The Quick Grant program supports artists and arts organizations' financial resilience through professional development support.
The Quick Grant program awards 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 January 15, 2023 deadline, the proposed activity must start on or after February 16, 2023.
- Examples include (but aren’t limited to): Conferences, convenings, festivals; Business trainings or workshops; Platform memberships; One-on-one work with consultants, coaches, and mentors including requests to bring your practice or programming online*
*Due to limited resources, requests by Los Angeles County applicants to work one-on-one with a consultant are extremely competitive. Priority will instead go to Los Angeles County applicants who propose group activities such as public workshops, conferences, and trainings.)