
The City Council awarded 21 organizations $202,223 for the 2025 Performing Arts Grant Program in music, theater and dance events. The Cultural Affairs Commission and staff have implemented Culver City’s Performing Arts Grant Program since its inception in 1994. A Peer Review Panel consisting of seven independent individuals with professional performing arts expertise and non-profit arts experience scored the applications.
The 2025 Culver City Performing Arts Grant Program Subcommittee recommended that 21 of the applications receive 90% of their requested funding
The most popular programming, Music, received 13 applications; with nine awards recommended for a total of $82,580. The next biggest category was Dance, which got ten applications; six awards were recommended, for a total of $64,800. Also turning in ten applications, the category of Theatre got six awards recommended, for $54,843.
Sony Pictures Entertainment generously donated $30,000 in support of the 2025 Program.
City of Culver City