UPDATE: Support increased to more than $26 million in response to ongoing needs of the state’s arts and culture community

The California Arts Council announced a revision to its previous grant award announcement for 2021, awarding more than $11.4 million across an additional 484 grants in project and operational support for nonprofit organizations and units of government throughout the state of California. The update more than doubles the original number of grants awarded, from 441 to 925, and nearly doubles its original award allocation for its first five programs for the 2020-21 fiscal year to $24,490,261.

A sixth and final program for this year’s grant cycle, providing support for individual artist fellowships, is slated for approval by the Council at its meeting on September 22, increasing the total award amount for the 2021 grant season to a projected $26,613,761 across approximately 1,200 grants.