Ep.133 The Central Coast Creative Corps Grant w/ Jim Brown

The Central Coast Creative Corps Grant
Application Deadline: May 1, 2023.
Location: The Central Coast Region (Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties).
Eligibility: Nonprofit/fiscally sponsored organizations, Government agencies, Tribal government.
Amount:  $140,000 in funding for One year (9/23-8/24). $100,000 goes to the  artists.
Important: You don't need an artist or a real plan to complete this grant.  Just need to show the impact you want to make and How you are open and ready to collaborate.
Artists: Make sure to register and start talking with potential organizations now.
Goals:

• The goal of the Central Coast Creative Corps is to invest in artists across disciplines to partner with nonprofits, government agencies, and tribal governments to collaboratively advance civic engagement, public health, social justice, and climate resilience across the Central Coast.
• Aiming to uplift the creative workforce and improve community health outcomes, the Central Coast Creative Corps Program will fund 23 working partnerships between community-based organizations and local artists, creative workers, or culture bearers for a one-year duration from September 2023 - August 2024. The deadline to apply is May 1, 2023.

To Apply and to register as an artist go to the link below:
https://www.centralcoastcreativecorps.org/
For PDF guideline go to
Http://linktr.ee/speakforchangepodcast

About Jim  Brown
Executive Director since 2020, Jim works with the entire Arts Council Santa Cruz County team to advance our mission. He is involved in every aspect of the organization from fundraising and finance to long-term strategic planning and overseeing our programs.

Jim served as the Executive Director of both the Diversity Center and the 418 Project before joining the Arts Council as Grants Program Manager in 2012. He served as Program Officer and Grants Manager at Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, before returning to the Arts Council in 2017, as Deputy and Tannery Director, to work more closely with the arts community.

A former software engineer, Jim has followed his dedication to building communities that support authentic self-expression. He has three children (Serenity, Andrew, and Nate) who he adopted through the foster system in 2011. In addition to parenting, Jim loves to dance, hike, and read fantasy & science fiction novels.