Berkeley Repertory Theatre
$40,000
Purpose: To support the creation, development, and production of new work in the Ground Floor program.
City of Berkeley, California
$40,000
Purpose: To support a competitive grant program for nonprofit organizations.
Mahea Uchiyama Center for International Dance
$25,000
Purpose: To support the development and presentation of Popoloheno – Songs of Resilience and Joy.
National Film Preserve, Ltd. (Telluride Film Festival)
$20,000
Purpose: To support community and education initiatives at the Telluride Film Festival.
Oaktown Jazz Workshops
$10,000
Purpose: To support a series of jazz concerts in Oakland public libraries.
Regents of the University of California, Berkeley (on behalf of Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive)
$40,000
Purpose: To support an exhibition exploring African American quiltmaking traditions in California and related programming.
Transit Books
$40,000
Purpose: To support the publication and promotion of books of fiction, nonfiction, and children’s literature, including work in translation.
Burlingame
Kids & Art Foundation
$10,000
Purpose: To support healing arts workshops for pediatric cancer patients and their families.
Campbell
Local Color
$20,000
Purpose: To support the Mural Museum, a collaborative community-based public art initiative.
Claremont
Prageeta Sharma
$25,000
Purpose: To support a creative writing fellowship.
Monterey Park
Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation
$40,000
Purpose: To support a retrospective exhibition on Mexican American altar maker, or Chicana altarista, Ofelia Esparza (b. 1932), and an accompanying catalogue.
Oakland
Artist Magnet Justice Alliance
$10,000
Purpose: To support the development and workshop production of an immersive opera.
Madeleine Cravens
$25,000
Purpose: To support a creative writing fellowship.
Designing Justice + Designing Spaces
$85,000
Purpose: To support a participatory research and trauma-informed study exploring how the design of the built environment can support individual and collective healing for at-risk populations.
Diamano Coura West African Dance Co.
$30,000
Purpose: To support the Collage des Cultures Africaines festival.
Maurya Kerr
$25,000
Purpose: To support a creative writing fellowship.
Omnira Institute
$10,000
Purpose: To support the Black-Eyed Pea Festival, a celebration of Black music and art.
Open Architecture Collaborative, Inc.
$25,000
Purpose: To support Pathways to Equity, a leadership development program for community design practitioners.
Opera Cultura
$15,000
Purpose: To support performances of Cuentos, an opera by composer and librettist Hector Armienta.
Piedmont Choirs (Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choirs)
$20,000
Purpose: To support a choral opera project.
Project Bandaloop (aka BANDALOOP)
$20,000
Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of FLOCK, a vertical dance theater work with a multilingual score, with accompanying engagement activities.
Redwood City
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
$10,000
Purpose: To support the Bay Area Core Writers Group
San Anselmo
Enriching Lives through Music
$30,000
Purpose: To support personnel costs for a free music composition program for students.
Whippoorwill Arts Inc
$25,000
Purpose: To support the Music aLIVE program, which will provide paid performance opportunities at non-traditional venues for professional roots musicians.
San Francisco
San Francisco Symphony
$30,000
Purpose: To support an orchestral performance project.
3rd i South Asian Independent Film
$15,000
Purpose: To support 3rd i Films’ San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival and associated public programming.
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
$20,000
Purpose: To support staff salaries and artist fees for the creation and presentation of a new work with choreography by Artistic Director Alonzo King.
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation
$40,000
Purpose: To support actors’ salaries for the production of Co-Founders, a new play with music by Adesha Adefela, Ryan Nicole Austin, and Beau Lewis.
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco
$30,000
Purpose: To support an exhibition and associated programming that focuses on contemporary West Asian perspectives.
Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC)
$50,000
Purpose: To support the United States of Asian America Festival.
Aunt Lute Foundation
$75,000
Purpose: To support the production and promotion of audiobooks, as well as updates to Aunt Lute Books’ database platform.
Bay Area Video Coalition, Inc. (BAVC)
$100,000
Purpose: To support the MediaMaker Fellowship and Preservation Access programs.
Bridge Live Arts
$12,000
Purpose: To support Bridge Live Arts’ dance and leadership festival.
California Lawyers for the Arts, Inc.
$45,000
Purpose: To support the statewide expansion of a creative workforce development program for formerly incarcerated individuals.
Canyon Cinema Foundation
$20,000
Purpose: To support a curatorial fellowship, screening series, and national touring program of experimental film and video works.
Catapult Film Fund
$50,000
Purpose: To support year-round artist development programs for independent documentary
filmmakers.
Center for Asian American Media (CAAM)
$30,000
Purpose: To support CAAMFest, a media arts festival dedicated to Asian and Asian American cinematic works, and related public programming celebrating Asian American culture.
Center for the Art of Translation
$45,000
Purpose: To support the publication and promotion of international literature.
Circus Bella
$30,000
Purpose: To support Circus in the Parks.
CounterPulse
$15,000
Purpose: To support the Artist Residency and Commissioning program, which provides space and support for emerging and mid-career choreographers.
CubaCaribe
$10,000
Purpose: To support the CubaCaribe Festival of Dance & Music.
Cultural Conservancy Sacred Land Foundation
$50,000
Purpose: To support the reconstruction and restoration of Native California traditional dance regalia.
Eldergivers
$20,000
Purpose: To support art classes and exhibition opportunities, with a focus for older adults.
Eyes and Ears Foundation (San Francisco International Arts Festival)
$20,000
Purpose: To support the San Francisco International Arts Festival.
Flyaway Productions
$25,000
Purpose: To support the creation of a new work by choreographer Jo Kreiter.
Foglifter Press
$15,000
Purpose: To support the publication of the literary journal Foglifter.
Frameline
$20,000
Purpose: To support Frameline Voices, an online showcase of curated short films.
Friends of SCRAP, Inc (SCRAP)
$25,000
Purpose: To support SCRAP’s Sustainable Fashion Design program for underserved youth.
Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
$50,000
Purpose: To support the Gray Area Festival and associated programming focused on the intersection of arts and technology.
Gray Area Foundation for the Arts
$50,000 San Francisco, CA
Purpose: To support a mixed-methods study examining how new media artist training programs in the San Francisco Bay Area are using generative artificial intelligence (AI).
Patrick Holian
$25,000
Purpose: To support a creative writing fellowship.
Jewish Film Institute
$25,000
Purpose: To support the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival and related public programming.
Kitchen Sisters Productions
$25,000
Purpose: To support production of The Keepers, a podcast and multimedia series exploring the work of archivists, librarians, historians, curators, and collectors from around the world.
Kronos Performing Arts Association (Kronos Quartet)
$40,000
Purpose: To support the Kronos Festival.
Kulintang Arts (Kularts)
$15,000
Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of Burden of Proof, a new dance theater project exploring the colonial legacy of Pilipinx nurses in the United States.
Kultivate Labs
$15,000
Purpose: To support the Balay Kreative Growth Masterclass Series.
McSweeney’s Literary Arts Fund
$25,000
Purpose: To support staff salaries for the publication of the literary journal McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern.
New Conservatory (New Conservatory Theatre Center)
$20,000
Purpose: To support the development and world premiere production of Simple Mexican Pleasures by Eric Reyes Loo at New Conservatory Theatre Center.
ODC
$15,000
Purpose: To support the creation and presentation of new works by Artistic Director Brenda Way, Associate Choreographer Kimi Okada, and a guest artist.
ODC Theater
$15,000
Purpose: To support the fourth annual State of Play Festival, and additional performances at ODC Theater.
Opera Parallele
$25,000
Purpose: To support the West Coast premiere of the reorchestrated version of Harvey Milk by composer Stewart Wallace and librettist Michael Korie.
Pocket Opera
$15,000
Purpose: To support the creation and development of Hansel y Gretel: Una Aventura Operistica Animada! an animated/live-action hybrid film of the opera Hansel and Gretel by composer Engelbert Humperdinck.
Jacques J. Rancourt
$25,000
Purpose: To support a creative writing fellowship
Roxie Theater
$20,000
Purpose: To support a curated series of Spanish-language films and associated public programming.
San Francisco Cinematheque
$25,000
Purpose: To support Crossroads, a festival dedicated to experimental film, video, and performance-based cinema.
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (SFCMP)
$20,000
Purpose: To support a contemporary music performance project featuring composer Tania León’s Indígena.
San Francisco Jazz Organization (SFJAZZ)
$30,000
Purpose: To support the SFJAZZ Collective’s tour of new works inspired by the visual arts.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
$20,000
Purpose: To support a posthumous retrospective and an accompanying catalogue on artist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013).
Stanford Jazz Workshop (SJW)
$20,000
Purpose: To support the Stanford Jazz Festival.
Women’s Audio Mission (WAM)
$45,000
Purpose: To support Girls on the Mic, a free music and media arts training and mentorship program primarily with a focus on girls and gender-diverse youth.
World Arts West
$60,000
Purpose: To support the World Arts West Dance Festival.
Yerba Buena Arts & Events
$50,000
Purpose: To support a series of multidisciplinary arts programs at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival.
Youth Speaks, Inc.
$45,000
Purpose: To support the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Festival.
ZYZZYVA, Inc.
$12,500
Purpose: To support the publication and promotion of the journal ZYZZYVA.
San Jose
City of San Jose, California
$20,000
Purpose: To support an artist-led community engagement program.
Opera San Jose, Inc.
$25,000
Purpose: To support a new production of Zorro by composer and librettist Hector Armienta.
San Jose Jazz Society
$20,000
Purpose: To support the Latin Tropical stage of the San Jose Jazz Society’s Summer Fest.
San Jose Multicultural Artists Guild Inc. (aka SJMAG)
$10,000
Purpose: To support the production of the musical Crowns by Regina Taylor.
San Jose Museum of Art Association
$50,000
Purpose: To support the presentation of The Imaginative Landscape: Pao Houa Her, an exhibition and catalogue.
San Jose Taiko Group, Inc.
$35,000
Purpose: To support the production of Taiko Town, a series of online educational videos designed to share Asian American stories.
San Mateo
Zawaya
$10,000
Purpose: To support concert performances.
San Rafael
Marin Shakespeare Company
$20,000
Purpose: To support the development and a chamber reading of a musical theater work based on Rebecca Solnit‘s children’s book Cinderella Liberator, in partnership with Lauren Gunderson.
Saratoga
Montalvo Association (Montalvo Arts Center)
$10,000
Purpose: To support a hybrid remote and on-site artist residency program at the Montalvo Arts Center.
Sebastopol
Sebastopol Center for the Arts
$30,000
Purpose: To support an artist residency program.
Voice of Roma (VOR)
$35,000
Purpose: To support the presentation of the Herdeljezi Roma Festival in multiple Romani communities across the United States.
Stanford
Stanford University, Leland Stanford Junior University (on behalf of Stanford Live)
$45,000
Purpose: To support a series of performances at Stanford Live, with associated public engagement programs.
Walnut Creek
