Grants

The following is a list of current grants potentially for audience development projects. If you are considering our services and are in need of funding, we are able to work with you in clearly defining your audience development project for your proposals. ADS has a grant writer on staff to make your grant process even easier!

California

The James Irvine Foundation - Check back 2012
The Creative Connections Fund supports the expansion of diverse, relevant arts and cultural offerings in local communities across California. The fund targets small and midsize arts organizations.

Los Angeles

LA County Arts Commission - Various Deadlines
The Los Angeles County Arts Commission provides financial support and professional development opportunities to assist and strengthen nonprofit arts organizations.

Marin County

Marin Community Foundation - Sept 16
The goal of this Community Grant area is to promote a vibrant and accessible arts community for all Marin residents.

Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara County Arts Commission - Various Deadlines
Events & Festivals, Community Arts, Organizational Development

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Colorado

Colorado Council on the Arts (CCA) - April
Grants to Artists and Organizations

BCAA Grant Programs
Grants are available for organizations and individual artists in regard to general operating support. A minimum of $1,000 will be awarded.

Boettcher Foundation - Ongoing
The Boettcher Foundation has grants for Arts and Culture. They mainly fund larger, well-thought out projects.

Bonfils-Stanton Foundation - January, April, July, October
The Bonfils-Stanton Foundation is committed to advancing excellence in the areas of Arts and Culture...

Denver Foundation - Feb 1, June 1, October 1
The Community Grants Program awards hundreds of grants annually to nonprofit organizations in the seven-county Metro Denver area -- Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, and Jefferson counties.

El Pomar Foundation - Ongoing
El Pomar contributes $25 million annually through grants and community stewardship programs to support Colorado nonprofit organizations involved in health, human services, education, arts and humanities...

Schuss Family Foundation - Contact Foundation
Supports grants for community development, health care, and performing arts.

The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado - February 1
The Gay & Lesbian Fund supports organizations that enrich lives through the visual arts, performing arts, and cultural programs.

Wells Fargo - Quarterly: February 1, May 1, July 1 and October 1
We direct our giving to areas that we believe are important to the future of our communities’ vitality and success: community development, education, human services, civic projects, and the arts.

Community Foundation - Contact Foundation
We fund in five areas: the arts, civic involvement, education, the environment, and health and human services. We fund nonprofits primarily in Boulder County...

Boulder Arts Commission - Variable Grants
Mini-grants, Individual and Organizations Major Grant, Organizational Advancement Grant, Arts in Education Grant

National Endowment for the Arts - Recovery and Reinvestment Act
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides $50 million to be distributed in direct grants...

SCFD
SCFD funds agencies of local government and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations whose primary purpose is to provide for the enlightenment and entertainment of the public...

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Illinois

Illinois Arts Council - Various Deadlines
Grants to support: Illinois' Arts Sector, Advance Arts Education, Foster Creativity and Working Artists

Chicago

Arts Work Fund for Organizational Development - Sept 15, Jan 15, May 15
The Arts Work Fund assists small arts and cultural organizations to develop sustainable organizational capacity.

Chicago Community Trust - Various Deadlines
Four funding opportunities: Small arts organizations, Supporting diverse arts productions and fostering art in every community, Improving access to arts learning opportunities, Capacity building for the sector

City of Chicago - Various Deadlines
Grant funding for artists and arts organizations.

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Indiana

Indianapolis

Lilly Endowment, Inc. - Ongoing
Community Development: We grant funds for human and social needs, central-city and neighborhood revitalization, low-income housing, and arts and culture in Indianapolis.

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Maine

Maine Arts Commission - Various Deadlines
A variety of grants for artists and arts organizations in Maine.

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Minnesota

Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council - Various Deadlines
The Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council offers several granting programs with State of Minnesota and McKnight Foundation funding.

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Nevada

Nevada Arts Council - Various Deadlines
Grants for artists, arts organizations, educators and public institutions and schools.

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New York

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) - Various Deadlines
Each year we distribute over $550,000 to hundreds of artists and organizations all over Manhattan through our Manhattan Arts grants.

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North Carolina

North Carolina Arts Council - January
Arts and Audiences: The Arts Council believes that arts organizations should provide programs of high quality and facilitate ways for participants and audiences to find personal meaning in these activities.

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Pennsylavania

Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour - Feb 15, Oct 15
Grants for Presenters and Artists

Philadelphia - Southeastern Pennsylvania

The Pew Center for Arts and Heritage - Various Deadlines
Professional Development, Planning and Catalyst Grants for Music, Theatre, Dance, Art, Arts Management

William Penn Foundation - Ongoing
Funding Priorities: Robust Cultural Community and Strategic Opportunities

Pittsburgh

Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council - Various Deadlines
Artist Opportunity, BNY Mellon Audience Development Fund, PA Partners in the Arts

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Oregon

James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation - Ongoing
The Foundation is interested in making single or multi-year grants for projects that advance the arts or education, including libraries and museums, in Oregon.

Oregon Arts Commission - Various Deadlines
The Commission offers a variety of matching grants to support arts programming in Oregon.

Oregon Cultural Coalitions (Select County) - Various Deadlines
The 45 Cultural Coalitions each issue local grants with the aim to stimulate a grassroots effort to expand arts, heritage and humanities programs.

Portland

Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) - Various Deadlines
Professional Development, General Support, Opportunity, and Project Grants, Individual Artist Fellowships and Arts Education Fast Track Grants

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South Carolina - Richland and Lexington Counties

Cultural Council of Richland/Lexington Counties - The Arts Fund - Various Deadlines
The Cultural Council serves as a combination united way for the arts (The Arts Fund) and a chamber of commerce for artists and arts organizations through grants, technical assistance and professional development, information resources, arts education, and advocacy.

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Regional

Western States Arts Federation - Touring artists - April 1
Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming - for the presentation of out-of-state touring performers and literary artists.

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National

Opera America - The Opera Fund for Audience Development - August 26
Audience Development grants help OPERA America Professional Company Members (PCM) and their partners to implement community engagement efforts...

The Shubert Foundation - Mainly Theatre and Dance - Various Deadlines
The principal goal of The Shubert Foundation is to support not-for-profit, professional theatre and dance companies in the United States. The program areas of Arts Related Organizations and Education are smaller than those of Theatre and Dance and necessarily limited.

The Nathan Cummings Foundation - Jan 15, Aug 15
To create a stronger and more socially just society by building the field of Art and Social Justice and amplifying the voices of underrepresented communities.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) - Various Deadlines
To explore available funding opportunities, click on the artistic discipline or field below that is most relevant to your project. In most areas, funding is limited to organizations.

More to come...