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Grant Database
This is a growing grants database with fundraising opportunities focusing on awards averaging $1,000+, prioritize BIPOC and LGBTQIA+, and unrestricted funding.
Grant | Deadline | Category | Type | Award | Location | 501(c)(3)? | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Guaranteed Income Pilot | 2021/04/15 | Artists | Arts + Culture | $1,000/mo | San Francisco, CA | Individuals | https://ybca.org/guaranteed-income-pilot/ |
The Barbara and Carl Zydney Grant for Artists with Disabilities | 2021/06/15 | Visual, media, music, performing, and literary artists | Arts + Culture | $1,000 | New York City | Disabled Artists | https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/the-barbara-and-carl-zydney-grant-for-artists-with-disabilities/ |
Queens of the Castro | 2021/06/30 | LGBTQ+ youth ages 16-25 | Arts + Culture | $2,000 | California | https://www.queensofthecastro.com/ | |
Betty Bowen Award | 2021/08/01 | Unrestricted | Arts + Culture | $15,000 | Washington, Oregon, or Idaho | Individuals | https://www.artworkarchive.com/call-for-entry/2020-betty-bowen-award |
Jorge and Darlene Pérez Prize in Public Art & Civic Design | 2021/08/14 | Unrestricted | Public Art | $30,000 | United States | Individuals, Organizations | https://www.artworkarchive.com/call-for-entry/jorge-and-darlene-perez-prize-in-public-art-civic-design |
Eva Yaa Asantewaa Grant for Queer Women(+) Dance Artists | 2021/08/30 | Womxn*, LGBTQIA+ | Dance, Movement | $7,000 | United States | Individuals | https://www.queer-art.org/eya-grant |
The Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists | 2021/08/30 | BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ | Arts + Culture | $10,000 | United States | Individuals | https://www.queer-art.org/illuminations-grant |
Graham Foundation | 2021/09/15 | Artists | Arts + Culture | $20,000 | United States | Individual Artists | http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grant_programs?mode=individual |
Graham Foundation | 2021/1/25 | Organizations | Arts + Culture | $30,000 | United States | 501(c)(3) | http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grant_programs?mode=organization |
Southern Exposure | 2021/10/01 | Artists,
Organizations | Arts + Culture | $2,000 to $4,750 | San Francisco, CA | Individual or Collective | https://www.soex.org/round/round-13 |
The Living Cultures Grant | 2021/10/01 | BIPOC | Arts + Culture | $5,000 | California | 501(c)(3) | https://www.actaonline.org/program/living-cultures-grant/ |
Artadia | 2021/10/01 | Unrestricted | Arts + Culture | $10,000 | Atlanta, GA | Individuals | https://artadia.org/awards/howtoapply/ |
Neighborhood Voices (VOICES) | 2021/10/15 | Artists,
Organizations | Arts + Culture | $7,000 | Oakland, CA | Individuals + 501(c)(3) | https://city-of-oakland-california.forms.fm/fy2020-21-neighborhood-voices-for-individual-artists/forms/7682 |
Arts Counsil Santa Cruz County: Support Grant | 2021/10/16 | Organizations | Arts + Culture | $7,000 | Santa Cruz, CA | 501(c)(3) or Fiscally Sponsored | https://www.artscouncilsc.org/for-grantseekers/ |
The Bennett Prize | 2021/10/16 | Womxn* | Figurative Painting | $50,000 | United States | Individuals | https://thebennettprize.org/ |
Arts Counsil Santa Cruz County: Cultivate | 2021/10/16 | Artists | Arts + Culture | $3,000 | Santa Cruz, CA | Individuals | https://www.artscouncilsc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-Fall-Cultivate-Grant-Guidelines.pdf |
The Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant | 2021/11/01 | LGBTQIA+, BIPOC | Film, Video | $7,000 | United States | Individuals | https://www.queer-art.org/hammer-grant |
The Santo Foundation Individual Artist Awards | 2021/11/08 | Artists | Arts + Culture | $1,000 to $5,000 | International | Individuals | https://artist.callforentry.org/festivals_unique_info.php?ID=6911 |
SFAC: Creative Community Response | 2021/11/18 | Organizations, BIPOC | Social Justice | $6,500 | San Francisco, CA | 501(c)(3) or Fiscally Sponsored | https://www.sfartscommission.org/content/creative-community-response-grant |
Grants for Arts Equity | 2021/11/20 | Organizations, BIPOC | Social Justice | $10,000 | Bay Area, CA | 501(c)(3) or Fiscally Sponsored | https://minnesotastreetproject.org/grants-for-arts-equity |
Arts Inovator Award | 2021/12/09 | Unrestricted | Arts + Culture | $25,000 | Washington | N/A | https://artisttrust.org/awards/arts-innovator-award/ |
SFAC: Cultural Equity Initiatives | 2021/12/09 | Organizations | Arts + Culture | $100,000 | San Francisco, CA | 501(c)(3) or Fiscally Sponsored | https://www.sfartscommission.org/content/creative-space-grant-planning-facilities |
SFAC: Creative Space Grant | 2021/12/09 | Organizations | Arts + Culture | $50,000-$100,000 | San Francisco, CA | 501(c)(3) or Fiscally Sponsored | https://www.sfartscommission.org/content/cultural-equity-initiatives-cei |
Kevin Zeese Emerging Activists Fund | 2021/12/13 | Unrestricted | Arts + Culture, Activism | $20,000 | United States | Individuals, Organizations | https://popularresistance.org/kevin-zeese/?utm_source=Words+of+Mouth&utm_campaign=d2fbfc3142-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_11_22_06_24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d4310f52d6-d2fbfc3142-242911193 |
SFAC: San Francisco Artist Grant | 2021/12/15 | Artists | Arts + Culture | $20,000 | San Francisco, CA | Individuals | https://www.sfartscommission.org/content/san-francisco-artist-grant |
Horizons Foundation Community Issues Grant | 2021/12/21 | LGBTQIA+ | Arts + Culture | $10,000 | Bay Area, CA | 501(c)(3) or Fiscally Sponsored | |
Poetry Society of America's Individual Awards | 2021/12/31 | Artists | Poetry | $500-$2,500 | United States | Individuals | https://poetrysociety.org/awards/annual-awards/2021-individual-awards |
Wilhem Family Foundation | 2021/5/30 | Organizations | Arts + Culture | TBA | United States | 501(c)(3) | https://wilhelmfamilyfoundation.org/grants/ |
The David Prize | 2022/01/01 | Artists | Arts + Culture, Activism | $200,000 | New York, NY | Individuals | http://thedavidprize.org/?utm_source=Words+of+Mouth&utm_campaign=d2fbfc3142-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_11_22_06_24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d4310f52d6-d2fbfc3142-242911193 |
Fleishhacker Foundation - Small Arts Grants | 2022/01/15 | Organizations | Arts + Culture | $1,000-$10,000 | Bay Area, CA | 501(c)(3) | http://www.fleishhackerfoundation.org/grants/small-arts-grants/ |
Transgender Film Center Trailblazer Grant | 2022/01/15 | Artists | Narrative Film | $1,500 | United States | Individuals | https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGOszT3il226_Mq7vYBVBDE45KPKRXsMYLPY_l_wWpbikj9Q/viewform |
Creative Work Fund | 2022/01/21 | Artists | Arts + Culture | $15,000 - $45,000 | Bay Area, CA | Individuals + 501(c)(3) | https://creativeworkfund.org/grant-guidelines |
Robert Giard Grant for Emerging LGBTQ+ Photographers | 2022/01/21 | Artists | Photography | $10,000 | United States | Individuals | https://www.queer-art.org/giard-grant |
United States | 2022/01/28 | Artists | Performance | $25,000 | United States | Individuals | https://mapfundblog.org/2021-grant-program/ |
Artadia | 2022/02/01 | Unrestricted | Arts + Culture | $10,000 | Los Angeles, CA | Individuals | https://artadia.org/awards/howtoapply/ |
Virgina A. Groot Foundation | 2022/02/01 | Unrestricted | Ceramics | $10,000 to $50,000 | United States | Individuals | https://virginiaagrootfoundation.slideroom.com/#/permalink/program/55205 |
CalHum: Quick Grants | 2022/02/02 | Organizations | Arts + Culture | $1,000-$5,000 | California | 501(c)(3) | https://calhum.org/humanities-for-all/ |
CalHum: Project Grants | 2022/02/02 | Organizations | Arts + Culture | $10,000 to $20,000 | California | 501(c)(3) | https://calhum.org/humanities-for-all/ |
SFFILM Rainin Grant | 2022/02/11 | Artists | Narrative Film | $10,000-$50,000 | Bay Area, CA | Individuals | https://sffilm.org/rainin-grant/ |
APIQWTC SCHOLARSHIP | 2022/02/14 | BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Students | Writing | $2,500 | Bay Area, CA | Individuals | https://lambdaliteraryawards.submittable.com/submit/180682/2021-jim-duggins-outstanding-mid-career-novelists-prize?mc_cid=887a15cece |
Jim Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelists' Prize | 2022/02/15 | LGBTQIA+, Students | Writing, Poety | $5,000 | Bay Area, CA | Individuals | https://lambdaliteraryawards.submittable.com/submit/180682/2021-jim-duggins-outstanding-mid-career-novelists-prize?mc_cid=887a15cece |
NEA: Grants for Arts Projects | 2022/02/23 | Organizations | Arts + Culture | $10,000 to $100,000 | United States | 501(c)(3) | https://www.arts.gov/grants/apply-grant/grants-organizations |
Sustainable Arts Foundation | 2022/02/26 | Unrestricted, Parents | Arts + Culture | $5,000 | United States | Individuals | https://apply.sustainableartsfoundation.org/ |
Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant | 2022/02/26 | Unrestricted, Mature Artists | Arts + Culture | $25,000 | United States | Individuals | https://www.gottliebfoundation.org/individual-support-grant-1 |
Artadia | 2022/03/01 | Unrestricted | Arts + Culture | $10,000 | Chicago, IL | Individual | https://artadia.org/awards/howtoapply/ |
Creative Capital | 2022/03/01 | Artists | Arts + Culture | $50,000 | United States | Individuals | https://creative-capital.org/award/about/ |
Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation | 2022/03/01 | Publishing | Arts + Culture | $5,000-$15,000 | United States | Individuals | https://azarts.gov/arts-op/144410/ |
Furthermore | 2022/03/01 | Publishing | Arts + Culture | $1,500-$15,000 | United States | 501(c)(3) | https://www.furthermore.org/furthermore.html |
BLM Gender Blender Support Program | 2022/03/31 | BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ | Need Based | $6,000 | United States | Individuals | https://genderillumination.com/blm-gender-blender-support-program |
Markowski-Leach Scholarship | 2022/03/31 | LGBTQIA+, Students | Writing | $2,000 | Bay Area, CA | Individuals | https://mlscholarships.org/?mc_cid=887a15cece |
CAC Established Artist Fellows | 2022/04/01 | Artists | Arts + Culture | $10,000 | California | Individuals | https://arts.ca.gov/grant_program/individual-artists-fellowship/ |
CAC Legacy Artist Fellows | 2022/04/01 | Artists | Arts + Culture | $50,000 | California | Individuals | https://arts.ca.gov/grant_program/individual-artists-fellowship/ |
CAC Emerging Artist Fellows | 2022/04/01 | Artists | Arts + Culture | $5,000 | California | Individuals | https://arts.ca.gov/grant_program/individual-artists-fellowship/ |
Women Photograph - Nikon | 2022/04/01 | Womxn*, BIPOC | Arts + Culture | $5,000 | United States | Individuals | https://www.womenphotograph.com/grants-2020 |
Adobe Community Fund | 2022/04/01 | Artists | Arts + Tech | $500-$5,000 | United States | Individuals | https://www.adobe.com/about-adobe/creative-residency/community-fund.html?utm_source=Words+of+Mouth&utm_campaign=d2fbfc3142-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_11_22_06_24&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d4310f52d6-d2fbfc3142-242911193 |
CA$H Dance | 2022/04/07 | Artists,
Organizations | Dance, Movement | $3,500 | Bay Area, CA | Individuals, Organizations | https://dancersgroup.org/funding/cash/ |
NEA: Challenge America | 2022/04/09 | Organizations | Arts + Culture | $10,000 | United States | 501(c)(3) | https://www.arts.gov/grants-organizations/challenge-america/grant-program-description |
Harpo Foundation | 2022/04/30 | Artists | Arts + Culture | $10,000 | United States | Individuals | http://www.harpofoundation.org/apply/grants-for-visual-artists/ |
Not Real Art | 2022/05/01 | Artists | Arts + Culture | $2,000 | United States, Canada | Individuals | https://notrealartgrant2021.paperform.co/ |
The Berkeley FILM Foundation (BFF) | 2022/05/01 | Artists | Arts + Culture | $12,000 | Bay Area, CA | Individuals | https://berkeleyfilmfoundation.org/apply |
William Greaves Fund | 2022/05/01 | BIPOC | Nonfiction Film | $40,000 | United States, Mexico, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and Colombia | Individuals | http://www.firelightmedia.tv/william-greaves-fund-2 |
Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation | 2022/05/15 | Artists | Painting, Sculpture, Photography | $1,500 | United States | Individuals | http://chenvenfoundation.org/how-to-apply/ |
Gerbode Special Awards in the Arts | 2022/05/20 | Artists,
Organizations | Dance, Movement | $2,500 to $100,000 | Bay Area, CA | 501(c)(3) or Fiscally Sponsored | https://www.gerbode.org/arts |
CCI SCI Artist-Innovator Fund | 2022/05/26 | Artists w/Spinal Cord Injury | Arts + Culture | $7,500 | United States | Individuals | https://www.cciarts.org/SCI_Artist-Innovator_Fund.html |
AHL – Andrew & Barbara Choi Foundation Grant 2020 | 2022/05/31 | BIPOC | Arts + Culture | $5,000 | United States | Individuals | http://www.ahlfoundation.org/ahl-andrew-barbara-choi-family-foundation-grant-2019-2/ |
Pew Center | 2022/06/01 | Organizations | Arts + Culture | $50,000 to $400,000 | Philadelphia | 501(c)(3) | https://www.pewcenterarts.org/apply |
CAC: Arts & Accessiblity | 2022/10/01 | Artists, Organizations | Accessibility | $3,000 Artists
$5,000 Arts Orgs | United States | Individuals + 501(c)(3) | https://www.semel.ucla.edu/nadc/grants |
Pop Culture Lab | Rolling | Individual Artist,
Organizations | Arts + Culture | Unlisted | United States | Individuals + 501(c)(3) | https://popcollab.org/grants/ |
Pollock-Krasner Foundation | Rolling | Artists | Painters, Sculptors, Works on Paper | $5,000 - $30,000 | United States | 501(c)(3) or Fiscally Sponsored | https://pkf.org/apply/#guidelines |
Digital Preservation Outreach and Education Network (DPOE-N) | Rolling | Arts Administrators | Professional Development | $2,500 | United States | Individuals + 501(c)(3) | https://www.dpoe.network/professional-development-support/ |
Awesome Foundation | Rolling | Unrestriced | Emergency Grant | $1,000 | United States | N/A | https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/submissions/new |
Awesome Foundation | Rolling | Unrestriced | Emergency Grant | $1,000 | United States | N/A | https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en/submissions/new |
Foundation for Contemporary Arts | Rolling | Artists | Emergency Grant | $500 to $2,500 | United States | N/A | https://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/grants/emergency-grants |
CCI Quick Grant | The 15th of Every Month | Arts Administrators & Artists | Professional Development | $600 | National | Individuals + 501(c)(3) | https://www.cciarts.org/quick_grant.htm |
CCI CALI Accelerator | The 15th of Every Month | Arts Administrators | Professional Development | $1,000 | National | Individuals + 501(c)(3) | https://www.cciarts.org/cgi/page.cgi/cali_grants.htm |