for individual artist development.
- Writers and all other artists may qualify if the project is self-produced/published and/or is intended to serve as documentation or support for a Pasadena-based arts or culture not-for-profit.
- Film as an “art form” or documentation of artistic endeavors within Pasadena may be funded, however, commercial films and student projects will not qualify.
- An artist may apply for funding to support an artwork or a performance/exhibit only if a grant has not been submitted for the overall project under a different category.
- A written “letter of intent‟ from an exhibition or performance host site must be submitted with the grant application.
- A project timeline must be submitted with the grant application.
Funding Information
- Art and Culture Grant Category:
- Maximum grant request is $10,000.
- Arts Education Partnership Grant Category:
- The maximum grant request per artist/organization is $10,000.
- Individual Artist Grant Category:
- An individual artist living or working in Pasadena may apply for up to $5,000.
Eligible Projects
The Annual Grants Program provides support for the following types of projects:
- The presentation and/or production of visual or performing art works including but not limited to visual art exhibitions, dance or theatrical performances, or multi-media work.
- Reasonable percentages of project or program salaries and benefits, and/or fees for artistic and administrative personnel and positions related to project or program.
- Marketing promotion, publicity and or outreach activities
- Arts education activities or programs
- Exhibitions
- Performances
- Expenses included in the overall production or presentation of an ongoing or new program, including but not limited to: costumes, sets, art or production supplies, facility or space rental.
- Administrative and organizational support, including but not limited to: strategic planning or consultancies, governance and leadership development, information technology that improves web presence
- Temporary public art projects. Projects will require additional approval through community meetings and Arts and Culture Commission
For more information, visit City of Pasadena.
