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Funding Resources for Folk & Traditional ArtsCalifornia Arts Council (CAC)Based on a reduction to the California Arts Council’s budget, many grant programs have been suspended, although the staff is still available to help offer assistance and referrals. The CAC’s Weekly Update is an email notice which publicizes developments and opportunities. Subscribe by visiting the CAC’s Weekly Update webpage. The CAC also lists funding sources on their Funding Opportunities in California webpage. Youth Education in the Arts (YEA!) Grant ProgramThe CAC’s YEA! Grant Program is a program aimed at providing $3,000-$5,000 grants to arts organizations and local arts agencies that have demonstrated a three-year history of serving children and youth (K-12) through sequential, hands-on arts workshops at school or community sites. Visit the YEA! Grant Program’s webpage for overview and guidelines. For more information, contact: California Council for the Humanities (CCH)The California Council for the Humanities is an independent, non-profit state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Council has supported and created programs that bring people together around their history and culture for more than 25 years. Grants offered by the California Council for the Humanities may support folk & traditional arts and folklife programs. Requirements include focusing on public programming and non-profit 501(c)(3) status. See the CCH’s Programs webpage for more information and current deadlines. California Story FundThe California Story Fund is a quarterly grants program supporting public humanities projects that bring to light compelling new stories from California’s diverse communities. This program awards $7,500 in grant money three times a year for photographic and interpretive exhibits, radio or video documentaries, digital media, dramatic presentations and interpretive artwork. Applications can be found on the CCH’s Grant Guidelines webpage, and must be submitted electronically. California Documentary ProjectThe California Documentary Project is designed to encourage documentarians of the new millennium to create enduring images and text of contemporary California life. Information on the program, including guidelines and application deadlines, can be found on the CCH’s Grant Guidelines webpage, and must be submitted electronically. For more information about the CCH and its programs, contact: San Francisco OfficeSusana Loza Programs Manager (415) 391-1474 sloza@calhum.org Los Angeles Office Felicia Kelley Senior Programs Manager (213) 623-5993 fkelley@calhum.org San Diego Office Amy Rouillard Senior Programs Manager (619) 232-4020 amyr@calhum.org
Center for Nonprofit Management/Center for Cultural Innovation Los Angeles Arts Loan FundThe Los Angeles Arts Loan Fund is dedicated to supporting the capital and operating needs of Los Angeles area non-profit arts organizations and individual artists. The Los Angeles Arts Loan Fund serves small and moderate budget arts organizations and individual artists, promotes sound and effective financial management practices, provides access to business development and capacity building assistance, and offers a variety of short to intermediate term financing products. The Fund is managed by the Center for Nonprofit Management and the Center for Cultural Innovation. The Center for Nonprofit Management will direct lending to non-profit arts organizations; the Center for Cultural Innovation will oversee loans to individual artists. For more information, contact: Non-profit organizations: Individual artists: Creative Work FundThe Creative Work Fund, a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, supported by the Columbia Foundation, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the James Irvine Foundation, invites artists and nonprofit organizations to create new art works through collaborations. It celebrates the role of artists as problem solvers and the making of art as a profound contribution to intellectual inquiry and to the strengthening of communities. The Fund awards grants to organizations and collaborating artists in San Francisco and Alameda counties. A dedicated Traditional Arts Round occurs every two years. Visit the Fund’s website for guidelines, application materials, and deadlines. For more information, contact: The Durfee FoundationThe Durfee Foundation is a private charitable foundation that supports individuals and organizations in Los Angeles County. Since its etablishement, the Foundation has awarded more than $20 million in grants in the areas of arts and culture, education, history and community development. The foundation has several grants programs in the arts, including the Durfee Master Musician Fellowship program and the Artist Resources for Completion (ARC) grants. The Durfee Master Musician Fellowship ProgramThe Durfee Master Musician Fellowship program supports master musicians in Los Angeles County to teach their craft to advanced students. The purpose of the program is to support the passing of musical skills to a next generation of artists through intensive apprenticeships. Musicians in any genre may apply; priority will be given to artists whose musical traditions are not widely taught at established institutions. Visit the Fellowship webpage for program guidelines and application materials and deadlines. Artist Resource for Completion (ARC) GrantsThe Artist Resource for Completion Grants (ARC) provide rapid, short-term assistance to individuals artists who reside in Los Angeles County and who wish to enhance work for a specific, imminent opportunity that may significantly benefit their careers. Artists in any discipline are eligible to apply. The applicant must already have secured an invitation from an established arts organization to present the proposed work. The work must be scheduled for presentation within six months of the application deadline. For more information about the program, including guidelines and deadlines, visit the ARC webpage. For more information, contact: Fund for Folk Culture (FFC)The Fund for Folk Culture’s grants programs support individuals, organizations, and projects that enable and strengthen the practice and preservation of folk arts and traditional culture in community life. Artists Support Program (ASP)The current program supporting California traditional artists is the Artists Support Program, which offers folk and traditional artists in California, Oregon, and Washington at various stages in their work the opportunity to pursue activities that will help them to grow artistically and professionally. Visit the ASP webpage for more information, including updates on guidelines and application deadlines. In the first cycle of the Artists Support Program in 2004, six California traditional artists were awarded grants. For more information, contact: James Irvine Foundation’s New Connections FundThe New Connections Fund (NCF) is a new venture for The James Irvine Foundation. The purpose of the NCF has been to advance the Foundation's mission within its Arts, California Perspectives, and Youth programs, and to increase the number of new organizations in the Foundation's grantmaking portfolio. They also intended to reach more organizations in the Foundation's priority regions of the Central Valley, Inland Empire (Riverside and San Bernardino counties), and Los Angeles County. For an overview of the program, guidelines, and application deadlines, visit the NCF’s webpage. For more information, contact: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)The National Endowment for the Arts offers grants to non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations on a matching 1-to-1 basis. Grant amounts vary from $5,000 to $150,000. Several categories of grants are available to the folk & traditional arts field. Some examples include Access to Artistic Excellence, Challenge America: Reaching Every Community Fast-Track Review Grants, and Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth. Visit the NEA’s grant webpage for extended information, guidelines and application deadlines and materials on these and all NEA programs. The NEA is organized by arts discipline, and applications are reviewed by discipline specialists. For more information, contact the NEA’s Folk & Traditional Arts Program: Barry Bergey, Director, Folk & Traditional Arts Rose Morgan, Folk & Traditional Arts Specialist Northern California Grantmakers’ Arts Loan FundThe Northern California Grantmaker’s (NCG) Arts Loan Fund is a collaborative program of the NCG, a regional association of funders, designed to provide quick-turnaround, low-cost financial assistance to San Francisco Bay Area arts organizations experiencing cash-flow problems. The geographic area covered by the Arts Loan Fund includes Marin County, San Francisco County, Alameda County, Contra Costa County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, and Sonoma County. Applications and loan guidelines can be accessed by visiting the NCG’s Arts Loan Fund webpage. Applications are reviewed on the third Thursday of each month, and must be received by the final Thursday of the previous month. For more information, contact: NYFA SourceNYFA Source, hosted by the New York Foundation for the Arts, is the most extensive national directory of awards, services, and publications for artists. Listings include over 4,200 arts organizations, 2,900 award programs, 4,200 service programs, and 900 publications for individual artists across the country. You can narrow your search by keyword, geographic eligibility, discipline, and others. More programs are added every day.
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