Grants Staff Contacts
Grant Programs – Email & Staff Contacts
IMPORTANT: Please read the grant-specific guidelines, application instructions, and grant applicant FAQs before contacting staff.
We recommend that you contact staff well in advance of a grant deadline to ensure you can be accommodated. Due to a very high volume of inquiries, there may be a delay in our response.
People who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf Blind, or have difficulty speaking may dial 711 to reach the California Relay Service (CRS).
Statewide and Regional Networks, statewidenetworksgrant@arts.ca.gov
- Arts Program Specialist: Carlos Casillas (he/him)
State-Local Partners, slpgrant@arts.ca.gov
State Local Partners Mentorship, slpmentorgrant@arts.ca.gov
- Arts Program Specialist: Jonathan Estrada (he/him)
California Creative Corps, creativecorpsgrant@arts.ca.gov
- Arts Program Manager: Josy Miller, Ph.D. (she/her)
General Operating Support, genopsgrant@arts.ca.gov
- Arts Program Specialist: Leslie Giovanini (she/her)
Impact Projects, impactgrant@arts.ca.gov
- Arts Program Specialist: Natalie Peeples (she/her)
Creative Youth Development, creativeyouthgrant@arts.ca.gov
Administering Organization-Individual Artists Fellowship, artsfellowsgrant@arts.ca.gov
Cultural Districts, culturaldistrictsgrant@arts.ca.gov
- Arts Program Specialist: Gabrielle Rosado (she/her)
Administering Organization-Folk and Traditional Arts, folkartsgrant@arts.ca.gov
- Arts Program Specialist: Arielle Rubin (she/her)
Arts and Youth, artsyouthgrant@arts.ca.gov
Arts Education Exposure, artsedexposuregrant@arts.ca.gov
Arts Integration Training, artsintegrationgrant@arts.ca.gov
- Arts Program Specialist: Emily Taggart (she/her)
