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2025 Cultural Art and Arts Programming Grant Awards - Alameda, CA
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2025 Cultural Art and Arts Programming Grant Awards

Arts and Entertainment

June 12, 2025

From: City Of Alameda

On January 30, 2025, the City released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Cultural Arts and Arts Programing grants. The Public Art Commission (PAC) approved an RFP to provide eight grants totaling $60,000 of Public Art Fund monies for cultural arts and arts programming in Alameda. The RFP was released on January 30, 2025, with all proposals due on March 20, 2025. A total of seventeen (17) proposals were submitted covering an array of artistic disciplines such as dance, theater, and mixed media.

The PAC made a final determination on grant awardees at a special meeting held on April 28, 2025. The PAC decided to award two (2) additional grants and $10,000 of additional Public Art Fund monies for a total of ten (10) grants and $70,000. The following proposals were approved for funding:

  Proposal Name Organization Grant Amount
1 Rhythmix in the Parks: Unity Fest Rhythmix Cultural Works $10,000
2 Circus Bella at Radium Runway Radium Presents Inc. $10,000
3 DeepDIVE: Under the Waves West End Arts and Entertainment District $10,000
4 Alameda Haunts Contest & Fete de Rattlin' Bones 20th Anniversary Celebration FunAmeda Productions LLC $10,000
5 Radio Day by the Bay California Historical Radio Society $5,000
6 Whispers of the Sanctuary Alameda Civic Ballet $5,000
7 Hana Hou - Halau Makana's Biennial Ho'ike Halau Makana Polynesian Cultural Arts Center, Inc. $5,000
8 Plein Air Paintout| 2025 Frank Bette Center for the Arts Inc $5,000
9 The Foodbank Players The Foodbank Players $5,000
10 Alameda Native History Project's ACORNS! Alameda Native History Project $5,000


Other Art Funding Opportunities

Zellerbach Family Foundation - Together in Community
Grants support fairs, festivals and other public gatherings and events that celebrate and uplift historically underserved communities, create opportunities to connect and share space, and articulate a meaningful cultural component and/or purposeful community engagement. Events must take place in Alameda, Contra Costa, or San Francisco Counties. Grants will be made in $5,000 or $10,000 amounts to eligible grantseekers.

Website: https://zff.org/together-in-community/ 
Upcoming Deadline: Monday, June 23, 2025

Zellerbach Family Foundation - Community Arts Grant
Community Arts will award approximately $1 million in grants to individual artists and nonprofit arts and culture organizations in the Bay Area. Grants will be awarded in $5,000, $10,000 and $15,000 amounts.

Website: https://communityarts.zff.org/ 
Upcoming Deadline: Monday, July 21, 2025