Queer Cultural Center
For General Operating Support
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Amount$105,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/11/2013
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
The Queer Cultural Center, based in San Francisco, is a mecca for multiracial queer arts and culture in the Bay Area and beyond. In addition to its celebrated month long National Queer Arts Festival, the organization’s presenting, commissioning, artist services, website, and educational programs annually reach audiences of more than 80,000. During the grant period leadership would focus on building cash reserves, developing a strategic plan that includes leadership succession planning, and continuing to build programs that support the economic and artistic development of the LGBT arts community.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.queerculturalcenter.org
Address
934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The Queer Cultural Center (QCC) promotes the artistic, cultural, and economic evolution of LGBTQ+ artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. It commissions and presents queer artists and arts organizations and is committed to serving artists and audiences who are diverse across multiple dimensions, including sexuality, gender expression, race, artistic genre, and cultural tradition. Each year, the QCC produces a queer arts festival that features over 40 arts events in San Francisco, the East Bay, and virtually. The organization also supports LGBTQ+ artists with fiscal sponsorships, grants, community-building opportunities, and capacity-building workshops. Support for the Queer Cultural Center aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
for general operating support
Queer Cultural Center (QCC) is a multi-racial, community-building organization that fosters the artistic, economic, and cultural development of San Francisco’s LGBT community. QCC commissions and presents queer artists, promoting the development of culturally diverse artists and arts organizations, and contributes to the development of a multi-cultural perspective on the LGBT experience. Each year, beginning in 1997, QCC has presented a month-long National Queer Arts Festival, offering dozens of commissioned works in venues across San Francisco, Oakland, and Richmond.
