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GRANTs NEWS AND INFORMATION

Review Panels: Click here to view current Review Panel Agendas.

Budget News:
SMAC has re-opened its Arts Stabilization Program. The Microgrant application is now available at www.smacgrants.org. Due to budgetary restraints, the Marketing Grant and the Planning Grant will remain suspended.

We appreciate your patience and understanding in these tumultuous times, and welcome your questions, comments, and concerns.

Thank you,
SMAC staff

Grant Deadlines

Microgrants: Applications are now available at www.smacgrants.org. There are no deadlines for the Microgrant; applications are accepted year-round as long as funding is available.
The next Review Date is scheduled for March 8, 2010. To have your application reviewed on this date, please submit your application at least 2 weeks prior to the review date, and no later than March 1. Missed the date? Don't worry, we anticipate there being another review committee meeting in April. Email Laura Norman or call at 916-808-3984 with questions.

Marketing Grant : Applications have been suspended due to budget restraints. Please check back.

Planning Grant: Applications have been suspended due to budget restraints. Please check back.

Professional Support Material Grant: will not be made available due to budgetary restraints. Check back for more information.

Cultural Arts Awards: The next grant cycle is set to open in the spring of 2010. Please check back for more information.

ArtScapes Grant: The next ArtScapes cycle has been delayed due to budgetary contraints. If you are interested in receiving information about ArtScapes in the future, please email Laura Norman to be put on our contact list. Please always check back for more information.

California Cultural Data Project (California CDP)
The California CDP is an online system for collecting and standardizing historical financial and organizational data.  The first management tool of its kind, the California CDP will enable organizations to view trends in their data, benchmark themselves against peer organizations, and enhance their financial management capacity.

The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission now requires nonprofit applicants (If you are NOT a nonprofit, please do not register) to complete a Data Profile through the California Cultural Data Project (California CDP) website (www.caculturaldata.org).

Instructions for the use of the California CDP:

  • Go to www.caculturaldata.org and click on “New User Registration”
  • Create new Data Profile.  Complete a Data Profile for each of the TWO most recently completed fiscal years; start with the earliest year.
  • Enter data using your board-approved financial audit/review or year-end financial statements.
    • If your organization is not audited/reviewed, enter data based on board-approved year-end financial statements.
    • If your organization is an arts program/department within larger institution, enter data based on internal financial statements of the arts program/department and indicate that you have a parent organization in Section 1.
    • DO NOT enter project budgets, budgets for future years, or data from incomplete or not-yet-approved audits/reviews/financial statements.
  • When finished entering data, click on Submit/Error Check; address any errors and call the Help Desk if you have questions.

Getting the Funder's Report:

  • On My CDP, go to the Funders Reports section, select the fiscal year for the report and click on “GO”. Click on the link for the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission to generate the report and print [or attach to an online application]. 
  • Review your Funder Report; if you need to make changes, call the Help Desk.
  • Include the Funder Report along with your Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission application materials.

Please Note: As part of the effort to ensure the accuracy of your data, throughout the year the California CDP Help Desk will review each of your submitted Data Profile(s) and contact you with suggested revisions. It is your responsibility to respond to the Help Desk and to make any necessary changes to the submitted Cultural Data Profile(s). This process will not interfere with your ability to run Funder Reports and apply for grants.

Complete instructions for getting started with the California CDP are available here: http://www.gaculturaldata.org/orientation.aspx. 

Online training is also available here: http://www.gaculturaldata.org/training.aspx.

Please direct questions concerning the Cultural Data Profile to:

California CDP Help Desk:
Toll Free: 1-866-9-CAL-CDP or 1(866)922-5237
Email: help@caculturaldata.org
California CDP Help Desk Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm PST, Monday - Friday

California CDP website: http://www.caculturaldata.org

For Our Grantees:
Click here to download a SMAC LOGO to use with your ads, programs and brochures. Or click on LOGOS & DOWNLOADS.

2009-10 Marketing and Planning Grants
Remember to update SMAC on how your project is progressing. All projects must be completed this year. The final report and invoice are due no later than April 1, 2010.

Cultural Arts Award 2007-09 Grantees:
Invoicing: The deadline for 2010 invoicing is January 28, 2011. You may invoice for up to 90% of your award amount at any time; the last 10% should be invoiced for in the last quarter (around September). The Invoicing for the 2007-10 Cycle must be submitted through WebGrants. Please contact Anja Aulenbacher with questions.

Dun & Bradstreet number: We again encourage you to acquire one if you have not already….Dun & Bradstreet maintains the world's largest business database including non-profit arts organizations. In approaching donors, you can send them to D&B to investigate your organizations financial information and help establish your organization’s credibility. Please check it out at www.smallbusiness.dnb.com. The NEA now requires this of all grant applicants and it is catching on at the state level throughout the nation. This is a free service, so get your DUNS #!

Have you registered on WebGrants?
If you forgot your User Name and Password, please do not register again. Contact Grants & Cultural Programs staff for help. Click here to access the registration page or click on the SMAC WEB GRANTS in the top menu bar.
Start by clicking on "Register Here".

After you have submitted your information, you will receive notification of your registration to this secure system and a User Name and Password. You must receive this information before you can create an application.

Grants & Cultural Programs News
Click here to download the press release announcing the 2008-09 ArtScapes grantees.

Click here to download the press release announcing the 2007-09 Cultural Arts Awards grantees.