The San Francisco Arts Commission and Grants for the Arts have launched the Creative Capacity Fund — the first joint initiative of City’s two arts agencies working in partnership with the Center for Cultural Innovation, a nonprofit training and financial services incubator working in California for artists and the arts field.  The Creative Capacity Fund (CCF) is a field-building initiative designed to support professional development and peer learning opportunities for San Francisco artists and arts administrators.

This initiative was launched in direct response to feedback from local arts professionals, requesting greater access to the knowledge and information resources that support and sustain healthy organizations and careers in the arts. Over the course of the next two years the Creative Capacity Fund will implement a series of capacity building programs beginning with a Scholarship Reimbursement Program that will enable eligible applicants, including individual artists and arts administrators of small and emerging arts organizations, to attend classes and workshops that will enhance their knowledge and administrative skills. In its pilot phase, the scholarship program is open to grantees of SFAC and GFTA with budgets of $250,000 and under. Scholarships will be awarded on a monthly deadline and will range up to $500 per organization and $250 per artists.

For more information on the Creative Capacity Fund, including guidelines, applications, and information on available workshops and service providers, visit www.creativecapacityfund.org.