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The Arts & Culture Fund is a special pool of money that supports arts and culture in Los Angeles County through grants and partnerships. The fund seeks to expand an endowment so that some $1 million a year in grants can be given to help local arts groups and artists. The fund is part of the foundation's efforts to raise more unrestricted funds and maximize its impact in the community.
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Learn more about the Arts and Culture Fund in our latest publication showcasing our grantees at work, Arts & Culture: Advancing our Communities’ Creative Voices.
Click on a link below for more information on the Arts & Culture Fund.
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Why Arts & Culture?
As the foundation seeks to improve Los Angeles communities, the need for arts funding in the City of Los Angeles is dire considering public grant awards per capita stand at 78 cents compared with San Diego at $5.48 and San Francisco at $20.67. Arts and culture reflect and help shape our community as they create connections between diverse populations. Arts and culture also play a pivotal role in promoting civic engagement, which is central to the foundation’s mission of strengthening Los Angeles communities. Visual arts, theater, dance and music help people gain a deeper understanding of each other and find common ground.
Goals
- Increase participation of diverse, ethnic and low-income individuals and communities in the arts
- Help local emerging and mid-career artists move to the next level of their careers
- Raise the fund's assets from $17 million to $27 million by 2015, increasing the grantmaking budget for the arts from $800,000 to more than $1 million and nearly doubling the endowment for arts and culture to support more arts and cultural organizations and artists
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Long-term Strategy
- Strengthen small and midsize community-based arts and cultural organizations
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- Promote impact of arts and culture funding and facilitate giving
- Engage existing and new donors to support arts and culture
- Invest in grassroots, networking and advocacy groups that increase community awareness of and support for arts-related issues
- Help local emerging and mid-career artists improve their sustainability and success
Short-term Activities
- Develop marketing tools targeting prospects and donors to facilitate giving and highlight the impact of CCF's arts and culture funding through meetings, events, letters, publications, Web site and media
- Facilitate workshops to help strengthen small and midsize community-based arts and cultural organizations through endowment-building and planned giving efforts
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Anticipated Outcomes
- Diverse, ethnic and low-income populations will actively participate in arts and cultural events in LA County and become involved in civic life through volunteering or community activities.
- By 2015, the fund will help approximately 150 local emerging and mid-career artists rise to the next level of professional development by granting 15 – 20 fellowships per year and help 75-100 arts and cultural organizations reach new audiences by supporting 10 – 15 organizations annually
- Small and midsize community-based arts and cultural organizations will have clear goals, well-defined strategic plans and well-developed organizational skills and leadership
- Artists will take more risks, making the local arts scene more vibrant and inspired, contributing to L.A.’s reputation as a creative mecca
- Donors and prospects will be more aware of the challenges facing small to midsize arts and cultural groups, attend events and contribute to the fund
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Investing in the Arts & Culture Fund will support the arts and culture in perpetuity. Ultimately, the fund aims to advance a global culture that defines Los Angeles as the creative capital of the world.
Donate Now
Click here to make a secure contribution to this fund now. Contributions to the California Community Foundation represent irrevocable gifts subject to the legal and fiduciary control of the foundation's Board of Directors.
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