• Award Notifications

    Collaborations receive email notification of award or declination before public announcements are made.

  • Development of Memoranda of Understanding for Awarded Collaborations

    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. The Creative Work Fund provides resources to assist collaborations in this work. Stay tuned for a MOU Workshop!

  • Letter of Inquiry Window

    Eligibility quiz, grantseeker account, and guidelines

  • Meet the Funders

    via Zoom

    with CWF, Alliance for California Traditional Arts, Gerbode Foundation's Special Awards in the Arts, and the Community Arts program of the Zellerbach Family Foundation

    FREE
  • Ask Us Anything

    via Zoom

    Listen to the April 4 introductory webinar here, then come to this Ask Me Anything session with the Creative Work Fund Team.

    FREE
  • Reader Review

    Letters of inquiry are read by community readers and scored using a shared tool. After discussion of all the reader reviews, 40-50 collaborations are selected and invited to submit full […]

  • Invitations to Full Proposal

    Up to 50 collaborations receive email invitations to return to the grant portal and build and submit full proposals in the June 20 - July 31, 2023 window. All applicants, including those for collaborations not invited to continue on in the process, receive a summary of reader comments for insight. It takes some time to […]