PREBYS FOUNDATION PLANS $16M IN GRANTS FOR ARTS

Money will be awarded to programs that bring communities together

The Conrad Prebys Foundation has announced plans to award $16 million in grants to support the arts in San Diego County.

“We seek to celebrate and strengthen the many forms and roles of San Diego’s dynamic visual and performing arts scene,” Prebys CEO Grant Oliphant said in a statement. “Art helps us connect across the region regardless of our ZIP code — whether we reside in the Anza Borrego Desert, the beach communities, or somewhere in between, we want to encourage a robust art scene where creativity can thrive.”

The grants will be awarded through three initiative funds that are all now accepting applications:

Communities of Belonging: These grants are meant to lift up our many different neighborhoods and communities, expressing the voices and narratives of people across the region. This initiative will provide two-year general operating or project/program funds ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 per year.

Anchoring the Arts: This effort will support the creation, production or presentation of dynamic art that brings people of different communities and backgrounds together, builds empathy, reveals shared values, and generates learning and dialogue. This initiative will provide programmatic grants. One-year grants will range from $100,000 to $500,000. Two-year grants will range from $50,000 to $250,000 per year.

Art Bridging Communities: This initiative will also support the creation of dynamic art to bring communities together, but its funds are only for one-year grants of $25,000 to $250,000 that will be paid in 2023 and may be used over a grant term of 24 months.

Organizations are encouraged to apply as soon as is reasonable, as submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis during the application window. More information about each initiative and how to apply can be found online at prebysfdn.org/arts-initiatives.

In the coming weeks, the Prebys Foundation will announce additional grants for the youth mental health,

economic opportunity, and creative youth development space.

Named after developer and philanthropist Conrad Prebys, who died in 2016, the Prebys Foundation is the largest independent foundation in San Diego County. It invests in four program areas: visual and performing arts, medical research, health care and youth success.