CheckbookBudget line

What has the City spent on Arts Activation Fund?

$1.6M across 18 payments, May 10, 2018 to March 18, 2025 — 8 purchase orders and 1 vendor, run by Cultural Affairs.

Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026

As published: ARTS ACTIVATION FUND

Spans more than one contract

This budget line has run for 7 fiscal years across 8 separate purchase orders. A single payment in the register shows none of that — the commitment outlives any one order, and the orders are how it gets renewed.

$1.6MTotal spent
8Purchase orders
1Vendors
100%Largest vendor's share

Spending by fiscal year

FY2017-18
$250K
FY2018-19
$29K
FY2019-20
$385K
FY2020-21
$178K
FY2022-23
$78K
FY2023-24
$430K
FY2024-25
$242K

Who was paid

18 payments

Under which orders

7 payments · January 20, 2023 to October 11, 2024

2 payments · March 2, 2020 to June 3, 2020

2 payments · June 15, 2018 to April 15, 2019

2 payments · February 3, 2021 to February 16, 2021

1 payment · April 7, 2020 to April 7, 2020

1 payment · March 18, 2025 to March 18, 2025

1 payment · May 10, 2018 to May 10, 2018

2 payments · June 24, 2020 to January 4, 2021

Sources

LA Controller, Checkbook LA (pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Grouped by account_name, the budget line a payment is booked against — populated on every row, and the most useful field for understanding what a payment actually bought. Back to the checkbook.