JANUARY/FEBRUARY GRANTS, GIGS, & MORE
FEATURED GRANT
DECORATIVE ARTS TRUST PUBLISHING GRANTS
DEADLINE: MARCH 31, 2024
These grants support book-length academic publications based on completed dissertations or by first-time authors seeking to publish a scholarly work, as well as book-length publications tied to collections, exhibitions, and conferences that increase the awareness and appreciation of important areas of research in the decorative arts including catalogues, and compilations of conference papers.
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Decorative Arts Trust – Publishing Grants
Deadline: 31 March 2024
The program awards grants to support book-length publications tied to collections, exhibitions, and conferences that increase the awareness and appreciation of important areas of research in the decorative arts, including catalogues and compilations of conference papers.
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Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Deadline: rolling
Artists can apply to The Pollock-Krasner Foundation by submitting an online application. Requirements for consideration are the application form, a cover letter, a current resume including an exhibition record, and ten digital images of current work with a corresponding identification list. All applications will be promptly acknowledged and considered. Please do not send application forms by mail, fax or email.
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Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant
Deadline: 9 December 2024
Created in 1993 to further FCA's mission to encourage, sponsor, and promote work of a contemporary, experimental nature, Emergency Grants provide urgent funding for visual and performing artists who:
Have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding
Incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates
Emergency Grants is the only active, multi-disciplinary program that offers immediate, project-based assistance of this kind to artists living and working anywhere in the United States, for projects occurring in the U.S. and abroad.
Each month FCA receives an average of 100 Emergency Grant applications and makes approximately 12-21 grants. Grants range in amount from $500 to $3,000, and the average grant is now $1,900.
Before proceeding, we recommend that you carefully review the Emergency Grants Overview, Guidelines, Process, and FAQs on our website.
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Creative Capital 2025 OPEN CALL
Applications Open: March 4, 2024. Deadline: April 4, 2024
For our 25th Anniversary in 2025, Creative Capital welcomes innovative and original new project proposals in visual arts, performing arts, film/moving image, technology, literature, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms.
The Creative Capital Award provides unrestricted project grants up to $50,000 which can be drawn down over a multi-year period, bespoke professional development services, and community-building opportunities.
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Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts – 2025 Taoyuan International Art Award
Application Period: 1-26 April 2024
Meant to recognize new artworks presented publicly for the first time, this biannual award with a two-round selection process will distribute a total of NT$1.55 million in prize money. Selected works will be exhibited at Taoyuan Arts Center in the spring of 2025.
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DANIEL AND SUSAN PFAU FOUNDATION GRANT
GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
Unspecified amount
The Daniel and Susan Pfau Foundation
The Pfau Foundation was established in 1994 in Cincinnati by Daniel A. Pfau and Susan Laufer Pfau.The Pfau Foundation’s primary focus is on the education, health, cultural experience and social welfare of children, adolescents, young adults (to age 30) with physical, mental, or developmental disabilities and their families. rities of the Foundation.) The fourth area of interest is recreation areas.
The Creative Capital Award
Deadline: Spring 2024
https://creative-capital.org/about-the-creative-capital-award/
This award provides unrestricted project grants up to $50,000 which can be drawn down over a multi-year period, bespoke professional development services, and community-building opportunities.
2025: 50 Grants
Visual Arts: including painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, architecture, design, multimedia, installation, video art, performance art, new genres, craft, and socially engaged, and/or sustainable visual art-based practices
Performing Arts: including dance, theater (new theatrical work, playwriting), jazz, music, opera, singing, and socially engaged and/or sustainable performing arts-based practices
Film/Moving Image: including experimental film, short film, animation, documentary film, narrative film, and socially engaged and/or sustainable film/moving image-based practices
Technology: including augmented reality/virtual reality, bio art, data visualization, hardware, software, digital media, internet art, and socially engaged and/or sustainable technology-based practices
Literature: including poetry, fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, and socially engaged and/or sustainable literature-based practices
Creative Capital 2025 OPEN CALL
Applications Open: March 4, 2024. Deadline: April 4, 2024
For our 25th Anniversary in 2025, Creative Capital welcomes innovative and original new project proposals in visual arts, performing arts, film/moving image, technology, literature, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms.
The Creative Capital Award provides unrestricted project grants up to $50,000 which can be drawn down over a multi-year period, bespoke professional development services, and community-building opportunities.
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Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
Deadline:
https://www.elizabethgreenshieldsfoundation.org
17,000 - 20,000 Canadian dollars used to ad vance the work of young emerging artists.
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Individual Artist Opportunity Grant
Deadline: 9 February 2024
https://www.southarts.org/grants-opportunities/individual-artist-career-opportunity-grants
The Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grant supports a milestone opportunity in an individual artist’s career that is likely to lead to substantial and significant career advancement. Grants of up to $2,000 are available to support eligible proposed and completed (retroactive) opportunities taking place between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024.
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COMMUNITY POSSIBLE GRANT PROGRAM: PLAY, WORK, & HOME GRANTS
US BANCORP FOUNDATION
Rolling Deadline, amount varies
We provide financial support to assist people in developing stability in their lives through access to safe, sustainable and accessible homes. Examples of grant support include:
Organizations that preserve, rehabilitate, renovate or construct affordable housing developments for low- and moderate-income families, individuals, seniors, veterans, and special-needs populations
Organizations that provide transitional housing as a direct stepping stone to permanent housing
Organizations that focus on veterans housing and homeownership
Construction of green homes for low- and moderate-income communities
Clean energy retrofit programs for low- and moderate-income housing developments
Organizations that provide access to renewable energy
Improving waste management systems to include recycling and composting programs
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FIFTH THIRD FOUNDATION GRANTS: CINCINNATI, OH - (CINCINNATI, DAYTON AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY) FOUNDATIONS
FIFTH THIRD FOUNDATION
Unspecified amount
Foundation Office at Fifth Third Bank
The Foundation Office at Fifth Third Bank is committed to creating a greater impact on programs and initiatives that create strong, vibrant communities and provide pathways to opportunity. Grants for programming in education, the arts, community development, and health and human services in the Greater Cincinnati area are considered, in addition to the specific funding interests originally identified by each of the individual benefactors.
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KEENELAND FOUNDATION GRANT
KEENELAND FOUNDATION
Up to US $120,000
31 December 2024
The areas of impact in which we focus our charitable giving includes the following:
Causes related to the Thoroughbred industry
Arts and Culture
Community
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Education
Health and Human Services
Taoyuan Museum of Fine Arts – 2025 Taoyuan International Art Award
Application Period: 1-26 April 2024
Meant to recognize new artworks presented publicly for the first time, this biannual award with a two-round selection process will distribute a total of NT$1.55 million in prize money. Selected works will be exhibited at Taoyuan Arts Center in the spring of 2025.
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Deadline: February 15, 2024 (11:59pm EST)
Grants range from $10,000 to $100,000
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is proud to support the nation’s arts sector with grant opportunities so that together we can help everyone live more artful lives.
“Artful lives” is an inclusive concept encompassing everything from the creation, presentation, and consumption of art, to active arts engagement by all people through making, teaching, and learning in our everyday lives. The arts contribute to our individual well-being, the well-being of our communities, and to our local economies. The arts are crucial to helping us make sense of our circumstances from different perspectives.
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Arts in Neighborhoods Community Event Mini-Grants
Deadline: rolling
$500-$5,000 (no more than 50% of the total event budget)
The Community Event Mini-Grants support arts organizations and neighborhood associations, individual artists, groups of artists, non-arts nonprofits and community-based organizations with project expenses associated with presenting multi-disciplinary, multigenerational, free gatherings with arts components in communities.
You do not have to be a 501(c)(3) or be affiliated with a 501(c)(3) to apply for Community Event Mini-Grants. If you apply as an individual or as a non-tax exempt organization or group and are selected for a grant award, your grant award will be considered taxable income by the Internal Revenue Service.
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ARTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY EVENT MINI-GRANTS
Fund for the Arts Community Event Mini-Grants support the implementation of short-term or one-time innovative and creative events that engage communities within specific neighborhoods of Greater Louisville. This grant program is part of the Arts in Neighborhoods initiative. Learn more about past recipients of the Community Event Mini-Grant: Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2023.
WHO MAY APPLY?
Organizations and artists are eligible to apply for a Community Event Mini-Grant if they meet the following criteria:
Are based in the Greater Louisville area, which includes the following counties: Bullitt, Jefferson, Oldham, and Shelby counties in Kentucky; Clark, Floyd, and Harrison counties in Indiana.
Share Fund for the Arts commitment to access, equity, and inclusion.
Are partnered with at least one additional organization as a secondary partner. Partnerships with local businesses or restaurants or with neighborhood associations are encouraged to ensure neighborhood alignment and integration. Preference will be given to applications that include a second partner from a different industry or affiliation than the primary partner. Examples might include:
Primary partner is a non-profit arts agency and secondary partner is a local business.
Primary partner is a non-profit and secondary partner is a neighborhood association or artist.
Applicants who are previous and/or current Fund for the Arts grantees must be compliant with all grant requirements and reporting in order to be eligible for this grant opportunity.
You do not have to be a 501(c)(3) or be affiliated with a 501(c)(3) to apply for Community Event Mini-Grants. If you apply as an individual or as a non-tax exempt organization or group and are selected for a grant award, your grant award will be considered taxable income by the Internal Revenue Service.
ELIGIBLE REQUESTS
Event must contain an element that is artistic in nature, including either performance, exhibit, culinary arts, or creation and engagement in artistic exercise.
Event should include a physical, in-person event to happen in a specific neighborhood in Greater Louisville.
Event budget should be reasonable and sufficient to execute the project within the project period.
Event must be free and open to the public or have a component that is free and open to the public.
Event should be multigenerational, to appeal to audiences of all ages.
Applicant should be able to define the project’s target audience and have a plan for attracting this audience to the experience.
GRANT AWARDS
Grant awards will be made between $500-$5,000 (no more than 50% of the total event budget) for the proposed project. Most grant awards will likely be in the range of $500 – $2,500. Match can include cash and / or in-kind contributions.
DEADLINE EXTENDED THROUGH FEBRUARY 9, 2024
SOUTHERN PRIZE AND STATE FELLOWSHIPS FOR VISUAL ARTS
DEADLINE EXTENDED THROUGH FEBRUARY 9, 2024
INDIVIDUAL ARTIST CAREER OPPORTUNITY GRANTS
Artists, apply for up to $2,000 to take advantage of a milestone opportunity in your career.
11:00 A.M. ET FEBRUARY 15, 2024
FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP: SOUTH ARTS DANCE FORUM
DEADLINE MARCH 1, 2024
JAZZ ROAD TOURS
DEADLINE MARCH 1, 2024
PRESENTATION GRANTS
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN THROUGH MARCH 12, 2024
BECOME A SOUTHERN CIRCUIT SCREENING PARTNER
DEADLINE MARCH 13, 2024
TRADITIONAL ARTS TOURING GRANTS
11:00 A.M. ET MARCH 21, 2024
ONGOING
EXPRESS GRANTS
Open to organizations in rural communities of 50,000 people or less, the Express Grant program offers expedited awards of up to $3,000 supporting the presentation of touring artists.
ONGOING
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ARTISTIC PLANNING GRANTS
OPEN GRANTS (JANUARY 2024)
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Deadline: rolling
Artists can apply to The Pollock-Krasner Foundation by submitting an online application. Requirements for consideration are the application form, a cover letter, a current resume including an exhibition record, and ten digital images of current work with a corresponding identification list. All applications will be promptly acknowledged and considered. Please do not send application forms by mail, fax or email.
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Sodexo Stop hunger grant
Deadline: 21 January 2024
$250 or $500 mini-grant for youth
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Deadline: April 25, 2024 (11:59 pm EST)
$10,000
Challenge America offers support primarily to small organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved groups/communities. Challenge America features an abbreviated application, a robust structure of technical assistance, and grants for a set amount of $10,000. Grants require a cost share/match of $10,000 consisting of cash and/or in-kind contributions. Total project costs must be at least $20,000 or greater.
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Great Meadows Foundation Artist & Curator Travel Grants
Deadline: Rolling
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FY2025 Kentucky Touring Grant Guidelines
Application Deadline: March 15, 2024
Grant Period: July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025
The Kentucky Touring (KYT) Grant is a matching grant that helps make quality public performances available to the people of the commonwealth. This program provides presenters with support to book performers of dance, music, theatre and storytelling from the Kentucky Arts Council Performing Artists Directory.
Performances supported by this grant must:
Feature at least one artist, group or ensemble from the Kentucky Arts Council’s Performing Artists Directory
Last a minimum of 60 minutes
Be open and marketed to the public and dedicated to serving a wide audience (this may not apply to organizations with residential populations)
Include a well-defined target audience
Present the Performing Artists Directory artist as the primary performer and not as backup or support for other performers
Follow all local, state and federal safety protocols in effect at the time of the performance
2024 Not Real Art Grant
Deadline: 1 January 2024 (11:59pm PST)
Six $2,000 cash awards
US-based visual artists working in any 2D/3D medium can submit their work for free to this competition. Six applicants will receive a no-strings-attached cash award of $2,000, plus PR and marketing support.
notrealart.com
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Walmart Community Grants
Deadline: rolling
Local Community grants range from a minimum of $250 to a maximum of $5,000.
Eligible nonprofit organizations must operate on the local level (or be an affiliate/chapter of a larger organization that operates locally) and directly benefit the service area of the facility from which they are requesting funding.
Grant applications for calendar year 2023 will be accepted on a quarterly basis. Deadlines for submissions are as follows:
Quarter 1: Feb 1 – April 15
Quarter 2: May 1 – July 15
Quarter 3: August 1 – October 15
Quarter 4: November 1 – December 31
Applications may be submitted at any time during each quarter funding cycle. All applications will be reviewed prior to the next funding cycle.
Organizations may only submit a total number of 25 applications and/or receive up to 25 grants within the 2023 grant cycle.
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Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants
Deadline: January 12, 2024
This program provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography.
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NYSCA x Wave Farm Media Arts Assistance Fund for Artists
Deadline: January 15, 2024
New York State artists can apply for up to $7,500 to support the completion and/or public presentation of a new or recently completed media artwork. Grant awards assist artists in completing new work, reaching public audiences, and advance artistic exploration and public engagement in the media arts. Women, gender non-conforming people, and people of color are encouraged to apply.
Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation
2024 Individual Support Grants
Deadline: 17 January 2024
This program recognizes and supports serious, fully committed visual artists who have been creating mature art for at least 20 years and who are in current financial need.
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James Graham Brown
DEADLINE: ROLLING
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Deadline: February 15, 2024 (11:59pm EST)
Grants range from $10,000 to $100,000
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is proud to support the nation’s arts sector with grant opportunities so that together we can help everyone live more artful lives.
“Artful lives” is an inclusive concept encompassing everything from the creation, presentation, and consumption of art, to active arts engagement by all people through making, teaching, and learning in our everyday lives. The arts contribute to our individual well-being, the well-being of our communities, and to our local economies. The arts are crucial to helping us make sense of our circumstances from different perspectives.
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Arts in Neighborhoods Community Event Mini-Grants
Deadline: rolling
$500-$5,000 (no more than 50% of the total event budget)
The Community Event Mini-Grants support arts organizations and neighborhood associations, individual artists, groups of artists, non-arts nonprofits and community-based organizations with project expenses associated with presenting multi-disciplinary, multigenerational, free gatherings with arts components in communities.
You do not have to be a 501(c)(3) or be affiliated with a 501(c)(3) to apply for Community Event Mini-Grants. If you apply as an individual or as a non-tax exempt organization or group and are selected for a grant award, your grant award will be considered taxable income by the Internal Revenue Service.