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Unrestricted Funds is a grant database for cultural producers and organizations.

Grant Database

This is a growing grants database with fundraising opportunities focusing on awards averaging $1,000+, prioritizing BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ grant seekers, and unrestricted funding.

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In the face of federal funding being retracted, we want to compile and keep active this database aimed at uplifting these important communities. Please help us to continue crowd sourcing opportunities across the United States!

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Grant	Category	Type	Award	Location	501(c)(3)?	Link
Lynn Shelton “Of A Certain Age” Grant	LGBTQIA+ (non-binary, and/or transgender), Women, 39 years+	Director of Narrative Film	$25,000	United States	Individuals	https://nwfilmforum.org/lynn-shelton-certain-age-grant/
Manhattan Arts Grants	Artists	Public Arts Activities	$9,000 to $10,000	Manhattan, New York	Individuals, Collectives, and Organizations	https://lmcc.net/resources/manhattan-arts-grants/
Mellon Foundation Call for Proposals to Community-Based Archives	Organizations	Archives	$100,000	United States	Organizations	https://www.mellon.org/article/call-for-proposals-community-based-archives-2025
NEA: Grants for Arts Projects	Organizations	Arts + Culture	$10,000 to $100,000	United States	501(c)(3)	https://www.arts.gov/grants/apply-grant/grants-organizations
Pew Center	Organizations	Arts + Culture	$50,000 to $400,000	Philadelphia	501(c)(3)	https://www.pewcenterarts.org/apply
Poetry Society of America's Individual Awards	Artists	Poetry	$500-$2,500	United States	Individuals	https://poetrysociety.org/awards/annual-awards/2021-individual-awards
Pollock-Krasner Foundation	Artists	Painters, Sculptors, Works on Paper	$5,000 - $30,000	United States	501(c)(3) or Fiscally Sponsored	https://pkf.org/apply/#guidelines
Pop Culture Lab	Individual Artist, Organizations	Arts + Culture	Unlisted	United States	Individuals + 501(c)(3)	https://popcollab.org/grantmaking/
Queens Art Fund - Art Access Grant	Public Art, Organizations	Arts + Culture	$5,000	Queens, NYC	501(c)(3) or Fiscally Sponsored	https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/queens-arts-fund/arts-access-grant/
Queens Art Fund - New Work Grant	Artists, Collectives	Arts + Culture	$3,000	Queens, NYC	Individuals	https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/queens-arts-fund/new-work-grant/
Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants	Artists	Need Based	$5,000	United States	Individuals	https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/rauschenberg-medical-emergency-grants/
Rhizome Microgrants	Artists	Arts + Tech	$1,500	United States	Individuals	https://rhizome.org/editorial/2025/sep/15/open-call-microgrants-2025/