Grantee Database
Medical Clown Project
Grant Year
2026-27
Grant Program
General Operating Support
Award Amount
$18,000.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council MEDICAL CLOWN PROJECT will
>Provide access to our programming to audiences who need it most – those isolated in health care settings and their caregivers – bringing the joys of theatrical play to assisted living, memory care, hospital wards, and pediatric units.
>Promote the well-being of the whole person, by sharing activities bringing joy, warmth, connection, and comfort. We lighten an atmosphere from tension and worry to one of relief.
>Provide ongoing networking, performance opportunities and payroll support for the professionally-trained clown ensemble and staff to engage with heath care patients and community care residents, as well as their families and facility partner staff.
Organization Summary
We bring our artists to several facilities on multiple days weekly. Each clown service is between 1-4 hours. Over 80% of the populations we serve are elder and memory care units, and/or communities. Other populations include patients and staff from pediatrics, ICU’s, emergency departments, and disaster relief zones. The Medical Clown Project’s annual impact is built from 12,000 direct interactions and interventions reaching patients, residents, family members, medical staff, and disaster victims.
Organization
Medical Clown Project
Address
5716 Skyview Pl.
El Sobrante
94803
County
Contra Costa
Region
Bay Area – Other
Website
Congressional District
California Assembly district 15
State Assembly District
District 15
State Senate District
District 9
