Grants, Residencies, and Opportunities

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LiberArte's Liberation Through The Arts Grants

Learn more about our grant program here.

NYFA Artist Opportunities

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NASAA Directory by State

Find grants and opportunities by selecting your state in NASAA's State Arts Agency Directory

Arts Midwest Directory

Explore grants and opportunities for Midwest artists and organizations and beyond. 

Creative West Grants and Awards

Explore here

Mid Atlantic Arts Grants

A great resource for artists and organizations here

New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) Grants

Find a grant for you as an artist or your organization here

South Arts Grants

Grants for artists and organizations.

Creative Capital Opportunities

Poets and Writers: Grants and Prizes

For grants, click here.

For sponsored prizes, click here

ACA Network Directory

Artist residencies and opportunities in ACA's Directory can be found here

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grants

Grants for artists can be found here.  

Gottlieb Foundation Grant Programs

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant Programs

Check out the Foundation for Contemporary Arts core grant programs here

New Music USA Grants

Open opportunities can be found here.

NYSCA/Wave Farm: Media Arts Assistance Fund

More information about the fund can be found here

Frank and Lydia Bergen Foundation Grant Program

Annual application deadlines: July 1 for a September meeting

Program areas: Arts, culture, and humanities and Arts Education

States served: New Jersey and New York

For more information, guidelines, eligibility, visit here.

CitizensNYC's Neighborhood Business Grant

A Neighborhood Business Grant is a microgrant given out to New York small business owners by CitizensNYC. CitizensNYC awards microgrants of up to $5,000 for initiatives your small business undertakes to positively impact your community.

For more information, click here

Zellerbach Family Foundation's Community Arts Program

The Community Arts program is open to all grantseekers who:

  • Hold a 501c3 nonprofit organization status or are fiscally sponsored individual artists, organizations, collectives, or groups
  • Have an annual organization budget under $2 million
  • Are located in or serving communities in Alameda, Contra Costa or San Francisco Counties
  • Present or produce work within one of the followingPrimary Disciplines: dance, music, theater, literary arts, visual arts
    Sub-Disciplines: circus arts, traditional/folk art, performance art, drag, installation, fiber art, craft, sculpture, painting, photography, puppetry, spoken word, poetry, musical theater, multimedia performance, multidisciplinary, illustration, fiction, non-fiction, festival, cultural fair, other
  • The following disciplines are excluded unless they are a component of multidisciplinary work within one of the Primary Disciplines listed above: film, digital media, radio, podcast, journalism, games, AR/VR, hardware/software, video art

For more information on guidelines, eligibility, and the application process, click here

Women Photograph + Leica Project Grants

2026 project grants for women & nonbinary photographers.

APPLICATIONS DEADLINE: JUNE 30, 2026 (11:59PM ET)

Trans Justice Funding Project Grant

For trans-led organizers and activists.

Application for next cycle opens July 24th, 2026 and closes August 14th, 2026. Three cycles are available yearly. 

More information can be found here

Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists

The Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists is an annual $10,000 grant awarded to provide critical support to Black trans women whose work has often been under-recognized in the visual art field. In order to further recognize finalists for their artistic achievements, Queer|Art is pleased to announce that the grant will also provide a $1,250 award to four distinguished finalists. Winning artists and finalists will receive additional professional development resources and further guidance to bolster their creative development in the field.

Qualified artists must be self-identified Black trans women and trans femmes working in visual art and based in the United States. The application deadline is July 2nd, 2026. The application portal can be accessed here.

For more information, visit Queer | Art's website here

Guru Krupa Foundation Inc. Grant for Organizations

The Guru Krupa Foundation Inc funds a limited number of projects every year. We are always looking for new and worthy causes to support.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, however, applications received after March 31 will only be considered after June 30 of the same year. On average, the review process takes approximately 2-3 months. The Foundation prefers specific projects that have measurable deliverables (rather than generic funding) and prefers organizations that follow stringent accounting practices. Our preference is for funds to go directly towards the program being funded, rather than towards administrative costs.

For all details, visit here. 

Native Voices Rising Grant

Deadline: Friday, July 3, 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific Time

Native Voices Rising provides general operating support grants that are intended to strengthen Native-led groups that have a membership base in the community, work to develop leadership, and take collective action to win progressive social change.

Eligible organizations are rooted in a Native community, led by Native people, improve Native communities through organizing and advocacy, engage large numbers of community members to take action together, and seek to improve the policies and rules that impacts the community.

Native Voices Rising expects to make general support grants of $30,000.

For more information, click here

BIPOC Deaf Arts Grant

The Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Deaf Arts Grant is an annual program established in 2021 which provides financial support for emerging and established artists to further advance their careers.

Application Open: Monday, June 1, 2026

Deadline: Friday, August 28, 2026 by 11:59 PM PST

Amount Awarded: $1,000

Number of Awards: 5

Eligible Disciplines: Literary, Media, Performing, Tactile & Visual

For more information, click here. 

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