ACTA Living Cultures Grants Program
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- September 2026
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Eligible organizations
- Nonprofits
Geography
- California
Overview
Grants from the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) supporting nonprofit organizations and groups practicing and preserving California's folk and traditional arts, with emphasis on low-income communities and communities of color. ACTA is a statewide folk-and-traditional-arts grantmaker and intermediary; its Living Cultures Grants Program is one of its core regranting programs (alongside its Apprenticeship Program and Taproot Fellowship).
How to Apply
Applications are submitted through ACTA's grant program (actaonline.org → Living Cultures Grant).
What Alliance for California Traditional Arts actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 2
- Total given
- $837K
- Median grant
- $419K
- Range
- $387K–$450K
- 100% of its 2025 grant dollars went to recipients in California, where this grant's project is located.
- Top recipient cities: Fresno, CA.
Example grants
See Listing Attached · Fresno, CA
Living Cultures Program
$450K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Arts
- Minorities
Project Locations
- CA
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