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 the communities.
Donor Name: Creative Sonoma
State: California
County: Sonoma County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Funding Information
Up to 45 grants of $4,000 each will be awarded.
Grant Period
January 1 – December 31, 2026.
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 is a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit, either headquartered or with a physical location in Sonoma County.
- New applicants must submit proof of current registration in the California Registry of Charitable Trusts.
- Minimum three-year history of consistent arts and culture programming and/or services prior to the application deadline. Collectives or companies that operated before they became a nonprofit entity may count programming that pre-dates nonprofit status.
- Not eligible:
- Entities applying via a fiscal sponsor
- County of Sonoma departments, divisions, or their related foundations
- Schools, school districts, parent-teacher organizations, or their related foundations
- Municipalities or their related foundations.
Evaluation Criteria
- Artistic excellence and merit
- Audience and participant engagement and involvement
- Equitable access and participation
- OPTIONAL: Environmental sustainability impact
- Application Completion.
For more information, visit Creative Sonoma.
