X Factor Arts Grants

Program Type: Grants supporting entrepreneurial and innovative ideas to advance the arts and creativity

Geographic Scope: Santa Clara County

Funding Model: Includes training and coaching in addition to grant funding

Program Focus: SV CREATES uses X Factor Grants to spur organizations and artists to:

• Develop and test new programs
• Create new messages that resonate with potential donors and audiences
• Amplify organizational mission

Past Grantees (2019):

• Teatro Nahual - Creating bilingual sketches called "Leyendas, Sueños y Realidades" (Legends, Dreams and Realities) for bilingual schools
• Silicon Valley African Film Festival - "Sankofa" project documenting and celebrating achievements of immigrant Africans
• Sangam Arts - "Hummingbird Circle" participatory event celebrating Ohlone culture and traditions
• Corinne Okada Takara / BioJam - Program engaging teens in biofabrication design and bioart exploration

Past Grantees (2018):

• Ray Furuta & Chamber Music Silicon Valley (CMSV) - Creating classical music concerts with social and visual components in nightclub environments
• Teatro Visión - Developing one-minute plays based on interviews with seniors and elders
• San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) - "Art Hangs" pop-up art experiences in bars and cafes
• POW! WOW! San Jose - Annual week-long mural art, music, and culture festival

Past Grantees (2017):

• City Lights Theatre Company - Casting deaf and hearing actors in innovative production
• SJ Museum of Quilts & Textiles - Programming exploring role of museums as change advocates
• Works/San Jose - Youth design exhibition series pairing animators with industry leaders
• Peninsula Women's Chorus - Commissioning choral piece championing transgender rights