Cultural Equity Initiatives (CEI)

Level One Deadline: August 25, 2010
Level One Draft Narrative (optional): July 28, 2010
For CEI-L1 guidelines and application questions, please email Sylvia Sherman, artsandcommunity@gmail.com.

Level Two Assessment Interview: June 16, 2010
Level Two Narrative Draft Deadline (optional): June 24, 2010
Level Two Proposal Deadline: July 1, 2010
Email draft narratives to corinne.matesich@sfgov.org

Grants to support the development, sustainability and growth of San Francisco arts organizations that are deeply rooted in, and able to express the experiences of a historically underserved community, such as African American, Asian American, Latino/a, Native American, Pacific Islander, Disabled, Lesbian/ Gay/ Bisexual/ Transgendered and Women.

• Level One: Grants of up to $25,000, to support organizational development initiatives for a period of one year.
• Level Two: Grants of up to $100,000, to support organizational development initiatives of substantial scope and ambition over a period of two or three years.
  

CEI-L1 Funding Restriction clarification (found on p.13 of the Arts Organization Guidelines): An organization can receive only two consecutive years of CEI-L1 support, after which they must sit out for one cycle of CEI-L1.

CEI-L1 Applicants will be required to participate in an interview as part of the panel process.

Grant Periods
Level Two: Two or Three years from January 1, 2011
Level One: April 1, 2011 - September 30, 2012

CEI-L1 Application Workshops: 25 Van Ness, Suite 70
July 6, 2010, 12:00-2:00pm
July 15, 2010, 2:00-4:00pm
August 4, 2010, 2:00-4:00pm

Please email your workshop rsvp to corinne.matesich@sfgov.org.

Cultural Equity Initiatives 2009 Grant Recipients

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Creative Space Grants (CRSP)

Deadline: July 8, 2010
Deadline for Narrative Drafts (optional): June 16, 2010
Email draft narratives to corinne.matesich@sfgov.org

Grants of up to $20,000 to support the enhancement of arts facilities in the city. The category has two goals:

1. To advance the improvement of existing arts facilities and the successful development of new ones that will support the work of San Francisco’s arts organizations;
2. To promote the availability of affordable live/work spaces for low- and moderate-income artists.

Creative Space offers grants for Planning and Capital Improvement projects.

Grant Period
January 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012

Application Workshops: 25 Van Ness, Suite 70
June 9, 2010, 2:00-4:00pm
June 14, 2010, 3:00-5:00pm

Please email your workshop rsvp to corinne.matesich@sfgov.org.

Creative Space Grants 2009 Grant Recipients

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Organizational Project Grants (OPG)

Deadline: November 4, 2010
Deadline for Narrative Drafts (optional): September 28, 2010
Email narratives drafts to corinne.matesich@sfgov.org

Organization Project Grants (OPG) support arts organizations in the presentation of professional arts activities accessible to the general public in San Francisco. OPG supports–in whole or in part–specific arts projects that have been determined to be of sufficient artistic quality, and benefit or interest to the community at large, or to specific segments of the community. All art forms will be considered.

OPG-supported projects must be developed and presented in San Francisco, and must culminate in a local public presentation or a meaningful, accessible engagement of the public. They may be targeted at specific audiences, but they cannot be limited to “closed” audiences.

Grant awards are up to $15,000. To be eligible, organizations must have 501(c)(3) status or use a fiscal sponsor. Organizations that receive CEI-L1 or CEI-L2 support cannot seek an OPG grant for the term of the CEI-L1 or CEI-L2 grant.

Grant Period
June 15, 2011 - December 31, 2012

Application Workshops: 25 Van Ness, Suite 70
TBA

Please email your workshop rsvp to corinne.matesich@sfgov.org.

Organization Project Grants 2008 Grant Recipients

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Individual Artist Commissions (IAC) in Visual, Literary, and
Media Arts

Deadline: July 29, 2010
Deadline for Narrative Drafts (optional): June 30, 2010
Email draft narratives to corinne.matesich@sfgov.org

Grants of up to $10,000 to individual artists living and working in San Francisco, to stimulate the creation and presentation of high-quality works of art throughout the city’s neighborhoods. The program considers proposals for projects in alternating disciplines each year. We will consider proposals in fiscal year 2010-11, for visual, literary, and media arts. Support for multi-disciplinary projects (within the disciplines being offered) are available each year.

Grant Period:
March 1, 2011- August 31, 2012

Application Workshops: 25 Van Ness, Suite 70
June 15, 2010, 3:00-5:00pm
June 23, 2010, 3:00-5:00pm
July 12, 2010, 12:00-2:00pm
JUST ADDED July 14, 2010, 4:00-6:00pm

Please email your workshop rsvp to corinne.matesich@sfgov.org.

Individual Artist Commissions 2009 Grant Recipients

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Arts and Communities: Innovative Partnerships (ACIP)

Exploration and Realization Grant Deadline: October 8, 2010
Deadline for Narrative Drafts (optional): September 3, 2010
Email draft narratives to corinne.matesich@sfgov.org

The Arts & Communities Initiative will support artists, arts organizations, and immigrant service organizations with established art programs of any medium, as they embrace the role of lead partners, and work closely with community partners, their leaderships and constituencies. Together, they can engage in innovative creation processes– exploring artistic practice potentially outside of one’s comfort zone – in order to address pressing community needs or celebrate community assets. The discussions and activities from these partnerships will form inventive, publicly accessible, high quality art projects, and result in an ongoing stimulation of ideas and dialogue. Together, the culminating public projects will reveal the complex life of San Francisco.

Two types of grants are available: Exploration Grants up to $10,000 and Realization Grants up to $25,000.

Grant Period
Exploration: June 1, 2011 - February 29, 2012
Realization: June 1, 2011 - November 30, 2012

Application Workshops: 25 Van Ness, Suite 70
TBA

Please email your workshop rsvp to corinne.matesich@sfgov.org.

Arts & Communities: Innovative Partnerships 2009 Grant Recipients

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Native American Arts and Cultural Traditions Grants (NAACT)

Application Deadline: January 27, 2011
Deadline for Narrative Drafts and Project Budgets (optional): December 14, 2010
Email narrative drafts to corinne.matesich@sfgov.org

San Francisco Arts Commission’s Cultural Equity Grants is pleased to announce the continuation of its grants initiative to support projects guided by strong and capable Native American artistic leadership, and for which there is resonance within communities. Grants can support the wide spectrum of rich cultural traditions and contemporary artistic expressions that exist within today's Native communities. Grants are for applicants based in San Francisco.

The grant categories are slightly expanded versions of existing Cultural Equity Grants categories.  It is hoped that over the longer-term Native American artists and organizations in San Francisco will increasingly access the existing funding and technical assistance resources available, and participate in broader policy discussions. Grants will be available in four categories:

INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS Grants: $5,000 – $7,500.
Purpose:      To support Native American individual artists in their creative processes and practice of cultural traditions and contemporary artistic expressions. 
Examples of Eligible Projects:  research, creation, and/or presentation of a new work and/or the invigoration of cultural traditions; training between master artists and identified apprentices; the development and/or implementation of an artist’s business plan.

Presenting the Art Grants: $5,000 – $7,500.
Purpose:      To encourage culturally knowledgeable presenting, exhibiting and/or educational programming of Native American artistic work and cultural traditions that engages specific communities and/or the broader public. 
Examples of Eligible Projects:  presentations or exhibitions of single or multiple artistic disciplines; arts festivals; creative development laboratories; documentation and archiving; educational activities and programs.

Building Sustainable Arts Grants: $7,500 – $15,000.
Purpose:      To seed or strengthen services and support structures for artists, and to build the long-term arts and cultural programming capacity of organizations within Native American communities.
Examples of Eligible Initiatives:  seeding new, or strengthening existing, networks or service organizations whose mission is focused primarily on the arts; developing a strategic or business plan; salaries for new arts program staff position(s); establishing an arts and/or cultural program in a service organization.   Please note:  This category is not intended to support general operating, but can support expansion efforts.

MINI-GRANTS Grants:  up to $1,000.
Purpose:      To support arts and cultural traditions based activities, cultural events and educational programs within Native American communities.
Examples of Eligible Projects:  one-time, a series or on-going activities, such as pow-wows, cultural activities, gatherings, educational programs, classes and workshops.

Grant Period
TBA

Application Workshops: 25 Van Ness Ave.
November 19, 2010; 1:00-3:00pm
November 30, 2010; 3:00-5:00pm
January 18, 2011; 3:00-5:00pm

Please email your workshop rsvp to corinne.matesich@sfgov.org.

Native American Arts & Cultural Traditions 2008 Grant Recipients

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