Cultural festivals with a primary focus on presenting the arts and cultural heritage traditions that serve immigrant, refugee, and new American audiences may request $3,500 in annual Cultural Festival Funding.
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Get matched →GCAC is accepting applications for annual Cultural Festival Funding from festivals with a primary focus on presenting the arts (dance, fashion, film, literary, music, theater, visual arts) that celebrate cultural heritage and reach immigrant, refugee, and new American audiences. Eligible applicants may request $3,500.
Festival programming may reflect customs and art forms passed down through generations, include traditional music, dance, food and crafts, honor symbolic and/or ritualistic ceremonies, and observe natural events with cultural significance.
GCAC staff will review funding requests via email for eligibility. If eligible, applicants will be invited to apply through the application portal and will be notified by email of the award status (approved or declined).
Every listing links to the organizer's official page. Always confirm deadlines, fees, and entry rules there before you apply.
GCAC requires that all organizations receiving Cultural Festival Funding demonstrate the public value of the arts by acknowledging the award and public funders. Grantees should credit GCAC for all events associated with the project activities using website pages, social media posts and events, print materials, curtain speeches, e-newsletters and on-site signage.