FY22-23 Cultural Funding Program Grantees

The Cultural Funding Program (CFP) was established by the City Council in 1985 as the City’s mechanism to support Oakland-based nonprofit arts and cultural organizations through an annual competitive application process. These grants infuse Oakland’s neighborhoods with arts and cultural activities that increase exposure to, understanding of, and respect for diverse cultural heritages, support arts activities that engage the community, and support hands-on arts instruction. For FY 2022-23, CFP awarded two rounds of funding and a special National Endowment for the Arts Sub-Granting Opportunity, as provided below:

Round One approved at the November 7, 2023 City Council Meeting:

Organizational Assistance
Neighborhood Voices for Festivals

Round Two approved at the May 2, 2023 City Council Meeting:

Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects
Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs

Creative Economies of Belonging Grant Program approved at the February 7, 2023 City Council Meeting

Funds for this grant opportunity are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds awarded to the City of Oakland’s Cultural Affairs Division due to its status as a Local Arts Agency and its ability to sub-grant these funds to organizations in Oakland’s cultural sector. The $500,000 in ARPA funds awarded from the NEA to the City through the Cultural Affairs Division were used to create a new grant opportunity “The Cultural Economies of Belonging: Jobs, Network and Catalysts,” aimed to provide limited resources to re-hire and rebuild jobs for teaching artists that foster social cohesion and civic belonging.

Program	Grantee Name	Amount
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	Sozo Impact, Inc for Alphabet Rockers	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	The Bay Area Girls Rock Camp	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	Beats Rhymes and Life, Inc.	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	Cantare Con Vivo	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	Filmmakers Collaborative, Inc. for Counting Salmon LLC DBA Re-Present Media	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	Possibility Labs for Cut Fruit Collective	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	East Oakland Youth Development Center	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	Higher Gliffs for Endangered Ideas	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	Intersection for Gold Beams	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	Dancers' Group for Grown Women Dance Collective	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	Joyce Gordon Foundation of the Arts for Lamumba, Inc. DBA Geoffrey's Inner Circle	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	Museum of Children's Art	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	Mycelium Youth Network	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	Native American Health Center, Inc.	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	Oaklash	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	St. Mary's Center	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	Peoples Conservatory	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	The Oakland Public Education Fund for Youth Beat	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Organization Programs	Youth UpRising	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Acacia WoodsChan	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Adrienne Oliver	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Christian Martinez	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Damon Taylor	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Edward Gunawan	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Elaine Chu	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Frederick Alexander Alvarado	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Jacqueline Keliiaa	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Jasmine Stallworth	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Jose Alfredo Navarrete Perez	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Joseph Warner	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Kyung Lee	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Latanya D. Tigner	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Maria De La Rosa	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Rachel-Anne Palacios	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Samantha McGinnis	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Sheilby Macena	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Individual Artist Projects	Stephanie Hewett	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation for Afrocentric Oakland	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Brava! For Women in the Arts for Afro-Peruvian Fest	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Alkebulan Fiscal Sponsors	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	American Indian Child Resource Center	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	API Cultural Center, Inc.	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Art & Soul Oakland	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	ARTogether	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Asian Pacific Environmental Network for AYPAL: Building API Community Power	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Black Arts Movement and Business District Community Development Corporation of Oakland	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Black Joy Parade	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Intersection for BoomShake Music	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	The Center for Independent Living, Inc.	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Chapter 510 INK	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Philanthropic Ventures Foundation for Civic Design Studio	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Creative Growth Art Center, Inc.	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Independent Arts & Media for East Bay Queer Healing Arts Center	$10,350.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	First Presbyterian Church of Oakland	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Laurel District Association	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Oakland Communities United for Equity and Justice	$5,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Oakland Technology & Education Center	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Peacemakers, Inc. for OaklandVR	$10,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Intersection for School of the Getdown	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Neighborhood Voices for Festivals	Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County, Inc.	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	API Cultural Center, Inc.	$30,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc.	$40,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Chapter 510 INK	$40,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	DANCE ELIXIR	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Destiny Arts Center	$40,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Diamano Coura West African Dance Company	$25,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Dimensions Dance Theater	$35,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	East Bay Performing Arts	$40,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	EastSide Arts Alliance	$40,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park	$40,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	HipHopforChange, Inc.	$35,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Independent Arts & Media for The Crucible	$40,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Kitka, Inc.	$30,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Living Jazz	$35,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Music is Extraordinary, Inc.	$30,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Oakland Ballet Company	$35,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Inc.	$35,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Oaktown Jazz Workshops	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Prescott Circus Theatre	$30,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Project Bandaloop	$40,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Purple Silk Music Education Foundation, Inc.	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Sarah Webster Fabio Center for Social Justice	$20,000.00
FY22-23 Organizational Assistance (Gen Op)	Ubuntu Theater Project, Inc.	$30,000.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	51Oakland DBA Elevate Oakland	$26,500.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	ARTogether	$26,500.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	Cantare Con Vivo	$26,500.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	Chapter 510 Ink	$26,500.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	Destiny Arts Center	$26,500.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	Diamano Coura West African Dance Company	$26,500.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	Hiphopforchange, Inc.	$26,500.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	Living Jazz	$26,500.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	Museum of Children's Art	$26,500.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir	$26,500.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	Oaktown Jazz Workshops	$26,500.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	Prescott Circus Theatre	$26,500.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	Project Bandaloop	$26,500.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	Stagebridge	$26,500.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	The Junior Center of Art and Science	$26,500.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	The People's Conservatory	$26,500.00
Creative Economies of Belonging (NEA Re-Granting Program)	Thingamajigs	$26,500.00

Posted: June 13th, 2023 11:22 AM

Last Updated: June 13th, 2023 11:38 AM

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