Investing in Tomorrow Organizational Grants
Change capital for shaping the future of California's arts nonprofit field
by arts organizations and its visionaries
New Funding Opportunity to invest in California's Future Arts Leaders
Application Deadline:
Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 12 pm PST
As part of the Center for Cultural Innovation's (CCI) efforts to support new
arts leadership with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,
Investing in Tomorrow Organizational Grants is a new, one-time grant program
that will invest $105,000 in bold ideas by individuals at California
nonprofit or fiscally sponsored arts organizations that have the potential
to re-shape the future of the arts sector in exciting and important ways.
At this time, there are no grants of this type -- field wide change capital
for promising leaders to improve the nonprofit arts sector through existing
arts organizations. Investing in Tomorrow Organizational Grants will
therefore surface and support catalytic individual and institutional
leadership at this time of tremendous social, economic, generational,
demographic, and technological change.
To learn more about Investing in Tomorrow Organizational Grants, please
visit http://www.cciarts.org/Investing_in_Tomorrow_Org_Grants.html
Grant: The Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation has money available for US-based artists
The Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation gives annual awards of $1500 to individual artists living and working in the United States, and who are engaged in or planning a new craft or visual art project. The Foundation does not accept film, video, performance art or music submissions (except as those media are integrated into a larger craft or visual art project).
An independent jury of artists and/or art professionals will judge the submissions and make its recommendations to the Foundation Board of Directors for final approval. Between 4 and 7 awards are granted annually. Previous winners of a Foundation grant are not eligible for a second award.
Materials from the winning submissions will be retained by the Foundation and may be used by the Foundation for publicity purposes.
More info and apply here. Applications will be accepted beginning May 15th, and must be either postmarked or emailed by NO LATER THAN July 15th. If you have questions about the application process, please send them to pbunten@chenvenfoundation.org.
Grants: Oregon Arts Commission has $1,500 up for Oregon-based Artists (Oregon)
Career Opportunity Grants support individual Oregon artists by enabling them to take advantage of unique opportunities to enhance their careers through the development of arts, business or professional skills; expanded marketing capacity and/or the further development of the nature or quality of their artwork. The following list, while not including all potential activities for which support may be used, illustrates the range of activities for which artists may request support:
- Travel associated with an imminent, specific professional artistic opportunity (with costs calculated at most economical and direct route);
- An exceptional opportunity for advanced study with a significant master or mentor (outside of a classroom setting and not related to any degree program);
- Professional fees and services for a specific opportunity (i.e. a photographer to document work);
- Rental of equipment, instruments, or working space in response to a unique artistic opportunity;
- Materials to complete work scheduled for a gallery exhibition, performance or publication, etc., that will have a significant impact on the artist’s career; and
- Preparation, freight and shipping costs associated with an exhibition or presentation of the applicant’s work.
Grant amounts may range from $300 to $1,500. Collaborations with The Ford Family Foundation and the Oregon Community Foundation provide additional resources for established visual, performing and literary artists through this same application and review process. Deadline is April 5, 2017 5:00 pm
Grants: Jim Henson Foundation is accepting letters of intent for Production, Workshop, and Family grants (National)
Description: The Jim Henson Foundation awards grants each year for the creation and development of innovative works of puppet theater. Production Grants of $7,000 are awarded for the production of new works ready to be presented in the coming year. Workshop Grants of $3,000 are for the development and workshopping of these pieces. Workshop Grants and Production Grants can be combined over a two year period for the greatest benefit to the piece; keep in mind, however, that a Production Grant does not need to be proceeded by a Workshop grant and a Workshop Grant in no way ensures a future Production Grant.
Family Grants of $4,000 fund the development of new and innovative work specifically for children, families, and teenagers. Please keep in mind that Family Grants will be evaluated by the same high artistic standards as works for adults.
Grants are made only for the development of new works of live puppet theater. The Foundation does not award funds for the presentation or remounting of existing work. Grants cannot be applied retroactively; substantial portions of a proposed project must take place after the funds are awarded. The foundation does not fund publications, parades, pageants, exhibitions, spectacle, festivals, film or television projects, projects for school credit, workshops, education or outreach activities, or purely digital performance.
Geographic Focus: National
Deadline: March 13, 2017
Grant: Alexia Foundation (Student and Professional grants awarded, various amounts)
The Alexia Foundation is accepting applications for Professional and Student Grants.
Description: The Alexia Foundation offers production grants to students and professional photographers to give them the financial ability to produce substantial stories that drive change in the effort to make the world a better place. Students also get scholarship opportunities. See rules below for details on each.
Geographic Focus: National
Deadline: January 31, 2017 (Professional), February 14, 2017 (Student)