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- Arts organizations must have had continuous arts programming for the last two years.
- Non-arts organizations must have an arts component comprising at least 50% of their budget.
Rural Community Applicants
- Must be located in counties with populations of 200,000 or fewer (eligible county list).
Organizations applying under "rural" must be based in one of the following counties:
Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Mendocino, Modoc, Mono, Napa, Nevada, Plumas, San Benito, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tuolumne, Yolo, and Yuba.
- May receive funding in both Artists In Schools and Creating Public Value Programs.
Underserved Community Applicants
- Organization's budget must be $700,000 or less.
- If an applicant is awarded Artists in Schools (AIS), Statewide Networks (SN) and Creating Public Value grants, it may only receive one grant in a given year; organizations awarded AIS Planning grants may also receive a CPV grant.
- Local arts agencies functioning as a unit of government are not eligible to apply.
application available:
December 2011
application deadline:
February 10, 2012
grant activity period:
late June 2012 - May 31, 2013.
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california cultural data project
Required! The California Arts Council requires all applicants to fill out a profile through the California Cultural Data Project and submit a Funder Report along with their application. Complete this part of your submission at the California Cultural Data Project.


