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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!

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/
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