**Creative Learning** is designed to support Manhattan’s teaching artists and small arts organizations in accessing public funds to provide community-based arts education projects and programming for older adults. The program is comprised of two funds: City funds, provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs’ Greater New York Arts Development Fund, and State funds, provided by the New York State Council on the Arts’ (NYSCA) Statewide Community Regrants program. Funding is intended for artists and organizations that are not able to apply directly to the City and/or State for arts funding.

  

LMCC will award grants in set amounts of $4,000 and $8,000

Creative Learning

Creative Engagement is designed to support Manhattan-based artists, arts groups and community-focused organizations in accessing public and private funds to share arts activities with the public. The program is comprised of three funds: City funds, provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs’ Greater New York Arts Development Fund, State funds, provided by the New York State Council on the Arts’ (NYSCA) Statewide Community Regrants program, and funds provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation. Funding is intended for artists and organizations that are not able to apply directly to these agencies for arts funding.

LMCC will award grants in set amounts of $4,000, $8,000, $12,000 and $16,000

Creative Engagement

UMEZ Arts Engagement is a grant program designed to enhance the diversity and frequency of arts and cultural presentations in Upper Manhattan. The program provides direct support for these activities to Upper Manhattan’s artists and nonprofit arts organizations under the guiding principle that support for artists of diverse disciplines, practices, cultural backgrounds, and career stages contributes to the vibrancy and sustainability of the communities in which they live and work. 

  
UMEZ Arts Engagement invites proposals from artists and arts organizations that are 1) based in Upper Manhattan and 2) presenting arts projects or programming serving Upper Manhattan between January 1–December 31, 2025.

UMEZ Arts Engagement

The regional project for the development of cultural and creative industries (ICC) in Indianoceania of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) , is launching the Indianoceanie Co-Creation Fund in order to support inter-island exchanges and collaborations, but also to promote access to regional markets.

  
The fund aims to:

  
1. **Promote inter-island artistic and creative collaboration** for the production of works reflecting the cultural diversity of the region;
2. **Expand the opportunities** offered to artists and cultural operators by stimulating and strengthening partnerships in the Indian Ocean and Africa;
3. **Develop the artistic and creative offer** by encouraging the implementation of co-production agreements and by professionalizing regional creation and production.

  
As the ICC project aims for structural change for gender equality in culture, priority will be given to projects with an impact on equality by promoting the full participation and inclusion of women.

  
_The ICC project is led by the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) and financed by the French Development Agency (AFD)._

Any grant requested under this call for proposals must not exceed **EUR 20,000.**

  
**Only the eligible costs** **below can be covered by this grant**: 

  
* Services (technician, consultant, animation, speaker)
* Inter-island travel of beneficiaries and implementation partners (plane and per diem)
* Artistic production (artist’s fee, supplies)
* Technical management (equipment rental and installation, occasional staff)
* Production of communication tools (printing, networks, video)
* Purchase of materials and equipment of less than 250 euros per unit.

Indianoceanie Co-Creation Fund

Through the New England Dance Fund, NEFA will award grants of $500 to $1,000 directly to choreographers who identify and articulate an important opportunity that will significantly impact aspects of their dance making or advance their role within the regional New England dance landscape. 

  
**Funding Priorities**

The New England Dance Fund gives priority to timely opportunities with the goal of supporting a diverse group of artists from a range of cultures, disciplines, aesthetics, and career stages throughout all six New England states.

New England Dance Fund

The 2024 Illuminate the Arts Grant (ITAG) is a means to help strengthen and financially uplift Philadelphia’s creative sector, particularly in Philadelphia’s Black and Brown communities, and those that do not have access to most traditional sources of arts funding. A total of $1.5M will be distributed to Philadelphia’s individual artists, small and mid-size arts organizations, and small creative enterprises to support and acknowledge their creative practice and impact on Philadelphia’s disadvantaged and most underserved and poorest communities.

  
ITAG was created by Philadelphia City Council in 2021 to assist in the financial recovery of the creative sector after the devasting impact of the COVID pandemic. Today, ITAG continues to infuse Philadelphia’s cultural community with funding to increase access and to the arts to strengthen and improve the quality of life of Philadelphians.

  

**Individual artists** can apply for a grant of $1,500-$2,000.

  

Illuminate the Arts Grant

We support innovative, thought-provoking investigations in architecture; architectural history, theory, and criticism; design; engineering; landscape architecture; urban planning; urban studies; visual arts; and related fields of inquiry. Our interest also extends to work being done in the fine arts, humanities, and sciences that expands the boundaries of thinking about architecture and space. In an effort to bridge communities and different fields of knowledge, we support a wide range of practitioners (such as architects, scholars, critics, writers, artists, curators, and educators) and organizations (such as non-profit galleries, colleges and universities, publishers, and museums).

  
Open discourse is essential to advance study and understanding, therefore our grantmaking focuses on the public dissemination of ideas. With our support, the work of individuals and organizations reaches new audiences, from specialized to general, and creates opportunities for critical dialogue between various publics.

  
**For individuals, our priorities are to:**

  
* Provide opportunities to create, develop, and communicate a project about architecture and the designed environment that will contribute to their creative, intellectual, and professional growth at crucial or potentially transformative stages in their careers.

  
* Support their efforts to take positions, develop new forms of expression, and engage debate.

  
* Help them communicate their work in the public realm and reach new and wider audiences.

  
* Support new voices by giving priority to first-time applicants.

  
* Overall we are most interested in opportunities which enable us to provide critical support at key points in the development of a project or career.

  
The Graham Foundation offers two types of grants to individuals: Production and Presentation Grants and Research and Development Grants.
  
  

The Graham Foundation offers two types of grants to individuals: Production and Presentation Grants and Research and Development Grants.

  
**Production and Presentation Grants:** 

* These grants assist individuals with the production-related expenses that are necessary to take a project from conceptualization to realization and public presentation. These projects include, but are not limited to, publications, exhibitions, installations, films, and new media projects. Projects must have clearly defined goals, work plans, budgets, and production and dissemination plans.

  
* Grant amount: Production and Presentation Grants to individuals do not exceed $20,000 and are likely to be less.

  
**Research and Development Grants:**

* Though the majority of our grantmaking focuses on Production and Presentation Grants, we recognize that projects may require support at early stages of formation. Research and Development Grants assist individuals with seed money for research-related expenses such as travel, documentation, materials, supplies, and other development costs. Projects must have clearly defined goals, work plans, and budgets.

  
* Grant amount: Research and Development Grants do not exceed $10,000 and are likely to be less.

Graham Foundation Grants to Individuals

Are you a curious young artist with a passion for words? Do you want to bring a breath of fresh air to the literary field? Do you have an innovative idea to stimulate enthusiasm for literature? Then we can help you!

  
Brussels is a recalcitrant city with 181 nationalities and just as many days of rain per year. A city where almost all the world's languages ​​are spoken somewhere. A city with more than one million inhabitants and at least as many stories.

  
This grant is an initiative of Passa Porta to honour the boundless curiosity of our former president Jacques De Decker. Following in the footsteps of this bilingual bridge-builder, we want to fuel enthusiasm for literature across linguistic borders. Since 2021, the grant has given young creators the chance to keep literature alive with an innovative project.

If your application is selected, you will receive €5,000\. A first part (€2,500) will be paid at the end of 2024 and the rest in 2025, but the project can be realized in 2025\. In addition, you will be supported by the Passa Porta team in the realization of your project.

Jacques De Decker Grant - Ode to Curiosity

Since 1996, Visual AIDS has awarded grants to artists living with HIV who are in need of financial assistance in obtaining materials to create their artwork. Beginning in 2023, our grant program has expanded to support artists living with HIV through unrestricted grants, recognizing that artists need more than just art materials to make their work. Visual AIDS has distributed over $670,000 in grants to artists living with HIV since the program began.

  
**Artists Support Grants**

Artists Support Grants are awarded to artists living with HIV who are in need of financial assistance in order to provide holistic support for their artistic practice.

  

All grants are issued as $400 in unrestricted funds.

Artists Support Grants

The City of Flagstaff, through its Beautification and Public Art Commission, seeks grant applications for projects that beautify our urban environment. 

  

Beautification in Action Grants

Find funding opportunities to realize your latest project, as well as research grants, travel stipends, and financial support for artists located all over the world.

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