The Community Impact Arts Grant (CIAG) program provides financial support for exemplary arts projects and programs of municipal departments and nonprofit organizations whose primary mission is outside of the arts.
Donor Name: LA County Department of Arts and Culture
State: California
County: Los Angeles County (CA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/01/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
CIAG recognizes the value of arts and culture as important to every community’s wellbeing, and as a vital tool for civic problem solving across a range of issue areas. The program seeks to support the complex arts ecology of Los Angeles County (County) by increasing access and strengthening the quality of arts and culture programming wherever it happens and supporting diverse communities – in health and wellness, human services, social and restorative justice, community and economic development, and environmental justice, and beyond. This grant is designed to promote cross-sector arts strategies, collaboration, and support organizations that provide high-quality arts and culture programs as part of their larger mission to provide services to individuals and the community at-large often outside of traditional arts and cultural venues.
Funding Information
Applicants may request $5,000 – $20,000.
Project Period
July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations that are eligible to apply are:
- Nonprofit organizations whose primary mission provides services other than arts programming, as demonstrated by more than 50% of the applicant organization budget devoted to non-arts related programming
- Municipal departments whose primary mission is to provide services other than arts programming
- Social and human services agencies and organizations
- Religious organizations providing services to the broader community that are note religious in purpose
- Fiscal Sponsors located in California with a Model A comprehensive fiscal sponsorship agreement may submit requests on behalf of multiple projects based in the County
- Tribal governments located in LA County listed in the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Federal Acknowledgement, or located on the contact list maintained by the State of California Native American Heritage Commission as a California Native American Tribe.
For Nonprofit Organizations
- 501(c)3 Tax exempt status, as defined by the IRS
- Organizational operating budget of $25,000 or more.
- Principal offices in Los Angeles County as evidenced by the address listed on organizational 990.
- A functioning board of directors that meets regularly with at least 51% of members residing in California.
- At least two full and consecutive years of providing arts-based services or activities in Los Angeles County, either in-person or online. For the two most recently completed years (2022-2024), the organization is required to have produced, created, or hosted at least four arts-based workshops, classes, performances, or presentations each fiscal year. Fundraising events and programs do not qualify.
- A submitted Federal Form 990 for a tax year ending on or after December 31, 2022. A submitted Federal Form 990, 990-EZ or 990-N is required of all applicants. Religious organizations should submit a reviewed financial statement or annual profit/loss and balance sheet information.
- For all organizations with operating budgets of $2,000,000 and above, a financial audit is also required for the applicant organization’s most recently completed fiscal year for a tax year ending on or after December 31, 2022.
For Municipalities and Tribal Government
- One of 88 municipalities in Los Angeles County, or a tribal government in Los Angeles County listed in the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Federal Acknowledgement, or located on the contact list maintained by the State of California Native American Heritage Commission as a California American Tribe.
- At least two full and consecutive years of providing arts-based services or activities in Los Angeles County in departments whose primary mission is to provide services other than arts programming. During the two most recently competed years (2022 – 2024) the organization is required to have produced or hosted at least four arts-based workshops, classes, performances, or presentations each fiscal year. Fundraising events and programs do not qualify.
- Municipal departments and tribal governments should submit a copy of their adopted annual departmental budget.
For more information, visit LACDAC.
