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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
SFAC: Artist Legacy Grant	Artists, Organizations	Arts + Culture	$100,000	San Francisco, CA	Individuals	https://www.sfartscommission.org/content/grants
SFAC: Arts Impact Endowment (AIE) \| First-Time Grantee Initiative	Artists, Organizations	Arts + Culture	$100,000	San Francisco, CA	Individuals + 501(c)(3) or Fiscally Sponsored	https://www.sfartscommission.org/content/grants
SFAC: Special Project Grants \| (SPX)	Public Arts	Arts + Culture	$145,000	San Francisco, CA	501(c)(3) or Fiscally Sponsored	https://www.sfartscommission.org/content/grants
SFFILM Rainin Grant	Artists	Narrative Film	$10,000-$50,000	Bay Area, CA	Individuals	https://sffilm.org/rainin-grant/
Southern Exposure	Artists, Organizations	Arts + Culture	$2,000 to $4,750	San Francisco, CA	Individual or Collective	https://soex.org/alternative-exposure/how-apply-0
Svane Family Foundation: Culture Forward	Artists, Organizations	Public Art	$100,000	San Francisco, CA	501(c)(3) or Fiscally Sponsored	https://svanefamilyfoundation.submittable.com/submit
Tegan and Sara Foundation Community Grants Open Call	LGBTQIA+	Community Support	$5,000	United States, Canada	501(c)(3) or Fiscally Sponsored	https://www.teganandsarafoundation.org/community-grants
Teiger Foundation: Hosting	Organizations	Arts + Culture	$75,000	United States	501(c)(3)	https://teigerfoundation.org/what-we-fund-how-to-apply/hosting
Terra Foundation: Exhibition Grant	Organizations	Arts + Culture	$200,000	United States	501(c)(3)	https://www.terraamericanart.org/grant-program/exhibition-grants/
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts	Organizations	Arts + Culture	$75,000	United States	501(c)(3) or Fiscally Sponsored	https://warholfoundation.org/grants/application-guidelines/
The Barbara Hammer Lesbian Experimental Filmmaking Grant	LGBTQIA+, BIPOC	Film, Video	$7,000	United States	Individuals	https://www.queer-art.org/hammer-grant
The Bennett Prize	Women	Figurative Painting	$50,000	United States	Individuals	https://thebennettprize.org/call-for-entries