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Explore 40 grant opportunities

2026 Individual Artist Fellowships
$31,000
Mid Atlantic Arts
Private

Application Deadline

Jul 16, 2025

Date Added

Jun 6, 2025

This program provides financial support to individual artists residing in New Jersey, helping them advance their creative projects across various artistic disciplines.

Arts
Individuals
Public Scholars
$60,000
National Endowment for the Arts & Humanities (National Endowment for the Humanities)
Federal

Application Deadline

Aug 6, 2025

Date Added

Jun 2, 2025

This funding opportunity supports individual authors, including academics and journalists, in creating well-researched nonfiction books for a general audience, particularly those exploring themes related to American history and culture.

Humanities
Individuals
U.S. Embassy Kuwait PAS Annual Program Statement
$25,000
US Department of State (U.S. Mission to Kuwait)
Federal

Application Deadline

Jul 31, 2025

Date Added

Jun 2, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support for Kuwaiti non-profits, educational institutions, and individuals to create projects that strengthen cultural and educational ties between the United States and Kuwait.

Arts
Individuals
Wayne F. Placek Grants
$15,000
American Psychological Foundation (APF)
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

May 23, 2025

This funding initiative supports psychological research that enhances public understanding of LGBTQIA+ issues and alleviates stress within these communities, with a special focus on Black LGBTQIA+ individuals.

Social Advocacy
Individuals
2026 PEN/Jean Stein Grants for Literary Oral History
$15,000
PEN America
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

May 23, 2025

This grant provides financial support to authors working on literary nonfiction projects that use oral history to explore significant events and narratives, helping them complete their unpublished works.

Arts
Individuals
PEN/Phyllis Naylor Grant for Children’s and Young Adult Novelists
$5,000
PEN America
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

May 23, 2025

This grant provides financial support to authors of children's and young adult novels who have received critical acclaim but lack significant commercial success, helping them complete their literary projects.

Business and Commerce
Individuals
National Garden of American Heroes: Statues
$600,000
National Endowment for the Arts & Humanities (National Endowment for the Humanities)
Federal

Application Deadline

Jul 1, 2025

Date Added

May 22, 2025

This funding opportunity is for individual U.S. citizens to design and create lifelike statues honoring notable Americans, celebrating the nation's heritage in preparation for its 250th anniversary.

Humanities
Individuals
Community Impact Grants (formerly Local and Collaborative Grants)
$250,000
California State Library (CSL)
State
Rolling

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

May 16, 2025

This funding opportunity supports California libraries in developing innovative programs and services that address local community needs and enhance engagement.

Community Development
Individuals
Women’s Film Preservation Fund Grant
$10,000
New York Women in Film & Television
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

May 12, 2025

This funding opportunity supports the preservation and restoration of American films that prominently feature women's creative contributions in key roles such as writing, directing, and producing.

Women & Girl Services
Individuals
Working Assumptions Project Grant 2025
$10,000
Working Assumptions
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

May 5, 2025

This grant provides $10,000 to individuals and collaborative pairs for innovative visual storytelling projects that explore themes of family through photography and photo-based art.

Arts
Individuals
The Andy Warhol Foundation’s Arts Writers Grant
$50,000
The Andy Warhol Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Apr 25, 2025

This grant provides financial support to writers in the U.S. who are creating works related to contemporary visual art, including articles, books, and short-form writing.

Arts
Individuals
Envisioning Justice Grants - Individuals
$5,000
Illinois Humanities
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Apr 24, 2025

This funding opportunity provides up to $5,000 for individuals in Illinois to use arts and humanities projects to address and challenge the impacts of mass incarceration, particularly focusing on marginalized communities.

Arts
Individuals
Eliza Moore Fellowship for Artistic Excellence
$10,000
Oak Spring Garden Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Apr 23, 2025

This fellowship provides financial support and a residency opportunity for early-career artists creating work that explores themes related to plants, gardens, or landscapes.

Arts
Individuals
Charlotte Street Cultural Producer Grant Program
$100,000
Charlotte Street
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Apr 2, 2025

This program provides financial support to grassroots, artist-run organizations and projects in Kansas City, helping them sustain and expand their creative initiatives within the local community.

Community Development
Individuals
Art and Change Grant
$2,500
Leeway Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Aug 1, 2025

Date Added

Mar 26, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support to women, trans*, and gender nonconforming artists in the Greater Philadelphia area for projects that use art to promote social change and engage with their communities.

Social Advocacy
Individuals
Southern Arts Recovery Fund
$2,000
South Arts
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Mar 26, 2025

This funding opportunity provides $2,000 grants to individual artists in six Southeastern states who have lost essential tools or materials due to Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Humanities
Individuals
Folk and Traditional Arts Project Grant
$3,000
Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT)
State

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Mar 17, 2025

This funding opportunity supports individuals and organizations in Colorado dedicated to celebrating and preserving the state's cultural heritage through folk and traditional arts, including community archiving and creative documentation projects.

Arts
Individuals
Improve Russell County Area in Alabama
$50,000
Russell County Area Community Foundation
Local

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Mar 13, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support for community improvement projects in Russell County, Alabama, focusing on education, healthcare, social services, and public safety initiatives.

Community Development
Individuals
Activate History Microgrants
$750
Illinois Humanities
Private

Application Deadline

Oct 1, 2025

Date Added

Mar 7, 2025

This program provides funding to individuals and small organizations in Illinois to engage communities with local history through projects that utilize archives, stories, and photography.

Humanities
Individuals
Hearld Ambler Fund for Senior Centers Grant Application FY25
$13,000
Community Foundation of the Ozarks
Private

Application Deadline

May 15, 2025

Date Added

Mar 6, 2025

This grant provides financial support to senior centers in specific Missouri counties to enhance their programs, services, and facilities for older adults.

Community Development
Individuals