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California Community Foundation - Fellowship for Visual Artists

Vital Arts Board Member

San Francisco Arts Commission - Millbrae Operations Center Improvements Public Art Project

Big Sur Land Trust - Ensen Community Park Mural

LA County Department of Arts & Culture - Creative Strategist Artist Residency

The City of Duarte - Utility Box Art Program

Parks California - Tribal Community Engagement Fellow

Bay Resistance - Communications & Digital Organizing Director

Power California - Social Media Strategist

ACTA - Program Manager

NALAC Leadership Institute

Mariposa Creek Parkway Artist-in-Residency Program

The Tiny Desk Contest

Glendale Library, Arts & Culture - 2026 Performance Series

Latitude For Art - Artist Residency

San Benito County Arts Council Curator

SF LGBT Center 2026 Mural Artist

NDN Collective - Director of Narrative and Storytelling

211 LA Open Positions

The Cesar Chavez Foundation

Casa Familiar - Multiple

Latino Community Foundation

Creative Opportunites

The Perenchio Foundation - General Operating Support Grants for LA Arts Organizations

Creative West - Native Arts + Heritage Fund

Forecast Public Art - Artists as Witness

California Humanities Connecting California Quick Grants

Kenneth Rainin Foundation - New & Experimental Works (NEW) Program

Parks California Santa Cruz Community grant program

The Doan Foundation - First Gen Artists Scholarship Fund

NEA FY 27 Grants for Arts Project

Chicken Egg Film 2026 Research & Development Grant

CIELO Fund 2026 Grant Application

Field Funds

First Peoples Fund - The Yéego Action Grant

San Francisco Arts Commission Grants

LA County Arts Grants

Honor the Earth: Calling all Radical Artists

TourWest

Field Funds: Archiving & Documentation

Getty Library Research Grants 2026

Center for Cultural Innovation - Quick Grant

Walter & Elise Haas Fund - WE Initiative

Center for Cultural Innovation - California Art Leadership Investments

Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants

Funding Opportunities

#JoyActionPower Organizer’s Toolkit Webinar

ACCM 2026: Arts Advocacy Day Captain Info Session

ACCM 2026: Amplify Arts, Culture, & Creativity Month Webinar

ACCM 2026: Get Ready to Advocate Webinar

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