CCI Quick Grant
Funding Amount
Up to US $600
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Monthly
- Tracked since
- April 2026
From the program guidelines: “Applications are accepted monthly, with deadlines on the 15th.”
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Other requirements
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Overview
The CCI Quick Grant program offers financial support to artists and nonprofit arts organizations in San Francisco and San José. Eligible applicants can receive up to $600 annually for professional development activities, such as workshops and conferences. The program aims to enhance the administrative capacity and business skills of participants, ultimately strengthening the financial resilience of their artistic practices and organizations. Applications are accepted monthly, with deadlines on the 15th.
NOTE: Applications are due on the 15th of the month before 11:59 a.m. (morning) PT with a one-month turnaround. Applications for each cycle will open on the 16th of every month at 9 a.m. PT. Grant requests will be awarded on a competitive basis as long as funds are available for a given month.
The Quick Grant program supports artists and arts organizations' financial resilience through professional development support.
The Quick Grant program awards professional development funds to San Francisco and San José nonprofit arts organization staff and California artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, and cultural producers to enroll in workshops, attend conferences, and work with consultants, coaches, and mentors in order to build administrative capacity, hone business skills, and strengthen the financial resilience of an organization, artistic practice, or area of cultural production.
Awards
Artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, and cultural producers meeting eligibility requirements may receive one award, per CCI fiscal year, of up to $600 to participate in approved professional development activities.
Nonprofit arts organization staff members, including board and key volunteers, meeting eligibility requirements may receive one award, per CCI fiscal year, of up to $600 to participate in approved professional development activities. Up to two individual staff members may receive funding per organization per CCI fiscal year
Eligibility
We've imported the main document for this grant to give you an overview. You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website.Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Center for Cultural Innovation's IRS filings)
San Francisco, CA · 2021
$106K
1 grant in Center for Cultural Innovation's 2021 filings reference “CCI Quick Grant” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What Center for Cultural Innovation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990 filing, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 30
- Total given
- $2.34M
- Median grant
- $50K
- Range
- $6,000–$500K
- By dollars: California 26%, Oregon 21%, Alabama 13%. Top recipient cities: Oakland, CA; Boston, MA; San Francisco, CA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 57% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Beloved Economies LLC · Beaverton, OR
Ambitious program
$500K
Ekvnv Yefolecvlke · Weogufka, AL
Ambitious program
$300K
East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative Inc · Oakland, CA
Ambitious program
$250K
Historic Clayborn Temple · Memphis, TN
Ambitious program
$150K
Boston Ujima Project Inc · Boston, MA
Ambitious program
$125K
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Fields of Work
- Arts
- Professional development
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