Olson Performance Grants

Organization Name
Provide your organization's mission statement and explain how your organization presents, produces, or supports cultural, creative, or arts programs and services as a major component of its mission. (Maximum250 words)

Please provide your official mission and/or vision statement0/250
Organization Contact Name & Title
Organization Contact Phone
Organization Contact Email
example@example.com
Executive Director (if none, then Board President) Name
Executive Director/Board President Email
example@example.com
Social Media Handles
Please provide your Instagram and Facebook handles if available so we may support you through our social media channels.

Which theatre are you renting?
Total 2025-26 Organizational Expense Budget (projected number is ok)
Please enter the total amount of your operational budget for the organization for FY2026
Total Direct Performance Cost(s)
Please enter the total amount of expenses that are directly attributable to the performance(s) for which you are seeking funding.
Total Grant Request
Please enter the total amount of the funds you are requesting.
Please provide a brief description of your performance for which you are seeking funding.
Names, dates and expected audience of performance(s) for which funds are requested?
Please provide the name, date and expected audience for each performance for which funds are being requested.

Please use this example budget below to create your performance budget for which you are requesting a grant. Show us how the grant money will be utilized.
Performance Budget (please identify all income sources - sponsorships, ticket sales etc.)

Please upload (PDF only, anything else will be rejected) your performance budget. Identify all other sources of incomes as well as all applicable expenses.
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Additional Comments
Not necessary to use - but if you have quotes from attendees or inspiring stories, our grant committee always loves hearing those.
Commitment to Cultural Equity
How has your organization addressed Cultural Equity? Provide specific examples or data demonstrating your efforts.*

no more than 450 words0/450
What steps has your organization taken/plan to take to ensure DEI within your organization or programming?
Note, this does not impact grant funding, but it is of importance and interest to TOArts to learn how our grantees are addressing this.
If you answered no to the two questions above on DEI, what is preventing you from initiating/creating a DEI policy?
What kind of support could you use to initiate this discussion within your organization?

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Prior Year Grant Report

If you received a grant in the previous fiscal year, your application will not be considered complete unless this report is completely filled. If you didn't get a grant in the previous fiscal year from TOArts, pls write N/A for all fields.
Number of Performances at the Bank of America Performing Arts Center*
Number of Attendees*
Did your attendance numbers go up or down compared to the year before. Please explain why?
Number of youth (ages 4 - 18) that attended your performance (n/a if not tracked/applicable)
Please provide us with a useable/sharable quote and a picture so we may promote your success on social media.
Upload PDF copy of the acknowledgment that TOArts received in your performance/program materials.

By providing us with pictures here, you are authorizing us to use it to promote your success and our partnership on social media. (only 5 jpg, jpeg, png, or pdf files can be uploaded)
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Certifications

We understand that the value of this grant is to be recognized at 100% of the value as this is cash that is paid by TOArts on our behalf to pay our theatre bill. We agree to include TOArts in e-blasts and social media where other donors are acknowledged.We agree to include TOArts logo and/or name in the commensurate donor/sponsor level for our organization.We agree to provide TOArts an ad commensurate with the donor/sponsor level in the program. (please provide TOArts with dimensions of artwork no less than 30 days before due date to receive a camera-ready PDF)By signing below, we certify that, to the best of our knowledge, this application and and completed attachments are true and accurate statements.
Successful applicants will receive a credit which will be paid directly to the City of Thousand Oaks Cultural and Community Services Department (CCS). This will be posted as a credit on the CCS settlement statement for the designated performance.

Theatre credit may not be used as a qualifying deposit to secure a date on the Bank of America Performing Arts Center calendar.

TOArts performance credits will be awarded based on available funds and will not exceed 50% of the direct production costs of the performance.
Executive Director/Board President Signature

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***IN 2026-27 The Olson Grants will revert to a single deadline of May 15, 2026