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Fresno parks staff outline tight timeline, new rules and $6.4M plan for Cycle 3 arts grants

Expanded Access to Arts and Culture Subcommittee (City of Fresno) · April 16, 2026
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City of Fresno parks staff presented a consolidated draft of Cycle 3 Expanded Access to Arts and Culture grant guidelines, proposed listening sessions and a NOFO deadline of June 30, and solicited feedback on fiscal sponsorship, eligibility screening, scoring handbooks and payment terms.

City of Fresno parks staff on Thursday presented a consolidated draft of the Cycle 3 Expanded Access to Arts and Culture (EAAC) grant guidelines and an accelerated outreach schedule aimed at releasing a Notice of Funding Opportunity by June 30.

“I'm a program manager for the parks department,” Sarah GitHub told the subcommittee as she outlined the outreach plan and listening-session schedule, which includes evening and weekend sessions and an online comment portal opening April 16 and closing April 30. Staff said roughly $6.4 million will be available for Cycle 3 grants and emphasized the NOFO release deadline is fixed.

The draft consolidates multiple solicitations into a single guidance document and raises several policy questions for community input: whether applicants can request both general operating and project…

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