APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION AWARDING GRANTS TO FIFTEEN (15) OAKLAND-
BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING ARTS
INSTRUCTION FOR OAKLAND YOUTH THROUGH JUNE 30, 2025 , IN
A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED FIFTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($150,000)
WHEREAS, in 1985, the City Council adopted the first arts funding policies and procedures for the City of O akland (City), establishing the Cultural Funding Program, which includes a panel system of evaluating funding proposals and distributing City funds to the arts; and
WHEREAS, the Cultural Funding Program, housed in the Economic and Workforce Development Department, is the City’s funding mechanism to support Oakland -based nonprofit organizations and artists providing arts and cultural activities to the public; and
WHEREAS, the mission of the Cultural Funding Program is to fund Oakland -based art and cultural activities that reflect the diversity of the City for citizens of and visitors to Oakland, focusing on the key areas of General Support, Neighborhood Arts, Festivals, and Arts Education; and
WHEREAS, in March 2024, the Cultural Funding Program convened community review panels to evaluate submitted applications for Networks of Care: Teaching Artist Support grants program. The highest scoring applications were reviewed by staff who have recommended to City Council that these grants using Cultural Funding be awarded in the amounts listed in the below table; and
WHEREAS, Fiscal Year 2023-24 funds for the Cultural Funding Program are available as follows: $150,000 from the Transient Occupancy Tax su rcharge, which will be reserved for arts grants in the Measure C: Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Surcharge Fund (2419), Cultural Arts & Marketing Org (85511), TOT Surcharge: Cultural Grants Project (1000458); and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that the City Council award grants to specific nonprofit organizations, as set forth in the below table:
2 ORGANIZATION NAMES
Recommended Total Not
to Exceed Grant Amount
(Funding Source)
Transient Occupancy Tax
American Black Beauty Doll
Association Inc. $10,000.00 $10,000.00
ARTogether $10,000.00 $10,000.00
Bay Area Video Coalition
Inc $10,000.00 $10,000.00
Cantare Con Vivo $10,000.00 $10,000.00
Chapter 510 INK $10,000.00 $10,000.00
Creative Growth Art
Center, Inc. $10,000.00 $10,000.00
Destiny Arts Center $10,000.00 $10,000.00
Dimensions Dance Theater,
Inc $10,000.00 $10,000.00
Living Jazz $10,000.00 $10,000.00
Museum of Children's Art $10,000.00 $10,000.00
Music Is Extraordinary, Inc $10,000.00 $10,000.00
Oaktown Jazz Workshops $10,000.00 $10,000.00
Prescott Circus Theatre $10,000.00 $10,000.00
Project BANDALOOP $10,000.00 $10,000.00
Purple Silk Music Education
Foundation, Inc. $10,000.00 $10,000.00
TOTAL $150,000.00 $150,000.00
; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby awards a grant to each organization listed in the above table not to exceed the amounts detailed therein, in a total amount not to exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for use of funds through June 30, 2025; and be it
3 FURTHER RESOLVED: That in the event any of the above grants are not encumbered, those funds shall revert to the Cultural Funding Program for use in other categories of support.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, REID, AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
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ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California