The Fleishhacker Foundation aims to support innovative new work by Bay Area artists through its Small Arts Grants Program. It focuses on funding a broad range of arts groups that produce and present innovative work, support working artists, and engage marginalized communities. Emphasis is placed on diversity, supporting artists and groups that represent and engage marginalized artists and communities, including people of color, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, immigrants, and under-resourced populations.
The Special Arts Grants aim to support anchoring arts and culture nonprofit organizations that operate within specific budget ranges and that produce and present new work, including managing performance venues or exhibition spaces. This grant program seeks to advance a diverse array of artistic disciplines, aesthetic sensibilities, and forms of cultural expression across dance, music, theater, visual arts, interdisciplinary arts, or film. It prioritizes organizations that support working artists and engage historically marginalized artists and communities, offering general support for organizations engaged in the production and presentation of new work by Bay Area artists.