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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
The Berkeley FILM Foundation (BFF)	Artists	Arts + Culture	$12,000	Bay Area, CA	Individuals	https://berkeleyfilmfoundation.org/annual-grant-cycle
The Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Deaf Arts Grant	BIPOC, Deaf	Arts + Culture	$1,000	United States	Individuals	https://www.deafspotlight.org/grants/bipoc
The Black-Led Movement Fund	BIPOC, LGBTQIA+	General Operating Support	$183,300	United States	Organizations	https://borealisphilanthropy.org/2025/02/06/the-black-led-movement-fund-launches-request-for-proposals/
The David Prize	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
The Firelight Fund	BIPOC	Documentary Film	$50,000	United States, Mexico, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and Colombia	Individuals	https://www.firelightmedia.tv/programs/firelight-fund
The Found Footage Feature Fund	Trans Artists	Narrative Film	$25,000	United States	Individuals	https://transfilmcenter.org/ffff
The Franklin Furnace Fund	Artists	Performance	$5,000	International	Individuals	https://franklinfurnaceloft.org/grants-and-funding/the-fund/
The Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists	BIPOC, LGBTQIA+	Arts + Culture	$10,000	United States	Individuals	https://www.queer-art.org/illuminations-grant
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation	Artists	Arts + Culture	$30,000 to $45,000	Permanent residents of citizens of United States and Canada	Individuals	https://www.gf.org/how-to-apply/
The Rebel Fund	Women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+	Creative Activism	$5,000	United States	Individuals	https://rosarebellion.com/rebelfund
Trans Justice Funding Project	BIPOC, LGBTQIA+	Independent Trans Led Organizations	$10,000	United States	501(c)(3) or Fiscally Sponsored	https://www.transjusticefundingproject.org/
VIA Art: Fall Artistic Production Grant	Artists, Organizations	Arts + Culture	$25-$100k	United States	Individuals, Organizations	http://viaartfund.org/apply/