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City of San Jose - Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA)
12/15/21
01/26/22 5:00 PM PST
Grants of up to $5,000 to California nonprofit organizations to hold community events in eligible locations. Funding is intended to support a range of cultural opportunities that benefit residents and visitors alike, promoting the economic enhancement and cultural enrichment of the local community. Funds may be used for public festivals, parades, and celebrations in the city of San Jose.
The City of San José provides a limited number of Festival, Parade & Celebration Grant (FPC) awards each year in order to:
Historically, FPC awards have supported a wide variety of parades, arts festivals, festivals celebrating cultural heritage relevant to San Jose residents, and other events that celebrate a community, a neighborhood or a shared cultural interest. These events are often held in public spaces and are always open to the entire public. Many FPC-supported events have free attendance, although some have fee-based admission to some parts of or the entire event.
GrantWatch ID#: 167215
Grant awards are intended to serve as partial support for events. Grant requests:
- Must not exceed 50 percent of the proposed event’s expenses and, due to limited funds, grant awards will usually be significantly less.
- Must be a minimum of $2,500, which means that an event must have expenses of at least $5,000 to be eligible.
- Must be between $2,500 and $5,000 if the proposed event has not been produced in the last five years.
For One-Year Applications: Grants will support events that are planned to take place between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023. Projects that begin prior to June 30, 2022 but end shortly after June 30 are allowed.
For Two-Year Applications: Grants will support events that are planned to take place between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023 for FY 22-23. The application score will carry over to the second year for events that take place between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
Online application portal: https://grants.sanjoseca.gov/index.do
For questions, please email arts.program@sanjoseca.gov.
San Jose City Hall
Office of Cultural Affairs
200 E. Santa Clara St., 12th Floor
San Jose, Ca 95113-1905
408 535-3500 - Main
800 735-2922 - TTY
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