This study analyzed Organizational Grant Program (OGP) applications and reports from our largest budget grantees, to gain better understanding of how they define diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their own words, and how they take action on those ideas. The analysis revealed a deep and multifaceted commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and access. These organizations are actively adapting operations, programming, and engagement approaches to better serve and reflect LA County's diverse population.

Key findings:

• OGP 4 grantees set ambitious goals for improving accessibility for clearly defined groups across all five Cultural Equity and Inclusion Initiative (CEII) focus areas: boards of directors, staffing, audience/participants, programming, and artists/creators.
• OGP 4 grantees operationalize DEI primarily by ensuring their programs and organizational structures reflect LA County's diversity, and by prioritizing historically underserved communities.
• Accessibility was positioned as equal to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with barriers to participation addressed through physical, budgetary, psychological, and educational means.
• Program-related and advisory- and facilities-based partnerships emerged as key strategies across all CEII focus areas.
• Many grantees reviewed for this report cited the 2018 Statement Policy Plan (SPP) requirement, created from the CEII initiative and now a component of the OGP program, as a catalyst for formalizing their DEI efforts.
• K-12 educational programs, largely prioritizing Title 1 schools, are used by OGP 4 grantees as a community engagement strategy.
• The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted operations but also accelerated innovation in digital programming.

The report concludes with a series of recommendations for how Arts and Culture can continue to improve implementation of the County’s Cultural Policy. It also makes recommendations to OGP grantees who are seeking to deepen their work in this area.