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Administering Organization – Folk and Traditional Arts

California Arts Council

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Deadline
deadline unknown
Entry fee
Not listed — check the source
Award
$7,500
Location
California

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About

Organizations and individual artists applying for grants to support folk and traditional arts practice, teaching, and intergenerational knowledge transmission across California.

Overview

The Folk and Traditional Arts (FTA) grant program, administered for 2026 by the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA), supports culture bearers and artists practicing folk and traditional arts across California. The program emphasizes sustaining traditions through hands-on learning, intergenerational exchange, mentorship, apprenticeships, community workshops, and cultural gatherings.

Funding Amounts

  • $7,500 grants for individual artists and culture bearers
  • $10,000 grants for eligible organizations

Eligible Applicants

  • Individual artists and culture bearers
  • Community organizations working with a California-based nonprofit 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor
  • Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations
  • Cultural programs of federally recognized Tribal Nations based in California
  • Cultural programs of Tribal Nations without federal recognition (with a nonprofit 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor)
Award
$7,500 for individual artists and culture bearers; $10,000 for eligible organizations
Theme
Grant program
Eligibility
Individual artists and culture bearers; community organizations with California-based nonprofit 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor; nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations; cultural programs of federally recognized or non-federally recognized Tribal Nations based in California (with nonprofit fiscal sponsor if needed).
Audience
Individual artists, culture bearers, community organizations, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, Tribal Nations cultural programs

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