Arts Organizations in California

Eligible Applicants

Additional Requirements

Eligibility Criteria Nonprofit arts and culture organizations/cooperatives that meet the following criteria are welcome to apply: Organizations with arts, culture, design, or creative innovation focus. Organization must be based in Santa Ana and/or serve Santa Ana communities. Projects can be small in scope and do not need to serve large numbers of people as long as they positively impact the organization’s purpose or mission. A project may be a part of an applicant’s regular season or activities. Organizations that undertake a single short-term project in a year—a dance festival, for example—could apply for support for that event or they could identify certain components of their operations, such as securing rehearsal space, marketing activities, paying artists, etc., as their project. A representative from the organization must attend one Information Session. Applicants may not apply for consecutive grant cycles for the same project. Only one application per project will be accepted. Organizations may not apply separately for the same project. Cannot use this grant to complete a project that has already been funded through the City (ex: Sponsorship Program. Grant recipients who have not completed their projects from prior grant cycles will not be eligible to apply this year. This includes completing their final reports. Grant recipients who withdrew from program in the prior year, will be ineligible to reapply for the following two years. Applicants engaged in active litigation with the City, have outstanding balances with the City, and/or have active code enforcement violations, or a history of multiple code enforcement violations are not eligible for the program.

Geographic Eligibility

Santa Ana