*Mayor Steinberg poses with Tee Sandifer and dancers from Studio T Arts at Legends of Dance in 2021.*

Sacramento, CA (June 26, 2023) - The City of Sacramento’s Office of Arts and Culture, in coordination with the state’s California Creative Corps program, awarded $4 million in grant funding to 26 local organizations to create outreach, engagement and media campaigns for the capital region.

The Creative Corps program, backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state legislature, looks to increase public awareness on topics such as health and safety, water and energy conservation, climate mitigation, emergency preparedness, social justice and civic and community engagement.

“I would like to congratulate the organizations selected for this important grant funding,” said Melissa Cirone, program manager in the Office of Arts and Culture. “The City of Sacramento strongly believes in the power of the creative community to inspire and affect change, and we have no doubt that these projects will have a positive and profound impact on our region.”

The City of Sacramento in 2022 applied for and was selected to implement the Creative Corps program for the capital region, which includes Sacramento, Yolo, El Dorado, Alpine and Solano counties.

The program consists of two types of grants:

Mid-sized grants of $117,000 for nonprofit organizations, collaboratives and units of local or tribal government.
Large grants of $300,000 to nonprofit organizations and units of local or tribal government.

Applicants applied for the grants this past spring. They were scored through a peer review panel process, and 26 organizations were recommended by the panel for funding at the June 12 Arts & Creative Economy Commission meeting.

“Our region is stronger because of the great artists and creatives who call it home,” said Mayor Darrell Steinberg. “I am proud that we have so many impactful organizations like 916Ink, Studio T Arts, and the Latino Center of Art & Culture represented in these awards.”

*Students from 916Ink. Image courtesy of 916Ink.org*

*Performers at the Girls Rock Sacramento showcase. Image courtesy of GirlsrockSacramento.org.*

Here is the list of awardees for $117,000 grants:

*Two young women dressed up for a Dia de los Muertos exhibition. Image courtesy of the Latino Center of Art & Culture, thelatinocenter.org*

916 Ink
American River Conservancy
Arts and Culture El Dorado
Arts Benicia
Broad Room Creative Collective
Capital Storytelling
Community Responsive Education
Developmental Disabilities Service Organization
Freedom Bound Center (DBA Sol Collective)
Girls Rock Sacramento
Hidden Temple Media
Justice2Jobs
KVIE
Latino Center of Art & Culture
National Academic Youth Corps (DBA Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum)
See the Elephant
Sugar Skull Walk
Wellspring Women’s Center
Vallejo Community Arts Foundation
Yolo Sol Collective
Yours Mine and Ours Collective
$300,000 grants
Center for Land Based Learning
City of Davis, Arts & Cultural Affairs
3 Point 0 - Studio T Arts & Entertainment
Nu Art Education
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians

The goal was to fund one-year projects that are cross-sector in nature and benefit both rural communities and those that demonstrate the highest level of need, as indicated by the California Healthy Place Index, Cirone said. Additionally, 70% of every grant award must go directly to pay artists who are involved in the project.

For more information on the California Creative Corps program: https://arts.ca.gov/grant_program/california-creative-corps/