Department:
Department of Arts and Culture

Program Description:
An arts recovery grant program for nonprofit arts organizations, as well as social services, health, and social justice organizations that have demonstrated history of dedicated arts programs, to support recovery of the arts and creative sector from negative impacts due to COVID-19 related closures, interruptions, losses, and new health protocols. Grantees will use funds for general operating support, fiscal sustainability, program activities, and pandemic recovery.

This is one of five Board-approved ARPA projects combined as “Creative Recovery LA.” Applicants may indicate eligibility for up to five funding categories through one streamlined application. The purpose of these grant programs is to ensure that nonprofit and fiscally sponsored organizations providing arts and cultural services to communities hardest hit by COVID-19 receive funding to support their local communities in recovery.

Grant Amount:
$14,200,000

The application period for this grant has ended.

Grant Eligibility Requirements:
Eligible applicants will be 501(c)3 nonprofits and Model A fiscally sponsored organizations that are arts-focused or have demonstrated history of dedicated arts programs. Award amounts will range based on the number of applications received, the applicant’s organizational or programming budget size as relevant, eligibility, geographic location, and available funding.

Funding will be prioritized for organizations that are located in or have a primary program location in or within one mile of Highest Need and High Need census tracts (Priority Zone 1 Organizations). All other applicants that otherwise meet the eligibility criteria will receive secondary priority (Priority Zone 2 Organizations).

Department:
Department of Arts and Culture

Program Description:
A grant program for nonprofit arts organizations, as well as social services, health, and social justice organizations that have demonstrated history of dedicated arts programs, to support recovery of the arts and creative sector from negative impacts due to COVID-19 related closures, interruptions, losses, and new health protocols. This program will provide funding to support employment for artists and creative workers for creative works, artist-led projects, and public programs. Grantees will use funds for commissions, jobs, residencies, and other similar programs that engage artists and creative projects.

This is one of five Board-approved ARPA projects combined as “Creative Recovery LA.” Applicants may indicate eligibility for up to five funding categories through one streamlined application. The purpose of these grant programs is to ensure that nonprofit and fiscally sponsored organizations providing arts and cultural services to communities hardest hit by COVID-19 receive funding to support their local communities in recovery.

Grant Amount:
$4,700,000

The application period for this grant has ended.

Grant Eligibility Requirements
Eligible applicants will be 501(c)3 nonprofits and Model A fiscally sponsored organizations that are arts-focused or have demonstrated history of dedicated arts programs. Award amounts will range based on the number of applications received, the applicant’s organizational or programming budget size as relevant, eligibility, geographic location, and available funding.

Funding will be prioritized for organizations that are located in or have a primary program location in or within one mile of Highest Need and High Need census tracts (Priority Zone 1 Organizations). All other applicants that otherwise meet the eligibility criteria will receive secondary priority (Priority Zone 2 Organizations).

Department:
Department of Arts and Culture

Program Description:
A grant program for nonprofit arts organizations, as well as social services, health, and social justice organizations that have demonstrated history of dedicated arts programs, to support recovery of the arts and creative sector from negative impacts due to COVID-19 related closures, interruptions, losses, and new health protocols. This program will support marketing initiatives that amplify re-opening in the cultural sector and encourage tourism. Grantees will use funds to promote and market their arts programming to encourage audiences and program participants to return to virtual or in-person programs.

This is one of five Board-approved ARPA projects combined as “Creative Recovery LA.” Applicants may indicate eligibility for up to five funding categories through one streamlined application. The purpose of these grant programs is to ensure that nonprofit and fiscally sponsored organizations providing arts and cultural services to communities that have been hardest hit by COVID-19 receive funding to support their local communities in recovery.

Grant Amount:
$1,700,000

The application period for this grant has ended.

Grant Eligibility Requirements:
Eligible applicants will be 501(c)3 nonprofits and Model A fiscally sponsored organizations that are arts-focused or have demonstrated history of dedicated arts programs. Award amounts will range based on the number of applications received, the applicant’s organizational or programming budget size as relevant, eligibility, geographic location, and available funding.

Funding will be prioritized for organizations that are located in or have a primary program location in or within one mile of Highest Need and High Need census tracts (Priority Zone 1 Organizations). All other applicants that otherwise meet the eligibility criteria will receive secondary priority (Priority Zone 2 Organizations).

Department:
Department of Arts and Culture

Program Description:
A grant program for nonprofit arts organizations, as well as social services, health, and social justice organizations that have demonstrated history of dedicated arts programs, to support recovery of the arts and creative sector from negative impacts due to COVID-19 related closures, interruptions, losses, and new health protocols. This program will support existing programs that provide career exposure, training, mentorship, and/or work-based learning opportunities, to youth and early career emerging professionals that are underrepresented in the arts and creative sector, so that those who have historically experienced barriers to accessing these careers are job-ready as the economy recovers and stabilizes. Grantees will use funds for training and career pathway programs as well as capacity building and fiscal sustainability.

This is one of five Board-approved ARPA projects combined as “Creative Recovery LA.” Applicants may indicate eligibility for up to five funding categories through one streamlined application. The purpose of these grant programs is to ensure that nonprofit and fiscally sponsored organizations providing arts and cultural services to communities hardest hit by COVID-19 receive funding to support their local communities in recovery.

Grant Amount:
$3,000,000

The application period for this grant has ended.

Grant Eligibility Requirements:
Eligible applicants will be 501(c)3 nonprofits and Model A fiscally sponsored organizations that are arts-focused or have demonstrated history of dedicated arts programs. Eligible applicants must also have a demonstrated history of programming that provides creative career exposure, training, mentorship, and/or work-based learning opportunities, to youth and early career emerging professionals that are underrepresented in the arts and creative sector.

Award amounts will range based on the number of applications received, the applicant’s organizational or programming budget size as relevant, eligibility, geographic location, and available funding.

Funding will be prioritized for organizations that are located in or have a primary program location in or within one mile of Highest Need and High Need census tracts (Priority Zone 1 Organizations). All other applicants that otherwise meet the eligibility criteria will receive secondary priority (Priority Zone 2 Organizations).

Department:
Department of Arts and Culture

Program Description:
A grant program for nonprofit arts organizations, as well as social services, health, and social justice organizations that have demonstrated history of dedicated arts programs, to support recovery of the arts and creative sector from negative impacts due to COVID-19 related closures, interruptions, losses, and new health protocols. This program will support organizations that use the arts to support justice-involved and justice-impacted communities and youth at-risk of justice involvement. Grantees will use funds for programs as well as building capacity and fiscal sustainability.

This is one of five Board-approved ARPA projects combined as “Creative Recovery LA.” Applicants may indicate eligibility for up to five funding categories through one streamlined application. The purpose of these grant programs is to ensure that nonprofit and fiscally sponsored organizations providing arts and cultural services to communities hardest hit by COVID-19 receive funding to support their local communities in recovery.

Grant Amount:
$2,800,000

The application period for this grant has ended.

Grant Eligibility Requirements:
Eligible applicants will be 501(c)3 nonprofits and Model A fiscally sponsored organizations that are arts-focused or have demonstrated history of dedicated arts programs that support justice-involved and justice-impacted communities and youth at-risk of justice involvement. Award amounts will range based on the number of applications received, the applicant’s organizational or programming budget size as relevant, eligibility, geographic location, and available funding.

Funding will be prioritized for organizations that are located in or have a primary program location in or within one mile of Highest Need and High Need census tracts (Priority Zone 1 Organizations). All other applicants that otherwise meet the eligibility criteria will receive secondary priority (Priority Zone 2 Organizations).

Department:
Los Angeles County Development Authority

Program Description:
Grants starting at $15,000 for Licensed Child Care Centers or Family Child Care Home operators located in Los Angeles County (excluding the City of LA) with an active license.

• Applications will be sorted by need tier; eligible applicants located within the Highest Need tier will be funded on a rolling basis during the application period. Should grant funding remain at the end of the application period, eligible applicants will be funded by descending tier (high, moderate, low, lowest); a lottery will be held if there is insufficient funding to provide grants to all eligible applicants within the next tier.

The application period for this grant closed on February 28th.

Website:
https://lacountycprgrant.submittable.com/submit

Department:
Department of Economic Opportunity

Program Description:

The COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for small businesses, particularly small, black, indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) owned businesses and non-profits that serve our most vulnerable populations. Los Angeles County is also home to the largest concentration of minority‐owned businesses in the United States. Of the 244,000 small businesses in the County, more than 55% are BIPOC-owned. Over 93% of all businesses in the County have 20 or fewer employees and COVID‐19 has affected these small businesses disproportionately. In addition, businesses, community-based organizations (CBOs), and nonprofits impacted during the pandemic, in the highest, high, and moderate vulnerability index areas, faced additional barriers in the recovery process.  The Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) has created the Economic Opportunity Grant (EOG) program, which integrates the following grant programs through a single streamlined online application process: (i) Keep LA Dining, (ii) LA Regional COVID Fund: Small and Microentrepreneur Grants, (iii) LA Regional COVID Fund: Nonprofit Grants (iv) Youth Workforce Development Partnerships, and (v) State of California Microbusiness Covid-19 Grant of $12.6 million targeting microbusinesses.

The priority of the EOG will be to address the barriers faced by small and microbusinesses, particularly those in the highest and high tiers of need. However, businesses located in moderate COVID-19 impact areas are also serving under-resourced communities and may have barriers that more closely relate to businesses located in the highest and high tier areas. As a result, the EOG will also serve those businesses on a third priority tier.  In summary, the online EOG application process will provide ease of access to much needed capital to support small businesses during the post-pandemic recovery process. And to ensure the program is reaching those in most need, grants will be distributed in rounds to allow for directed and focused outreach strategies and ongoing refinement of those strategies.

Grant Amount:
$60,000,000+

Grants Available:
January 2023

Grant Eligibility Requirements:

LA Regional COVID Fund: Small and Microentrepreneur Grants

• Microentrepreneur < $100,000
  • Street vendors, sole proprietors, Corps, LLPs, LLCs and/or single-member LLCs with less than $100,000 in annual gross revenue, located in LA County and outside of LA City. Must have brick and mortar location, except for street vendors.
• Small Businesses $100,000 – $2,000,000
  • Sole proprietorships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, and other for-profit business structures or-profit business structures with more than $100,000 and less than $2 million in annual gross revenue, located in LA County and outside of LA City. Must have brick and mortar location.

LA Regional COVID Fund: Nonprofit Grants

• Very Small Nonprofits* < $1,000,000
  • Nonprofit social service providers with a 501(c)(3) designation that serve low-to-moderate income communities that are responding to COVID-19. * These non-profits have annual gross revenue less than $1 million. This includes chambers of commerce with a 501 (c)(6) or entities with a 501(c)(19) designation.
• Small Nonprofits* $1,000,000 – $5,000,000
  • Non-profit social service providers with a 501(c)(3) designation that serve low-to-moderate income communities that are responding to COVID-19. * These non-profits have annual gross revenue greater than $1 million and less than $5 million. This includes chambers of commerce with a 501 (c)(6) or entities with a 501(c)(19) designation
  • *Specifically, providing services related to housing, food insecurity, transportation, youth workforce, health, environmental, social services, etc.

Keep LA Dining

• Microentrepreneurs < $100,000
  • Food Industry businesses with less than $100,000 in annual gross revenue, located in LA County and outside of LA City. Must have brick and mortar location, except for street vendors.
• Small Businesses $100,000 – $2,000,000
  • Food Industry businesses with less than $100,000 in annual gross revenue, located in LA County and outside of LA City. Must have brick and mortar location, except for street vendors.

Youth Workforce Development Partnerships

• Very Small Nonprofits* < $1,000,000
  • Nonprofit organizations that are working with youth and young adult populations (between 16-25) on workforce training, job placement and career development. These nonprofit organizations must have a 501(c)(3) designation that serve low-to-moderate income communities and have annual gross revenue less than $1 million. This also includes Chambers of Commerce with a 501 (c)(6) or entities with a 501(c)(19) designation.
• Small Nonprofits $1,000,000 – $5,000,000
  • Nonprofit organizations that are working with youth and young adult populations (between 16-25) on workforce training, job placement and career development. These nonprofit organizations must have a 501(c)(3) designation that serve low-to-moderate income communities and have annual gross revenue less than $1 million. This also includes Chambers of Commerce with a 501 (c)(6) or entities with a 501(c)(19) designation.

State of California Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grants

• Microbusinesses < $50,000
  • Street vendors, sole proprietors, $50,000 in annual gross revenue, located in LA County including the City of Los Angeles.

Interest Form:
https://go.smallbizla.org/recovery

Department:
Department of Consumer and Business Affairs

Program Description:
Program provides grants and technical assistance to entrepreneurs seeking to establish healthy food outlets in low-income communities and communities of color to support the long- term resiliency of the healthy food supply chain in those communities.

Total Grant Award:
$20,000 or $200,000 each

Grant Eligibility Requirements:
Eligible grant applicants shall include locally owned businesses, community-based organizations, nonprofits, and social enterprises interested in launching programs that will expand access to healthy food in Target Communities.

Information sessions will be hosted throughout April 2023. See website for more details.

Application Launch Date:
April 2023

Contact:
https://csuinc.org/kickstarter/

Department:
Chief Executive Office – Alternatives to Incarceration

Program Description:
Develop a resource map of service networks for justice- involved individuals to identify assets and deficits that will inform the development of programs and services and raise awareness of the existence of these programs and services for this population.

Grant Amount:
$1,500,000

Anticipated Launch Date:
TBD

Department:
Chief Executive Office – Alternatives to Incarceration

Program Description:
Grants to justice-focused CBOs to support strategic planning and assessment of post-pandemic programmatic operations, as well as strengthening fiscal, development, and fundraising capacity.

Grant Amount:
$7,500,000

Anticipated Launch Date:
TBD