Sacramento recovery program supports over 100 artists and nonprofit organizations
Photo credit: Sacramento Mandarins
Sacramento (April 12, 2024) - The City of Sacramento, in partnership with Sacramento County, supported over 100 Sacramento arts and culture organizations through the Arts and Cultural Nonprofit Recovery Program.
The program, managed by the City’s Office of Arts and Culture, aims to retain core organizations within the creative economy, expand employment opportunities, and ensure continued access to arts and cultural programming throughout Sacramento County.
Awardees represent a diverse array of Sacramento’s arts and culture organizations and include many key players and up-and-coming creative organizations.
“Nonprofit arts and cultural organizations are a vital element of the creative economy in the Sacramento County and key drivers of educational, economic, and community benefit,” said the Office of Arts and Culture’s Grants and Programs Manager Melissa Cirone.
Awardees include organizations such as the Sacramento LGBT Community Center, dance and music studio Instituto Mazatlan Bellas Artes de Sacramento, and competitive drum and bugle corps Sacramento Mandarins.
“As a volunteer-run organization, we depend on grants, sponsorships and individual contributions to sustain our work and programs,” said grantee Amanda Sanchez, executive director of Design Sacramento, a local arts nonprofit. “This grant program means that we can continue managing our operations and sustaining our programs. As an organization that is deeply rooted in the City of Sacramento, it’s important that we are valued by the City, and this is further proof that our work is valued.”
The $4 million grant program is funded through City and County federal American Rescue Plan dollars.
“Sacramento County’s local arts and nonprofit cultural institutions play an essential role in driving economic prosperity and enriching our community,” said the County’s Director of Economic Development Crystal Bethke. “We are glad to have partnered with the City to support in the the recovery and sustainability of so many organizations in this critical sector.”
The Nonprofit Recovery Program, launched in 2022, provides grant funds to nonprofit organizations impacted by COVID-19 that are involved in producing, promoting, or participating in live performances, events, or exhibits intended for public viewing and establishments that preserve and exhibit objects and sites of historical, cultural, or educational interest.
Award disbursements were contingent upon the total funding available and each organization’s reported annual operating revenue, with the total grant allocation spanning a two-year period.
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