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Grant
CALI Futures
Grant opportunity. Deadline: 2026-08-28
- Type
- Grant
- Organizer
- Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI)
- Deadline
- 28 August 2026
- Where
- US-CA
- Compensation
- $5,000_per_project
- Disciplines
- visual arts, craft, poetry, music, dance, media, sculpture, filmmaking, cultural practice
About this opportunity
CALI Futures offers project-specific grants of $5,000 to individual artists and cultural workers in California. The program supports those contributing to alternative systems for sustainability, belonging, and self-determination in the arts, distinct from conventional models. Applications are open from June 9 to August 28, 2026.
Who can apply
- Applicants must be individual artists or cultural workers (e.g., cultural producers, culture bearers, creatives, cultural practitioners) residing full-time in California and contributing to an alternative effort that improves financial sustainability, creative ownership, or mutual support within the arts and culture sector.
- Involvement must have occurred or begun on or after January 1, 2020.
- Individuals with an active, current creative practice are eligible, while organizations, arts administrators, and those living outside California are ineligible.