Administering Organization – Folk and Traditional Arts

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California Arts Council

Deadline: deadline unknown
Entry fee: Not listed — check the source
Location: California

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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