City of Sacramento Office of Arts and Culture City Cultural Asset Grant

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Who Should Apply:
The Cultural Asset Grant provides reimbursement for cultural organizations that manage, lease or occupy City cultural facilities.

Cultural Organizations that manage, lease or occupy City cultural properties may apply for reimbursement for emergency general operating support loss due to mandated closures caused by the Coronavirus (Covid-19) for documents loss from March 1-May 30, 2020 and can be expended by December 30, 2020.

Organizational Eligibility:
1.Organization must have and continue to manage, lease or occupy a City cultural facility before March 1, 2020.
2. Applicants must provide evidence of tax-exempt status pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
3. An applicant must have been in existence and be able to provide budget and program information for at least one full year prior to March 1, 2020.
4. Applicant must be based in the City of Sacramento.
5. The applicant must serve an inclusive, diverse audience including but not limited to American Indian/Alaskan Native, Appalachian, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, LGBTQ+, Intellectually or Developmentally Disabled and other culturally specific populations.
6. Applicant must meet City $1 million liability insurance requirement.Proof of insurance must accompany signed contract.
7. Organization must be a Vendor with the City of Sacramento.
8. Nonprofit organizations must have a Business Occupancy Tax (BOT) exemption on file with the City. The Office of Arts and Culture can help attain if awarded a grant.
9. Applicants may apply for the City of Sacramento CRF Small Business program but will only be eligible to receive from that category or the CRF Creative Economy grant.
10. Applicants who received other Federal CARES Act assistance, such as PPP or EIDL, are eligible so long are expenses are not duplicated

For questions while completing your application, please email artgrants@cityofsacramento.org. For additional Coronavirus Relief Funding opportunities for the Arts and Culture sector, please visit arts.cityofsacramento.org. Applicants may apply for multiple grant categories; however, eligible, documented expenses must not be duplicated across grant programs.

Awards allocations will be based on total number of applicants, completeness of applications, expense eligibility as outlined by the Federal CARES Act Relief Fund and organizational operating budget size.