In honor of Quick Grant’s 15th anniversary in 2024, CCI commissioned an outside evaluator to tell the story of how a relatively small investment(a $600 microgrant) can have an outsized impact on an awardee. The report examines the impacts Quick Grant has had on California artists and arts workers, it also describes artists’ creative and financial conditions in a post-COVID-19 landscape, and culminates with recommendations for how Quick Grant can continue to impact artists and arts workers, helping them to better manage their careers and organizations, and ultimately strengthen the arts sector as a whole.