This year, through a quarterly open application process, 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.
The Community Arts program of the Zellerbach Family Foundation has an open application process; all other grantmaking is done by invitation.
The program supports the creation of work by Bay Area artists and access to the arts for Bay Area communities. Grantseekers must be located in or serving communities in Alameda, Contra Costa or San Francisco Counties. While Community Arts grants are awarded as general operating support, application materials must include information about an upcoming project. Applications must be submitted by 5:00pm on the application cycle due date. Late and/or incomplete applications will be considered in the following cycle, if eligible.
Application Cycle Due Dates:
- October 13, 2026 – for notification on January 11, 2027
- January 21, 2027 – for notification on April 12, 2027
- April 22, 2027 – for notification on July 5, 2027
- July 15, 2027 – for notification on October 4, 2027
- October 14, 2027 – for notification on January 10, 2027
