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GRANTS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT is pleased to share the following opportunities and resources:
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Photo courtesy of Active Cultures. |
Community Care Series
Wednesdays, October 1 - 22, 2025
10AM - 12PM (PDT)
(Via Zoom)
Our Grants and Professional Development Division is thrilled to offer this professional development training opportunity from SHIFT, now with even greater flexibility to meet you in this moment.
This Fall, SHIFT invites you to pause, reflect, and reimagine. Over the past year, Los Angeles has faced multiple compounding crises, and leaders like you have shown up with resilience and care for your communities. This 4-part virtual workshop series is designed to create space to engage in critical strategy and visioning. Together, we’ll discuss systems analysis, trauma-informed practices, resource mapping, and engage with SHIFT’s Community Care framework as a tool to strengthen our work.
Participants will:
- Build tools to deepen social-emotional intelligence
- Build tools for trauma-informed practices and modalities
- Sharpen a systems analysis process to build courage, strategies for resistance, and reimagining
- Ideate practices, languages, and visions of community care for the future
Later in the year, SHIFT will host independent office hours to support your implementation of these tools in your respective work and spaces. |
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| It is recommended that participants plan to attend all four virtual trainings, as each module builds upon the previous session. However, we are offering the opportunity to attend one or more of the virtual trainings, if that is a better fit for you at this time. |
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Arts for LA’s State of the Arts Summit 
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Wednesday, October 8, 2025 | 8AM - 4PM
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
244 San Pedro St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
State of the Arts is an annual gathering of LA’s creative community to reflect, connect, and rise to action. This year’s theme—Roots, Recovery, and Regeneration—speaks to our shared need for healing and growth amid wildfires, defunded programs, and escalating attacks on our most vulnerable. In this critical moment, let us unite to protect each other, preserve our cultural assets, and imagine a more abundant future. Registration is now open. Department of Arts and Culture grantees can apply for a scholarship to attend the Summit. |
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Navigating Immigrant Resources
For Service Providers
Every second Wednesday of the month
October 2025 - December 2025
1 - 2PM (PDT)
Virtual
Join Carecen, RepresentLA, the Office of Immigrant Affairs, and the Community Investment for Families Department for an upcoming webinar on immigrant rights and local resources. The session is open to service providers serving immigrant communities, educators, promotoras, advocates, and community members. What you'll learn:
- Changes in immigration policies and why they are important
- Understanding your Constitutional Rights in the workplace, public spaces, and at home
- How to avoid immigration fraud and notario (Notary/immigration consultant) scams
- How to find legal and immigration detention support for people without attorneys
This session will be presented via Zoom in English with live Spanish interpretation. |
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Creating a Family Preparedness Plan: What families need to know
Every third Thursday of the month
October 2025 - December 2025
2 - 3PM (PDT)
Virtual
Join Public Counsel, the Office of Immigrant Affairs, and the Community Investment for Families Department for an upcoming webinar on creating a family preparedness plan what families need to know. What you'll learn:
- ICE’s rules for parents who are detained
- Understanding Caregiver’s Authorization Affidavit and Powers of Attorney
- How to create a long-term plan
- How to plan for reunification in country of origin and how to plan for children to stay in the US with a guardian
This session will be presented via Zoom in English with live Spanish interpretation. |
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Creative Care: An Opera for Life and Wellness Program
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Once a month on Tuesdays
12 - 1PM (PDT)
Virtual
This free Zoom series invites everyone to experience the healing power of the arts. Rooted in LA Opera’s upcoming shows and special topics, each gathering incorporates mindfulness, creative expression, learning, and self-reflection. Led by Connects teaching artists, you’ll engage in calming and joyful practices, and strengthen skills that empower you beyond the session. |
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Emergency Resources for Artists & Freelancers
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A list of resources including emergency funds for artists, LA wildfire resources, entertainment industry resources, mutual aid and housing resources. |
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Blessing in the Chaos: Writing Our Way to Calm
October 16, 2025
12PM - 1:30PM (PDT)
Virtual
Explore how expressive writing can bring forth inner wisdom and calm in this hands-on, online workshop. With guidance through a poetry therapy lens, we’ll utilize creative prompts and poetry reflection to culminate in crafting a personal piece of writing that honors our own unique blessings, journey, and voice. |
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Seeing Without Judging: Reflections on Art & Acceptance
November 13, 2025
12PM - 1:30PM (PDT)
Virtual
Decrease self-judgment and build resilience in this experiential workshop taking a social emotional arts approach to visual arts techniques. We’ll engage in guided exercises—from observational and blind-contour drawing to self-portraits—that reveal how self-criticism arises, how it can be softened with awareness, and how the creative process itself can become a rehearsal for responding to ourselves with acceptance, insight, and kindness. |
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Students attend the 2015 Arts Internship Program Summit. |
Arts and Culture grantees receive professional development SCHOLARSHIPS as part of their OGP, CIAG, and AIP awards!
The Department of Arts and Culture offers scholarships (up to $750 each) to cover registration costs for professional development opportunities such as conferences or workshops for Organizational Grant Program (OGP), Arts Internship Program (AIP), and Community Impact Arts Grant (CIAG) grantee organizations. Your organization must be a current grantee in good standing in order to participate in the scholarship program.
Visit the Professional Development page for full details on how to apply for a scholarship, as well as eligibility requirements. Benefits include up to 5 classes at The Nonprofit Partnership, up to 5 classes at the Center for Nonprofit Management and up to 5 scholarships (maximum $750 each) to be used for other PD opportunities, per organization every grant year.
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Junior staff and emerging leaders within your organization will especially benefit from these trainings and the opportunity to attend conferences. |
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Innovative Strategies: Reimagining Programs for Success
October 9, 2025
9AM - 4PM (PDT)
Virtual
This workshop is designed to provide participants with a basic framework to produce highly impactful programs that align with their organization's mission and vision. Participants will learn how to apply this framework to increase their organization's impact and consistently achieve their desired outcomes. At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will have the tools to create a comprehensive plan and be better prepared to develop impactful programs. |
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AI for Data Analysis & Program Evaluation
October 15, 2025
9AM - 11AM (PDT)
In-Person
In today’s data-driven world, it’s crucial for nonprofits to harness the power of AI to deepen their impact and communicate results more effectively. AI can significantly streamline data analysis and storytelling, turning complex datasets into clear, compelling narratives that resonate with funders, stakeholders, and communities. When used strategically, AI enhances program evaluation by identifying patterns, measuring outcomes, and generating actionable insights, ultimately helping organizations improve their services. It also plays a vital role in creating timely, accurate stakeholder reports, reducing manual work and increasing efficiency. However, as powerful as AI is, it must be used responsibly—understanding best practices for ethical AI use in data management is essential to uphold transparency and protect sensitive information. Hands-on experience with AI-powered analysis tools empowers nonprofit teams to confidently apply these technologies, making informed, mission-aligned decisions grounded in real data. |
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Grant Writing Certificate Program
October 16, 23 and 30, 2025
9AM - 3PM (PDT)
In-Person
Join us for our three-session Grant Writing Certificate Program to expand your knowledge and develop the skills needed to prepare a successful grant proposal. This program series is filled with “how-to” instruction and exercises that will help you through the process. Whether you are new to grant writing, or want to improve your skills, this program series is for you!
Come with a program/proposal idea in mind: Participants of this series will be expected to complete outside coursework each week, as they work on their specific proposals. |
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Ready, Set, Comply: Nonprofit Strategies for California’s Wage Increase
October 22, 2025
9AM - 12PM (PDT)
In-Person
Big changes are coming January 1, 2026: California’s minimum wage will jump to $16.90/hour, and the new exempt salary threshold soars to $70,304 annually. For nonprofits balancing tight budgets and big missions, these changes can feel overwhelming — but they don’t have to derail your goals.
This interactive workshop is designed exclusively for nonprofit leaders, HR professionals, and operations teams who want to stay compliant and protect their organizational culture. |
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Building Your Unique Toolkit: Navigating the Sea of Resources and Templates
October 22, 2025
9AM - 12PM (PDT)
Virtual
Nonprofits balance a wide range of responsibilities, and as organizations move through stages of startup, growth, maturity, or turnaround, their needs evolve—making it challenging to know which tools are the best fit.
This 3-hour virtual seminar will introduce the concept of a nonprofit “toolkit” and guide participants in assessing their organization’s lifecycle stage, identifying priority tasks, and exploring how to choose the most useful resources. Through interactive discussions, real-world examples, and peer exchange, participants will engage in hands-on exercises and learn how to build a fundraising toolkit using Candid’s tools, including Seals of Transparency, Foundation Directory, Guidestar, and more. |
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Social Impact Sector Summit
October 9, 2025
8AM - 4PM (PDT)
In-Person
In a time of uncertainty and urgency, we recognize the weight organizations carry—and the strength it takes to keep going. The CNM Social Impact Summit is more than a gathering; it’s a moment to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what drives us.
This year’s theme, Unstoppable, honors both the grief and tenacity of the social impact sector—leaders and teams who continue to rise in the face of burnout, heartbreak, and change. Whether you’re deep in direct service or shaping systems behind the scenes, this summit offers space to ask hard questions, build community, and gain tools to lead with clarity and care. |
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LA Culture Net
LA Skyline by Susan Logoreci at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. LA County Civic Art Collection. |
The Arts and Culture Virtual Bulletin Board
An organizational representative should be subscribed to LA Culture Net (LACN) to receive PD and other announcements from the field that are not included in our Newsletter.
In order to spare your inbox, moving forward we will post opportunities for professional development conferences and trainings as well as external funding opportunities on LA Culture Net.
To sign up:
- Visit LA Culture Net list serve webpage: https://groups.io/g/laculturenet
- Sign up for an account.
- Once you receive a confirmation email for your account from https://groups.io/groups, you’re set to subscribe to the laculturenet group.
- Note: It may take a few days to approve your subscription to the group.
- You will receive a confirmation email with a reminder that events, grants, and professional development opportunities from outside entities will be shared there moving forward as well as a note on how to sign up.
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