Grantseekers - Eligibility

• Nonprofit organizations whose primary mission provides services other than arts programming, as demonstrated by more than 50% of the applicant organization budget devoted to non-arts related programming
• Municipal departments whose primary mission is to provide services other than arts programming
• Social and human services agencies and organizations
• Fiscal Sponsors with a Model A comprehensive fiscal sponsorship agreement may submit requests on behalf of multiple projects based in Los Angeles

• Arts-specific nonprofit organizations as demonstrated by more than 50% of the applicant organization budget devoted to arts programming. (Nonprofit arts organizations should apply for OGP grant funds at LACountyAarts.org/ApplyToOGP)
• Individual artists
• Los Angeles County departments
• Federal departments and agencies
• Local arts agencies
• Private membership organizations not open to the general public
• Municipal arts agencies
• K–12 schools—public, private, and continuation
• Organizations currently participating in or receiving funding from the Department of Arts and Culture’s Organizational Grant Program (OGP) or the Arts Education Collective
• Institutions, departments and centers of higher learning/education
  

1. 501(c)3 Tax exempt status, as defined by the IRS
2. Organizational operating budget of $25,000 or more.
3. Principal offices in Los Angeles County.
4. A functioning board of directors that meets regularly with at least 51% of members residing in California.
5. At least two full and consecutive years of providing arts-based services or activities in Los Angeles County, either in-person or online. For the two most recently completed years (2020-2022), the organization is required to have produced, created, or hosted at least four arts-based workshops, classes, performances, or presentations each fiscal year. Fundraising events and programs do not qualify.
6. A submitted Federal Form 990 for a tax year ending on or after December 31, 2020. A submitted Federal Form 990, 990-EZ or 990-N is required of all applicants. Religious organizations should submit a reviewed financial statement or annual profit/loss and balance sheet information.
7. For all organizations with operating budgets of $2,000,000 and above, a financial audit is also required for the applicant organization’s most recently completed fiscal year for a tax year ending on or after June 30, 2020.

1. One of 88 municipalities in Los Angeles County.
2. At least two full and consecutive years of providing arts-based services or activities in Los Angeles County in departments whose primary mission is to provide other than arts programming. During the two-year period the organization is required to have produced or hosted at least four arts-based workshops, classes, performances, or presentations each fiscal year. Fundraising events and programs do not qualify.
3. Municipal departments should submit a copy of their adopted annual department budget.

Fiscally sponsored organizations who possess a Model A comprehensive sponsorship agreement with a verified State of California-based Fiscal Sponsor are eligible to apply (a copy of the agreement or verification letter from the sponsor will be required with the application, along with the sponsor’s 990 listing a State of California address.)

Fiscal Sponsors may apply on behalf of multiple sponsored projects that otherwise meet eligibility requirements, including a project budget of $25,000 or more, principal offices in LA County, two consecutive years of providing arts services or activities in LA County, and less than 50% of their overall budget focused on arts-based programming. The fiscal sponsor is the applicant of record.