Organizational Support Grants
The Foundation’s Organizational Support Grants provide support to Los Angeles nonprofit institutions and organizations that are recovering from financial challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Grants range from $10,000 to $30,000 and are based on need and the strength of an organization’s programming portfolio.
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Malik Gaines and Alexandro Segade, Star Choir, 2016. Courtesy of: Clockshop.
Guidelines
During our grant cycle, the Foundation welcomes applications from Los Angeles based non-profit organizations that have been established for at least two years, and have a history of arts programming. Grants may cover costs including but not limited to rent, staff salaries, retaining employees, utilities, and exhibition and artist project expenses.
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Installation view, Rodney McMillian, Brown: Images from The Black Show, The Underground Museum, Los Angeles, CA, October 5, 2019-February 16, 2020. Courtesy of: The Underground Museum.
Awardees
The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts has supported a diverse array of arts organizations and artists through our Artist Project Grants and Organizational Support Grants. Recent awardees include Hammer Projects: Andrea Fraser at the Hammer Museum featuring the video installation, Men on the Line: Men Committed to Feminism, KPFK, 1972 (2012) and an upcoming new performance by Fraser. Take a look at current and past grantees to see the projects MKFA has supported.
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Installation view, Hammer Projects: Andrea Fraser, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, May 18-September 15, 2019.
Spotlight
In 2019, Pomona College Museum of Art was awarded an Artist Project Grants for their project, Todd Gray: Euclidean Gris Gris. Follow the link below for an interview with Pomona College Museum of Art’s Senior Curator, Rebecca McGrew and artist Todd Gray.
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Installation view, Todd Gray: Euclidean Gris Gris, Pomona College Museum of Art, Pomona, CA, September 3, 2019-May 17, 2020.