FY22-23 Cultural Funding Program Grantees

Posted: June 13th, 2023 11:22 AM

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

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