If you don’t apply, you won’t get one.
Application Tips Budgeting Proofreading Katz Four Steps For Grant Proposals If you can’t get 1,2,3 you need to change the grant or your idea. Adding # 4 is a clincher.
Resources:
Online Grant Resources Fundsnet Services GrantSelect State Development Creative Arts Exchange GYST-ink Art Grant and Project Proposal Review Fundamentals of Grantsmanship tips on applying for grants by Janet Rasey, Ph.D., Director, Research Funding Service, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
A guide to effectively researching, writing, and applying for grants by Creative Capital’s Marianna Schaffer.
Online database of grants for multitude of disciplines, including arts and culture.
GrantSelect is a subscription based online searchable database of grants. Database. It contains over 10,000 funding opportunities provided by over 3,400 sponsoring organizations.
The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ (ECA) list the current open federal grant opportunities in cultural affairs.
A paid art grant editing service. Cost $35/hour.
Printed Grant Resources Complete Idiot’s Guide to Grant Writing (The Complete Idiot’s Guide). Thompson, Waddy. ISBN-10: 1615640975, Indianapolis: Alpha Books.
Grant Opportunities in the U.S:
National The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation The Ruth Chenven Foundation Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc. The Puffin Foundation Grant for Social Justice Luxembourg Art Prize Creative Capital The Gunk Foundation College Art Association American Craft Council Fractured Atlas Lilly Endowment Corp Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship (SARF) Americans for the Arts
virginiaagrootfoundation.org
Each year the Virginia A. Groot Foundation offers three grants of $60,000, $30,000, and $20,000. to artists who have exceptional talent and demonstrated ability in ceramic sculpture or sculpture. Artists may be at any stage of career development, from emerging to mature. Application Deadline: February 1st. Application Fee: $7.00
elizabethgreenshieldsfoundation.org
Supporting representational painting drawing sculpture and printmaking artist since 1955. An artist can receive up to 3 grants within their lifetime. First grants are in the amount of $17,000, subsequent grants are in the amount of $20,000. They do not fund abstract or non-objective art. Application Deadline: Ongoing. Application Fee: Unknown.
louiscomforttiffanyfoundation.org
The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation offers funding to emerging American artists and craftspeople through a biennial award of $20,000. The selection process is made through nomination by Foundation trustees, previous recipients, artists, critics, and museum professionals in the U.S. Awards are granted in the following media: painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, video, and crafts. Application Deadline: Nomination only.
chenvenfoundation.org
The Ruth Chenven Foundation awards up to $1,500 to U.S. crafts artists engaged in or planning a project. Application Deadline: June 15th. Application Fee: Unknown.
pkf.org
Invites painters, sculptors, mixed media, installation artists, and artists who work on paper to apply for grants ranging from $1,000 to $30,000. The sole purpose of the foundation is to provide financial assistance to individual working artists of established ability. The Foundation provides financial resources for visual artists to create new work, acquire supplies, rent studio space, prepare for exhibitions, attend a residency and offset living expenses. Application Deadline: Ongoing. Application Fee: Unknown.
thepuffinfoundation.org
The Puffin Foundation has founded this grant to fund organizations looking to create a project that educates and informs the public of important topics that other organizations might be hesitant to fund. Average grants are approximately $1,250. The maximum grant size is $2,500. Application Deadline: TBA each session. Application Fee: Unknown.
www.luxembourgartprize.com
The Luxembourg Art Prize is an annual international artistic prize organized by the Pinacothèque, a private museum located in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Every year the Prize aims to discover talents, amateur or professional, regardless of age and nationality. The Prize is aimed at artists working in one or more of the following media: drawing, printing, installation, painting, performance, photography, digital art, sculpture, sound art, video, mixed media, decorative art (textiles and material, glass, wood, metal, ceramics, mosaic, paper or other techniques). Prizes range from $50,000 – $10,000. Application Deadline: Rolling Basis. Application Fee: Registration fee of $79.
creative-capital.org
Performing & visual arts, media, new fields. Grants up to $50,000. Creative Capital provides grants to support the creation of groundbreaking art by innovative and adventurous artists across the country through our national, open call process. Grants are awarded through an annual competition open to citizens, permanent residents, and O-1 visa holders of the United States. Candidates must apply to Creative Capital in order to be considered. Over a two-year period of 2023/2024 the Creative Capital Awards will provide up to $5 million in grants to help realize 100 artists’ projects with awards of varying amounts up to $50,000 with additional advisory services per project. Application Deadline: April 1st. Application Fee: Unknown.
gunk.org
The Grants for Public Art Program has been temporarily suspended. For “public” works of art.
collegeart.org
The College Art Association assists artists financially in the completion of MFA and Ph.D. programs. Grants and scholarships are are awarded to individual artists. Application Deadline: Different for each opportunity. Application Fee: Unknown.
craftcouncil.org
The American Craft Council offers grants to nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations. Partial financial assistance is available for exhibitions, education programs, publications, films, workshops, seminars, and demonstrations; as well as other programs that promote the understanding and appreciation of the craft.
fracturedatlas.org
Fractured Atlas wants to help you raise money for your artistic work. As the country’s largest arts fiscal sponsor, we provide accessibility, efficiency, and affordability. We work with thousands of artists and arts organizations to provide education and support for raising funds.
Lillyendowment.org
The Endowment funds significant programs throughout the United States in the causes of community development, education and religion especially in the field of religion. They maintain a special commitment to our founders’ hometown, Indianapolis, and home state, Indiana.
Of.si.edu
This unique residency offers creative collaboration in a dynamic environment. It brings together Smithsonian scholars and distinguished visual artists from a variety of disciplines throughout the United States and abroad to explore cross-disciplinary connections. It allows the Smithsonian a unique opportunity to see the collections and resources in different ways. It inspires new directions and creative expression for both artists and Smithsonian staff. It strengthens the arts community within the Smithsonian and broadens public interest in and understanding of contemporary art. SARF fellowships are explicitly for artist research and do not require recipients to create or exhibit artwork. Consequently, studio space is not provided.
americansforthearts.org
Funding opportunities describe funding support possibilities in the United States.
Alabama
arts.state.al.us
The Alabama State Arts Council awards Artist Fellowships of $5,000 or $10,000 for Alabama artists working in crafts, dance, design, media/photography, music, literature, theater and the visual arts. Recipients must be residents of Alabama.
Arizona
azarts.gov
The Arizona Commission on the Arts “Artist Projects” is a program to support individual artists in all disciplines for project-related costs that allow the artist(s) increased time to research and develop ideas or new works.
California San Francisco Arts Commission Arts Council Silicon Valley LEF Foundation Fort Mason Center
marinarts.org
Individual Artist Grants of up to $10,000 are given annually to Marin artists through the Marin Arts Council. The granting cycle is September to June and categories are funded biennially.
sfgfta.org
Individual Artists Commissions–A one-year grant program that supports arts activity that culminates in public presentation or participation in San Francisco, and targets San Francisco-resident artists with at least a two-year history of accomplishment in the art form of the proposed project.
svcreates.org
Up to six fellowships of $4,000 each will be given annually to artists living in the Silicon Valley in rotating artistic categories. No specific project needs to be carried out with the funds awarded.
lef-foundation.org
LEF operates within two regional areas: California and New England. Each region has unique areas of interest and funding priorities. Please refer to the specific guidelines for the region from which you are applying.
Shulte Grants for the Arts & Crafts
fortmason.org
The Shulte Grants program was established in 2002 as a result of a bequest to the Foundation from the estate of Mrs. Leta Shulte. It is designed to foster, promote, and provide education in the arts and crafts for people of all ages.
Colorado
coloradocreativeindustries.org
Colorado Council on the Arts Artist Fellowships acknowledge artistic integrity and quality among Colorado’s artists and promote public awareness of their work. Artist Fellowship Awards are $5,000.
Connecticut Connecticut Commission on the Arts
lef-foundation.org
LEF operates within two regional areas: California and New England. Each region has unique areas of interest and funding priorities. Please refer to the specific guidelines for the region from which you are applying.
cultureandtourism.org
Connecticut Commission on the Arts’ Artist Fellowship program is designed to encourage the continuing artistic development of Connecticut’s finest creative artists who are seriously committed to their art form and who have a demonstrated history of professional activity in the state. Twenty to thirty-five awards are made each year in the amounts of $5,000 and $2,500.
Delaware
arts.delaware.gov/grant-overview
The Delaware Division of the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships provide cash awards to artists which enable them to set aside time, purchase materials, and advance their careers as their needs demand. As an acknowledgement of artistic achievement, fellowships provide artists with recognition and exposure in addition to a financial stipend.
District of Columbia
dcarts.dc.gov
The Arts Commission offers funding for the arts in the District of Columbia. The Artist Fellowship Program offers grants to individuals in a broad range of artistic endeavors. Individual fellowships support individual artists who make significant contributions to the arts and who promote the arts in the District of Columbia through artistic excellence.
Florida
dos.myflorida.com
Division of Cultural Affairs for the state of Florida awards grants to individual artists.
Idaho
arts.idaho.gov
Idaho Commission on the Arts offers grants to individuals.
Illinois Chicago Artist Coalition
arts.illinois.gov
The Illinois Arts Council awards grants to individuals for up to $7000.
chicagoartistscoalition.org
Actively supports emerging artists through 3 grant different unrestricted grant opportunities.
Indiana Lilly Endowment Corp
in.gov/arts/
Indiana Arts Commission Grants support individual Indiana artists, in all disciplines, for specific project-related costs. Eligible projects are purposely left flexible to respond to the artists’ ideas, dreams, and needs; however, the goal of this program is to aid the artists’ career development.
Lillyendowment.org
The Endowment funds significant programs throughout the United States in the causes of community development, education and religion especially in the field of religion. They maintain a special commitment to our founders’ hometown, Indianapolis, and home state, Indiana.
Iowa
iowaculture.gov
Iowa Arts Council provides grants to individual artists working in all disciplines, to develop significant and specific projects that will be presented to or shared with the public during or after the grant period. Applicants may request up to $15,000 which must be matched dollar-for-dollar.
Kansas
k-state.edu/arts/
The Kansas Arts Commission awards a limited number of Kansas Artists Fellowships in 10 disciplines, 5 every other year, to Kansas creative artists to recognize sustained achievement and excellence. Each Kansas Artist Fellowship recipient will be awarded $5,000.
Kentucky
artscouncil.ky.gov
Kentucky Arts Council offers many different grant opportunities, including the Individual Artist Fellowship, Individual Artist Professional Development Program, and Individual Artist Project Grant.
Louisiana
crt.state.la.us/cultural-development
Louisiana Division of the Arts offers Individual Artist Mini-Grants ($500) and Artist Fellowships ($5,000).
Maine LEF Foundation
mainearts.maine.gov
The Maine Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowships are awarded annually, one in each category: Visual Arts, Performing Arts, and Literary Arts.
lef-foundation.org
LEF operates within two regional areas: California and New England. Each region has unique areas of interest and funding priorities. Please refer to the specific guidelines for the region from which you are applying. For projects in development outside these two regions, please contact the main office in California. LEF Foundation, 1095 Lodi LN., Saint Helena, CA 94574.
Maryland
msac.org
Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards are grants awarded to Maryland artists through an anonymous donor, competitive prices to encourage and sustain their pursuit of artistic excellence. A limited number of awards of $1,000, $3,000 and $6,000 are offered each year.
Massachusetts
massculturalcouncil.org
The Artist Grants Program provides direct assistance to Massachusetts artists, to recognize exceptional work and to support the further developments of their talents. Fellowship grants of $5,000 are offered in discipline categories which rotate according to fiscal year.
Minnesota Jerome Foundation Minnesota State Arts Board McKnight Artist Fellowships Spring Board for the Arts
fwac.org
The Five Wings Art Council is one of eleven designated Regional Arts Councils in Minnesota who provide grants and services to nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists on a regional basis. The Individual Artist Grants ($100-$500) are designed to help strengthen an artist’s career by taking advantage of arts related, short term opportunities.
jeromefdn.org
The Jerome Foundation makes grants to support the creation and production of new artistic works by emerging artists, and contributes to the professional advancement of those artists. Open to residents of Minnesota and New York City. Individual grants are available in Media Arts, and for travel or study.
arts.state.mn.us
The Fellowship program is designed to recognize, reward and encourage outstanding, individual artists. Twelve-month fellowships can provide time, materials and living expenses for artists working in the visual, literary and performing arts. All fellowships are $8,000.
mcknight.org
Ceramic Artists interested in the McKnight fellowship program should contact Northern Clay Center, Fellowships: Two $25,000 awards. Application and panel review. National and International Residencies: Four $5,000 awards for a 3-month residency in Minnesota, plus $300 for a public workshop.
springboardforthearts.org
Springboard for the Arts is not a grant-making organization, but their programs and resources are designed to help you connect to what you’re looking for, and plan to make the most of opportunities.
Mississippi
arts.state.ms.us
The Mississippi Arts Commission offers Artist Fellowships in the following areas: Folk Arts, Literary Arts, Media Arts, Performing Arts, and Visual Arts and Crafts. It also offers Folk Art Apprenticeships.
Montana
art.mt.gov
Montana Arts Council’s Individual Artist Fellowships Program seeks to recognize, reward and encourage individual artists in Montana. Fellowships of $5,000 are awarded to professional Montana artists who demonstrate excellence in their work.
Nebraska
nebraskaartscouncil.org
Nebraska Arts Council offers Artist Fellowships which provide monetary awards to Nebraska artists in various disciplines.
Nevada
nvculture.org
Nevada Arts Council (NAC) awards Fellowships ($5,000) and “Jackpot” Grants to individual artists.
New Hampshire
nh.gov/nharts
New Hampshire State Council on the Arts’ Artist Services Programs offer the following grants to individuals: Individual Artist Fellowships with awards of $5,000; New Works Grant, which provides funds for working in collaboration with other artists; and Percent for Art Grant which funds purchases or commissions of art and craftwork for state buildings.
New York Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council New York Foundation for the Arts
jeromefdn.org
The Jerome Foundation makes grants to support the creation and production of new artistic works by emerging artists, and contributes to the professional advancement of those artists. Open to residents of Minnesota and New York City.
larac.org
Individual Artist Grants are available to individual artists residing in Warren or Washington County. One grant of $2500 is available for artists who reside in Washington County, and a grant of $2500 and another for $1000 are available to artists who reside in Warren County.
New York Foundation for the Arts
New York Foundation for the Arts Artists’ Fellowships awards grants of $7,000 in sixteen separate disciplines to individual originating artists in New York State. Through Artists & Audiences Exchange, each fellowship recipient performs a public service activity in collaboration with a non-profit organization located in New York State.
North Carolina
durhamarts.org
The Emerging Artists Program (EAP) is a project grant program that provides financial support to developing professionals by funding a project pivotal to the advancement of their careers as artists. While no specific minimum has been established, a project will be awarded no more than $1,500.
North Dakota
nd.gov/arts
North Dakota Council on the Arts awards Individual Artists Fellowships in the amount of $2,500.
Ohio
oac.ohio.gov
The Ohio Arts Council offers several programs for individual artists.
Oregon
oregonartscommission.org
“The Arts Commission recognizes the achievements of outstanding Oregon artists through annual Individual Artist Fellowship grants.”
Pennsylvania Leeway Foundation Pew Fellowships in the Arts
artsnet.org/pca
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts offers funding opportunities and services for Pennsylvania artists. Opportunities include individual fellowships up to $10,000 and an annual catalog of Fellowship Recipients.
leeway.org
Awards to individual women artists are offered in a selected visual or literary discipline each year. The Leeway Foundation’s mission is to support individual women artists, arts programs and arts organizations, focusing on the Greater Philadelphia region, in order to help them achieve individual and community transformation.
pcah.us
Pew Fellowships in the Arts awards grants of $50,000 to artists working in a wide variety of performing, visual, and literary disciplines which rotate on a four-year cycle. Up to twelve fellowships are awarded annually to artists living and working in the five-county, Philadelphia area.
Rhode Island
arts.ri.gov
Rhode Island State Council on the Arts makes direct grants to Rhode Island artists. Grants to individuals include Fellowships and Folk Arts apprenticeships. Proposals for funding for individual artists are also considered.
South Carolina
southcarolinaarts.com
South Carolina Arts Commission Fellowships recognize and award the artistic achievements of South Carolina’s exceptional individual artists. Six fellowships are awarded each year on a rotation by arts discipline.
South Dakota
artscouncil.sd.gov
South Dakota Arts Council awards several different kinds of grants to individual artists. These are: Artist Grants, Artist Collaboration Grants, and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Grants.
Tennessee
tnartscommission.org/art-grants/
The Tennessee Arts Commission offers Individual Artist Fellowships and Professional Artist Support grants.
Texas
houstonartsalliance.com
The Cultural Arts Council of Houston and Harris County offers fellowships that are cash awards of $2,500 and $5,000 for artists who have resided in Houston for at least two full years prior to the application deadline.
Utah
heritage.utah.gov
Individual Artist Grants (for Utah residents only) for up to $1,200 are available two times annually with deadlines on the 1st day of June and October.
Vermont
vermontartscouncil.org
The Vermont Arts Council awards Creation Project grants ($1,000-$5,000) and Artist Development grants ($250-$750) to individual artist.
Virginia
arts.virginia.gov
Through the Virginia Commission on the Arts a limited number of fellowships with awards of $5,000 are available to professional creative artists living in Virginia. Specific arts disciplines will be eligible for support each year on a rotating basis, depending on the amount of state and federal funding available to the Commission.
Washington
artisttrust.org
The Artist Trust is a not-for-profit organization dedicated exclusively to supporting Washington State artists working in all creative disciplines. Grants awarded to individual artists are Grants for Artist Projects which awards up to $1,400 to artists to begin, further or complete specific works of art, and Fellowships, which are unrestricted awards of $6,000 to recognize artistic merit and continued dedication to art-making.
West Virginia
wvculture.org/arts/index.html
West Virginia Commission on the Arts annually awards fellowships in various categories of the visual, literary, and performing arts based on the originality, creativity, and accomplishment of previous work, as well as the level of commitment and potential for further growth. Fellowship awards are for $3500.
Wisconsin
artsboard.wisconsin.gov
Wisconsin Arts Board Artist Fellowship Awards recognize the significant contributions of professional artists in Wisconsin. Fellowships of $8,000 are available, in odd-numbered years, to individual artists working in the Visual Arts and Media Arts.
Global Grants:
International
eca.state.gov/fulbright
The U.S. Fulbright Student Program is designed to give recent B.S./B.A. graduates, master’s and doctoral candidates, as well as young professionals and artists opportunities for personal development and international experience.
Asia
asianculturalcouncil.org
The Asian Cultural Council supports cultural exchange between Asia and the United states in the performing and visual arts, primarily by providing individual fellowship grants to artists, scholars, and students. Some of the grants listed on this site are for Americans who wish to study in China, Japan, or Taiwan.
Australia
australiacouncil.gov.au
Visual Arts/Craft: Grants: Fellowships. The purpose of this category is to provide financial support for two years to visual artists, craftspeople, specialist, visual arts and craft writers of outstanding achievement to enable them to create new work and further develop their practice.
Canada Canada Council for the Arts Edmonton Arts Council-Canada The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
albertacraft.ab.ca
The spirit of the grant is to provide seed money to as many visual artists and crafts people in Canada as possible.
canadacouncil.ca/visual-arts/find-a-grant
The Grants to Professional Fine Craft Artists program supports projects or activities that reveal innovation and artistic expression.
edmontonarts.ca
elizabethgreenshieldsfoundation.org
A $10,000 award for young (under 40) artists working with figurative content. Artists may reapply every 3 years. The application form is short and only six slides of works are requested. No reference letters are required.
England
artscouncil.org.uk/funding
Arts Council England’s Grants for the arts are for individuals, arts organizations, national touring, and other people who use the arts in their work. They are for activities that benefit the people in England or that help artists and arts organizations from England to carry out their work.
Finland
skr.fi/en
The Finnish Cultural Foundation was established in 1939 for the advancement of Finnish culture. It awards grants and scholarships to scientific research and arts in all fields.
France
nfrance.com
The Foundation des Etats-Unis annually awards up to four Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarships to American visual artists and musicians. The stipend covers room and board for one academic year (October-June) at the Foundation.
Japan
cgp.org
The Japan Foundation Artist Fellowships provide artists the opportunity to pursue creative projects in Japan for 2 to 6 months.
Scandinavia
amscan.org
The American-Scandinavian Foundation promotes international understanding through educational and cultural exchange between the United States and Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Each year, the ASF wards more than $500,000 in fellowships and grants to individual students, scholars, professionals and artists for projects abroad.
Demographic Based Grants:
Students
jkcf.org
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s scholarships are designed to encourage and support outstanding students from 7th grade through graduate school who have a breadth of interests, work hard, demonstrate a strong will to succeed, and have financial need.
Women The Kentucky Foundation for Women The Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Funding Lists The Art and Change Grant Third Wave Scholarship Program for Young Women WomensBusinessGrants.com Finance Center for Women International Fellowships Career Development Grants
canadacouncil.ca
The AAUW Educational Foundation is one of the nation’s largest sources of private funding for educational programs that directly benefit women and girls. The Foundation funds: groundbreaking research; fellowships and grants for outstanding women from around the globe; special awards; and vital community action projects.
kfw.org
The goal of the Kentucky Foundation for Women is to change the lives of women by supporting feminist expression in the arts in Kentucky; by publishing The American Voice, a literary journal; and by operating Hopscotch House, a rural retreat for women near Louisville.
demingfund.org
The Barbara Deming Memorial Fund provides grants to women whose projects focus on peace and social justice. Grant range is up to $1,500.
womenarts.org
Choices include film/video projects, international projects, and visual arts projects. Grants are given to individual feminist women artists whose work in some way focuses upon women.
fundsforwriters.com
The Art and Change Grant provide immediate, short-term grants of up to $2500 to women artists in the Philadelphia region who need financial assistance.
thirdwavefoundation.org
Third Wave Foundation’s Scholarship Program for Young Women is available to all full-time or part-time students age 30 and under who are enrolled in, or have been accepted to, an accredited university, college or community college. Students should also be involved as activists, artists, or cultural workers working on issues such as racism, homophobia, sexism, or other forms of inequality.
WomensBusinessGrants.com
The fund is a non-profit private foundation, which gives business grants to women who wish to start a business, or grow a business they have already begun.
sba.gov
The SBA offers many different lending programs to help you finance your business. This link will give you more information about each of these programs and how to apply for them.
aauw.org
Are awarded for full-time graduate or postgraduate study or research to women who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Supplemental grants support community-based projects in the fellow’s home country.
aauw.org
Support women who hold a bachelor’s degree and who are preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force. Applicants must be U.S citizens or permanent residents.
Minorities Joyce Awards to Support Creation of Works by Minority Artists The World Studio Foundation
nalac.org
Grants and Other Opportunities for Artists, identify jobs, grants, fellowships, calls for entries, etc.
joycefdn.org
Funded by the Joyce Foundation in Chicago, the Joyce Awards support projects that advance the creation and production of works by minority artists in dance, music, theater, and visual arts.
scholarships.worldstudioinc.com
The World Studio Foundation provides scholarships to minority and economically disadvantaged students who are studying the design/arts disciplines in American colleges and universities. Recipients are chosen for their abilities as well as a demonstrated commitment to giving back to the larger community.
BFA Holders
joycefdn.org
Kate Neal Kinley Memorial Fellowships are made to provide meaningful opportunities for individuals holding a bachelor’s degree in the fine and applied arts to enhance their professional status, to aid their pursuit of an advanced degree, or to finance a special project within the field.
Start Up Businesses For Small Business Grants Look to the States
artistplacement.com
The National Network for Artist Placement (NNAP) has joined forces with Women, Incorporated (WI) a not-for-profit organization that helps any artist with start-up capital and services for small businesses. NNAP believes the services offered by WI can help artists obtain their entrepreneurial vision of a financially secure career in the arts.
usgovinfo.about.com
Small business grants are closer than you think. In fact, the small business grant you need to start or expand your business may be available.
Activity-Based Grants:
Research Foundation Center Foundations, Grants, Trusts, and Scholarships
craftcreativitydesign.org
The Center for Crafts, Creativity and Design seeks to advance scholarship in the field of craft by supporting high-quality research undertaken by university faculty, graduate students, museum curators, artists and independent scholars. The Fund supports research that demonstrates the relevance of craft within contemporary culture. Its aim is to increase the number of creative scholars and practitioners interested in pursuing craft studies and research.
foundationcenter.org/find-funding
If you are an artist and are looking for information on grants, this user aid will help you in your search. We have selected a few of the most important print and electronic resources for you to begin your search.
sculptor.org
A Comprehensive Resource for Sculptors. A collection of links and descriptions of organizations which fund sculptor’s training, special commissions and projects, improved communications between 3D artists, and conservation.
Crowd Funding Indiegogo
kickstarter.com
Kickstarter is a funding platform for creative projects. Everything from films, games, and music to art, design, and technology. Since our launch on April 28, 2009, over $350 million has been pledged by more than 2.5 million people, funding more than 30,000 creative projects.
ingiegogo.com
Indiegogo is a crowdfunding platform where people who want to raise money can create fundraising campaigns to tell their story and get the word out. Indiegogo is also a place to discover what people all over the world are passionate about and how to get involved.