US RAOs recently released their new funding program, Walking Together, which offers grants from $15,000 - $50,000. Webinars and office hours are available for additional information. The initial self-nomination deadline is Wednesday, March 19.
Funding
Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) is NEA's principal grant program. Through project-based funding, the program supports public engagement with, and access to, various forms of art across the nation, the creation of excellent art, learning in the arts at all stages of life, and the integration of the arts into the fabric of community life. The deadline for this cycle of GAP funding is March 11, 2025 at 11:59 pm ET.
Mid Atlantic Arts’ Cultural Sustainability: Community Roots program provides unrestricted operational funding to arts and culture organizations serving communities of color with annual budgets under $500,000 and at least three years of programming. Application closes at 11:59pm EST on Monday, January 6, 2025.
Arts Midwest is now accepting applications for Cultural Sustainability: Equity-Based Operating Grants, a pilot program that offers grants of up to $67,000 to small arts and culture organizations that are rooted in communities of color. Applications close at 11:59 pm CT on October 15, 2024. Grants will be made in January 2025. An informational webinar will be held at 1pm CT, September 19, 2024.
The Midwest Culture Bearers Award celebrates and financially supports the work of Midwest culture bearers and folk arts practitioners. Selected individuals will each receive a $5,000 unrestricted, non-matching award. Applications close at 11:59 pm CST on July 29, 2024. The first awards will be made in September 2024.
WESTAF is now accepting applications for Cultural Sustainability: A WESTAF Grants and Peer Cohort Program for Arts Organizations of Color. WESTAF expects to grant a total of $1,100,000 in the region, with approximately two grants per state or jurisdiction.
Cross-Sector Impact Grants support collaborations between artists or arts organizations with non-arts organizations in our nine-state region (AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, and TN). The deadline to submit a letter of interest form is August 1, and projects must take place between January 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026.
Arts Midwest is now accepting applications for the 2024 Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities, an award supporting accessibility in the arts and celebrating the work of disabled Midwestern visual artists. What: The Midwest Award for Artists with Disabilities is a $3,000 award
WESTAF's TourWest is a competitive grant program funded by the National Endowment for the Arts that provides subsidies to arts and community organizations in the 13 states and 3 jurisdictions in the WESTAF region for the presentation of touring performers and literary artists.
The Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies announce the new James Bailey Dissertation Research Grant in Folklore Studies. The deadline is April 1, 2024.