• Panel Review

    A community panel convenes to read and discuss the full proposals, using a shared ranking system and communal study of work samples. The panel makes grant recommendations to the collaborating funders, who then convene to review and give final approval to the grant awards.

  • Award Notifications

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

  • 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 proposals based on their letters of inquiry.