SVCREATES Arts Relief & Recovery Fund

Geographic Scope: Silicon Valley (Santa Clara County and surrounding areas)

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic devastated the nonprofit arts sector by forcing cancellations and closures of performances, exhibitions, and classes that are central to arts organizations' community-serving missions. The sector was further impacted because earned revenue from these offerings is an integral part of the business model. Silicon Valley's arts sector is characterized by a high number of small multicultural organizations operating on razor-thin margins and working with a vast network of self-employed artists.

Purpose: Provide immediate relief grants for artists and arts organizations in SV CREATES' grant portfolio who were particularly negatively impacted by COVID-19, and to help arts organizations maintain essential functions, pay artists, retain core staff, and continue engagement with primary audiences and the community throughout the public health crisis.

Focus Areas:

• Immediate relief for impacted artists
• Supporting arts organizations to maintain essential functions
• Paying artists and retaining core staff
• Community engagement

Funding Results: In 2020, over $400,000 was provided to over 100 individual artists and dozens of arts organizations.

Partner Funders:

• Anne & Mark's Art Party
• Applied Materials Foundation
• California Arts Council
• Castellano Family Foundation
• David & Lucile Packard Foundation
• Morgan Family Foundation
• Silicon Valley Community Foundation
• Anonymous Individual Donors