City Arts Salons | $25,000

An intimate salon series in Civic Center featuring live conversations with artists and thinkers, with pre- and post-show on-stage mingling that turns audiences into active participants.

Arrivals, Again | $25,000

A participatory art installation using site-specific painting, sound, and maps to guide audiences through an outdoor journey across Downtown SF, accompanied by an exhibition and event series hosted by Pallas.

Unity Fest 2025 | $100,000

An art, music, and skateboarding festival bringing together people of all identities and ages from the Bay Area, across the US, and abroad.

UNSTAGED | $75,000

Building on last year’s success, UNSTAGED returns with expanded performances, bold public art, and live events that transform the Mid-Market corridor into a thriving cultural zone.

SFFILM School and Family Programs at SFMOMA |
$50,000

Twelve immersive film events engaging over 3,000 students, educators, and families at SFMOMA with filmmaker Q&As and curated screenings in the heart of SoMa.

Bringing People Together Through Jazz | $50,000

A new series of community-focused jazz events combining live music, visual art, food, and local markets—all designed to draw a new generation of audiences to the SFJAZZ Center.

SOMArts’ Vogue Ball for All | $25,000

An all inclusive workshop series culminating in an all-ages fashion show and community Vogue Ball in SoMa, celebrating joy, expression, and LGBTQ+ culture.

The Chinese Culture Center’s 60th Anniversary Festival | $50,000

A vibrant street festival transforming Chinatown’s Grant Avenue into a dynamic arts corridor with large-scale installations, performances, and intergenerational engagement.

Tenderloin Museum 10-Year Anniversary Programming | $50,000

A year-long celebration marking a decade of the Tenderloin Museum with expanded space, community storytelling, and multidisciplinary events highlighting the neighborhood’s legacy.

The 2025 Children's Garden Series in Yerba Buena Gardens | $75,000

A beloved family series returns with 22 free, outdoor performances from June to November, showcasing music, dance, and theater in accessible, joyful settings Downtown.

Creativity Explored x The Open Invitational | $100,000

A new, free national art fair spotlighting neurodiverse artists from progressive art studios across the country.

Live @ 220 Montgomery | $75,000

A year-long series of 100 free events featuring community storytelling, multicultural performances, and local artists.

Nexus: SF/Bay Area Black Art Week & 20 Years of MoAD | $75,000 

A five-day citywide celebration of Black art and culture featuring exhibitions, open studios, screenings, artist talks, and events, coinciding with MoAD’s 20th anniversary.

Day of the Dead Night Market at Yerba Buena Gardens | $50,000

A November 1, 2025 event honoring Día de los Muertos with an Indigenous blessing and procession, a community altar, food and artisan booths, live mural painting, and performances by Indigenous dance groups and Latinx musical acts.

Celebrating Ten Years of Stories! | $50,000

A season of joyful, family-friendly events across Bay Area libraries, transit stations, and festivals—culminating in a landmark celebration at the Main Branch of the San Francisco Public Library in December 2025

Mexican Institute of Sound | $50,000

A free public concert and Latinx block party in Jackson Square.

 Tenderloin Futures: Collective Memory & Intersectional Liberation | $50,000

A yearlong cultural revitalization project activating 111 Taylor Street, the historic site of the 1966 Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, through AR walking tours, exhibitions, festivals, and cross-generational arts programming.

Bloom Route | $25,000

A sculptural native garden and seed dispersal hub that transforms a neglected downtown parcel into a living artwork, rooted in Lily Kwong’s practice of land-based art and community engagement.

The Tender Year Festival: Love in Spirit & Sound, Laureates and Champions, and Community Renewal in the Tenderloin | $25,000

A year-long arts celebration in San Francisco’s Tenderloin, uplifting themes of justice, healing, and renewal through gospel, jazz, poetry, and public ritual.

 Bhangra & Beats Night Market | $25,000

Free fall events transforming three blocks of the Financial District into a high-energy celebration of South Asian culture with music, dance, food, art, and family-friendly activities.

Local Sirens: Women in Music Concerts, Studio Residencies and Training | $15,000

Free quarterly concerts, artist residencies, and music production training in SoMa/Mid-Market, promoting 500+ underrepresented women and gender-expansive artists annually through immersive performances, residencies, and hands-on audio education

Down on the Corner | $10,000

A free, site-specific public art project at 111 Taylor Street in the Tenderloin honoring the legacy of the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot and uplifting transgender visibility and prison systems change through aerial dance, original music, and video projection.

SFAW x ICA SF Lounge at Transamerica Pyramid Center | $100,000

A nine-day public lounge and cultural hub (Jan 17–25, 2026) at the Transamerica Pyramid Center. Serving as a central gathering space during the citywide celebration of art and design, the lounge will welcome artists, collectors, and the public, fostering connection across the Bay Area’s creative community.

Public Programming for Rave into the Future: Art in Motion | $75,000

A series of performances, talks, and family-friendly events accompanying the exhibition Rave into the Future: Art in Motion (Oct 24, 2025–Jan 12, 2026) at the museum’s Civic Center campus, with a subsidized $5 exhibition surcharge to increase access. Anchored by performances and talks at the museum’s Civic Center campus, the initiative connects audiences to the museum’s broader mission of celebrating Asian art and culture in contemporary contexts.

The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot Play | $75,000

The Tenderloin Museum presents The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot play, an immersive production that recreates the landmark 1966 queer uprising in a 1960s-style cafeteria setting on Larkin Street. Extending the museum’s commitment to documenting and sharing Tenderloin history, the production employs more than 21 LGBTQ+ artists and partners with organizations including Openhouse, Youthphoria, the Transgender District, and local SROs to provide free and sliding-scale tickets. With strong attendance and rave reviews since its April 2025 debut, the show runs year-round every Friday and Saturday, with plans to expand to 100+ performances annually—building a vibrant queer arts hub in the Tenderloin and honoring its lasting cultural contributions to San Francisco.

SF: Past / Present / Future | $50,000

GCS Agency will present SF: Past / Present / Future, a three-part multidisciplinary program highlighting San Francisco’s evolving cultural landscape, running from November 2025 through March 2026. The program includes a historical skate and art exhibition and book launch (Past), a boutique art fair at the Fairmont during SF Art Week (Present), and student-engaged tech and digital media exhibitions with local universities (Future).

Root Division’s First Annual Artist’s Fair | $50,000

Root Division will debut the inaugural SOMA Artists’ Fair on December 13, 2025. This free, all-ages event will feature 30+ emerging artists through an affordable art marketplace, performances, hands-on workshops, food vendors, and an after-party at The Stud—advancing Root Division’s mission to empower artists and strengthen community through creative exchange.

TIAT Downtown Events Series | $50,000

A six-month series of regularly scheduled immersive public programs highlighting creative innovation across digital media, art, sound, and performance. Staged in Downtown San Francisco, the series celebrates the convergence of art and emerging technologies as drivers of cultural regeneration.

YBCA Free Monthly Music Series | $50,000

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) will continue its Free Monthly Music Series, a program the first Thursday of every month in the YBCA Forum that showcases live performances in dialogue with YBCA’s current exhibitions. Curated by YBCA’s curatorial team in collaboration with guest artists and local partners, the series celebrates the Bay Area’s creative spirit, draws new audiences to Downtown San Francisco, and strengthens the city’s cultural heartbeat.

Performing Diaspora and Seed Community Engagement | $25,000

CounterPulse celebrates its 35th anniversary with Performing Diaspora and Seed residencies, supporting artists whose work bridges traditional and contemporary forms. The program will present six free performances, public work-in-progress showings, and neighborhood engagement events across the Tenderloin, SoMa, and Mid-Market districts.

EARTHSEED DOME | $25,000

ICA SF, in collaboration with curatorial platform Art at a Time Like This, will present landscape artist Lily Kwong's major new site-responsive project EARTHSEED DOME in the Transamerica Redwood Park. This 3D-printed living soil installation merges ancestral building practices with emerging technology, serving as both a public artwork and seed dispersal hub to restore urban ecology. With printing starting during SF Art Week fully visible to the public, EARTHSEED DOME will continuously build itself and evolve onsite through July 2026, with fabrication led by Atelio and WASP 3D. Through public workshops and native seed distribution, visitors and commuters will be engaged as pollinators, transforming the park and surrounding downtown into a participatory ecological corridor that connects urban audiences with native ecology and fosters dialogue around sustainability and community care.

Dispatches from the City of Awe | $25,000

A yearlong storytelling initiative commissioning local writers and collecting first-person narratives from San Franciscans. Through a mobile listening booth, writing workshops, and public events, the project will engage up to 1,000 participants and culminate in readings, an anthology, and a digital archive—spotlighting resilience and connection.

The Soul Sessions | $15,000

The JaZzLine INSTITUTE presents The Soul Sessions, a 12-week live music series at Biscuits & Blues in early 2026. With $5 tickets, weekly performances feature top Bay Area jazz, blues, and soul musicians, guest artists, Q&As, BAJABA awards, and jam sessions—advancing the Institute’s mission to preserve and promote African-American musical heritage.

Tenderloin Art Walk Second Wednesdays & Bay Area Arts Magazine Release | $15,000

A three-month Second Wednesdays pilot project with exhibitions, performances, and activations across neighborhood venues. The series culminates in the release of Bay Area Arts Magazine, spotlighting 20 local artists and expanding cultural participation in Downtown San Francisco.