The Community Investments program supports San Francisco-based artists, arts organizations, and communities with an equity lens through grants, technical assistance, arts education initiatives, and community-based Cultural Centers.
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Gathering Pieces of Peace, Megan Lowe Dances, FY2025 Cultural Equity Initiatives (CEI) Grantee, Photo by RJ Muna
For the 2025-2026 grant cycle, the San Francisco Arts Commission has awarded $10.4 million to support 151 grantees, including more than $7.5 million in grant funding awarded to 98 individual artists and 47 arts nonprofit organizations, and nearly $3 million in funding support has been awarded to support cultural centers.
Read the full Press Release to learn more
View SFAC's full list of grantees, award and project summaries
2025-2026 Grantees
On Tuesday, September 9, 2025, SFAC presented a webinar orientation to help explain the Advance Payment Policy compliance requirements and processes associated with SFAC's FY26-27 grant opportunities.
Please see these files for more information on the policy,
Advance Payment Policy (PDF)
Advance Payment FAQ (PDF)
Advance Payment Policy Orientation webinar materials:
Presented virtually on Zoom
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 at 6:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.
See the presentation slides (PDF)
The recording of this session with ASL interpretation is available here (Vimeo). Bitly link to the recording link on Vimeo: https://bit.ly/sfacadvancepaymentwebASL Password: FY26AdvancePaymentASL
The recording of this session with the presentation slides and speakers, without ASL interpretation is available here (Vimeo). Bitly link to the recording link on Vimeo: https://bit.ly/sfacadvancepaymentweb Password: FY26AdvancePayment
For more information on the Advance Payment Policy, email SFAC's Community Investments team at sfac.grants@sfgov.org.
FY 2026-2027 Grant Opportunities
SFAC's FY 2025-2026 grant categories are now available and listed below. All available grant funding for fiscal year FY2025-2026 from both the Cultural Equity and Arts Impact Endowments will be granted through the Arts Impact Endowment funding areas and the Artistic Legacy Award. Applicants looking for the Cultural Equity Initiatives or San Francisco Artists categories are encouraged to apply to the Arts Impact Endowment grant categories. Please email SFAC's team at sfac.grants@sfgov.org for more information.
Funding for the Arts Impact Endowment comes from the Hotel Tax Fund and is supported by both the Cultural Equity Endowment and Arts Impact Endowment line items.
Special Project Grants Application Deadline: October 8, 2025 at 12 p.m. NOON
Artistic Legacy Grant Application Deadline: October 22, 2025 at 12 p.m. NOON
Arts Impact Endowment Application Deadline: November 13, 2025 at 12 p.m. NOON
FY26 SFAC Grant Guidelines - All Categories (Version 2; posted on September 30, 2025)
FY26 SFAC Grant Application Instructions - Artists
FY26 SFAC Grant Application Instructions - Organizations
A translation of SFAC's FY 2025-2026 grant applications are available upon request; however, only applications in English will be accepted. For more information, please contact 311.
Para obtener información en español, comuníquese al 311.
本資助申請表的翻譯版本將應請求而提供；但僅受理英文版本的申請表。查詢詳情，請聯絡311。
Ang pagsasalin sa Tagalog ng aplikasyon para sa pagkalooban na ito ay makukuha kung hihingilin. Ngunit ang aplikasyon sa Ingles lamang ang aming tatanggapin. Para sa tulong, maaring i-contact siart-info@sfgov.org.
Technical Assistance Sessions
For more information on all these sessions, please visit SFAC's Grant Information Sessions webpage and the SFAC Calendar webpage. All times listed below are in Pacific Time.
To make an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) request related to these guidelines or the application process, please email sfac.grants@sfgov.org at least two weeks before the application deadline in order for us to appropriately accommodate.
No deadline extensions will be granted. In fairness to others, we cannot accept late or incomplete applications. If the applicant does not provide the complete set of information in the appropriate format by the deadline, the application may be deemed incomplete and ineligible.
SFAC is committed to providing information about the grants program. We have included a formal questions procedure for this year’s guidelines. Per SFAC's formal questions procedure, You can review the second version of the Frequently Asked Questions pdf (as of 10 a.m. October 10, 2025) here.
Duplicate questions are not addressed in the updated (by October 10, 2025) Frequently Asked Questions pdf.
Any questions submitted to SFAC staff after October 9, 2025, will be responded to on an ongoing basis by SFAC staff.
FY26 SFAC Grant Guidelines - All Categories (Version 2; posted on September 30, 2025)
FY26 SFAC Grant Application Instructions - Artists
FY26 SFAC Grant Application Instructions - Organizations
For inquiries about past grant categories, please email sfac.grants@sfgov.org.