City of Santa Ana Investing in the Artist Grant 2024-2025
This funding opportunity provides financial support to individual artists living in Santa Ana to create community-focused projects that enhance the local arts and culture scene while promoting economic development.
The City of Santa Ana's Artist Grant for Individual Artists (2024-2025) offers funding to support artists in creating projects that explore the dynamic relationship between arts, culture, and the economy in Santa Ana. Grants of up to $10,000 are available for projects that engage with the local community and stimulate economic development. The grant period lasts 12 months, and recipients must submit interim and final reports documenting outcomes, including a detailed budget with receipts. This grant operates on a reimbursement basis, with three disbursements made throughout the project. Eligibility: Artists must be currently living and creating in Santa Ana or creating work for the benefit of Santa Ana residents. Applicants must attend at least one mandatory information session. Only one application per project is accepted. Applicants must be over the age of 18 and meet specific compliance requirements (e.g., no active litigation or code violations with the city). Evaluation Criteria: Project/Artistic Merit & Theme Relevance: 40% Artist Portfolio: 25% Potential Community Impact: 25% Individual Need: 10% The grant supports projects in various artistic fields, including visual arts, performance, music, creative writing, and more. The selection process is competitive, with a peer review panel scoring applications based on these criteria. For more information, applicants can contact the Arts & Culture Office at (714) 647-5355 or artsandculture@santa-ana.org. Applications must be submitted through Submittable.com.
Award Range
$1,000 - $10,000
Total Program Funding
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Number of Awards
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Matching Requirement
No
Eligible Applicants
Additional Requirements
Eligibility Criteria Visual ∙ Performing ∙ Musical ∙ Literary ∙ Film ∙ Textile ∙ Multimedia ∙ Industrial ∙ Fashion ∙ Culinary Artists must be currently living and creating work in Santa Ana or create a work that is for the benefit of Santa Ana residents and/or stimulate economic development for the City of Santa Ana. Project must be completed in Santa Ana, directly serve the Santa Ana residents, and/or stimulate economic development for the City of Santa Ana. Applicants must be over the age of 18. Applicant 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. Artists may not apply separately for the same project. 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
Geographic Eligibility
Santa Ana
Application Opens
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Application Closes
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