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ART GRANTS
artist grant iNFO
Foundation Center
312 Sutter Street
415.397.0902
fdncenter.org/sanfrancisco/
Grantmakers in the
Arts
giarts.org
Creative Capital's
Artist's Toolbox
toolbox.creative-capital.org/index.html
Foundations and Granting Organizations
Aaron Siskind Foundation
Open to photographers using still-photography based media. Eligible to US
citizens not currently enrolled in a degree granting program. Several grants of
up to $5000 awarded annually to photographers based upon past accomplishments
and the promise of future achievement. Funds must be used to support the
artist's creative endeavors.
http://www.aaronsiskind.org/
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation
Two grants for painters, printmakers and sculptors: 1) Individual support
grant-20 yrs mature phase of art. 2) Emergency assistance grant-10 yrs mature,
victim of catastrophic incident such as fire, flood, or medical emergency. No
Geographical restrictions. Open to USA residents and International Artists.
http://www.gottliebfoundation.org/
Agape Foundation
Agape Foundation founded in 1969 is a nonprofit tax-exempt foundation that
raises and distributes funds to groups and projects (not individuals) working
for nonviolent social change in California. Agape provides seed grants, loans
and fiscal sponsorship to organizations addressing the following six areas:
Peace, Human Rights, Environmental Protection, Economic Justice, Progressive
Arts, Media and Grassroots Organizing Support.
http://www.agapefn.org/
American Center for Artists
Provides a listing of both public and private organizations that give grants and
other forms of support to artists.
http://www.americanartists.org/
Americans for the Arts Emergency Relief Fund
Supports local arts agencies affected by disasters. It was established to
provide timely financial assistance to victims of a major disaster for the
purpose of helping them rebuild the arts in their community. Relief funds are
distributed directly to local arts agencies and other cultural relief
efforts. Local arts agencies may use relief funds to assist with their own
recovery as well as to provide needed services and funding to local nonprofit
arts organizations and individual artists. Typical awards range from $1000 to
$5000.
http://ww3.artsusa.org/get_involved/emergency_relief_fund/default.asp
Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts
Grants are made on a project basis to curatorial programs at museums, artists'
organizations and their cultural institutions to originate innovative and
scholarly presentations of contemporary visual arts. The program also supports
the creation of new work through regranting initiatives and artist-in-residence
programs.
http://www.warholfoundation.org/
http://www.aroomofherownfoundation.org
Open to female visual artists for an award of up to $50,000 payable over two
years. For more information, visit the website.
Artists' Fellowship
The Artists' Fellowship, Inc. is a private, charitable foundation that assists
professional fine artists (painters, graphic artists, sculptors) and their
families in times of emergency, disability, or bereavement.
http://www.artistsfellowship.com/home.html
Arts and Healing Network
Provides information on over 90 grants available to artists in the Artist
Support section.
http://www.artheals.org/
Arts Link
Arts Link Collaborative Projects are designed to encourage mutually beneficial
artistic collaboration between US artists and their counterparts in Central and
Eastern Europe. Open to individual artists and non-profit arts organizations.
http://www.cecartslink.org/
The Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI)
CCI helps self-employed artists, small arts businesses and the nonprofit arts
sector start, manage and grow their own businesses.
http://cciarts.org
Creative Capital's Artist Toolbox
A listing of career resource sites for individual artists.
http://www.creative-capital.org/
Creative Work Fund
Funds for artists and non-profit organizations to create new art works through
collaborations. It celebrates artists as problem solvers and the making of art
as a profound contribution to the strengthening of communities. Grants range
from $10,000 to $35,000. Limited to artists living in and organizations based in
San Francisco and Alameda, CA counties.
http://www.creativeworkfund.org/
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
The purpose of the Foundation is to aid talented young artists in the early
stages of their careers. Awards are limited to candidates working in the
following: painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture.
http://www.calarts.edu/~stdafrs/web/greenshields.html
Fleishhacker Foundation
Grants in arts, cultural education, precollegiate education (individuals,
painters). Open to California Bay Area/San Francisco schools, organizations, and
individuals.
http://www.fleishhackerfoundation.org/
Flintridge Foundation
Biennial Awards for Visual Artists honor West Coast fine arts and crafts artists
of high artistic merit and 20 years minimum in a mature phase of artmaking.
Unrestricted grants of $25,000 each. Flintridge also supports small to mid-size
ensemble theatre companies in California, Oregon, and Washington. Other program
areas: Community Services and Conservation.
http://www.flintridgefoundation.org/
Fulbright Scholar Program
The Fulbright Program provides grants for Graduate Students, Scholars and
Professionals, and Teachers and Administrators from the U.S. and other
countries.
http://www.iie.org/cies
George Sugarman Foundation
Grants for painters and sculptors in need of financial assistance (students are
not eligible). Award amounts are open. Artist must provide a budget for the
amount requested.
http://www.georgesugarman.com/
Guggenheim Fellowships
Fellowships for advanced professionals in all fields to assist research and
artistic creation. Average grant is around $36,000.
http://www.gf.org/
Kala Art Institute Fellowships & James D. Phelan Art Award
Each year Kala awards Fellowships to eight artists from a variety of disciplines
such as traditional and digital printmaking, book arts, photography, film,
video, and installation art. The James D. Phelan Art Awards recognize the
achievements of California-born artists in a variety of disciplines and is part
of the Art Awards Program of The San Francisco Foundation. The Kala Art
Institute administers the printmaking competition and also sponsors an
exhibition of the award-winning artist in the Kala Gallery.
http://www.kala.org/
National Endowment for the Arts
Individuals and organizations looking for funding for cultural programming.
Contact them for specific grant opportunities.
http://www.nea.gov/
New York Foundation for the Arts: Artists' Fellowships
Artists' Fellowships are $7,000 cash awards made to individual originating
artists living and working in the state of New York for use in career
development. Grants are awarded in 16 artistic disciplines or practices. Since
the awards began in 1985, NYFA has awarded over $17 million to nearly 2,800
artists.
http://www.nyfa.org/level2.asp?id=1&fid=1
Pew Fellowships in the Arts
Open to artists 25 years and older at any stage of career development, from
emerging to mature, who have been residents of Philadelphia, Montgomery, Bucks,
Chester, or Delaware County for at least two years prior to application. Grants
are made directly to artists, and are designed to enable them to dedicate
themselves solely to creative pursuits for up to two years. Up to 12 fellowships
are awarded annually.
http://www.pewarts.org/
Pollock-Krasner Foundation
One year grants to US individual working artists of established ability --
painters, sculptors, printmakers. Also makes emergency assistance grants for
problems resulting from catastrophes.
http://www.pkf.org/
Puffin Foundation
Grants of a few hundred to a few thousand dollars in the following fields:
visual arts, writing, photography, video, public interest and documentary, music
and dance, and theatre. Projects must have social relevance.
http://www.puffinfoundation.org/
United States Artists
This organization, funded by foundations and private donors, supports a
fellowship program open to artists in all career stages. Fellowships will be
given across a broad array of disciplines, including architecture and design,
craft/traditional art, dance, literary (fiction, non-fiction, poetry), media
arts (audio, film, radio, video), music, performance art, theater, and the
visual arts.
http://www.unitedstatesartists.org/
Walter & Elise Haas Fund
Grants in theater, music and creation of new works by artists in partnership
with community organizations for collaborative projects. Open to San Francisco,
CA and Marin County, CA organizations
http://www.haassr.org/
Women's Studio Workshop Grants
Offers funding for women artists to complete an artist's book, to work on
individual projects, or to participate in their art ed program - most grants
involve a residency at the Women's Studio Workshop.
http://www.wsworkshop.org/
Zellerbach Family Fund
Non-profit community arts organizations from San Francisco, Contra Costa, and
Alameda counties, representing the fields of dance, theater, visual arts, music,
festivals, poetry, and publications, are eligible to apply. The Community Arts
distribution committee funds mainly performance-oriented requests that represent
contemporary, cutting-edge new work.
http://www.zellerbachfamilyfoundation.org/
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