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Adopt a Resolution Approving Arts Grants for Fiscal Year 2025/2026 (PRCS)
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MEETING DATE:
December 17, 2025
PREPARED BY:
Emerson Yellen, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Deputy Director
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution approving Arts Grants for Fiscal Year 2025/2026.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Each year, City Council allocates funding to support the arts. For Fiscal Year 2025/26, Council allocated $39,000 for Arts Grants. Of that amount, $16,000 has been allocated for the 2025 Taco Truck Cook-Off, and $1,000 was set aside for a delayed FY 2024/25 Mini-Grant. This leaves $22,000 available for the FY 2025/26 project grant cycle.
The Lodi Arts Commission (LAC) is tasked with soliciting applications, reviewing submissions, and recommending applicants for funding to the City Council. A subcommittee was appointed on September 10, 2025, to review the applications. Eleven (11) applications were received requesting a total of $38,760.
The subcommittee completed its review and brought forward funding recommendations to the full Commission. At its regular meeting on November 12, 2025, the LAC approved the recommendations by a vote of 6-0.
Recommended awards total $17,750, with $4,250 remaining for mini-grants (projects $1,000 and below) throughout the fiscal year. A summary of recommended grants is included below and in the attached Summary Report.
LAC Recommended Grants for Council Approval
Grant Requestor
Grant Amount
Breakthrough Project
$1,400
Valley Community Orchestra
$1,750
Changing Faces Theater Company - Spooky/Holiday Show
$5,500
Lodi Fresh Ink Fest
$2,750
Lodi Sandhill Crane Association (LSCA)
$1,500
Lodi Community Art Center - Photography Show
$1,750
Lodi Community Art Center - Youth Gallery
$1,750
Lodi Community Art Center - Celebrate Lodi
$1,350
Future Arts Mini-Grants
$4,250
TOTAL
$22,000
STRATEGIC VISION:
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