A calendar of grants, resources, and funding opportunities listed by application or inquiry due date and tagged in various categories. For more information about grant, foundation, and other resources contact Laura Hennighausen at lhennighausen@purposepossible.com.
Peoples Bank Foundation
Application deadlines: Applications are reviewed quarterly. Visit the Foundation’s website for the upcoming application deadlines.
Geographic scope: Communities within the Peoples Bank footprint in OH, WV, KY, VA, DC, and MD, as well as Burlington, VT; Excelsior, MN; and Lee’s Summit, MO
The Peoples Bank Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations working to improve the quality of life for individuals and families within the Peoples Bank footprint of Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Maryland, as well as Burlington, VT; Lee’s Summit, MO; and Excelsior, MN. Support is provided for local programs that help low- to moderate-income individuals and families. Areas of interest include community investment and economic development, youth and education, health and human services, arts and culture, and the environment.
The Americana Foundation’s Early American Art and Heritage Projects
The Americana Foundation’s American Heritage program area supports projects and programs throughout the United States that seek to broaden the inclusivity of early American art and the early American historical narrative to “tell the full story of” the American experience. The Foundation seeks to support organizations and projects that elevate those whose perspectives have been traditionally underrepresented, especially people of color, Indigenous people, and women. Examples of eligible projects include interpretation or reinterpretation of art, decorative arts, or other objects of early American material culture (“Americana”) and their placement on public display for the appreciation and understanding of present and future generations; internships, fellowships, apprenticeships, and other career development opportunities for people interested in the curation, conservation, preservation, or restoration of Americana; and exhibits, visual media, interactive experiences, and other educational programs that contribute to better understanding or “tell the full story” of the American experience.
Grant amount: Typically $10,000 to $25,000
Concept letters and grant applications are accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed quarterly.
Wilhelm Family Foundation
Geographic scope: National, but with emphasis on California
The Wilhelm Family Foundation supports nonprofit arts organizations with the goal of helping improve the quality of life of artists and creative communities nationwide. While applications are welcome from across the U.S., the majority of grants support organizations in California. The Foundation’s mission is to help expand artists’ access to resources by supporting organizations working to make creative expression, experimentation, public programming, and discourse accessible to all people, artists and non-artists alike. Grantmaking focuses on nonprofit arts organizations of all types and sizes, with an interest in organizations and programming that prioritize diversity, inclusiveness, community, and freedom of speech. Organizations that utilize art and programming to engage diverse, marginalized, at-risk, or underserved communities of all kinds are of particular interest. Generally, the Foundation’s grants are given to small nonprofit organizations that use their staff, programming, and resources to further dialog around creativity, cultural issues, and environmental and social justice issues, towards the benefit of artists as well as the communities in which they operate.
Doris Duke Foundation
The Performing Arts Technologies Lab is both a grant and a support system designed to expand access to and nurture new methods for creating, sharing and experiencing the performing arts. The Doris Duke Foundation (DDF) is looking for innovative ideas in jazz, contemporary dance and theater that make use of new digital tools and production methods.
Selected projects will proceed through a series of development phases, beginning with the articulation of a basic concept and culminating, for some proposals, in a fully funded implementation. Support will combine financial resources with technical assistance. Participants will be expected to participate in a series of virtual and in-person meetings that will be programmed to facilitate shared learning and exchange.
For more information and before submitting an application, please closely review the request for applications document.
HumanitiesDC Youth in the Humanities Grant
Youth in the Humanities grants provide general operating support to humanities-focused organizations that work primarily with young people ages 11 to 19.
Eligibility: DC-based humanities-focused, youth-serving nonprofit organizations
Award Amount: Up to $25,000
Application Deadline: May 1, 2024
Grant Period Begins: July 1, 2024
Grant Period Ends: April 30, 2025
Humanities DC Capacity Building Grant
The Capacity Building Grants fund capacity building projects that help humanities-focused nonprofit organizations advance their mission and serve DC’s communities.
Applicants will propose distinct capacity building projects, such as identifying a communications strategy, improving volunteer recruitment, ensuring thoughtful leadership succession, updating a nonprofit’s technology, or improving how it measures its outcomes, that will build the capacity of their organization to effectively deliver its mission.
Eligibility: non-profit organizations with a humanities-focused mission and annual budgets of less than $2 million
Award Amount: Up to $25,000
Application Deadline: May 1, 2024
Grant Period Begins: July 1, 2024
Grant Period Ends: April 30, 2025
Race Forward and Americans for the Arts are seeking proposals for: Cultural Week of Action on Race and Democracy (CWA)
The first annual Cultural Week of Action on Race and Democracy (CWA) will take place September 27 to October 5, 2024. Race Forward and Americans for the Art are excited to sponsor select projects to encourage deep, bold, and long-term change. Through a competitive process, 12-15 local communities that represent the diversity of our country will receive $25,000-$40,000 for cultural organizers and community partners to design and implement projects that align with the theme of Building the Bigger We. This is an opportunity to deepen commitments to racial justice and inclusive democracy through cultural activities.
Participation in the CWA will also be encouraged and open to organizations not requesting funding.
TD Charitable Foundation: Regional Grants
Application deadline: Applications are accepted on a bimonthly basis; upcoming deadlines are December 22, 2023, and February 16, 2024.
Geographic scope: Communities TD Bank serves
Grant amount: The minimum amount is $5,000.
The TD Charitable Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations to improve the quality of life in the communities TD Bank serves, which include specific counties of CT, DE, DC, FL, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, NC, PA, RI, SC, VT, and VA. (A list of eligible counties is available in the online application.)
The Foundation primarily funds programs aligned to one or more of the following areas: better health, with a focus on research, technology, and innovative solutions that improve access to care for all; connected communities, with a focus on increasing access to the opportunities people need to participate and feel a sense of belonging in their community, including arts and culture; financial security, including early learning, income stability, financial literacy, and affordable housing; and vibrant planet, including clean economic growth that supports the transition to a low-carbon economy and activating green spaces.
Special consideration will be given to organizations delivering programs that support diverse and historically underserved communities and to programs that support low- to moderate-income individuals with services that improve the quality of life.
ArtsHERE
New Initiative Aims to Boost Arts Participation for Underserved Groups
Geographic scope: United States, including U.S. territories
Grant amount: Grants ranging from $65,000 to $130,000 each will be awarded to approximately 95 organizations.
ArtsHERE, a new grantmaking initiative from the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with South Arts and in collaboration with the five other U.S. Regional Arts Organizations, supports increased opportunities for arts participation in the United States.
ArtsHERE will invest in a range of projects from organizations throughout arts and cultural ecosystems that have demonstrated a commitment to equity within their practices and programming and undertaken consistent engagement with underserved groups and communities. Examples of commitment to equity include programming reflective of the community served, planning activities that are inclusive of diverse voices, and having undertaken consistent engagement with underserved groups and communities that have rich and inspiring artistic and cultural contributions to share.
Grants will be provided for specific projects to strengthen each organization’s capacity to sustain meaningful community engagement and increase arts participation for underserved groups and communities. In addition, grantees have access to peer learning and technical assistance opportunities.
Georgia Council for the Arts Bridge Grant
Description: Bridge Grants provide general operating support for non-profit arts organizations affected by COVID.
Grant Request: From $12,000 to $50,000 depending on the budget size of the applicant organization.
Match requirement: 100% match of request amount
Funding period: FY25 Bridge Grants provide general operating support for Georgia nonprofit arts organizations from July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025
Eligible Applicants: Non-profit arts organizations.
Deadline: FY25 Bridge Grant applications are now available. The application submission deadline is Friday, February 2, 2024.
Georgia Council for the Arts Arts Education Grant
Description: Arts Education Program Grants support arts programs delivered to K-12 students in a variety of disciplines, including visual art, music, theatre, dance, media arts, and creative writing
Grant Request: Between $1,500 and $8,000
Match Requirement: 50% match of request amount
Projects Must Take Place: July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025 for FY25 grants
Eligible Applicants: Non-profit organizations, government entities, public libraries, schools and colleges/universities.
Next Deadline: FY25 Arts Education Program Grant Guidelines and applications are now available. The application submission deadline is Friday, March 1, 2024.
Fulton County Arts & Culture (FCAC) Contracts for Services
Fulton County Arts & Culture (FCAC) is pleased to announce funding opportunities for the 2024 Contracts for Services (CFS) funding cycle. Funding awards ranging from $1,000 to $50,000 are available for Fulton County based artists, non-profit arts, organizations, non-profit cultural institutions, colleges and universities, schools, municipalities, and community based non-profit organizations in the form of essential project support.
The Contracts for Services (CFS) Program provides unrestricted general operating and project support to nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, arts & culture organizations, cultural institutions, colleges, and universities, as well as units of government that produce or present ongoing arts programming for the general public. Award recipients present programs that reflect the cultural diversity of the County, captures the imagination of adults, families, and youth, invigorates neighborhood growth, and supports economic development.
Georgia Council for the Arts Project Grant
Description: Project Grants support single art projects such as an art exhibit, a theatre production, a series of workshops for children, or an artist residency. Project Grant applicants also can apply for capacity building projects, such as developing a strategic plan, creating a development plan, or providing professional development.
Grant Request: Between $1,000 and $8,000
Match Requirement: 50% match of grant request amount
Projects Must Take Place: July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025 for FY25 grants
Eligible Applicants: Non-profit organizations, government entities, public libraries, schools and colleges/universities.
Next Deadline: FY25 Project Grant Guidelines and applications are now available. The application submission deadline is Friday, February 2, 2024, at 11:59 p.m.
HumanitiesDC Visions - Projects + Events
The Vision grant funds the creation of innovative interpretations of the humanities for public audiences. (Includes the former Festivals & Gatherings and DC DOCS grant programs).
The 2024 DCOHC Visions Request for Proposal is now available, and the application is open.
Eligibility: DC-based nonprofit organizations
Award Amount: Up to $25,000
Application Deadline: February 20, 2024
Project May Begin: May 1, 2024
Project Must be Completed by: April 30, 2025
HumanitiesDC Oral History Collaborative + Extensions
DC Oral History Collaborative Grants support oral history projects that explore Washington, DC’s life, history, and culture through interviews with the people who have lived it. There will be an opportunity to request additional funds for translation of interview transcripts, as well as extensions of successfully completed oral history projects previously funded by HumanitiesDC.
The 2024 DCOHC Request for Proposal is now available, and the application is open.
Eligibility: DC-based Individuals, community groups, and nonprofit organizations
Award Amount: Up to $8,000
Application Deadline: February 20, 2024
Project May Begin: May 1, 2024
Project Must be Completed by: December 31, 2024
HumanitiesDC Community Culture and Heritage Grant
Community Culture and Heritage Grants fund projects that capture the culture and narratives of DC’s communities for public audiences. These projects are showcased together in an annual culminating public event.
The 2024 Community Culture and Heritage Request for Proposal is now available, and the application is open.
Eligibility: DC-based Individuals, community groups, and nonprofit organizations
Award Amount: Up to $10,000
Application Deadline: February 20, 2024
Project May Begin: May 1, 2024
Project Must be Completed by: April 30, 2025
NALAC Fund for the Arts
Geographic scope: United States, including Puerto Rico
Grant amount: $10,000
The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC) is dedicated to the Latino arts field in the United States. The NALAC Fund for the Arts supports U.S. and Puerto Rico-based Latino artists and arts organizations in the development, creation, presentation, and sustainability of artistic excellence. $10,000 awards are available for Latino artists and organizations of all disciplines.
The Organization grant program supports organizations whose primary mission is focused on Latino arts and culture in any arts discipline. Both project-based support and general operating support are provided. Artist Grants support Latinx artists, ensembles, and cultural workers whose work demonstrates excellence and the potential to impact the Latino arts field.
Amphion Foundation
Geographic scope: U.S. and internationally
Grant amount: Generally $1,000 to $7,500
The Amphion Foundation aims to encourage the performance of contemporary concert music, particularly by American composers, through support to performing, presenting, and music service organizations.
The fall application cycle is open to presenters and music service organizations, including music service/advocacy organizations, professional development/training programs, artist residency programs, libraries and archives, radio and TV, presenters, and festivals. (The Foundation’s spring grant cycle supports performing organizations.)
General operating support is available for organizations with a history of substantial commitment to contemporary American concert music and plans to continue that commitment, while project support is available for exceptionally important activities relating to contemporary concert music that are out of the scope of an organization’s regular programming. Applicants must have 501(c)(3) nonprofit status (or the foreign equivalent) or have a fiscal sponsorship, and have two or more years of performance or program history as an organization.
The City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs
The City of Atlanta – Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs’ Contracts for Arts Services program (CAS) is now accepting proposal submissions for the FY ’24 Grant Cycle. CAS is the City’s program for granting public funding to individual arts and cultural activities. Eligible artists interested in these funding opportunities have until 11:59 PM on Friday, September 8, 2023, to apply for funding.
Applications will be accepted in two categories:
Artist Project and
Emerging Artist Award
First-time applicants interested in submitting a proposal for CAS funding must attend one of three virtual workshops covering the submission process. The virtual workshops will be held on August 15 at 10:00 AM, August 24 at 2:00 PM, and August 31, 2023, at 4:00 PM via Microsoft Teams.
Check the OCA website for additional information and links to RSVP for the virtual workshops. For more information contact the Contracts for Arts Services Program Manager, Brittnee Buley, at bjbuley@atlantaga.gov.
Imlay Foundation LOI
The Imlay Foundation currently funds organizations largely in Metro Atlanta, Georgia and Hilton Head, SC. First time grants are generally in the $10,000 – $15,000 range.
Venturous Theater Fund
The goal of our Venturous Capital Grants program is to support writers of bold, experimental, and/or large-scale new plays by giving not-for-profit theaters the ability to say “yes” instead of “no” to writer-driven projects perceived as especially challenging. We do this by funding specific extraordinary costs that are integral to those plays’ production, and which might otherwise make them difficult or impossible to produce.
Rolling - U.S. Bank Foundation's Community Possible Grant Program
U.S. Bank Foundation's Community Possible Grant Program provides support to nonprofit organizations in the 26 states served by U.S. Bank. Grants are provided in the following categories: 1) play, with a focus on access to artistic and cultural enrichment, learning through play, and preserving, protecting, and enhancing outdoor places to play; 2) work, with a focus on small business and workforce development, pathways to higher education, and financial literacy; and 3) home, with a focus on safe, affordable, energy efficient housing and home ownership education. Priority is given to organizations serving low- and moderate-income communities, women, and people of color as well as organizations led by people of color. A guidelines document (PDF) for the Community Possible Grant Program, which includes a list of eligible states, is available on the U.S. Bank website. Online letters of interest may be submitted throughout the year.
Imlay Foundation LOI
The Imlay Foundation currently funds organizations largely in Metro Atlanta, Georgia and Hilton Head, SC. First time grants are generally in the $10,000 – $15,000 range.
NEA - Research In The Arts
The Research Grants in the Arts program supports research that investigates the value or impact of the arts, either as individual components of the U.S. arts ecology or as they interact with each other or with other domains of American life. The focus is on research that evaluates art's impact on health, education, and the economy; art's role in community transformation and healing; diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the arts; and the evolving ecosystem of the arts in the U.S. Click here for more.
Georgia Council for the Arts Arts Education Program
The FY23 Arts Education Program Grant funds school and community arts education programs that serve Georgia's K-12 students between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024. Grant awards range from $1,500-$8,000.
GCA will host an online training workshop for the FY24 Arts Education Program Grant on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at 1:00 PM. During the workshop, GCA staff will review the requirements for the grant application, along with tips for submitting a successful proposal. Participants in the online training workshop must register here in advance. For those unable to participate in the online workshop, a recording of the webinar will be available on the GCA website.
The deadline for FY24 Arts Education Program Grant applications is Friday, March 3, 2023, at 11:59 PM.
South Arts Call for Grant Panelists
South Arts is looking for leaders in the presenting field from our nine-state region to serve as panelists for our grant program. Our panels will take place in April. Panels will be comprised of several panelists who have proven experience and expertise in at least one of the major arts disciplines (music, dance, theater, poetry, fiction literature, creative nonfiction literature, animation, documentary film, experimental film, fictional film, crafts, drawing, experimental visual art, mixed media, painting, photography and sculpture).
Panels will be held in a web-based format (via phone and computer). Panelists are not expected to travel; however, each panelist must be able to commit to a brief orientation/training session, independent review and evaluation of applications, and two hours of panel discussion. Panelists will receive an honorarium.
National Dance Project Production Grant
NDP Production Grants are made to projects led by professional choreographers or companies to support the creation and U.S. touring and/or sharing of a new dance project.
South Arts Traditional Arts Touring Grants
Traditional Arts Touring Grants increase the public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the traditional arts in the South. These grants support in-person or live virtual residencies by Southern traditional artists in Southern communities. Traditional Arts Touring Grants are available for requests from $1,000 up to $5,000. This program requires a 1:2 match.
Georgia Council for the Arts Bridge, Bridge Renewal, and Project Grant
In an attempt to streamline the application process for returning applicants, organizations that received a Bridge Grant in FY23 will complete a Bridge Grant Renewal application for FY24. GCA will send details to returning applicants via email.
GCA will offer the Bridge Grant again in FY24. Nonprofit arts organizations that receive the grant will be able to use the funds for eligible operating expenses.
FY24 Project Grants will support single arts projects, as well as capacity building and virtual arts programs, that take place between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024. Grant awards range from $1,000 to $8,000.
Fulton County Arts Council NEW DEADLINE
The Fulton County Department of Arts & Culture today announced a deadline extension for the 2023 Contracts for Services (CFS) arts funding cycle. The new application deadline is Monday, January 16, 2023.
Each year, Fulton County invests in non-profit organizations to ensure that Fulton County citizens enjoy a wide array of rich arts experiences. Funding awards ranging from $1,000 to $50,000 are available for Fulton County based artists, non-profit arts, organizations, non-profit cultural institutions, colleges and universities, schools, municipalities, and community based non-profit organizations in the form of essential project support.
Eligible applicants are encouraged to apply for these service contracts, which are designed to support arts programming taking place January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.
The Contracts for Services (CFS) Program provides unrestricted general operating and project support to nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, arts & culture organizations, cultural institutions, colleges, and universities, as well as units of government that produce or present ongoing arts programming open to the public. Contractors present programs that reflect Fulton County's cultural diversity, and capture the imagination of adults, families, and youth, invigorate neighborhood growth, support economic development, and provides jobs.
All application components are due Monday, January 16, 2023 via WebGrants by 11:59 p.m.
Applications must be completed and submitted through the WebGrants system: http://fulton.dullestech.net.
Deadlines for completed applications and final reports will be strictly enforced. Interested applicants are encouraged to review the program guidelines at www.fultonarts.org and contact CFS staff to verify eligibility. Staff members are available to assist organizations throughout the application process. Applications or components of the application submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.
For more information and to verify eligibility, please visit www.fultonarts.org or call 404-612-5780.
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Public Humanities Projects
National Endowment for the Humanities
The Public Humanities Projects program supports initiatives that bring the ideas of the humanities to life for general audiences through public programming. Projects must engage humanities scholarship to analyze significant themes in disciplines such as history, literature, ethics, and art history. The focus is on projects that are intended to reach broad and diverse public audiences in non-classroom settings in the United States. Project categories include exhibitions, historic places, and humanities discussions. Grants are available for planning and implementation. Optional drafts are due December 7, 2022. The application deadline is January 11, 2023.
National Endowment for the Humanities - Media Projects
The Media Projects program supports the development, production, and distribution of radio programs, podcasts, documentary films, and documentary film series that engage general audiences with humanities ideas in creative and appealing ways. Projects must be grounded in humanities scholarship and demonstrate an approach that is thoughtful, balanced, and analytical. Media Projects offers two levels of funding: development and production. Optional drafts are due December 7, 2022, and the application deadline is January 11, 2023. Click here for more.