Grant Categories
California Cultural Data Project (CCDP)
Cultural Equity Grants is now requiring all organizational grant applicants to fill out a profile through the California Cultural Data Project and print out paper copies of your Funder Report to include with your grant applications. Please note that the Funder Report is customized for the grant category to which you are applying and is not the same as the Full Report or a page by page printout of your profile. This requirement does not apply to individual artists. more»
Arts & Communities: Innovative Partnerships (ACIP)
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.
Please note due to the City's budget cuts, the maximum award is now $25,000 more»
Native American Arts & Cultural Traditions (NAACT)
Grants 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. more»
Cultural Equity Initiatives (CEI)
Grants to support the development, sustainability and growth of SF arts organizations that are deeply rooted in, and able to express the experiences of, historically underserved communities. more»
Creative Space Grants (CrSp)
Grants of up to $20,000 to support the enhancement of arts facilities in the city. more»
Organizational Project Grants (OPG)
Grants of up to $15,000 to arts organizations for the support of art projects whose presentation benefits or interests the community at large or specific segments of the SF community. more»
Individual Artist Commissions (IAC)
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. more»
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Announcements
Upcoming OPG deadline on January 29. See Forms section below for the guidelines and application.
CEG staff will not be in the office Thursday, January 28 as they are attending the Dynamic Adapatability Summit. See the CEG facebook page for information regarding the all-day conference.
Forms
For Applicants
- 09-10 NAACT Guidelines and Application (PDF fill-in, 459 K)
Application Forms only (Microsoft Word, 205 K) - 09-10 Arts and Communities Guidelines and Application (PDF fill-in, 542 K)
Application Forms only - does not include narrative instructions. (Microsoft Word, 370 K) - 09-10 Arts Organizations Guidelines and Application (PDF fill-in, 939 K)
Application Forms only - does not include narrative instructions. (Microsoft Word, 362 K) - California Cultural Data Project Online Profile (external site) - print out a Funder Report to include with each copy of your application
- 09-10 Individual Artist Commissions Guidelines and Application (PDF fill-in, 373 K)
Narrative Application Form only (Microsoft Word, 50 K)
Application Forms only - does not include the checklist and narrative instructions. (Microsoft Word, 122 K)
Applications are PDF fillable and require Adobe Acrobat to open.
For Grantees
- SFAC logo (EPS File, 758 K)
- Invoice form (Microsoft Word, 50 K)
- Final report forms
- For Individual Artists (Microsoft Word, 125 K)
- For Organizational Projects - including OPG, ACIP, NAACT-Presenting the Art, Neighborhood Festivals & Programs in the Community (Microsoft Word, 144 K)
- For Organizational Infrastructure, Planning and Capital Improvements - including Creative Space, Cultural Equity Initiatives and NAACT-Building Sustainable Arts (Microsoft Word, 143 K) - Post your public event to SF Arts Monthly on-line (for organizations only)