The Folk and Traditional Arts (FTA)grant program intends to redirect resources to build capacity at the local level by proposing to fund one Administering Organization (AO) that will regrant funds, provide technical assistance, and/or build capacity with artists and arts organizations in support of folk and traditional arts expressions.
Donor Name: California Arts Council
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/23/2022
Size of the Grant: $1,000,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The AO will work directly with artists who belong to family, ethnic, occupational, religious, and/or regional cultural communities that practice traditional art forms. The forms of traditional expression can include but are not limited to: crafts, music, dance, ritual, and technical skills.
This program centralizes local artists, and their artistic processes as vehicles for community vitality. The CAC is ideally looking to fund one AO that has demonstrated capacity for statewide and regional reach. This funding opportunity recognizes that artists are integral to healthy communities and that the arts are a societal cornerstone that brings people together, builds community, and fosters social progress.
Funding Information
The AO grant will fund up to $1,000,000 for the following purposes:
- Program administration costs of up to 10% can be applied to re-grant funds to artists and arts organizations, provide technical assistance, and/or capacity building.
- The CAC is proposing to serve one AO for this program. However, if it is determined that multiple applicants will meet the requirement of implementing statewide and culturally specific engagement strategies to priority communities and trusted culture bearers, the CAC will consider distributing awards to multiple AOs.
Grant Period
Grant Activity Period: January 1, 2023 – December 31, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicant organizations and their partnering personnel and/or organizations (if applicable) will be assessed on the strength with which they demonstrate the following:
Organizational Capacity and Readiness
- Applicant organizations and/or key project personnel must have a minimum of five years of experience working with the nonprofit and/or arts and culture fields in California and must represent communities of color.
- Applicant organizations and/or key personnel must demonstrate five years of experience reaching diverse communities across the state, such as communities of color, communities of varying economic means, people with different technical abilities with computers and Internet communications, racially and ethnically diverse individuals, people with disabilities, LGBTQIA+ people, rural communities, tribal communities, immigrant and refugee communities, people without institutional educational opportunities, and communities that have principal languages other than English.
- Applicant organizations and/or key project personnel must demonstrate at least five years of grants management experience and demonstrate administrative and organizational capacity to administer grant programs, including application submission and review processes, financial tracking, and grants management capability.
- Applicant organizations and/or key personnel must demonstrate the ability to design and implement programs with a statewide reach that includes rural communities and regions outside of major metropolitan areas.
- Applicant organizations and/or key personnel must demonstrate deep knowledge and understanding of the arts and culture ecosystem and an understanding of nonprofit management.
- Application organizations must employ or engage in a close partnership/contract with an experienced Folklorist as a part of their program design and implementation.
- Fiscally sponsored organizations are not eligible to apply.
Administering Organization Requirements
- Provide opportunities for artists, creators, tradition bearers, and/or arts and cultural organizations who are actively working in traditional arts.
- Demonstrate a commitment to reflect, include, and represent the communities to be served.
- The constituent representation must be active, ongoing, effective, and relevant to statewide or regional reach
- Provide engagement and access throughout all counties and/or municipalities identified within statewide and regional networks.
- Supported artists and organizations must reside and primarily work in California.
- Demonstrate how artist and organizational support will align with the CAC’s Mission, Vision, and Values.
- Support the creative visions, processes, and projects of artists working in community settings.
- Ensure that individuals to be compensated by this grant are not full-time students in a degree program directly related to any type of compensation/credit for this project.
- Ensure that 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.
- All recommendations for funding will be reviewed and approved by the CAC. AO will seek approval from the CAC on all RFPs and contracts distributed to the public and potential grantees before posting
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.
- Racial equity statement – Description of the organization’s commitment to equitable policies and culture.
- California-based – Documentation of having a principal place of business in California.
- Arts programming – Applicants must have a minimum five-year history of consistent engagement in arts programming and/or services prior to the application deadline.
- 501(c)(3) organization as applicant – 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.
- Certificate of good standing – Nonprofit organizations must have “active status” with the California Secretary of State (SOS) showing evidence of “good standing” at the time of application.
For more information, visit Administering Organization – Folk and Traditional Arts.
