COVID-19 relief awards for Sacramento artists

The average COVID-19 relief grant award for Sacramento artists who applied for CARES Act funding was $8,651. Black and multiracial artists, and creatives who did not share their racial data, received smaller grants compared to Asian American and Pacific Islander, Latino and white artists.

Native American artists were excluded from this chart because only two received grants, with an average award amount of $42,388. Of the 231 recipients, racial demographic data is unavailable for 30 artists.
Chart: Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks Source: City of Sacramento Office of Arts and Culture Get the data