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Opportunities for Current Organizational Grant Program (OGP) Grantees

Scholarships for workshops and conferences

The Arts Commission provides numerous scholarship opportunities for grantees to take advantage of operational workshops, as well as arts or discipline-specific conferences. The purpose of the scholarship program is to encourage staff and board development at all levels of the organization. Scholarships provide a level of self-determination for grantees to focus on areas of training specifically needed for their organization and staff. Contracting for scholarships is also a way to provide support to critically needed service organizations in the County.
 

The Arts Commission provides scholarships for 1/2 and full day workshops at the Center for Nonprofit Management, Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership for OGP I, OGP II, and OGP 2.5 grant recipients.

 

Please note that should you register and then skip the workshop or conference without advance cancellation, your organization will be responsible for paying the entire fee. Failure to pay will result in the organization's ineligibility for any further scholarships for conferences or workshops. In addition, the organization will not be eligible for reimbursement of expenses for the Organizational Grant Program grant until the missed class fee has been paid.

 

Human Resources Workshops

Since many organizations request staffing support through the Arts Commission’s Organizational Grant Program, the Arts Commission presents workshops to assist organizations better utilize these funds through more informed decisions and practices in recruiting, hiring and managing staff.

The Arts Commission has contracted with ManagEase, a firm specializing in outsourcing HR functions to provide an introduction to HR practices, as well as quarterly roundtable sessions to discuss specific HR issues and challenges. Organizations that participate in the workshops, or that have previously attended HR workshops provided by the Arts Commission, will also be able to utilize an on-call HR help desk to answer an organization’s HR questions. Information on these workshops is sent to grantees in advance of the sessions.

 

The next human resources workshop, "Strategic HR Issues" is scheduled for March 7, 2012 from 9:30 am -12:45 pm.  The half-day workshop provides an overview of strategic HR issues such as risk identification and management, leadership, estimating HR costs, organizational structure options, staff development, compensation and setting and measuring executive goals. To register, click here.  

 

Conferences

The Arts Commission provides scholarships for grantee organizations to attend conferences in the region. There are currently two scholarship opportunities available:

 

The Association for Jewish Theatre Conference in Los Angeles from February 5-8, 2012.

The 100th College Art Association Conference in Los Angeles from February 22-25, 2012

 

In order to apply for a 50% reimbursement scholarship, please download the scholarship application on the top right corner of this page and fax to 213-580-0017.

 

 
Conference Scholarship Opportunities

Click here to apply for a Los Angeles County Arts Commission Scholarship to attend The Association for Jewish Theatre Conference from February 5-8, 2012. 

Click here to apply for a Los Angeles County Arts Commission Scholarship to attend the College Art Association Conference from February 22-25, 2012.