GRANTS

Please see the Arts Stabilization Program for grants furthering the organizational development of nonprofit arts organizations and the professional development of individual artists and arts groups.

Cultural Arts Awards - The 2011 deadline to apply has passed.
The Cultural Arts Awards (CAA) program assists Sacramento City and County nonprofit arts and cultural organizations with partial funding for support of general operating expenses.  Nonprofit organizations with a long-standing arts program may apply for project support. Applications for the Cultural Arts Awards are invited every three years; nonprofit arts and cultural organizations, government arts agencies, community organizations and nonprofit organizations that conduct arts programs are eligible to submit an application.

CAA is awarded through a competitive review process, ensuring that grantees meet high standards of artistic quality, show evidence of community involvement and outreach, and exhibit sound managerial and fiscal accountability.  CAA is a three year grant. The next grant cycle will open in 2014. Grants typically range from $1,000 to $25,000.

Arts Innovation Fund - The 2011 deadline to apply has passed.
The extraordinary creative vitality of Sacramento’s arts community has been instrumental in sustaining the arts through the current economic crisis. Arts organizations carry their mission forward because of their fearless ability to adapt and transform, bending creatively with the needs and wants of their audiences. Innovations in thought, design, implementation and experimentation have resulted in relatively strong participation.

With this in mind, the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission and the Sacramento Region Community Foundation (SRCF) partnered to reward innovative strategies through the Arts Innovation Fund (AIF) program. The grant award will support the ongoing nourishment of arts organizations’ innovative strategies. Through their innovation, some organizations have made significant leaps forward with box office successes; others have approached their business with new paradigms. Recognition of these new strategies is important to ensure their sustainability and foster support for the creative growth--organizationally and artistically--of arts organizations.

In 2010, we awarded the AIF award to the Sacramento Ballet, the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra, and Capital Stage for their winning survival strategies. In 2011, we hope to award another three arts organizations and recognize their unique approach to fund development, marketing, board/ donor engagement, or programming.

Review Panels
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