Arts & Culture - Special Arts Grants

Overview

Special Arts Grants

Special Arts Grants are awarded to anchoring arts and culture nonprofit organizations that have annual budgets between $750,000 and $2 million; produce and present new work; operate performance venues or exhibition spaces in San Francisco, Alameda, or Contra Costa counties; and meet the other eligibility criteria listed below.

The Foundation strives to make grants that advance a diverse array of artistic disciplines, aesthetic sensibilities, and forms of cultural expression. We prioritize grant requests that best support working artists and place particular emphasis on funding organizations that represent and engage historically marginalized artists and communities.

The Special Arts Grants program accepts applications for general support from organizations that are engaged in the production and presentation of new work by Bay Area artists in the disciplines of dance, music, theater, visual arts, interdisciplinary arts, or film.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

* General support grants are flexible and may be used for operations, staffing, facilities, health and safety compliance, artists’ compensation, rehearsals, performances, presentations, exhibitions, and other administrative, program, or production costs at the grantee’s discretion.  
* Applicants must be:
* An arts and culture organization incorporated as 501(c)(3) nonprofit. 
* Located and operating a performance venue or exhibition space in San Francisco, Alameda, or Contra Costa counties.
* Engaged in the production and presentation of new work by Bay Area artists in the disciplines of dance, music, theater, visual arts, interdisciplinary arts, or film.
* An organization that financially compensates artists for their work.
* Of an annual budget size between $750,000 and $2 million. 
* An organization that evidences strong support from the community and its Board of Directors.

Ineligibility

* Not eligible are:
* Organizations with more than 50% of their annual expense budgets directed toward educational programs, youth training in the arts, youth ensembles and performances, exhibitions of youth artwork, and/or productions designed for youth. 
* Organizations whose primary purpose is to present historical works by artists no longer living. 
* Organizations whose fundamental purpose or benefit falls within the social services, health, youth, or community development fields. 
* Fiscally sponsored projects or individual artists. 
* Project-specific grants are no longer considered for this grant program.