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GRANTs NEWS AND INFORMATION

Review Panels: View current Review Panel Agendas.

2012-14 CAA - What's Next:
Funding Decisions were announced on January 23, 2012. Read the press release. (PDF file).

Grant Deadlines

Microgrants: We hope to open the program to new applications in the spring of 2012. Please check back.

Arts Innovation Fund: The 2011 deadline to apply has passed. Please check back.
Download the press release announcing the 2010-11 Arts Innovation Fund awardees.
Download the press release announcing the 2009-10 Arts Innovation Fund awardees.

Cultural Arts Awards: The deadline for the 2012-14 grant cycle has passed. Please check back.

For Our Grantees:
Download an Arts Commission Logo to use with your ads, programs, and brochures. Or click on LOGOS & DOWNLOADS above.

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 #!

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.

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. Please note that CAA applicants must enter balance sheet information, even if you are not audited.
    • 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. 

Online training is also available here.

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: 9am-5pm PST, Monday-Friday
California CDP Website

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. Access the registration page or click on the WEBGRANTS 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.