The Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County has been awarding grants to artists and arts organizations 1976. Over $150,000 are allocated each year through a competitive peer panel scoring process. The process involved in making the critical decisions regarding the awarding of grants includes convening panels representing geographic, stylistic, cultural, and gender diversity. Panelists review all grant applications and a scoring system is applied, resulting in awarding available grants to artists, arts organizations, and specific arts projects that will benefit the community.

For 80% of small arts organizations in Santa Cruz County,
the Cultural Council is the only available source of grant funding!

Please scroll down for Grants Guidelines.

If you are interested in applying for a grant, please review our FAQs first, where you will discover a wealth of information! Click here.

To view links for Technical Assistance for Artists, click here: Technical Assistance

Become a Grants Panelist

You can play an instrumental role in the process of awarding grants to artists, arts organizations, and specific arts projects benefitting our community. Find out how! Click here.

To learn more about the Cultural Council's Grants Program, contact:

Nabil Ghachem, Grants Program Coordinator

Grants

(831) 475-9600 x16

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