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Cultural & Promotional Grants

PURPOSE:

The City of Indian Wells recognizes the intrinsic value of cultural and promotional events and/or activities and the role they play in enhancing and expanding the economic vitality and image of the City. Each year the City provides funding assistance to eligible organizations for the purpose of providing cultural and promotional events and/or activities that generally benefit the community.

Funding Applications: The City will accepts applications annually from June 1 - June 30. Financial support is dependent on availability of funds based on annual budget allocations.

The City’s application includes procedures, eligibility and criteria in one complete document. Applicants are encouraged to review the application packet in its entirety prior to beginning application process. Pages marked at the bottom with “Application” must be submitted with all required attachments. Incomplete application packets will not be accepted.

The application form is available in Word as a Form. Please DOWNLOAD application here and save  to your computer before beginning.

  • Applications must be submitted using the provided form. If you experience difficulty or questions regarding the form, please contact city's Management Analyst at (760) 346-2489 x 227 or grants@indianwells.com   .
  • You may type directly into the shaded gray boxes on the form. The box will expand as you type. (Word Forms may not allow for spelling or grammar check but will accept a copy/paste from a word document which has been previously checked and corrected.)
  • To move through the form use the mouse or the Tab key.
  • The City encourages you to save a final application file to your computer for your permanent record.



COMPLETED APPLICATIONS

Once you have completed your application packet, please print, sign where required, include all required supplemental materials as indicated and submit to City of Indian Wells as follows:

For guidelines click here.

City of Indian Wells
Attn: Management Analyst
44-950 Eldorado Drive
Indian Wells, CA 92210

For additional information regarding the City's Grant Programs, please contact the City's Management Analyst at 760-346-2489 x 227 or grants@indianwells.com.

2010/11 Cultural & Promotional grant Recipients
No. Applications
California Desert Chorale 5,000
Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert 23,500
Desert Forum, Inc (Desert Town Hall-IW) 75,000
International Classical Concerts of the Desert 2,500
Living Desert 50,000
McCallum Theatre dba Friends of the Cultural Center, Inc. 38,000
Palm Springs Air Museum 5,000
Palm Springs Art Museum 38,000
Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival 38,000
PlayHouse at Indian Wells 5,000
Steinway Society of Riverside County 5,000
Virginia Waring International Piano Competition 10,000
World Affairs Council of the Desert 5,000