A community panel convenes to read and discuss the full proposals, study work samples, and use a shared ranking system to arrive at 12-15 grant recommendations. The panel forwards the grant recommendations to the collaborating funders, who then convene to review and give final approval to the grant awards.

Before receiving their grant, the awarded collaborations are required to develop and commit to a memorandum of understanding between the collaboration's lead artist and the collaborating organization.

Creative Work Fund applications are accepted online from February 5 - April 2, 2024.

Applications are checked for completeness and eligibility before being assigned to readers.

Applications are read by community readers using a shared tool.

Applicants are notified via email whether their application is advancing to panel review or being declined.

A community panel convenes to read and discuss the proposals forwarded by readers

Formalizing the collaboration with an agreement among all parties