Living Cultures Grant
Funding Amount
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Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
foundation
Overview
Living Cultures Grant
Organization: Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA)
Geographic Scope: California
Focus Areas: Support for folk and traditional arts projects and programs
Overview: The Living Cultures Grant program supports traditional arts initiatives. This program has provided funding to cultural organizations and projects documenting and preserving traditional cultural heritage. For example, the Friends of Negro Spirituals' oral history project "In Our Own Words–The Negro Spirituals Heritage Keepers" was supported in part by ACTA's Living Cultures Grants Program in 2007.
What Alliance for California Traditional Arts actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 48
- Total given
- $675K
- Median grant
- $13K
- Range
- $13K–$50K
- By dollars: California 89%, Maryland 7%, PR 4%. Top recipient cities: San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; San Jose, CA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
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