The Quick Grant program supports artists and arts organizations’ financial sustainability through professional development support.
Donor Name: Center for Cultural Innovation
State: California
City: San Francisco and San José
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/15/2022
Size of the Grant: up to $600
Details:
The Quick Grant program awards reimbursement funds up to $600 to California artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, and cultural producers, and San Francisco/San Jose nonprofit arts administrators to participate in professional development activities that build administrative capacity, hone business skills, and strengthen the financial sustainability of the grantee’s practice, area of cultural production, or arts organization.
Funding Information
The maximum award amount is $600.
Who Can Apply?
- California artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, and cultural producers; and
- San Francisco and San José nonprofit arts organization staff
Eligible Activities
- Professional development activities that build administrative capacity, hone business skills, and strengthen the financial sustainability of the grantee’s practice, area of cultural production, or arts organization.
- Activities must begin after application notification. For example, for the May 15, 2022 deadline, the proposed activity must start on or after June 16, 2022.
- Examples include (but aren’t limited to):
- Conferences, convenings, festivals
- Business trainings or workshops
- Platform memberships
- One-on-one work with consultants, coaches, and mentors including requests to bring your practice or programming online*
*Due to limited resources, requests by Los Angeles County applicants to work one-on-one with a consultant are extremely competitive. Priority will instead go to Los Angeles County applicants who propose group activities such as public workshops, conferences, and trainings.)
Ineligible Activities
- Activities focused on artistic development, presentation, or art teaching methods/techniques
- Requests to support overhead, general operating expenses, or lost income
- Activities that have already taken place or that will occur before application notifications are sent.
For more information, visit CCI.