The Eastside Arts Initiative (EAI) plays an integral role in furthering the arts in Eastern LA County by providing grant funding for visual and performing arts programs while supporting local artists and arts organizations to develop innovative creative work.
Donor Name: LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes (LA Plaza)
State: California
County: Los Angeles County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/20/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Eastside Arts Initiative (EAI) is a grant-making program of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes (LA Plaza) supporting arts initiatives and fostering collaborations for furthering the arts in eastern Los Angeles County.
Priorities
Grants are awarded through a competitive process based on the merits of the proposal and these funding priorities:
- Significance: Program fills a need in the community and has long-lasting value.
- Distinction/Innovation: Concept is creative and innovative offering unique experiences.
- Approach: Implementation and outreach plans are well-thought-out with goals to be executed within a specified period.
- Suitability: Budget and goals are realistic.
- EAI Partner: Program furthers the arts in Eastern LA County and opens pathways to opportunities in the visual and performing arts.
Eligible Arts Disciplines
- Creative Crafts: Contemporary or Cultural/Folk Art
- Dance
- Film
- Literary Arts
- Digital and Media Arts
- Graphic Arts
- Music
- Photography
- Technical Arts
- Theatre
- Visual Arts
- Arts Trades: (i.e., recording engineer, production assistant, set designer, costume designer, make-up artists, etc.)
- Commercial printing, advertising, marketing does NOT qualify
Funding Information
- Up to $150,000 in total funding will be awarded this cycle.
- INDIVIDUAL ARTIST: May apply for a grant from $2,500 to $10,000. Must apply with a fiscal agent.
- ARTS ORGANIZATION: May apply for a grant between $10,000 to $25,000. Must be a 501C3 non-profit organization and apply directly and not with a fiscal agent.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be an artist or arts organization serving Eastern LA County: Westlake/Rampart/Downtown LA to East L.A; Northeast LA to the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys; and the Southeast LA/Gateway communities of Bell, Bell Gardens, Commerce, Cudahy, Huntington Park, Maywood, Montebello, Monterey Park, Pico Rivera, South Gate, Vernon and Walnut Park unincorporated.
- Artists must be 18 years of age or older and may apply only with a fiscal agent that is an established 501c3 non-profit arts organization that can provide: an IRS determination letter, IRS 990, and annual budget
- Artists must have sustainable creative work and submit a resume summarizing a minimum of two years of artistic work history and accomplishments.
- Arts organizations must be an established 501c3 non-profit and able to provide: an IRS determination letter, IRS 990, and annual budget.
- If the proposal is for a Public Art Project, the applicant must provide a letter signed by the site property owner and a permit from the municipality (if applicable) confirming approval of project specifications and site location.
- Public art projects must be permanent installations and include a programming component. Non-permanent public art projects are not applicable.
- Grant proposals are not accepted from schools or government entities.
- Applicants may submit proposals for after-school community arts programming at schools or government-owned sites.
- Proposals are not accepted from prior EAI grant recipients who have not submitted closing report from previous grant award (this does not apply to EAI emergency grant recipients).
- Grant must be utilized directly as proposed, and within one year of award or funds must be refunded.
- Grant closing reports to the EAI are due two months following conclusion of program.
For more information, visit EAI.
