Starting for FY2026-27, applicants are no longer asked to submit an SMU DataArts Funder Report as part of a grant proposal. Instead, applicants must complete an Organization Financial & Programmatic Profile to share key details about the applicant’s recent operating history and performance. The form requests a streamlined set of data from the organization’s two or three most recent fiscal years, but is still likely to require multiple hours of dedicated time to complete. We recommend getting started on this form sooner rather than later and to keep a copy accessible for easy reference and use in future grant proposals. Click here to view and download a copy of the Organization Financial & Programmatic Profile form.
While DCA phases out the use of the SMU DataArts report, applicants may choose to use the LA City DCA funder report within the SMU DataArts platform while it remains available. However, the report may soon no longer be available, and therefore, we recommend applicants to proceed quickly to copy and paste your organization’s values from your prior DataArts funder report(s), 990, and/or audited statements to DCA’s new Organization Financial & Programmatic Profile form which can then saved and easily referenced and updated every two years when re-applying to the DCA’s Cultural Grant Program.