LA County Arts & Culture: Community Impact Arts Grant (CIAG) program

The LA County Arts & Culture Community Impact Arts Grant (CIAG) program provides funding between $5,000 and $20,000 to support exemplary arts projects by municipal and nonprofit organizations outside of the arts. This initiative aims to enhance access to arts and culture, recognizing its role in civic problem-solving and community development. Emphasizing cultural equity, it promotes diverse participation in arts, fostering mutual respect and understanding across Los Angeles County's communities.

More information can be found here.
The CIAG program provides financial support for exemplary arts projects and programs of municipal departments and nonprofit organizations whose primary mission is outside of the arts. CIAG recognizes the value of arts and culture as a vital tool for civic problem solving across a range of issue areas. The program seeks to support the complex arts ecology of Los Angeles County by increasing access and strengthening the quality of arts and culture programming wherever it happens and supporting our diverse communities – in health and wellness, human services, social and restorative justice, community and economic development, and environmental justice, and beyond. This grant is designed to promote arts cross-sector strategies and support organizations that provide high-quality arts and culture programs as part of their larger mission to provide services to individuals and the community at-large.
Applicants may request $5,000 – $20,000. Grant awards will likely be less than the amount requested. In this case, awarded applicants will have the opportunity to revise and resubmit an adjusted project budget that reflects any necessary changes.
CULTURAL EQUITY AND INCLUSION INITIATIVE (CEII)
In April 2017, the Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted the Cultural Equity and Inclusion Initiative, a set of 13 recommendations to increase DEI in the arts for all LA County residents with a focus on five key target areas: Boards of Directors, Staffing, Audience/Participants, Programming, and Artists/Creators. Read more about this public process and ongoing implementation of the 13 recommendations approved by the Board of Supervisors. Visit our toolkit for resources on the implementation of the second recommendation: inclusive language, policies and infrastructure to recruit and retain diverse staff and boards in LA County arts and culture organizations.
The Los Angeles County Cultural Equity and Inclusion Initiative vision and values are outlined below:
Every individual participates in creative thinking and expression. Every individual has the right to engage in arts and culture that celebrate their highest potential.Our community’s diversity is an asset to our arts and cultural environment and our economy.Including communities through the arts and culture achieves our highest potential, by promoting mutual respect and understanding.