Welcome to Center for Cultural Innovation's online grants platform!
Before applying, please refer to each program's specific guidelines. Please note that CCI is headquartered in California and all deadlines are set in Pacific Time.
For general inquiries, email CCI at grants@cciarts.org.
If you need technical assistance (e.g. password or upload issues), submit a request for support to Submittable here. Submittable’s business hours are 9 am – 5 pm Mountain Time. They aim to respond within 24 business hours.
Notifications for this cycle will be shared via Submittable on May 15, 2025, by 5:30 pm PT.
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The Quick Grant program supports artists and arts organizations' financial resilience through professional development support.
The Quick Grant program provides grants of up to $600 to California artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, and cultural producers, and San Francisco/San Jose nonprofit arts administrators to participate in professional development activities that build administrative capacity, hone business skills, and strengthen the financial resilience of the grantee’s practice, area of cultural production, or arts organization.
WHO CAN APPLY
- California artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, and cultural producers; and
- San Francisco and San José nonprofit arts organization staff
ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES
- Professional development activities that build administrative capacity, hone business skills, and/or strengthen the financial resilience of the grantee’s practice, area of cultural production, or arts organization.
- Activities must begin after application notification. For example, for the March 15 deadline, the proposed activity must start on or after April 16.
INELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES
- Activities focused primarily on creative or artistic skill development, art teaching/teaching artist methods and techniques, or artistic presentation/production.
- Activities that support an applicant’s adjacent enterprise.
- Requests to support overhead, general operating expenses, or lost income.
- Funding to purchase art supplies, materials, or advance inventory.
- Activities proposed by artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, or cultural producers to support the operations of a nonprofit organization or a role in arts administration.
- Activities that have already taken place or that will occur before application notifications are sent.
To view an Application Preview (.doc and .pdf versions), Grant Guidelines, and Frequently Asked Questions, please visit the Quick Grant webpage here.
For technical assistance (e.g., upload issues), request support at: https://www.submittable.com/help/submitter/. Submittable’s business hours are 9 am – 5 pm MT. They aim to respond within 24 business hours.