The City of Carlsbad Cultural Arts Office is currently accepting applications for its Community Arts Grants to provide financial support to organizations, schools and individuals.
Donor Name: City of Carlsbad
State: California
City: Carlsbad
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/20/2023
Size of the Grant: $3,500-$7,500
Grant Duration: 1 year or 2 years
Details:
The City of Carlsbad Cultural Arts Office serves to encourage, develop and facilitate an enriched environment of artistic, creative and cultural activity in the City of Carlsbad and the North San Diego County region. As a component of many services and activities, the Cultural Arts Office manages funding programs to provide financial support to organizations, schools and individuals for various projects through a competitive application and review process.
Its mission supports the following values:
- Provide inclusive opportunities for arts & culture experiences for Carlsbad students and residents reducing/eliminating barriers for participation
- Provide arts education and lifelong learning opportunities for all ages
- Support local and regional arts organizations as an important component of the economy and quality of life in Carlsbad and North San Diego County
- Support arts education in schools and through affiliated organizations
- Develop and support organizational strength and capacity of Carlsbad arts organizations
- Encourage new and emerging artists, arts organizations and programs in Carlsbad
- Celebrate Carlsbad as an exciting, vibrant and creative destination for residents and visitors alike
- Acknowledge indigenous land and cultural awareness in the Carlsbad community
Funding Categories
Funding is structured by classification of each organization, then according to available categories. Applicants may only apply to one category per grant cycle:
- Arts Organizations or Fiscal Agents of Organizations or Individual Artists for Arts Projects – $7,500 maximum award per year.
- Arts Organizations with an established minimum three years award history may apply for two-year funding.
- Organizations with two-year grants may apply for new funding upon completion of project with final budget and report.
- Emerging Arts Organizations – $5,000 maximum award.
- Funding Opportunity for One – Year grants only.
- Emerging Artists – $3,500 maximum award
- Opportunity for one-year grants only.
- Educational Institutions and Affiliated Groups (Arts in Schools) – $3,500 maximum award.
- Funding Opportunity for one Year grants only Arts in Schools will be defined as programs, activities and events that are primarily designed to be arts focused.
Eligibility Criteria
All organizations, including fiscal agents and school-affiliated groups, must be determined to be nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations by either the Internal Revenue Service or the California State Franchise Tax Board and must have a complete Statement of Information with the California Secretary of State. The Statement of Information must be filed within the first 90 days of filing the Articles of Incorporation, after which a Statement of Information is due every two years (every odd year or every even year based on year of initial registration).
- Applicants will be required to provide a Federal Employer Identification Number (or Federal Tax ID #), assigned by the Internal Revenue Service. No other form of verification will be accepted. The City of Carlsbad will use GuideStar’s Charity Check to verify status.
- Organizations must have a tax-exempt status from federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and must qualify as a charitable organization under Section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended.
- Educational Institutions are not required to obtain this status and are still eligible to apply.
- If projects include partnerships, only one application may be submitted for that project involving all parties:
- If a school would like to partner with an arts organization or artist, all partnerships must include a signed letter of agreement between the two parties.
- The school must act as the applying party.
For more information, visit City of Carlsbad.
