City of Long Beach Activatelb Cultural Special Events Grants

Eligible Applicants

Additional Requirements

Eligible Events: A culturally-focused large outdoor festival, parade, fair, concert, the atrical workshop or production, and film/literature festival that provides cultural enrichment to communities disproportionately impacted by the effects of COVID-19 that requires a Special Event permit and incurs special event fees. This event must be free and open to all City of Long Beach residents and stakeholders; and Existing City funding: The organization’s proposed event must not currently be funded by the City; and Organizational Background: Organizations eligible for this grant must be a registered 501(c)(3) organization or have a fiscal sponsor, have a mission that includes cultural offerings; and Location: Are headquartered in Long Beach and proposing an event that will specifically serve residents, visitors, and/or tourists within the Long Beach boundaries; and Equity & Recovery: Provides cultural programming that will enrich, or benefit communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19: Black, Latinx, Cambodian, Indigenous, Asian/Pacific Islander communities, and LGBTQ communities. For more information, visit City of Long Beach.

Geographic Eligibility

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