CA$H Dance is a granting program for artists and organizations creating work in the San Francisco Bay Area. CA$H was designed in 1999 by artists for artists through the organizational work of Dancers’ Group and Theatre Bay Area.

The program seeks to support a range of artists and organizations that represent the many diversities of Bay Area dance (race, ethnicity, genre, age, gender, orientation, ability, experience, location). Please read Dancers’ Group’s Racial Equity Statement. You can also view the statistics from the Spring 2023 round of CA$H.

CA$H Dance is funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation with additional support from Grants for the Arts, Fleishhacker Foundation, and the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation.

CA$H Dance accepts applications from dance artists, partnerships or collectives of two or more dance artists, and dance organizations residing and making work in the Bay Area*. Applicants do not need to have a fiscal sponsor or nonprofit status.

*The Bay Area includes Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma Counties.
Applicants residing in Santa Cruz or Monterey Counties are not eligible.

Applicants may only submit one proposal per application round. If an artist is in a partnership/collective or if the artist leads an applicant organization, they are not eligible to apply individually.

DANCE ARTISTS

• Must be at least 21 years old on or before the application deadline.
• Must be able to document at least one work that was presented publicly in the Bay Area. This presentation must be separate from works performed as part of a college, university, or postsecondary program. Artists who lead or present culturally specific dance in public settings are eligible.
• Must have a project budget under $75,000.
  Note:
  – An application may be submitted by an individual artist working by themself; with a teacher, mentor, or consultant; or with collaborators who are participating in the individual’s artistic vision.
  – If you direct a dance organization, only submit an artist application if your work in the grant period is taking place outside the organization’s structure.
  – Artists should apply as an organization if they are fiscally sponsored or if they have nonprofit status.

DANCE PARTNERSHIPS and COLLECTIVES

• Each individual named as a partner or member of the collective must meet the individual artist eligibility requirements.
• Partnerships/collectives must be able to document at least one work that was presented publicly by the partnership/collective in the Bay Area. This presentation must be separate from works performed as part of a college, university, or postsecondary program.
• If applying as a partnership/collective, each partner/collective member must share administrative/artistic responsibility for the proposed activity.
• Must have a project budget under $75,000.
  Note:
  – The panel will review partnership/collective applications as part of the artist category.
  – Partnerships/Collectives should apply as an organization if they are fiscally sponsored or if they have nonprofit status.

DANCE ORGANIZATIONS

• Must be able to document at least a two-year history in the Bay Area, with a minimum of two works that were presented publicly in separate years in the Bay Area. Organizations that lead or present culturally specific dance in public settings are eligible.
• Must have an annual operating and project budget under $75,000.

DEADLINE: February 19th, 2025