Arts

Goals:

The Kenneth Rainin Foundation supports inspiring and world-changing dance, theater and film in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Giving Guidelines for Dance & Theater:

The Foundation supports theaters, companies and service organizations that:

  • Exhibit a strong passion for and commitment to the San Francisco Bay Area performing arts community
  • Demonstrate a performance history in the San Francisco Bay Area
  • Display artistic promise and vision
  • Bring vital performances and programs to the public

Process for Dance & Theater:

  • Letters of Inquiry will be accepted through our online application only from July 12 through August 13, 2010.
  • Once an organization submits a Letter of Inquiry, it will be reviewed by staff and at least one Board member.
  • Selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal on September 10, 2010.
  • The deadline for full proposals is October 8, 2010.
  • Awards will be announced in late November, 2010.
  • Grants are project-based only and range in size from $5,000 – $20,000. General operating support grants will not be considered at this time.
  • The Letter of Inquiry Period is now closed. Our next LOI period opens in January 2011.

California Cultural Data Project – for Dance and Theater applicants ONLY

The Kenneth Rainin Foundation is engaging in a partnership with the California Cultural Data Project (California CDP). The first management tool of its kind, the California CDP is a state-wide, collaborative effort of public and private funders throughout California and consists of an online system for collecting and standardizing historical financial and organizational data. The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, along with other funders in California, now requires dance and theater applicants to complete a Data Profile annually through the California CDP website.  You will use the information you enter into the Data Profile in your full application to the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, as well as other participating funders throughout the state.

The California CDP will provide the cultural community with consistent, reliable, comprehensive data on arts and culture in California, and enable organizations to view trends in their data, benchmark themselves against peer organizations, and enhance their financial management capacity.

For more information about the California Cultural Data Project, please visit their website.

Giving Guidelines for Filmmaking:

In partnership with the San Francisco Film Society, the Kenneth Rainin Foundation supports Bay Area filmmakers in the production of narrative features that through plot, character, theme and/or setting significantly explore human and civil rights, anti-discrimination, gender issues, sexual identity and other urgent social justice issues of our time.

Process for Filmmaking:

  • Letters of Inquiry will be accepted through the San Francisco Film Society from July 15 through August 13, 2010.
  • Finalists are invited to submit additional materials September 10, 2010.
  • Additional materials deadline for finalists is October 8, 2010.
  • Winners will be announced in mid-November, 2010.
  • For specific eligibility requirements visit The San Francisco Film Society website.
  • The Letter of Inquiry period is now closed.

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