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Funding Resources/Funding Lists
The Association of Performing Arts Presenters Travel Subsidy grants of up to $2,000 are available to theatre directors, producers, presenters, managers, artists and agents to see work by ensemble theatre companies who have initiated a dialogue with them about a long-term partnership. In addition, artistic, production, education, publicity or marketing staff at ensemble theatre companies are eligible for funds to visit a potential host theatre or arts presenter in order to effectively prepare for an engagement at least 6-12 months in advance.
New England Foundation for the Arts Expeditions funds the development and presentation of cross-disciplinary touring projects for New England communities. Grants are made to New England-based nonprofit organizations to support planning or touring of projects with performing, literary, and/or visual arts components. New England States Touring (NEST) provides support to New England-based nonprofit organizations for performances, readings, and related community activities by artists on the New England States Touring roster. Art and Community Landscapes addresses local and regional environmental concerns by funding site-specific art projects and artist residencies. Artists receive grants to work in pre-selected regions across the United States.
National Endowment for the Arts Grants for Arts Projects The GAP program supports exemplary projects in dance, design, folk and traditional arts, literature, local arts agencies, media arts (film/radio/television), museums, music, musical theater, opera, presenting, theater, visual arts, and multidisciplinary art forms.
Rockefeller Foundation Multi-Arts Production Fund Fosters work in the performing arts that explores the dynamics of contemporary culture and supports a diversity of artists and arts organizations. Activities that have been supported through the program include commissioning of artists, research and development, artist residencies, and the costs associated with the production of new work.
The Joyce Foundation The Culture Program supports the efforts of cultural institutions, primarily in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis-St. Paul, to serve and represent the city’s diverse populations. The Program is interested in projects that bring diverse audiences together to share common cultural experiences and encourage more people to see the arts as integral to their lives.
The International Centre for Women Playwrights (ICWP) International Theatre Grants Program Provides grants of $200-$600 to nonprofit theatre companies worldwide that produce new plays, in any language, by women playwrights. Grants are specifically intended to support productions, not readings or workshops, and ICWP is especially interested in work that explores nontraditional roles for women, marginalized populations, the politics of female oppression, women's lives in the Third World, issues facing lesbian/transgendered women, and related topics. Eligible companies may be professional, semi-professional, amateur, or educational, but must have produced theatrical works for a minimum of 2 years.
The Trust for Mutual Understanding Support to American nonprofit organizations for professional exchanges in the arts between the United States, the countries of the former Soviet Union, and Central Europe. Support is provided primarily for travel and related expenses for exchange projects in which professional interaction plays a major role and in which there is a significant degree of collaborative effort. The trust's cultural program encompasses the visual and performing arts, traditional as well as contemporary.
Fleishhacker Foundation Grants between $1,000 and $10,000 are made to support a range of artistic efforts within the following disciplines: dance, film/video and media arts, interdisciplinary arts, music, theater; and visual arts. Grants may be for: artists' fees for creative time, production costs for performances or films, exhibition/installation costs for visual, media, or interdisciplinary arts, and projects which aid the organization's overall artistic development. San Francisco Bay Area only.
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Grants for the performing arts in the Washington, DC area only.
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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 |