Special Events Grants Program
Fiscal Year 2023-2024
Event Title (19 events) Organization Requested
Support Fee Breakdown Police
Banners
(organizer's
cost
excluded)
Special
Event
Permits /EPO
Recycling
Rentals Recycling
Permit Fees Life Safety
Additional
Fees (See
Breakdown)
Grant Award
Recommendation Event Details Previous grant
awarded
Art Walk and Roll Culver City Arts
District
12651.79
Police Officer ($470/ officer), Life
Safety Officer ($500/ officer),
Recycling Fee , Event Permit Fee ,
Road Closures , Bus Rerouting, City
Electronic Signage, Parking Spaces
and/or Garage Fees, Use of the
Culver City Arts District.
$ 3,760.00 $1,787.76 1,545.00 $ 150.00 $ 500.00 $ 11,000$ 10/7, Washing Blvd/Helms Ave to
La Cienega Ave, CC Arts Disrict,
11a,-6pm, free entry, ~10,000,
Yes -2022: 10K
2021 and 2019
Asian World Film Festival Aitysh USA $2,200.00
Police Officer ($470/ officer)
Life Safety Officer ($500/ officer)
Recycling Fee
if food is served)
Event Permit Fee
City Electronic Signage
Use of Town Plaza in Downtown
Culver City
470.00 $ $150.00 500.00 $ $880.00 2,200$
Film Festival, Town Plaza, 11/7-
11/17, 11 days, 10am-10pm,
~1100, free entry, dancing
vendors, live music,
tents/canopies,
Yes- 2022: $2,200
Past 8 years
Book Festival Culver City Arts
Foundation
$1,112.00
Vets Parking: $890, Staff marketing
cost: $167, event permit: $30,
recycling: $25.
$890.00 $55.00 $167.00 1,112$
Book publisher fair, Glorya
Kaufman Community Center,
adjacent to the Wende, 2/25/24,
11am-4pm, ~ 500, free entry,
Vendors, Food Trucks, Live
Music,
Yes- 2022: $1,100
2 Previous Years
Boy Scouts Festival
Western Los
Angeles County
Council, Boy
Scouts of
America
$1,595.20
Police Officer ($470/ officer)
Life Safety Officer ($500/ officer)
Recycling Fee. Veterans Park rental
fees. Special events permit.
470.00 $ 185.20 $ $335.00 $105.00 500.00 $ 1,595$ Showcase of scouting programs,
8/12/2023, 10am-3pm,
Veterans Memorial Park ~600,
free entry, vendors, booth- arts
and crafts, games, etc., amplified
sound, live music, grass area
adjacent to ball field
No
Community Hero Faire The Hero
Workshop 1,237.00$
Estimated cost for the Special Event
Permit to rent the covered
picnic tables, two lawn spaces, and
the portion of the parking
lot nearest the restrooms at
Veterans Park.
470.00 $ $325.00 315.00 $ $126.60 1,237.00$ Annual free event to celebrate
the opening of The Hero
Workshop, Veterans Park, a
culver city non profit business.
~158. Caterers, Food Triucks,
Live Music, Ampllfied sound,
Storytelling workshop. No road
No
Concert Jazz Hands for
Autism
Jazz Hands for
Autism $1,576.50
Life Safety Officer ($500/ officer),
Event Permit Fee: $55, police
officer $470, recycling fee: $50
470.00 $ 105.00 $ 500.00 $ $501.00 1,577$ 5/24/2024. 2pm-5pm, ~ 230. Free
live concert. Live Music/ Amplified
Sound. Playa Studio in Culver City
Yes- 2022: $1,100
Creative Dance Party Dancyss $3000
Life Safety Officer ($500/ officer),
Recycling Fee (Determined by
amount of people and if food is
served), Event Permit Fee
(Determined by Number of Days),
SK Park fees: $345.15.
$345.15 $105.00 500.00 $ 1,577$
Syd Kronenthal Park- Picnic Area
and green space. 8/5/2023.
11am-2pm. Entry Fee:
$10/adult,$5/children under 12.
~175. Food trucks, vendors.
stage for instructor to perform.
Community dance class.
No
Culver-Palms Youth Advisory
Council Slient Dance Party
Culver-Palms
YMCA $1,140.76
Event Permit Fee (Determined by
Number of Days), Use of Town Plaza
in Downtown Culver City.
955.76 $ 185.00 $ 1,141$
7/7/2023. 7pm-10pm. ~120.
Entry fee: $10. Fundraiser: 1K
goal. Town Plaza or City Hall.
Silent interactive Dance party
where people dance to music
listened to on wireless
headphones, 7pm-9pm
Yes - Previous
Support for 5K Run
Farragut Fall Festival Farragut PTA $3000
Police Officer ($470/ officer), Life
Safety Officer ($500/ officer), Event
Permit Fee (Determined by Number
of Days).
470.00 $ $185.00 500.00 $ 1,577$
Farragut PTA Fundraiser with
games, food, music, etc.
Location: Farragut Elementary
School Back Play yard,
10/21/23, 11am-3pm, ~1300,
free entry,
No
Garden Club Show Culver City
Garden Club
5082
Rent and staff fee waiver: $4,927
Event permit and recycling fees:
$155 Recycling Fee (Determined by
amount of people and if food is
served), Event Permit Fee
$155.00 4,927.00 $ 3,082$
Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 3
days, 6-14-6/16, 9am-6pm, 3pm-
9pm, ~1040, Free entry,
vendors/booths,
Yes- 2022: $2,500
2019
16th Annual LA Brazilian
Film Festival
LA Brazilian
Film Festival
21925.76 Police Officer ($470/ officer),
Theater rental $10,000. 470.00 $ 955.76 $ 10,000.00 $ 500.00 $ 11,926$ Five day festival 10/21- 10/26.
The Culver Theatre (private
entity). 12pm-11:30pm. Night
one start time 5pm. ~3100. Entry
fee: $50. Free to Culver
Students, cocktail party and
premiere movie, red carpet event,
showcase over 40 films from
No
LA Music Video Festival Criatura Films 23116.76
Police Officer ($470/ officer), Event
Permit Fee (Determined by Number
of Days), Road Closures , Parking
Spaces and/or Garage Fees, Use of
Town Plaza in Downtown Culver City.
LSO (9 officers)
$4,700.00 $2,917 $4,500 11,000$
Town Plaza. Three day festival.
9/15-9/17 - screenings, live
shows, panels and workshops.
Artists/Live Bands, food trucks,
vendors, amplified sound.
Anticipated attendance 9100.
Time: 1pm-11pm.
No
PALEF Music Theater
Performing Arts
for Life and
Education
Foundation
$1,426.86
Police Officer ($470/ officer),
Recycling Fee , Event Permit Fee,
City Electronic Signage, Use of Park
and Recreation Facilities
470.00 $ $456.86 500.00 $ 1,427$
The Funkiefied Shakespearean
Trilogy Musical Theater. 9/23-
9/24, 12pm-2pm, two days, ~
300. Entry fee: $12.50, amplied
sound, vendors, dancing,
Veterans Memorial Auditorium.
No
Pride Ride and Rally Bike LA 8944.76
Culver City Expenses$5,201, 1
fire$500, PRCS part-time staff for
set-up & break down$832, Street
use permit$325, Recycling
fee$51, Special event fee$30,
waste & recycling services$500,
waste management$150, traffic
engineering staffing$2,813.
470.00 $ $2,619.76 325.00 $ 30.00 $ 500.00 $ 6,000$ Syd Kronenthal Park& Main
Street, 3:30pm-9pm, 6/22/24,
~425, free entry, Vendors/
Booths, Open to the Public, Food
, Live Music/ Amplified Sound
Yes- 2022: $3,000
2021: $3,000
Rock & Mineral Club Fiesta
of Gems
Culver City Rock
and Mineral
Club
14464
VMC Rent: 3-days Aud, Rtnda, Lob &
Rm A,B,C$7,784.00, Culver City
Special Event Permit $213.00,
Security Guard - 2
nights$720.00, Cash request
720.00 $ 213.00 $ 7,784.00 $ 213.00 $ 9,650$ 60th Annual Gem Show, 3 days,
7/7-7/9, 10am-6pm, ~2100,
free entry, amplied sound,
fundraiser event, Veterans
Memorial Auditorium,
No
Screenland 5K Run/Walk &
Kids Run Screenland 24396.36
Expedited Fee $100.00, Special
Event Fee $30.00, Special Event
Recycling Fee $125.00, EPO
Recycling$127.50 , Public Works -
Street Lights Connections
$2,902.88, Public Works
Engineering - Staff $2,881,
Parking- Street Use Permit
$325.00, Parking Structures -
Openings + Staff $935.00,
Transportation Bus Re-Routing
$3,909.98, Special Event Police
Department Staffing $13,160.00,
Media Park - $500/ day * 2 days
13,160.00 $ 452.50 $ 155.00 $ 12,198$
5K Run/Walk, Media Park,
3/11/24, 7am-11:30am, ~1600,
Entry fee: $30, amplified sound,
fundraiser, booths/vendors.
Yes- 2022: 10K
2017-2020
Skateside SkateFest The Skateside
LLC 1,705.00$
Police Officer ($470/ officer)?, Life
Safety Officer ($500/ officer)?,
Recycling Fee (Determined by
amount of people and if food is
served), Event Permit Fee, Six
parking spaces? Sound Permit,
Security, Park and Recreation
permits: SkatePark, Field, Stage,
Picnic Area.
470.00 $ 155.00 $ 325.00 $ $255.00 500.00 $ 1,705$ Anticipated attendance 800
persons throughout the day. Free
event. Opening Ceremony, Clinic
and lessosns, contest, aware
ceremony and closing. Free entry
and giveaways. Location: Skate
Park and adjacent field area.
No
Taste of Culver City
Culver City
Education
Foundation
$10000
Recycling Fee (Determined by
amount of people and
if food is served)
Event Permit Fee (Determined by
Number of Days)
City Electronic Signage
$470 $1,787.76 $126,50 500.00 $ 5,000$
Amazon Studios, 1pm-5pm,
5/5/24 ~780, Entry fee: $65,
Funds raised for Culver City
schools, promoting Culver City
restaurants, community building
for resident, vendors food trucks,
amplified sound
Yes- 2022: $2,500
Tito's Fiesta Mexicana Culver City Arts
Foundation $4,349.96
Police Officer- 2 officers ($470/
officer), Recycling Fee, Event Permit
Fee , Road Closures , City Electronic
Signage, Parking Spaces and/or
Garage Fees.
940.00 $ $2,619.76 185.20 $ 105.00 $ 500.00 $ 4,350$ 11222 Washington Place,
10/4/23, 4pm-9pm, ~1100,
Entry fee: 430, fundraiser, Food,
drinks and entertainment
celebrating Hispanic Heritage
Month.
Yes- 2022: $4,500
Received city
support for 5 Years
Total Expenses $142,924.71 27,980.00 $ 13,643.32 $ 4,800.90 $ 24,488.01 $ 1,554.60 $ 10,500.00 $ 89,352$