CA$H Theatre Grant - CA$H Performs
Funding Amount
US $5,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Eligible organizations
- The public, or projects that support the creation of multiple works by multiple artists
Geography
- Based in the Bay Area are eligible to apply
Overview
The CA$H Theatre Grant, provided by Theatre Bay Area, supports fully-produced performances of artistic projects that are publicly accessible. This grant aims to empower individual artists and small theatre companies in the San Francisco Bay Area, promoting a diverse cultural landscape. Since its inception in 1999, CA$H has facilitated a range of projects, from traditional productions to innovative hybrid experiences, emphasizing the importance of equity and inclusion in the arts.
Theatre Bay Area
Theatre Bay Area (TBA) is a nonprofit arts service organization dedicated to strengthening and advancing the theatre community in the San Francisco Bay Area. TBA envisions a vibrant, inclusive cultural ecosystem where artists have the resources and opportunities to thrive and where communities have broad access to the arts. Its funding priorities focus on supporting individual theatremakers and small theatre companies through grants that enable new work development, performances, career advancement, and organizational capacity building, with a strong emphasis on equity, diversity, and inclusion and prioritizing artists historically underrepresented in traditional funding systems.
The CA$H Grant Program — short for Creative Assistance for the Small (Organization) and Hungry (Artist) — provides vital financial support to individual theatre artists and small theatre companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 1999, these grants support individual artists, collaborative teams, and small companies in creating projects ranging from capacity-building initiatives to fully-produced productions.
CA$H Performs is a grant that supports fully-produced performances of artistic projects that are open to the public, or projects that support the creation of multiple works by multiple artists. Funds fully-produced performances of theatre projects open to the public. Both individuals and small companies based in the Bay Area are eligible to apply.
CA$H Performs supports fully-produced performances of theatre projects open tothe public.
What Theatre Bay Area actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 2
- Total given
- $33K
- Median grant
- $16K
- Range
- $15K–$18K
- By dollars: California 100%. Top recipient cities: Berkeley, CA; San Francisco, CA.
Example grants
Playground · Berkeley, CA
Program Activities
$18K
Bindlestiff Studio · San Francisco, CA
Program Activities
$15K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Theater
- Performing arts
- Arts
- Small grants
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