Grantee Database
Safe Black Space
Grant Year
2026-27
Grant Program
General Operating Support
Award Amount
$30,000.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, SAFE BLACK SPACE will sustain staffing and operations to continue culturally grounded arts, healing, and wellness programming for historically under-resourced Sacramento County communities.
SAFE BLACK SPACE is a California-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit with eight years of African diasporic arts and wellness programming, including the Kwanzaa Kutoa Celebration, drumming, healing circles, book clubs, and visual/spoken word events.
Programs create trusted spaces for cultural expression, healing, and community connection in Sacramento neighborhoods including Oak Park and Del Paso Heights, both identified as lower-resource areas in the California Healthy Places Index.
This is our first CAC grant.
The requested $30,000 will support staff salaries, ensuring program continuity, stability, and year-round service. Funding will allow SAFE BLACK SPACE to maintain accessible in-person and virtual programming that strengthens cultural identity and fosters creative expression.
Organization Summary
Safe Black Space implements cultural and community-driven healing and connection activities.
• Community Healing and African Drum Circles: Facilitating safe environments for emotional processing of racial stress and trauma and connecting with Black culture and joy. Inclusive of artistic forms of healing.
• Wellness Activities: Providing culturally rooted self and community care services that increase health and wellness, such as African-centered yoga, sound baths, stress management techniques
• Culturally Anchored Events: Hosting gatherings like the annual Kwanzaa Kutoa Celebration which affirm identity, build social cohesion, and celebrate community honorees.
• Educational Outreach: Providing healing-centered education, meditation sessions, and book study groups to equip participants with long-term coping strategies.
Organization
Safe Black Space
Address
1026 FLORIN RD #294
SACRAMENTO
95831-3513
County
Sacramento
Region
Capital
Website
Congressional District
7th Congressional District
State Assembly District
10
State Senate District
8
