Arts Impact Grants for Organizations (AIGO) are designed to help sustain Sonoma County’s creative and cultural nonprofits and to demonstrate the power of the arts to contribute to the social cohesion of their communities.
Donor Name: Creative Sonoma
State: California
Counties: Sonoma County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 09/14/2022
Grant Size: $5,000-$7,500
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
With funds from the County of Sonoma, Creative Sonoma supports cultural arts activities across Sonoma County. For the 2023 grants, this program is also supported by funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
All applications will be reviewed with a lens of their commitment to providing equitable access and participation in their program(s) through at least one of the following impact areas:
- County Impact: Investing in the broad cultural community making arts and culture opportunities accessible to County residents and visitors. These projects must demonstrate activities specifically designed to reach the entire county (or 3 or more Supervisor districts), including new audiences.
- Neighborhood Impact: Supporting arts and cultural organizations for arts programs and projects that advance their communities’ connection to and appreciation of arts, culture and creativity. These projects must demonstrate activities specifically designed to reach a local area – town, neighborhood, etc.
- Student Impact: Investing in TK-12 students through arts and cultural experiences including arts practice and arts career training. These projects must demonstrate programs that engage students in arts and creative activities.
- [OPTIONAL] Environmental Sustainability Impact: Given the urgency of Sonoma County’s climate change challenges — from drought to fires to floods — applications for projects in any of the three impact areas that utilize the arts to advance the community’s awareness and understanding of environmental sustainability are encouraged.
Funding Information
- Up to $10,000. Most grants awarded will be in the $5,000-$7,500 range.
- Funding Period: January – December 2023
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants may include Sonoma County nonprofit arts and culture organizations, including museums, as well as culturally-specific nonprofit organizations that produce arts and culture programs and services, with the following requirements:
- Organization operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and is headquartered and/or maintains a physical location in Sonoma County.
- Minimum three-year history of consistent arts and culture programming and/or services prior to the application deadline (September 2022). Collectives or companies that operated before they became a nonprofit entity may count programming that pre-dates nonprofit status.
- NEW FOR 2023: Due to funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, applicants must attest that all activities and services that would be funded by AIGO are accessible according to federal law, including but not limited to Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and any implementing regulations.
For more information, visit Creative Sonoma.
