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CA$H Theatre — Creates
Theatre Bay Area
$2,500 for theater project development or capacity-building. Open to individual artists and companies. Spring 2026 deadline: April 29.
Due: 2026-04-29
San Francisco Bay Area
Performing Arts
Grant
$2,500–$2,500
CA$H Theatre — Performs
Theatre Bay Area
$5,000 for fully produced public theater performances by Bay Area artists or companies (budgets under $100K). Spring 2026 deadline: April 29...
Due: 2026-04-29
San Francisco Bay Area
Performing Arts
Grant
$5,000–$5,000
CA$H Theatre — Sustains
Theatre Bay Area
$5,000 general operating support for Bay Area theater companies with budgets under $100K.
Due: 2026-04-29
San Francisco Bay Area
Performing Arts
Operating
$5,000–$5,000
ARC Residency — Edge (Experimental Performance)
CounterPulse
4-6 month residency for experimental dance and performance. Rehearsal space, marketing/production support, work-in-progress showings, stipen...
San Francisco Bay Area
Performing Arts
Residency
$2,000–$5,000
ARC Residency — Performing Diaspora
CounterPulse
4-6 month residency for artists pushing edges of cultural traditions. Rehearsal space, production support, stipend, public shows.
San Francisco Bay Area
Performing Arts
Residency
$2,000–$5,000
CA$H Dance — Artist Grant
Dancers Group
$5,000 for dance artists, partnerships, or collectives in the Bay Area. No fiscal sponsor needed. Funded by Hewlett, Grants for the Arts, Fl...
San Francisco Bay Area
Performing Arts
Grant
$5,000–$5,000
CA$H Dance — Organization Grant
Dancers Group
$5,000 for Bay Area dance organizations for creative activities and programming.
San Francisco Bay Area
Performing Arts
Grant
$5,000–$5,000
Community Mural Commission
Precita Eyes Muralists
Commissions for muralists to create community murals in SF neighborhoods, primarily the Mission District.
San Francisco
Visual Arts
Commission
$3,000–$15,000
Creative Work Fund Grant
Creative Work Fund
$32,000-$50,000 for artist-nonprofit collaborations across 10 Greater Bay Area counties. Theater, dance, poetry, traditional art, arts activ...
San Francisco Bay Area
Multidisciplinary
Project
$32,000–$50,000
Digital Mural Project
Galería de la Raza
Commissions for Chicano/Latino artists to create digital murals on the iconic billboard at 24th and Bryant in the Mission.
San Francisco
Visual Arts
Commission
$2,000–$5,000
Hewlett-Gerbode Special Awards in the Arts
Gerbode Foundation
$50,000 commissioning grants for new works by California playwrights, composers, multimedia artists. 6 orgs funded/year. $12,500+ goes direc...
San Francisco Bay Area
Performing Arts
Commission
$50,000–$50,000
Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards
San Francisco Foundation
Awards for MFA students at Stanford, CCA, UC Berkeley, SFSU, and San Jose State. Exhibition at SOMArts Cultural Center. Est. 1986.
San Francisco Bay Area
Visual Arts
Award
$2,500–$5,000
Open Spaces — Development Support
Kenneth Rainin Foundation
Up to $20,000 early-stage funding for temporary public art projects in SF and Oakland that resonate with local communities.
San Francisco & Oakland
Multidisciplinary
Project
$5,000–$20,000
Open Spaces — Production Support
Kenneth Rainin Foundation
$100K-$175K for execution of temporary public art in SF and Oakland. 24-month grant period (Jan 2026 – Dec 2027). Thoroughly planned project...
San Francisco & Oakland
Multidisciplinary
Project
$100,000–$175,000