The East Bay Relief Fund for Individuals is designed to provide financial support to artists, teaching artists, cultural bearers, and nonprofit arts workers who are permanent residents of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.
Donor Name: Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI)
State: California
Counties: Alameda County (CA), Contra Costa County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 09/28/2022
Grant Size: up to $2,000
Details:
The East Bay Relief Fund for Individuals in the Arts (the “Fund”) is in response to the ongoing economic crisis, and ensuing financial needs of individuals, that have resulted from the coronavirus pandemic—a federally recognized “qualified disaster.” The arts and culture sector remains especially hard hit, effectively disrupting artists’ and arts workers’ ability to earn income. Individuals are the backbone of arts and culture—providing exhibitions and performances, educational arts programming, community- anchoring cultural enterprises, and services by nonprofit arts organizations—and they need financial help to remain in their communities and contribute to making them meaningful and vibrant.
The Fund will prioritize the financial needs of individuals who are of cultural communities that are historically underserved and are particularly financially vulnerable—Black, Indigenous, Latinx, foreign-born immigrants, trans, and people with disabilities—and distribute the funds throughout the two-county East Bay region.
Grants will be distributed to reflect the diversity of the East Bay—Alameda and Contra Costa Counties—including those who are of historically underserved communities and whose marginalized status have made the economic impacts of COVID-19 more difficult financially on them.
Funding Information
Applicants can apply for up to $2,000 and we ask that you only apply if you have or are anticipating immediate needs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Must be a current, full-time resident of Alameda or Contra Costa County;
- Must be an artist, teaching artist, culture bearer, and/or nonprofit arts worker; and
- Cannot have a conflict of interest (family or financial relationships) with the boards, staff, and directors of CCI and funders of the Relief Fund.
For more information, visit Center for Cultural Innovation.
