The City of Berkeley is accepting applications for its Festival Grant to support community festivals and special events that: celebrate and preserve a rich variety of cultural opportunities for Berkeley’s residents; bolster the city’s vitality; and increase Berkeley’s visibility and reputation as a desirable destination for visitors.
Donor Name: City of Berkeley
State: California
City: Berkeley
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/13/2022
Size of the Grant: $15,000
Grant Duration: 1 year
Details:
The Festival Grant Program supports a range of events throughout the City from small-scale and first-time events to large scale and established festivals. Festival Grant Program-funded events must be open to the entire public and have at least some portion of the festival which is free admission, although festivals may include fee-based access to select portions of the event. Projects must be developed and presented in Berkeley and culminate in a local event or festival with meaningful, accessible engagement of the public within the grant period.
Grant Amounts
Festival Grants will be awarded accordingly:
- Small Events with a proposed budget of up to $5,000
- Awards up to $5,000
- Mid-Size Events with a proposed budget between $5,001 – $50,000
- Awards up to $12,000
- Large Events with a proposed budget over $50,000
- Awards up to $15,000
Grant period
FY23 Grant Cycle for Festivals and Special Events Taking Place: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
Applications that are complete and submitted by the deadline will be accepted from organizations that meet the following conditions:
- At least one of the applicant team members (applicant organization or event producer) must have produced at least two events at a comparable scale to the proposed grant-funded event.
- Designated as a not-for-profit corporation under Section 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), or 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code. Organization/fiscal sponsor 501(c) status must be current and may be verified by City staff.
- Organization must be housed in the City of Berkeley with its corporate address in the City of Berkeley.
- Organization address will be verified by City staff.
- Organization’s event takes place at some point during July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023 in the City of Berkeley.
- Organization a) is not a division/department within the City of Berkeley; and b) is in good standing on previous and/or current City of Berkeley grants and with other City departments.
- Applicant is in good standing on previous and/or current City of Berkeley Civic Arts Grants and any other City department grants or agreements. Note: Any previously awarded Civic Arts Grants programming must be completed and closed out and final report submitted before grantees are eligible to apply for new funding.
For more information, visit Festival Grant.
