JULY 2008

7/1   Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Foundation Festival Grants Program - (RECEIPT deadline) support for projects that make film festival events more accessible to the general public, especially to segments of the populace who might not normally be able to attend; that give screening access to minority and less visible filmmakers; and that bring the public into contact with films and filmmakers. Deadline will be on or around 7/1.

7/1   Clorox Company Foundation Competitive Grants Program (RECEIPT deadline, online submission preferred) - supports programs that advance civic and cultural initiatives and projects that increase awareness of, participation in, and appreciation of arts and culture; applications must be received in the office, by mail, or delivered in person by 5pm on the deadline dates (the previous business day if deadline falls on the weekend). Also 10/1, 1/1, and 4/1.

7/1   California Story Fund - ongoing grant program of the California Council for the Humanities; awards competitive grants of up to $10,000 twice a year for public humanities programs that bring to light compelling stories from California's diverse communities and provide opportunities for collective reflection and public discussion. The Council is especially interested in projects that will engage California youth in interpreting and reflecting on their experience through humanities-based programming. Organizations serving youth are strongly encouraged to apply. One or more of the following formats may be used to present and communicate these stories: photography and interpretive exhibit, radio documentary, digital media, dramatic presentation, interpretive artwork, poetry readings, storytelling events, film festivals, and community conferences. The online application will be available on 6/2/08.

7/2   Creative Capital full - if invited from March 4 LOI.

7/3   Stocker Foundation Letter of Intent (RECEIPT deadline 5pm) - supports fine art programs in all mediums (dance, drama, music, creative writing, and visual arts) that provide school aged children and community members with access; funding is restricted in California to San Francisco; full proposal (if invited) due 8/15.

7/3   Association of Performing Arts Presenters Cultural Exchange Fund Round 2 - an international travel subsidy program supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will assist professionals within the presenting field to build partnerships and collaborations. These new relationships will lead to expanded presenting and touring opportunities in the U.S. for deserving international work, and support long term development projects, residencies or commissions.

7/7   NPN Community Fund Program - subsidizes up to $6,000 toward community engagement activities that enhance an NPN Residency or Creation Fund project. Community Fund projects strengthen and deepen relationships between NPN Partners, artists, and communities. The Community Fund is a competitive program. Projects often involve collaborations with non-NPN community-based organizations that in many cases have parallel, but different institutional purposes. Community Fund projects must support and extend the objectives of an NPN Residency or Creation Fund project, and can occur before, during, or after those activities. Proposals are submitted by NPN Partners. For projects between 9/1/08 and 6/30/09.

7/11   William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: Music Letter of Inquiry (RECEIPT deadline) - funds organizations that have annual operating budgets larger than $100,000 and are at a mid-stage (rather than start-up phase) of organizational development. Organizations applying to the Hewlett Foundation are now required to have their California Cultural Data Project profile completed in order to submit a full proposal. Full proposal, if invited, is due 10/10/08.

7/11   Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellowships Final Applications - by invitation only, based on Preliminary Applications.

7/11   Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise - honors the contributions of young immigrants in a category of hte arts or humanities selected by the foundation. The arts field selected for 2009 is filmmaking. To be eligible for the prizes, applicants must have been born outside the United States and be no more than 38 years old as of January 1, 2009. A $25,000 cash award and a certificate of recognition designed by Stefan Sagmeister will be presented to each prize-winner during the foundation's annual awards ceremony in New York City in the spring of 2009.

7/15-8/15   Morris Stulsaft Foundation - dedicated to the well-being of children and youth (ages 0 to 22) through financial support of nonprofit organizations providing social services; education, including arts education; and physical and mental health; provides funding for organizations in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties. NOTE: this submission window if for educational enrichment provided by after-school and in-school programs and summer programs including camps.

5/15-7/15  Thomas J. Long Foundation Request for Application- (RECEIPT deadline) supporting charitable organizations in the following East Bay counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Napa, Solano, and Sonoma. The Foundation operates on a responsive grantmaking basis and awards grants in five selected fields of interest: Arts & Culture, Conservation, Education, Health, and Human Services. Grant proposals are considered semi-annually in the spring and fall using a competitive application process. Grants for this round awarded in December.

4/1-7/15  Mattel Children's Foundation - supports programs that increase access to education for underserved children and in particular, use innovative strategies to promote and address literacy, and support physical health and well-being of children, with particular emphasis on promoting healthy, active lifestyles; and promoting self-esteem in young girls up to age 12.

7/15   The Alliance for California Traditional Arts Living Cultures Grant Program - funds non-profit organizations to support exemplary projects in the traditional arts in California. Grant awards are generally limited to $5,000 or less. A small number of grants of up to $7,500 will be awarded to projects that demonstrate significant impact on a particular cultural tradition. Approximately 35-40 grants will be made in this funding cycle. For projects occuring from 1/1/09 to 12/31/09.

7/15   Fleishhacker Foundation Special Arts Grants - for organizations with budgets greater than $750,000, seeking support for projects that clearly demonstrate potential for broad and long-term impact on the local community and the art form involved; applicants must contact the Executive Director well in advance of the 1/15 and 7/15 deadlines.

7/15   Fleishhacker Foundation Small Grants in the Arts - eligibility requires an annual operating budget of $100,000+ (or a fiscal sponsor with a budget that size). Award decision made in November.

7/15   Pacific Pioneer Fund Documentary Film Program - provides funding for non-profit organizations to support emerging documentary filmmakers or videographers who live and work in California, Oregon, and Washington. The fund does not support instructional or performance documentaries or student film projects. Filmmakers are eligible for only one grant from Pacific Pioneer Fund during their careeers; grant range $1,000 - $10,000 (also 5/1 and 12/15).

7/16   San Francisco Arts Commission - Request for Qualifications for Commissions at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) - Applications available through CaFE; callforentry.org, an online application system for calls for entry. These commissions are open to practicing, professional artists residing in the United States. The San Francisco Arts Commission is seeking to establish a pre-qualified pool of professional artists for consideration for a variety of public art projects located at San Francisco International Airport. We encourage artists using a variety of artistic approaches and media to apply. The remodeling and opening of Terminal 2 is a fast track capital project. Artists selected for this project must be available to being work no later than Sept. 1, 2008. For further information, please call Susan Pontious, Public Art Program Deputy Director at (415) 252-2587, or Ellen Shershow, the Public Art Program Associate at (415) 252-2594.

7/18   NPN Creation Fund (FULL if invited from 6/27 LOI) - leverages resources for artists towards the creation of a new work and ensures a minimum of a two-site tour. A Creation Fund project begins with an artist or company, at least two presenting organizations (one of which is a NPN Partner) in different communities (at least 100 miles apart), and a vision of a new work. Each presenting organization (Commissioner) agrees to contribute at least $2,000 to commission the artist to create the new work. NPN provides a $5,000 subsidy to leverage the other Commissioner's resources. The second part of the Creation Fund program is a Residency. Commissioners have a two-year period within which they are required to present the commissioned Artist for one or two-week Residency. Premiere of work must be between 9/1/09 and 8/31/10.

7/18   Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation Letter of Intent - supports arts programming in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Marin County, with a special interest in smaller, independent arts organizations that are presenting challenging and cutting-edge work. Fall round LOI deadline will be around 6/30, for full proposal submission on 8/15.

7/28   CA$H Grants: Theatre - funds professionally - oriented theatre artists and small companies with annual operating budgets under $100,000.

7/31   Choo-San Goh Awards for Choreography - grants to established and emerging national and international dance companies; funds choreographer's fee only for public performances of original work. Applications solicited in April and due by the end of July. Award announcement made in December.

7/31   The National Endowment for the Arts New Play Development Program Round 1: 2008 - NPDP is a new leadership initiative created by the National Endowment for the Arts and managed by Arena Stage. The program will support the process and production of new American plays. This is the first round of the new program, through which a total of seven projects will be selected, developed, and documented over the course of the next two and half years. The Program is open to nonprofit, professional theaters or a consortium of theaters who apply in collaboration with a playwright. Online Intent to Apply was due 6/20.

7/31   National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation and Access: Humanities Collections and Resources - combines support for activities that were funded previously through two separate grant categories: Grants to Preserve and Create Access to Humanities Collections and Reference Materials Grants. The program also provides support for activities funded previously through the Division's Research and Development category. The possibilities presented by advances in digital technology require a new grant category that encompasses the range of activities funded through the previous programs and encourages the development of digital methods and tools to increase the availibility and long-term preservation of humanities collections as books, journals, manuscripts and archival meterals, maps, still and moving images, sound recordings, arts and objects of material culture. This deadline is for projects beginning May 2009.

ALSO:   Traditional Arts Development Program Grants - Sponsored by the Alliance for California's Traditional Arts (ACTA), makes contracts up to $1,500 to support consultancies, mentorships, and travel opportunities that foster a new level of growth for individual folk & traditional artists and organizations engaged in this field in California. Requested services may be focused on organizational, program, and/or artistic development goals. Individual artists and cultural practitioners, as well as organizations, whether incorporated or not, may apply. Work in traditional arts and culture requires skills and support in many areas, including cultural expertise; field documentation; artist self-mangament; marketing and publicity; repertoire development; concert production; interpretations and presenting; editing; graphic design; exhibit design; archival procedures; and organizational devleopment and management, among others. ACTA's Traditional Arts Development Program invites requests that will facilitate the applicant's next level of growth, artistically or organizationally. Requests may be submitted at any time and ACTA staff will generally respond within 30 days.

ALSO:   Guitar Center Music Foundation - mission is to aid nonprofit music programs across America that offer music instruction so that more people can experience the joys of making music. Accepts grant applications throughout the year from 501c3 organizations that currently offer music instruction programs to participants of any age. The applicant program must successfully enhance the state of music education in the United States. The Grant Committee reviews all applications three times yearly, and grant awards range from $500 to $5,000 in value. Applicants will be notified by mail if a grant is awarded or not. Application process is online.

ALSO:   Network of Cultural Centers of Color/National Performance Network Collaborative Subsidy Project - supports the touring of work by artists of color across the U.S. by subsidizing performance residencies and is intended to expand the pool of artists of color who are presented in the U.S.; subsidies are up to $5,000 towards Artist's Fees for performance residencies occurring between July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009. Guidelines will be posted soon; keep checking website.

ALSO:   East Bay Fund for Artists - provides funding to match on a 1-to-1 basis donor contributions for the commissioning of new works by Bay Area artists. Artists will receive commissioning fees through the organization commissioning the work. Summer 2007 deadline was 7/9 - check website for exact date.

ALSO:   Horizons Foundation Community Issues grants - awards up to $10,000 to support orgnaizations or projects serving LBGT people of all ages in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties, focusing on various issue areas, including arts and culture.

ALSO:   The Bayer USA Foundation supports programs that enhance the quality of life, provide unique and enriching opporutnitunieis that connect diverse groups and ensure preparedness for tomorrow's leaders - thereby, resulting in sustainable partnerships that continually improve communities in which Bayer employees live and work. It welcomes proposals from 501c3 organizations in Arts and Culture; Education and Workforce Development; Environment and Sustainibility; and Health and Human Services. The grant application process is decentralized, and therefore, requests should be submitted to the Site Contributions Committee at the Bayer Site nearest your oraganizations or within your program's outreach. Board meets in January and September. Submissions accepted through out the year.

ALSO:   Kobrand Wine and Spirits - sponsorship or promotional assistance via product donations. Requires 8 week lead time and signage at the event (i.e. logo on invites, banners, menu cards).

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