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Funding Resources/Funding Lists
Creative Capital Offers grants to individuals in the performing & visual arts, media, new fields. Grants up to $20,000
Theatre Communications Group NEA/TCG Career Development Programs for Directors and Designers - Exceptionally talented early-career artists travel, research, observe, assist and/or direct or design under the guidance of one or more designated mentors. NEA/TCG Theatre Residency Program for Playwrights - Playwrights create new work in residence at a host theatre and become an integral part of the theatre's artistic life and community activities.
Fox Foundation Actor Fellowships - Two-year pilot program established to support both emerging and established actors. Observership Program - Key staff at TCG's member theatres apply to observe the administration and artistic work of other theatres and meet with colleagues.
Alan Scchneider Director Award - For talented mid-career, freelance directors nominated by artistic leaders of TCG theatres. American Theatre Affiliated Writers Program - Designed to stimulate high quality cultural reporting, feature writing, and theatre criticism that breaks past its own boundaries. For residents of New York City and Minnesota only.
Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation (LVF) provides one-time grants to individuals working in the fine arts (excluding photography, film, and video) and in the literary arts, including playwriting. Also supports certain unaffiliated scholarly and/or research projects. Grants ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 are awarded on the criteria of merit and need; the foundation is especially concerned with those who have no other source of funding. Send email or SASE to request current guidelines (email is preferable and quick).
The Puffin Foundation Grants to individuals in literature, photography, performing arts. Grants up to $2,500.
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art Awards grants of $2,000-$5,000 to performance artists, allowing them to produce major works anywhere in the State of New York. Artists from all over the world are invited to apply.
Yellow Fox Foundation Assists needy individuals who are pursuing well-defined goals in the arts, education, sciences or humanities. Small grants for immediate and direct use, to assist in completion of a well-defined project, including such things as obtaining equipment, supplies and related materials or for attendance at a meeting or program in your field.
Ella Lyman Cabot Trust Grants to individuals for projects (sometimes involving a departure from one's usual vocation or a creative extension of it) with a promise of good to others. Awards are usually made on a one-year basis and are not renewed.
Jonathan
Larson Performing Arts Foundation
Princess Grace Awards for Theater Artists and Playwrights Dedicated to identifying and assisting emerging young artists in theater to realize their career goals through scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships. Awards are based primarily on the artistic quality of the artist's past work, his/her potential for future excellence, and the appropriateness of the activities to the individual's artistic growth.
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts The foundation aims to identify emerging artists and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development, and to raise the appreciation for and support of the arts in American society. Arts Recognition and Talent Search (ARTS): Through this national program, 17 and 18 year-old artists may apply for college scholarships. Artists in the categories of dance, jazz, film and video, music, photography, theater, visual arts, voice, and writing are eligible.
Sundance Theatre Laboratory A three-week long workshop offering playwrights, directors, choreographers, composers, solo performers, and ensembles the time, space and support to develop new plays and musicals or to explore new approaches to existing scripts.
Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation Director/Choreographer Observerships Offers young, early-career directors and choreographers the opportunity to observe the work of master directors and choreographers as they create new productions on Broadway, off-Broadway and at leading regional theatres, primarily in New York, Seattle, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Observers often have access to the entire rehearsal process, from first rehearsal to opening night, and receive stipends of $250-$1,000.
Tobin Foundation for the Theatre Arts Grant requests having specific focus on theatrical arts, including opera and theatre stage, set, and costume design are encouraged.
United States Institute for Theatre Technology USITT is dedicated to actively promoting the advancement of the knowledge and skills of its members. Member grants and fellowships are available in performing arts design and technology.
CEC ArtsLink Inc. ArtsLink Projects provide support to US artists, curators, presenters, and arts organizations undertaking projects in Central Europe, Russia and Eurasia. Applicants must be working with an artist or organization in that region and projects should be designed to benefit participants and audiences in both the US and the host country. CEC ArtsLink can assist interested applicants in identifying contacts in the region. Funds are also available for artists from the region to pursue projects in the US.
U.S./Japan Creative Artists' Program A
partnership of the NEA and the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC),
allows American artists to live and work in Japan for five months.
Architects, choreographers, composers, creative writers, designers, media artists, playwrights, visual artists and solo theater artists who work with original material (including puppeteers, storytellers and performance artists) are encouraged to apply. Artists who create original work in a multidisciplinary form are also eligible.
U.S.-Mexico Fund for Culture Supports outstanding projects that foster cooperation and exchange between artists and intellectuals of Mexico and the U.S. Annual open round of applications starts Mid-January and deadline is Mid-April.
Allen Lee Hughes Fellowship Program, Arena Stage, Washington, DC Established to increase participation of people of color in professional theater. Fellowships require a 40-44 week commitment and are available to work with seasoned professionals in the areas of artistic and technical production, arts administration and Community Engagement. Arena Stage provides a modest stipend and may assist in locating housing.
National Alliance for Musical Theatre Producer-Writer Initiative Builds relationships between writers of musical theater and producers working on the development of new musicals throughout the U.S. The Producer-Writer Initiative grant is awarded to NAMT voting members, who apply on behalf of their organization and a writing team. Each theater will receive $3,000 to help fund a writing team's residency for a minimum of seven days, supporting housing and travel costs and an artist stipend for the writing team.
Gilman and Gonzalez-Falla Theatre Foundation Giving to individuals and organizations for development within American musical theater.
The Kleban Foundation In honor of Edward Kleban, this award is given annually to both a librettist and a lyricist. The award will be in the amount of $100,000 to each recipient and will be payable in two annual installments of $50,000.
Jim Henson Foundation Awards grants each year for the creation and development of innovative works of puppet theater. Project grants of $5,000 are awarded for the development of new works, and seed grants of $2,000 are made for pieces in the earliest stages of creation.
Puppeteers of America Endowment Fund Members are eligible to apply for small projects grants. Awards range from $100-$1,000 and are made every two years.
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants Program Provides speedy funding for visual and performing artists who have unanticipated, sudden opportunities to present their work to the public, or who incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects underway and close to completion. The grants are intended to support the creation of innovative and experimental work, and are meant to assist individuals and groups when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding. In 2007, grants ranged in amount from $200 to $2,000; the average grant was $1,000. Work must be of a contemporary, avant-garde nature. Applications accepted by email only; please review all guidelines on the FCA website before applying.
Emergency Grants Program Foundation for Contemporary Arts 820 Greenwich St., 4th Floor New York, NY 10014 (phone) 212-807-7077 (fax) 212-807-7177 Email: rf@contemporary-arts.org |
The Fund for Women Artists 3739 Balboa Street #181 San Francisco, CA 94121 Phone: (415) 751-2202 Website: www.womenarts.org Email: info@womenarts.org |