The Fleishhacker Foundation is seeking applications for its Small Arts Grants Program.
Donor Name: Fleishhacker Foundation
State: California
County: Alameda County (CA), Contra Costa County (CA), San Francisco County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Fleishhacker Foundation’s Small Arts Grants Program supports:
- arts and culture nonprofit organizations with annual budgets between $100,000 and $749,999 in San Francisco, Alameda, and Contra Costa counties;
- fiscally sponsored arts and culture organizations with annual budgets under $750,000 in these counties; and
- film projects directed by filmmakers residing in these counties with budgets under $750,000, that meet the eligibility criteria below.
General support grants are flexible and may be used for operations, staffing, facilities, health and safety compliance, artists’ compensation, rehearsals, performances, presentations, exhibitions, and other administrative, program, or production costs at the grantee’s discretion.
Funding Information
Grants in this program now range from $5,000 to $10,000 and will usually be closer to $5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- An arts and culture organization incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (including fiscal sponsors applying on behalf of a sponsored arts group or filmmaker).
- Located and primarily offering programming in San Francisco, Alameda, or Contra Costa counties.
- Able to demonstrate an artistic presence in the Bay Area for at least three years.
- Planning to produce and present new work by Bay Area artists in the disciplines of dance, music, theater, visual arts, interdisciplinary arts, or film between May 15, 2024 and April 15, 2025.
- Of an annual budget size between $100,000 and $749,999 during the time period above (or applying with a fiscal sponsor with an annual operating budget greater than $100,000 during this time; there is no upper limit for fiscal sponsors’ annual budgets).
- An organization that financially compensates artists for their work.
- An organization that evidences strong support from the community and its Board of Directors.
Not eligible are:
- Organizations that applied to the Fleishhacker Foundation for funding consideration during its fall 2023 review cycle, whether or not they received support, except for fiscal sponsors applying on behalf of multiple groups.
- Organizations that are primarily performance venues, exhibition spaces, presenters, or film festivals that do not produce their own work.
- Organizations and groups with more than 50% of their annual expense budgets directed toward educational programs, youth training in the arts, youth ensembles and performances, exhibitions of youth artwork, and/or productions designed for youth.
- Organizations and groups whose primary purpose is to present historical works by artists that are no longer living.
- Organizations and groups whose fundamental purpose or benefit is primarily social services, health, youth, or community development fields.
- Individual artists.
For more information, visit Fleishhacker Foundation.
