OVERVIEW

Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI) offers recurring and one-time grant opportunities for individual artists and arts workers across the nation, with open application cycles occurring throughout the year that center a range of disciplines and focus areas. For this reason, we’re actively seeking individuals interested in joining peer grant review panels and engaging in shared decision-making processes. 

Learn more about CCI's grant opportunities here.

Prospective panelists should be interested in the grantmaking process and in supporting individuals in the arts. They should also have a deep understanding of a particular discipline or area of experience. We also encourage folks who are coming up in the field to consider serving on a grant panel as a professional development experience. All panelists will receive an honorarium for their valuable time and expertise. 

Panelists will be selected based on the needs of the particular grant panel and contacted by CCI staff to discuss panel participation and commitment (including, but not limited to, online training, independent review and scoring, and grant panel discussion).

We will keep the information you submit below on file for two years (2025 to 2026). We will only contact you if you are being considered for an upcoming panel. 

Thank you for your commitment to supporting individuals in the arts!

Note: Your responses are CONFIDENTIAL and will be used for internal purposes only.

SUPPORT

If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact CCI at grants@cciarts.org.

The Vallejo Arts Fund will award up to two types of Microgrants in the Winter/Spring 2026 funding round to support artists, cultural bearers, and collectives in expanding their artistic practice, skills, and/or visibility to a broader network, new collaborators, or new audiences.

• Individual Artist Microgrant (Unrestricted): Up to twenty $3,000 awards are available for mid-career or established artists and/or cultural bearers whose body of artistic work, practice, and rootedness in Vallejo provides benefit to the broader community.
• Individual Artist or Artist Collective Microgrant (Program-Restricted): Up to twenty $2,000 awards are available for artists/cultural bearers and/or artist/cultural collectives at all career stages who have been rooted in, working with, or engaging the broader Vallejo community and are seeking funding to support the completion of one artistic or cultural project. Expenses for this project-restricted grant can be spent on artist, producer, and/or venue fees; marketing or publicity; documentation, editing, and archiving; and hospitality for artists or community members, as well as production expenses (i.e., costumes, supplies, or printing). 

Note: Please note that although applicants can apply for both unrestricted and program-restricted microgrants, funding will only be awarded within one of these categories. 2023 Micrograntees are ineligible for this grant opportunity.

We encourage you to review the Guidelines, Application Preview, and Frequently Asked Questions before applying. You can access all relevant materials here.

ELIGIBILITY

All Applicants:

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Must reside full-time in California 
• Must be able to demonstrate residency, engagement, and/or having worked within Vallejo, CA over the past three (3) years
• Must be able to demonstrate a sustained history of public engagement with their work in the past three (3) years

Individual Artist Microgrant (Unrestricted) Applicants ONLY: 

• Applicants must be at a mid-career or established stage in their individual artistic or cultural practice. 

Individual Artist or Artistic Collective Microgrant (Program-Restricted) Applicants ONLY:

• Eligible expenses include fees associated with marketing, publicity, documentation, editing, or archiving; artist, producer, and/or venue fees; and production expenses (i.e., costumes, supplies, or printing). 
• The proposed event and/or activity must take place within the City of Vallejo. 

The following are ineligible for funding consideration: 

• Early-career artists (only for individual artists microgrant applicants);
• Organizations (e.g., nonprofits, for-profits, fiscally sponsored organizations); 
• Individuals who have not resided, engaged, and/or worked within the city of Vallejo for at least 3 years; 
• Incomplete applications or applications with inaccessible (e.g., password-protected, broken links) attachments; 
• Individuals who have a conflict of interest (family or financial relationship) with the board, staff, or directors of the Center for Cultural Innovation, Great Leap, Inc., or Calling Up Justice.

QUESTIONS & SUPPORT

CCI staff are here to help and listen. For assistance, please email us at grants@cciarts.org (include Vallejo Arts Fund in the subject line) or call 415.288.053. For Deaf applicants and those with hearing loss, contact CCI using the California Relay Service—our staff is trained in making and receiving these calls.

If you need technical assistance (e.g., password or 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.

The Vallejo Arts Fund will award up to eight grants, ranging from $10,000 to $20,000, with flexible funding terms of either one or two years, in the Youth Arts Program category. Funding will be awarded to individuals, collectives, or organizations with programs that engage youth (defined as individuals 20 years or younger) in creating, exploring, exhibiting, or cultivating work in the performing arts, visual arts, digital/media arts, traditional folk arts, or storytelling.

We encourage you to review the Guidelines, Application Preview, and Frequently Asked Questions before applying. You can access all relevant materials here.

ELIGIBILITY

• Applicants must be individual artists,  arts workers (e.g., staff at an arts and cultural organization), or staff at a youth-serving organization with a track record of providing arts and cultural programming in Vallejo within the past 3 years. 
• Applicants (individuals, collective, or organizations) must be able to demonstrate residency, engagement, and/or having worked within Vallejo, CA over the past three (3) years.
• Applicants must reside full-time in California. 

The following are ineligible for funding consideration: 

• Organizations (e.g., nonprofits, for-profits, fiscally sponsored organizations) requesting funding to support their general operations; 
• Individuals or organizations that have not resided, engaged, and/or worked within the city of Vallejo for at least 3 years; 
• Individuals/Organizations who are requesting funding to support a non-youth or non-arts/cultural organization; 
• Incomplete applications or applications with inaccessible (e.g., password-protected, broken links) attachments; and 
• Individuals who have a conflict of interest (family or financial relationship) with the board, staff, or directors of the Center for Cultural Innovation, Great Leap, Inc., or Calling Up Justice. 

QUESTIONS & SUPPORT

CCI staff are here to help and listen. For assistance, please email us at grants@cciarts.org (include Vallejo Arts Fund in the subject line) or call 415.288.0530. For Deaf applicants and those with hearing loss, contact CCI using the California Relay Service—our staff is trained in making and receiving these calls.

If you need technical assistance (e.g., password or 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.

The Vallejo Arts Fund will award up to nine grants, ranging from $5,000 to $20,000, with flexible funding terms of either one or two years, within the Places and Spaces category. Funding will be awarded to individuals, collectives, or organizations to support the costs associated with producing, using, and/or maintaining a physical space or place that enables artistic and/or cultural production in Vallejo, CA. 

We encourage you to review the Guidelines, Application Preview, and Frequently Asked Questions before applying. You can access all relevant materials here.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must: 

• Own and/or have access to a physical place OR an itinerant/pop-up space in Vallejo, CA that is part of the arts/cultural ecosystem for performing arts, visual arts, digital/media arts, folk, traditional art forms, and storytelling.
• Be a Vallejo-based individual artist, cultural bearer, collective, or organization whose work is grounded in the artistic and cultural practices of Vallejo’s diverse communities
• Applicants applying as individuals must be at least 18 years of age.
• Applicants must reside full-time in California. 
• Applicants (individuals, collective, or organizations) must be able to demonstrate residency, engagement, and/or having worked within Vallejo, CA over the past three (3) years.

The following are ineligible for funding consideration: 

• Organizations (e.g., nonprofits, for-profits, fiscally sponsored organizations) requesting funding to support their place or space outside of Vallejo, CA;
• Individuals or organizations that have not resided, engaged, and/or worked within the city of Vallejo for at least 3 years; 
• Individuals/Organizations who are requesting funding to support places they do not own, lease, or where they do not have a legal relationship; 
• Incomplete applications or applications with inaccessible (e.g., password-protected, broken links) attachments; and 
• Individuals who have a conflict of interest (family or financial relationship) with the board, staff, or directors of the Center for Cultural Innovation, Great Leap, Inc., or Calling Up Justice. 

Note: Given the breadth of possible costs associated with the Places and Spaces Grant, we encourage potential applicants to contact CCI at grants@cciarts.org to schedule a time to discuss your specific situation and funding request within this category.

QUESTIONS & SUPPORT

CCI staff are here to help and listen. For assistance, please email us at grants@cciarts.org (include Vallejo Arts Fund in the subject line) or call 415.288.0530. For Deaf applicants and those with hearing loss, contact CCI using the California Relay Service—our staff is trained in making and receiving these calls.

If you need technical assistance (e.g., password or 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.

The Vallejo Arts Fund will award up to six grants, ranging from $10,000 to $20,000, with flexible funding terms of either one or two years, in the Cultural Communities grant category. Funding will be awarded to individuals, collectives, or organizations that make, produce, teach, and/or engage in contemporary and traditional arts and cultural practices. 

Applicants may seek funds to support ongoing or new artistic and/or cultural work within the performing arts, visual arts, digital and media arts, traditional folk arts, and oral or written storytelling. VAF deeply values the many forms that artistic and cultural practices can take. However, at this time, the Fund is not seeking applications for healing arts practices (such as massage therapy, reiki, or acupuncture), nail or makeup artistry, culinary arts, loctician services, tattooing, yoga instruction, or fitness and aerobics programs.

We encourage you to review the Guidelines, Application Preview, and Frequently Asked Questions before applying. You can access all relevant materials here.

ELIGIBILITY

• Applicants must be individual arts workers (e.g., cultural producers, culture bearers, creatives, cultural practitioners, teaching artists, arts administrators, or specialized technicians), collectives, or an arts /cultural organization with a track record of providing arts and cultural programming rooted in Vallejo for at least three years. 
• Applicants applying as individuals must be at least 18 years of age.
• Applicants (individuals, collective, or organizations) must be able to demonstrate residency, engagement, and/or having worked within Vallejo, CA over the past three (3) years.
• Applicants must reside full-time in California.  
• Applicants must be able to articulate and prove rootedness in Vallejo, CA, for at least three years

The following are ineligible for funding consideration: 

• Organizations (e.g., nonprofits, for-profits, fiscally sponsored organizations) requesting funding to support their general operations;
• Individuals or organizations that have not resided, engaged, and/or worked within the city of Vallejo for at least 3 years ; 
• Individuals or organizations who are requesting funding to support projects not rooted in cultural communities or non-arts/cultural organizations; 
• Incomplete applications or applications with inaccessible (e.g., password-protected, broken links) attachments; and 
• Individuals who have a conflict of interest (family or financial relationship) with the board, staff, or directors of the Center for Cultural Innovation, Great Leap, Inc., or Calling Up Justice. 

QUESTIONS & SUPPORT

CCI staff are here to help and listen. For assistance, please email us at grants@cciarts.org (include Vallejo Arts Fund in the subject line) or call 415.288.0530. For Deaf applicants and those with hearing loss, contact CCI using the California Relay Service—our staff is trained in making and receiving these calls.

If you need technical assistance (e.g., password or 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.

The Vallejo Arts Fund will award up to twenty $2,000 grants to individual artists and culture bearers to participate in a Capacity Building Cohort within this grant category. Cohort members will be expected to spend up to 20 hours on cohort capacity-building activities and an additional 20 hours on follow-up, self-directed capacity-building.

We encourage you to review the Guidelines, Application Preview, and Frequently Asked Questions before applying. You can access all relevant materials here.

ELIGIBILITY

• Individuals over 18, at any stage in the arts/cultural career (including artists, cultural bearers, cultural producers, arts administrators, and arts workers) with a public history of working in arts and cultural contexts for three or more years are eligible to apply to this grant opportunity. This grant opportunity is open to traditional folk artists as well as contemporary artists creating work by, for, or about cultural communities in Vallejo, CA. 
• Applicants must be rooted in Vallejo and be able to demonstrate residency in the city of Vallejo or the state of California. 

The following are ineligible for funding consideration: 

• Organizations (e.g., nonprofits, for-profits, fiscally sponsored organizations); 
• Individuals who have not been rooted in or live in Vallejo for at least three years; 
• Incomplete applications or applications with inaccessible (e.g., password-protected, broken links) attachments; and 
• Individuals who have a conflict of interest (family or financial relationship) with the board, staff, or directors of the Center for Cultural Innovation, Great Leap, Inc., or Calling Up Justice. 

QUESTIONS & SUPPORT

CCI staff are here to help and listen. For assistance, please email us at grants@cciarts.org (include Vallejo Arts Fund in the subject line) or call 415.288.0530. For Deaf applicants and those with hearing loss, contact CCI using the California Relay Service—our staff is trained in making and receiving these calls.

If you need technical assistance (e.g., password or 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.

El Fondo de Artes de Vallejo otorgará hasta dos tipos de Micro-subvenciones en la ronda de financiamiento de Invierno/Primavera 2026 para apoyar a artistas, portadores culturales y colectivos en la expansión de su práctica artística, habilidades y/o visibilidad hacia una red más amplia, nuevos colaboradores o nuevas audiencias.**

• Micro-subvención para Artistas Individuales (Sin restricciones): Hasta veinte subvenciones de $3,000 están disponibles para artistas de trayectoria media o consolidada y/o portadores culturales cuyo cuerpo de obra artística, práctica y arraigo en Vallejo beneficie a la comunidad en general.
• Micro-subvención para Artistas Individuales o Colectivos Artísticos (Con restricción de programa): Hasta veinte subvenciones de $2,000 están disponibles para artistas/portadores culturales y/o colectivos artísticos/culturales en todas las etapas de su carrera que hayan estado arraigados en, trabajando con o involucrando a la comunidad de Vallejo, y que buscan financiamiento para apoyar la realización de un proyecto artístico o cultural. Los gastos de esta subvención restringida al proyecto pueden destinarse a honorarios de artistas, productores y/o sedes; marketing o publicidad; documentación, edición y archivo; y hospitalidad para artistas o miembros de la comunidad, así como gastos de producción (por ejemplo, vestuario, suministros o impresión).

Nota: Aunque los solicitantes pueden postular tanto a micro-subvenciones sin restricción como con restricción de programa, el financiamiento solo será otorgado en una de estas categorías. Los beneficiarios de Micro-subvenciones 2023 no son elegibles para esta oportunidad.

Te recomendamos revisar las Pautas, la Vista Previa de la Solicitud y las Preguntas Frecuentes antes de postular. Puedes acceder a todos los materiales relevantes aquí.

ELEGIBILIDAD

Para todos los solicitantes:

• Deben tener 18 años de edad o más.
• Deben residir a tiempo completo en California.
• Deben poder demostrar residencia, participación y/o haber trabajado en Vallejo, CA durante los últimos tres (3) años.
• Deben poder demostrar un historial sostenido de participación pública con su trabajo en los últimos tres (3) años.

Solicitantes únicamente de la Micro-subvención para Artistas Individuales (Sin restricciones): 

• Los solicitantes deben estar en una etapa de trayectoria media o consolidada en su práctica artística o cultural individual.

Solicitantes únicamente de la Micro-subvención para Artistas Individuales o Colectivos Artísticos (Con restricción de programa):

• Los gastos elegibles incluyen honorarios asociados con marketing, publicidad, documentación, edición o archivo; honorarios de artistas, productores y/o sedes; y gastos de producción (por ejemplo, vestuario, suministros o impresión).
• El evento y/o actividad propuesto debe llevarse a cabo dentro de la Ciudad de Vallejo.

No son elegibles para consideración de financiamiento:

• Artistas en etapa inicial (solo para solicitantes de la micro-subvención para artistas individuales).
• Organizaciones (por ejemplo, organizaciones sin fines de lucro, con fines de lucro u organizaciones con patrocinio fiscal).
• Individuos que no hayan residido, participado y/o trabajado dentro de la ciudad de Vallejo durante al menos 3 años.
• Solicitudes incompletas o solicitudes con archivos inaccesibles (por ejemplo, protegidos con contraseña o enlaces rotos).
• Individuos que tengan un conflicto de interés (relación familiar o financiera) con la junta, el personal o los directores del Center for Cultural Innovation, Great Leap, Inc., o Calling Up Justice.

PREGUNTAS Y APOYO

El personal de CCI está aquí para ayudar y escuchar. Para obtener asistencia, envíanos un correo electrónico a grants@cciarts.org (incluye “Vallejo Arts Fund” en el asunto) o llama al 415.288.053.

Para solicitantes sordos o con pérdida auditiva, comunícate con CCI utilizando el Servicio de Retransmisión de California—nuestro personal está capacitado para hacer y recibir estas llamadas.

Si necesitas asistencia técnica (por ejemplo, problemas con contraseñas o cargas de archivos), solicita apoyo en: https://www.submittable.com/help/submitter. El horario de Submittable es de 9 a.m. a 5 p.m. MT. Suelen responder dentro de 24 horas hábiles.

El Fondo de Artes de Vallejo otorgará hasta ocho subvenciones, que van desde $10,000 hasta $20,000, con términos de financiamiento flexibles de uno o dos años, en la categoría del Programa de Artes Juveniles. 

El financiamiento se otorgará a individuos, colectivos u organizaciones con programas que involucren a jóvenes (definidos como personas de 20 años o menos) en la creación, exploración, exhibición o desarrollo de trabajos en artes escénicas, artes visuales, artes digitales/media, artes folclóricas tradicionales o narración de historias. 

Te recomendamos revisar las Pautas, la Vista Previa de la Solicitud y las Preguntas Frecuentes antes de postular. Puedes acceder a todos los materiales relevantes aquí.

ELEGIBILIDAD

• Los solicitantes deben ser artistas individuales, trabajadores/as del arte (por ejemplo, personal de una organización artística y cultural) o personal de una organización que trabaje con jóvenes y tenga experiencia proporcionando programación artística y cultural en Vallejo durante los últimos 3 años.
• Los solicitantes (individuales, colectivos u organizaciones) deben poder demostrar residencia, participación y/o haber trabajado dentro de Vallejo, CA durante los últimos tres (3) años.
• Los solicitantes deben residir a tiempo completo en California.

No son elegibles para consideración de financiamiento:

• Organizaciones (por ejemplo, sin fines de lucro, con fines de lucro, organizaciones con patrocinio fiscal) que soliciten fondos para apoyar sus operaciones generales.
• Individuos u organizaciones que no hayan residido, participado y/o trabajado dentro de la ciudad de Vallejo durante al menos 3 años.
• Individuos/organizaciones que soliciten financiamiento para apoyar una organización que no sea juvenil o que no esté relacionada con las artes/cultura.
• Solicitudes incompletas o solicitudes con archivos inaccesibles (por ejemplo, protegidos con contraseña o enlaces rotos).
• Individuos que tengan un conflicto de interés (relación familiar o financiera) con la junta, el personal o los directores del Center for Cultural Innovation, Great Leap, Inc., o Calling Up Justice.

PREGUNTAS Y APOYO

El personal de CCI está aquí para ayudar y escuchar. Para asistencia, envíanos un correo electrónico a grants@cciarts.org (incluye “Vallejo Arts Fund” en el asunto) o llama al 415.288.0530.

Para solicitantes sordos o con pérdida auditiva, comunícate con CCI utilizando el Servicio de Retransmisión de California—nuestro personal está capacitado para hacer y recibir estas llamadas.

Si necesitas asistencia técnica (por ejemplo, problemas con contraseñas o cargas de archivos), solicita apoyo en: https://www.submittable.com/help/submitter.

El horario de Submittable es de 9 a.m. a 5 p.m. MT, y su objetivo es responder dentro de 24 horas hábiles.

El Fondo de Artes de Vallejo otorgará hasta seis subvenciones, que van desde $10,000 hasta $20,000, con términos de financiamiento flexibles de uno o dos años, en la categoría de Subvención para Comunidades Culturales. El financiamiento se otorgará a individuos, colectivos u organizaciones que realicen, produzcan, enseñen y/o participen en prácticas artísticas y culturales contemporáneas y tradicionales.

Los solicitantes pueden solicitar fondos para apoyar trabajos artísticos y/o culturales en curso o nuevos dentro de las artes escénicas, artes visuales, artes digitales y mediáticas, artes folclóricas tradicionales y narración de historias orales o escritas. El Fondo de Artes de Vallejo valora profundamente las múltiples formas que pueden tomar las prácticas artísticas y culturales. Sin embargo, en este momento, el Fondo no está aceptando solicitudes para prácticas de artes de sanación (como masajes terapéuticos, reiki o acupuntura), arte de uñas o maquillaje, artes culinarias, servicios de loctician, tatuajes, instrucción de yoga o programas de acondicionamiento físico y aeróbicos.

Te recomendamos revisar las Pautas, la Vista Previa de la Solicitud y las Preguntas Frecuentes antes de postular. Puedes acceder a todos los materiales relevantes aquí.

ELEGIBILIDAD

• Los solicitantes deben ser trabajadores/as del arte individuales (por ejemplo, productores culturales, portadores culturales, creativos, practicantes culturales, artistas docentes, administradores de artes o técnicos especializados), colectivos u organizaciones artísticas/culturales con experiencia ofreciendo programación artística y cultural arraigada en Vallejo durante al menos tres años.
• Los solicitantes que postulen como individuos deben tener al menos 18 años de edad.
• Los solicitantes (individuos, colectivos u organizaciones) deben poder demostrar residencia, participación y/o haber trabajado en Vallejo, CA durante los últimos tres (3) años.
• Los solicitantes deben residir a tiempo completo en California.
• Los solicitantes deben poder articular y demostrar su arraigo en Vallejo, CA, por al menos tres años.

No son elegibles para consideración de financiamiento:

• Organizaciones (por ejemplo, sin fines de lucro, con fines de lucro, organizaciones con patrocinio fiscal) que soliciten fondos para apoyar sus operaciones generales.
• Individuos u organizaciones que no hayan residido, participado y/o trabajado dentro de la ciudad de Vallejo durante al menos 3 años.
• Individuos u organizaciones que soliciten financiamiento para proyectos no arraigados en comunidades culturales o que no sean organizaciones artísticas/culturales.
• Solicitudes incompletas o solicitudes con archivos inaccesibles (por ejemplo, protegidos con contraseña o enlaces rotos).
• Individuos que tengan un conflicto de interés (relación familiar o financiera) con la junta, el personal o los directores del Center for Cultural Innovation, Great Leap, Inc., o Calling Up Justice.

PREGUNTAS Y APOYO

El personal de CCI está aquí para ayudar y escuchar. Para asistencia, envíanos un correo electrónico a grants@cciarts.org (incluye “Vallejo Arts Fund” en el asunto) o llama al 415.288.0530.

Para solicitantes sordos o con pérdida auditiva, comunícate con CCI utilizando el Servicio de Retransmisión de California—nuestro personal está capacitado para hacer y recibir estas llamadas.

Si necesitas asistencia técnica (por ejemplo, problemas con contraseñas o cargas de archivos), solicita apoyo en: https://www.submittable.com/help/submitter.

El horario de Submittable es de 9 a.m. a 5 p.m. MT, y su objetivo es responder dentro de 24 horas hábiles.

El Fondo de Artes de Vallejo otorgará hasta nueve subvenciones, que van desde $5,000 hasta $20,000, con términos de financiamiento flexibles de uno o dos años, dentro de la categoría de Subvención Lugares y Espacios. El financiamiento se otorgará a individuos, colectivos u organizaciones para apoyar los costos asociados con producir, usar y/o mantener un espacio o lugar físico que permita la producción artística y/o cultural en Vallejo, CA. 

Te recomendamos revisar las Pautas, la Vista Previa de la Solicitud y las Preguntas Frecuentes antes de postular. Puedes acceder a todos los materiales relevantes aquí.

ELEGIBILIDAD

Los solicitantes deben:

• Poseer y/o tener acceso a un lugar físico O un espacio itinerante/popup en Vallejo, CA que sea parte del ecosistema artístico/cultural para artes escénicas, artes visuales, artes digitales/mediáticas, artes folclóricas y tradicionales, y narración de historias.
• Ser un artista individual, portador cultural, colectivo u organización con base en Vallejo cuyo trabajo esté arraigado en las prácticas artísticas y culturales de las diversas comunidades de Vallejo.
• Los solicitantes que postulen como individuos deben tener al menos 18 años de edad.
• Los solicitantes deben residir a tiempo completo en California.
• Los solicitantes (individuos, colectivos u organizaciones) deben poder demostrar residencia, participación y/o haber trabajado dentro de Vallejo, CA durante los últimos tres (3) años.

No son elegibles para consideración de financiamiento:

• Organizaciones (por ejemplo, sin fines de lucro, con fines de lucro, organizaciones con patrocinio fiscal) que soliciten fondos para apoyar su lugar o espacio fuera de Vallejo, CA.
• Individuos u organizaciones que no hayan residido, participado y/o trabajado dentro de la ciudad de Vallejo durante al menos 3 años.
• Individuos/Organizaciones que soliciten financiamiento para apoyar lugares que no poseen, no arriendan o donde no tienen una relación legal.
• Solicitudes incompletas o solicitudes con archivos inaccesibles (por ejemplo, protegidos con contraseña o enlaces rotos).
• Individuos que tengan un conflicto de interés (relación familiar o financiera) con la junta, el personal o los directores del Center for Cultural Innovation, Great Leap, Inc., o Calling Up Justice.

Nota: Dada la amplitud de los posibles costos asociados con la Subvención Lugares y Espacios, recomendamos que los posibles solicitantes se comuniquen con CCI a grants@cciarts.org para programar un horario y discutir su situación específica y solicitud de financiamiento dentro de esta categoría.

PREGUNTAS Y APOYO

El personal de CCI está aquí para ayudar y escuchar. Para asistencia, envíanos un correo electrónico a grants@cciarts.org (incluye “Vallejo Arts Fund” en el asunto) o llama al 415.288.0530.

Para solicitantes sordos o con pérdida auditiva, comunícate con CCI utilizando el Servicio de Retransmisión de California—nuestro personal está capacitado para hacer y recibir estas llamadas.Si necesitas asistencia técnica (por ejemplo, problemas con contraseñas o cargas de archivos), solicita apoyo en: https://www.submittable.com/help/submitter.

El horario de Submittable es de 9 a.m. a 5 p.m. MT, y su objetivo es responder dentro de 24 horas hábiles.

El Fondo de Artes de Vallejo otorgará hasta veinte subvenciones de $2,000 a artistas individuales y portadores culturales para participar en Subvención de Desarrollo de Capacidades. Se espera que los miembros de la cohorte dediquen hasta 20 horas a actividades de fortalecimiento de capacidades dentro de la cohorte y 20 horas adicionales a actividades autónomas de fortalecimiento de capacidades.

Te recomendamos revisar las Pautas, la Vista Previa de la Solicitud y las Preguntas Frecuentes antes de aplicar. Puedes acceder a todos los materiales relevantes aquí.

ELEGIBILIDAD

• Pueden postular individuos mayores de 18 años, en cualquier etapa de su carrera artística/cultural (incluyendo artistas, portadores culturales, productores culturales, administradores de arte y trabajadores del arte), con un historial público de trabajo en contextos artísticos y culturales de tres años o más. Esta oportunidad de subvención está abierta tanto a artistas tradicionales/folclóricos como a artistas contemporáneos que crean obras por, para o sobre comunidades culturales en Vallejo, CA.
• Los solicitantes deben tener raíces en Vallejo y poder demostrar residencia en la ciudad de Vallejo o en el estado de California.

No son elegibles para consideración de financiamiento:

• Organizaciones (por ejemplo, sin fines de lucro, con fines de lucro, organizaciones con patrocinio fiscal);
• Individuos que no hayan estado arraigados o viviendo en Vallejo por al menos tres años;
• Solicitudes incompletas o solicitudes con archivos inaccesibles (por ejemplo, protegidos con contraseña o enlaces rotos); y
• Individuos que tengan un conflicto de interés (relación familiar o financiera) con la junta, el personal o los directores del Center for Cultural Innovation, Great Leap, Inc., o Calling Up Justice.

PREGUNTAS Y APOYO

El personal de CCI está aquí para ayudar y escuchar. Para asistencia, envía un correo electrónico a grants@cciarts.org (incluye “Vallejo Arts Fund” en el asunto) o llama al 415.288.0530. Para solicitantes sordos o con pérdida auditiva, comunícate con CCI utilizando el Servicio de Retransmisión de California: nuestro personal está capacitado para hacer y recibir estas llamadas.

Si necesitas asistencia técnica (por ejemplo, problemas con contraseñas o carga de archivos), solicita apoyo en: https://www.submittable.com/help/submitter. El horario de Submittable es de 9 a.m. a 5 p.m., hora de la MT, y procuran responder dentro de 24 horas hábiles.

New updates effective November 16: Individual applicants will now be required to complete a short identity verification step through Submittable’s secure Identity Verification (IDV) process before submitting their Quick Grant application. You can learn more about IDV here.

• Please note that you will need access to a valid, unexpired government-issued ID (such as a driver’s license, state ID, or passport) and a device (smartphone, tablet, or laptop/computer) with a working camera to complete this step.

Notifications for this cycle will be shared via Submittable on January 15, 2026, by 5:00 pm PT. We encourage you to add Submittable to your Safe Senders list so that you don't miss any communications from CCI—see instructions here.

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The Quick Grant program provides up to $600 in professional development funds to staff members of nonprofit arts organizations based in San Francisco or San José, as well as to California-based artists, creatives, cultural practitioners, and cultural producers. This program supports artists and arts workers with funding to enroll in workshops, attend conferences, and work with consultants, coaches, and mentors in order to build their administrative capacity, hone business skills, and strengthen the financial resilience of an organization, artistic practice, or area of cultural production.

Effective July 16, 2025, the Quick Grant program is expanding its eligibility to include advocacy education and caregiving expenses. CCI understands that artists face growing pressure to self-advocate in the absence of traditional worker protections. We believe that this change supports the essential skill-building in policy engagement and systems change, critical to enhancing the capacity for artists to practice their work. This update reflects our commitment to strengthening the financial resilience and long-term sustainability of individual artists and arts workers. 

WHO CAN APPLY

Individual Artists, Creatives, Cultural Practitioners, & Cultural Producers

• Must currently reside full-time within the State of California

Nonprofit Arts Organization Staff Members

• Staff of a nonprofit, tax-exempt arts organization located in the City and County of San Francisco or the City of San José
• Staff of a fiscally sponsored arts organization with the majority (i.e., 75%) of the organization's public programming occurring within the City and County of San Francisco or the City of San José (see HOW TO APPLY section for additional eligibility requirements)

ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES

To be eligible for Quick Grant funding, activities must:

• Build administrative capacity, hone business skills, and/or strengthen the financial resilience of the grantee’s practice, area of cultural production, or arts organization.                                                                      
• This includes activities with a focus on advocacy education, technology skill-building, and training in areas like copyright registration or other intellectual property protections.
• Begin after the application notification date. For example, for the August 15, 2025, deadline, the proposed activity must start on or after the notification date of September 16, 2025.     

INELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES

At this time, Quick Grant funding cannot support the following:

• 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
• Funding to offset applicant’s regular salary or wages or fees for temporary/contract employees
• Funding to support overhead expenses
• Funding to purchase art supplies, materials, or advanced 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, and vice versa, activities proposed by organizational staff to support an individual art or cultural practice 
• Activities that begin less than one month after the nearest application deadline (applications are due on the 15th of each month); for example, if you apply by the August 15 deadline—between July 16 and August 15—the activity cannot begin until on or after September 16
• Funding to offset fees associated with college tuition or college credit activities

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.