The Community Arts Grant supports individuals and non-profit arts organizations with a history of supporting BIPOC, LGBQ, and/or female artists and audiences.
Donor Name: City of West Hollywood
State: California
County: Los Angeles County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The purpose for the grant is to fund art presentations that support community goals through cultural equity. This category supports art centered presentations and/or workshops that provide access and education to specific communities.
The City of West Hollywood and Grantees in the Community Arts Grant category can expect to:
- Engage residents and visitors with the arts; expand arts audiences.
- Recognize and champion local cultural resources; discover and explore new places for artmaking.
- Provide a variety of quality arts programming that is financially and geographically accessible for the residents of West Hollywood; increase access to arts experiences.
- Increase revenues for local businesses, and support arts-business partnerships.
- Increase access to and/or participation in the arts through education.
- Amplify, express, explore, address, and celebrate identity, experience, and culture.
Funding Information
- Total amount of available funding in this category: $30,000
- The maximum grant award for both artists and non-profits arts organizations for this category is $6,000.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for consideration, organizations must satisfy all the following requirements:
- Eligible organizations are LA County-based artists, collectives, or non-profit arts organizations with a history of supporting LGBQ, BIPOC and/or female artists and audiences.
- Applicants must have at least 1 year of art presentation history and be able to provide 2 work samples.
- Proposed projects must take place in West Hollywood or the immediate West Hollywood immediately adjacent (within 5 blocks of the border of West Hollywood).
- Applicants must demonstrate a marketing and outreach strategy targeting West Hollywood residents and constituents.
- Applicants may only receive funding from one grant category each calendar year.
- If the applicant is already receiving funding from another City Division or Department, or is cosponsored by a City Council office, they are not eligible for an Arts Grant for that same project or program.
- City of West Hollywood elected and appointed officials, its employees and their immediate family members are not eligible to apply.
- Proposed projects may not include fundraisers, capital campaigns, murals, or religious-based programs/events.
- Applicants must submit an application online by the deadline.
For more information, visit City of West Hollywood.
