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APPR
OVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUT
ION AWARDING GRANTS TO TWENTY-FIVE (25)
OAKLAND-BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING ARTS
AND CULTURAL SERVICES IN OAKLAND THROUGH DECEMBER 31,
2025, IN A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED SIXTY- TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($162,500)
WHEREAS, in 1985, the City Council adopted the first arts funding policies and procedures for the City of Oa kland (City), establis hing 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 th e City’s funding mechanism to support Oa kland-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 a nd visitors to Oakland, focusing on the key areas of General Support, Neighborhood Arts, and Arts Education; and WHEREAS, in October 2023, the Cultural Funding Program convened community review panels to evaluate submitted applications for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-25 Cultural Organization Assistance grant program, a two-year grant oppor tunity supporting arts and cultural activities serving all Oakland residents, including spec ial events, performances, and youth programming.
The highest scoring applications were reviewed by staff who have recommended to City Council that these grants for cultural activities be awarded in the amounts listed in the below table; and WHEREAS, FY 2024-25 funds for the Cultural Funding Program are available as follows:
$162,500 from the Transient Occupancy Tax surcharge, which will be reserved for arts grants in the Measure C: Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Surcharge Fund (2419), Cultural Arts & Marketing Org (85511), Third Party Gran t Contracts Earned Account (54912), TOT Surcharge:
Cultural Grants Project (1000458); and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that th e 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
API Cultural Center, Inc. $6,500 $6,500
ARTogether $6,500 $6,500
Attitudinal Healing Connection, Inc. $6,500 $6,500
Cantare Con Vivo $6,500 $6,500
Chapter 510 INK $6,500 $6,500
Creative Growth Art Center, Inc. $6,500 $6,500
DANCE ELIXIR $6,500 $6,500
Destiny Arts Center $6,500 $6,500
Diamano Coura West African Dance
Compan
y $6,500 $6,500
Dimensions Dance Theater,
Incorporated. $6,500 $6,500
East Bay Performing Arts $6,500 $6,500
EastSide Arts Alliance, Inc. $6,500 $6,500
Friends of Peralta Hacienda
Historical Par
k $6,500 $6,500
Kitka, Inc. $6,500 $6,500
Living Jazz $6,500 $6,500
Museum of Children's Art $6,500 $6,500
Music Is Extraordinary, Inc. $6,500 $6,500
Oakland Ballet Company $6,500 $6,500
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir,
Inc. $6,500 $6,500
Oaktown Jazz Workshops $6,500 $6,500
Prescott Circus Theatre $6,500 $6,500
3 Project Bandaloop $6,500 $6,500
Purple Silk Music Education
Foundation, Inc. $6,500 $6,500
The Crucible $6,500 $6,500
Ubuntu Theater Project, Inc. $6,500 $6,500
TOTAL $162,500 $162,500
; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the Oakland City Council hereby awards a grant to each organization listed in the above table using the identified funds for grant activities through December 31, 2025, not to exceed the amounts detailed therein, in a total amount not to exceed one hundred sixty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($162,500); and be it
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 - BROWN, FIFE, HOUSTON, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, UNGER, AND
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE GALLO
NOES –
ABSENT – COUNCIL PRESIDENT JENKINS (serving as Mayor pursuant to Charter Section 303)
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:_________________________________
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California