The Stockton City Council established the $1.3 million City Endowment for the Arts in January 2001 to create an arts grants program, administered by the Stockton Arts Commission.

This program makes annual grants to Stockton arts organizations, artists and arts educators to fund arts projects involving public events and activities. Grants are funded from interest earned on the Arts Endowment, so that it will remain a permanent resource for the community.

The purpose of granting funds through the City Endowment for the Arts is to:

•  Increase public awareness of Stockton's arts resources
•  Strengthen Stockton's arts resources
•  Support collaborative programs
•  Educate people about the arts
•  Serve a diverse audience
•  Provide more arts events to the public (performances, exhibits, classes, etc.)
•  Provide arts events in the downtown central core, reinforcing economic    development goals in that area

Applications for 2008-09 grants will be available here

2007-2008 recipients of City Endowment for the Arts funding are:

• Erahm Christopher
• Sophoan Sorn
• John Vaughn
• Dance for Power
• Hivu Nui Polynesian Dance Group
• KUDOS Children's Theatre
• New Dance Company
• St. John's Chamber Orchestra
• Stockton Symphony
• Tidewater Art Gallery
• Valley Concert Band
• Downtown Stockton Alliance
• The Record's Family Day in the Park
• California Transplant Donor Network
  

Grant Amounts

Grant award amounts are typically between $1,000 and $10,000 from a total of approximately $50,000.

How We Make Funding Decisions

The Arts Commission reviews applications and makes funding decisions based on the review criteria. Commissioners assess applications individually and collectively, and then award funds to those with the highest scores. The lowest and highest score of each application are removed from the scoring. The Arts Commission's Arts Endowment Committee pre-screens applications for eligibility for consideration by the full Arts Commission at a public meeting (date and time to be announced).   Arts Commissioners with a conflict of interest with an applicant are excluded from consideration of that application. Awards are normally paid at the start of the project, when the grant agreement is signed, not on a reimbursement basis.

For more information, please contact

Stockton Arts Commission Director Deena Heath
at (209) 937-7488
or stknarts@ci.stockton.ca.us