IMPORTANT

Before starting this application, we encourage you to review ALL of the application materials available on the LA Arts Community Relief Fund webpage, including:

1. Program Guidelines
2. Frequently Asked Questions
3. Application Preview
4. Submittable Quick Tips

All application materials will be available in Spanish starting January 22, 2025.

TIMELINE

• Monday, January 20, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. PST: Application Opens 
• Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. PST: Application Deadline 
• Monday, February 24, 2025, by 12:00 p.m. PST: Notifications Anticipated 

SUPPORT: WE'RE HERE TO HELP!

Applications will be accepted in English only. CCI has contracted with Eriksen Translations to provide Spanish interpretation and translation assistance with your application. Contact Eriksen Translations at [phone number to be provided on or by January 27] during their office hours–Monday through Friday from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. PST between January 27 and February 17, 2025. Please note translation and interpretation services take time, and they will be available until the day before the deadline. Any time after February 17 will not leave enough time to submit a completed application. Eriksen Translations is an independent contractor that CCI is using for this service, and they can assist you with submitting your application. 

Lack of Computer Equipment or Uploadable Proof of Residence

We recognized that many applicants may not have a computer to access or upload examples of proof-of-residence that were described in the Program Guidelines. Some examples of what you might be able to do:

• Proof-of-Residency/Bill or Statement: If you do not have any form of identification, log online to your bank, utility company, health care provider, or any service provider (refer to examples in the Program Guidelines) to download a bill or statement with your name and address.
• Proof of Residency/Personal Identification: If you have a photo identification with your name and address, you can take a photo of it with your smartphone camera and upload it from your camera roll or your computer desktop to your Submittable application. We accept the following file formats: .pdf, .jpg, .png, .doc, .docx.
• How to Upload: You will need some kind of smart device (smartphone, tablet, or laptop) or computer with online access. If you do not have your own or access to a friend or family member’s, we suggest accessing a computer at a public library. In all cases, you will need your login credentials to access a bill or statement with your name and address. You may upload your statement into the CCI application.  If you are using a public computer, double-check that your document is deleted and that you are logged out of your personal online account. If you are using a phone or tablet, you can upload a screenshot or email a bill or statement to yourself. 

Technical Assistance

For technical assistance (e.g., password or upload issues), request support at: https://www.submittable.com/help/submitter/. Submittable’s business hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. MT. They aim to respond within 24 business hours. 

If you have questions about the program or the application process or are having difficulty completing the application, contact CCI at relief@cciarts.org or by phone at 415.288.0530 and 213.687.8577. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our local and Bay Area staff want to be as responsive as we can. Our office hours are Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PST.  We will try to respond within 2 business days, but the actual response time will depend on the volume of calls.

Deaf applicants and those with hearing loss can contact CCI using the California Relay Service. Our staff is trained in making and receiving these calls. 

Notifications for this cycle will be shared via Submittable on March 14, 2025, by 5:30 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.

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.