Grantee Database

Grant Year

2026-27

Grant Program

General Operating Support

Award Amount

$18,000.00

Project Description

With support from the California Arts Council, RETURNING SOLDIERS SPEAK will strengthen organizational sustainability through expanded staffing, accessibility efforts, and digital engagement infrastructure. Funding will support increased paid hours for key personnel, including the Executive Director, Operations Manager, Accessibility Coordinator, Web Designer, and Content & Social Media Manager. Grant funds will also support website hosting, expansion of the organization’s YouTube content, and continued growth across social media platforms to increase accessibility, audience engagement, and long-term capacity for serving Veteran communities through the arts.

Organization Summary

Our programs and services address the pressing need for veterans, first responders, and their families to have supportive and safe platforms to tell their stories through the written word, readings, and performances for the community. Veterans often face isolation and a lack of community engagement post-service. Evidence suggests that many struggle to find avenues to express themselves creatively. By providing structured developmental programs for veterans, first responders, and their families to write and workshop their stories and original writings, we offer them a pathway to healing and community. Through dialogue, storytelling, poetry, prose, creative non-fiction, and playwriting veterans overcome isolation, connect with peers, and break through barriers to sharing their talents and their life experiences. We offer readings and performances opportunities for veterans to share their stories with the community, through this cohesive and holistic process and programs; they learn that coming home is possible and deserved.

Organization

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Address

11112 LA MAIDA ST UNIT 7

N HOLLYWOOD

91601-4575

County

Los Angeles

Region

South – Los Angeles & Orange

Website

Email

Congressional District

29th District

State Assembly District

District 46

State Senate District

20th District

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