The Brabson Family Foundation supports bold and creative projects in education, science, and the arts. Awards of up to $60,000 are available, but the majority of grants are under $10,000.
Applications are accepted annually from September 1st – March 1st.
Eligibility
This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations or applicants under the umbrella of a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Application Requirements
Identification of a problem
A unique and innovative solution
IRS Letter of Determination
W-9 Form
Any supporting documents, such as photos, to illustrate the idea
Project Classifications
Applicants will be asked to categorize their project as:
The Shubert Foundation has provided funding for professional, nonprofit theater and dance companies since 1977. Their mission is to support and advance live performing arts in the United States.
The Foundation’s primary focus is on Theater with a secondary focus on Dance and a small portion of funding going to Arts Related Organizations. Applications for Theater are due by December 4, 2024 at 6 PM ET. Applications for Dance and Arts Related Organizations are due by October 16, 2024 at 6 PM ET. Grants start at $15,000.
Eligibility
This grant is open to organizations that are:
501(c)3 nonprofits
Professional theater/dance companies
Established, with a successful track record and history of fiscal responsibility
Theater applicants must have an annual budget of $150,000 or higher, not including in-kind support.
Dance applicants must have:
Annual operating expenses of $500,000 or higher, not including in-kind support
At least 8 dancers employed for a minimum of 10 weeks of rehearsals and performance
At least 10 professional performances annually
Allowable Expenses
Shubert Foundation grants are for unrestricted, general operating support. Funds should not be used for:
The Sony Create Action Grant supports social justice and community focused nonprofits in the United States.
Applications are due by September 30, 2024 for submissions including an Action Plan describing how they will address social justice issues through photography, videography, filmmaking, or a related field.
Eligibility
This grant is open to social justice and community focused 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations who received less than $500,000 in annual donations in 2022 and 2023.
Applications are accepted twice a year on March 1st and September 1st by mail or email. Final decisions will be announced on July 1st and January 1st. Award amounts differ by grant category.
Eligibility
This grant is open to U.S. based 501(c)3 nonprofits. International organizations must submit a letter of inquiry before completing a full application.
Grant Categories
Curatorial Research Fellowships
Curatorial Research Fellowships are open to curators at any stage of their career, but they must have a sponsoring organization apply on their behalf. A letter of support from the organization director must be included in the application.
Grants of up to $50,000 are available for the research and development stage of an exhibition, public-facing project, or other visual arts-based initiative that will take place at least two years after the award is made. Projects should be situated within the context of historical and modern practices and focus on understudied topics and artists who are less well known.
Examples of eligible expenses include:
Travel
Recording, transcription and translation
Acquisition of relevant publications, subscriptions, media
Salaries for research assistants
Cost of bringing together other professionals in the field
Grants of $60,000 – $100,000 are available for solo, two artist, or thematic group exhibits to take place 6 months to 2 years after the award is made. Requests should not be for more than 25% of the total direct costs of the exhibit.
Exhibits should feature artists who have had a significant impact on current and upcoming artists, but who have received less recognition than their peers.
Multi-year Program Support
Grants of $60,000 – $100,000 are available for two years of visual arts programming, including exhibitions, residencies, public art works, screenings, performances, lectures, publications, mentorships and other professional development opportunities. Requests should not be for more than 25% of the organization’s annual operating budget.
Programs included in the proposal should be established, not brand new. Proposals should also encompass all programming and not earmark grant funds for just one project.
The GRAMMY Museum Grants Program supports research projects and the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of North America.
Letters of Inquiry are due by August 23, 2024. If invited to submit, full applications will be due November 1st. Grants for Scientific Research or Preservation Implementation are available for up to $20,000. Grants for Assistance, Assessment, and/or Consultation are available for up to $5,000.
Eligibility
This grant is open to individuals and organizations in the United States and Canada. 501(c)6 organizations are excluded.
Grant Types
Scientific Research Projects
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Research projects should focus on the impact of music on human condition. Examples include:
The effects on cognition, healing, and mood
The well being of musicians
The creative process
Priority consideration will be given to proposals with innovative questions, based on strong methodology.
Preservation Projects
Assistance, Assessment, and/or Consultation
Assistance grants are for the planning phase of a preservation or archiving project by a small to mid-sized organization. This may involve the expertise of the applicant organization as well as consultation from outside experts. Planning activities may include:
Identifying and prioritizing materials
Inventorying and cataloging
Obtaining permission from owners
Identifying long-term storage
Preservation Implementation
Projects that have completed the planning phase may apply for an implementation grant to carry out their plan. Large organizations with an annual budget of $1 million or more and/or organizations such as a library or museum with archiving, preservation, cataloguing and other related experts must apply for this grant category. Any required planning activities should be incorporated into the project plan and budget.
Funding Limitations
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The Robert & Toni Bader Charitable Foundation was founded in 2010 to support U.S. organizations furthering the Jewish ideals of creating a better world through Science, Education, and the Arts.
Applications are accepted and reviewed on a regular basis until September 30 of each year. There are no minimum or maximum amounts. Awards are based on available funds, number of applications received, and the merits of the project.
Eligibility
This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations in the United States.
The Foundation is interested in funding new projects and programs or ones that require support to become sustainable.
Funding Limitations
Grant funds should be spent on project specific costs.
Grant funds may not be spent on general operating expenses, including:
Salaries
Benefits
Transportation and travel
Rent
Taxes
Evaluation
The Committee will make recommendations to the Board after considering:
Purpose of the request
How the request fits with the applicant organization’s mission
Applicant’s experience with this type of program
Projected budget in comparison to overall financials
Interested applicants may submit an inquiry at any time. If Foundation staff believe the proposed project is a good fit for their priorities, they will invite you to submit a full proposal. Do not submit to more than one core area.
Eligibility
This grant is open to:
501(c)3 nonprofit organizations in the United States
International organizations with their country’s equivalent designation.
Colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher education (Higher Learning)
For-profit organizations or international organizations without a charitable designation at the Foundation’s discretion
Grant Types
Grants may be subject to matching requirements.
Spendable Grants – For a specific project, to be spent in accordance with the timeline and budget in the application
Endowment Grants – Establishes institutional funds with spending limits per the application, grant agreement, and any state laws
General Operating Grants – Supports the grantee’s core operations and overall mission
Core Areas
Arts and Culture
Strategy One – Supporting visionary artists and practitioners and the participatory roles they play across institutions and communities.
Strategy Two – Supporting exceptional organizations and artists that have been historically under-resourced, including the creation, conservation, and preservation of their artwork, histories, collections, and traditions.
Strategy Three – Creating scaffolding for experiments with new economic paradigms and institutional models that center equity and justice and creative problem-solving in arts and culture.
The Foundation works with individual artists, scholars, arts organizations, and conservators to cultivate innovative works of art. They seek to ground the arts in the community as a part of a thriving society and create change by making the arts more equitable.
Higher Learning
Strategy One – Elevating the knowledge that informs more complete and accurate narratives of the human experience and lays the foundation for more just and equitable futures.
Strategy Two – Accelerating the demographic transformation of US academic faculties and institutional leadership to better reflect the population and center humanities expertise.
Strategy Three – Creating equitable broader access to humanities higher learning opportunities.
Colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher education interested in pursuing one or more of these strategies may apply.
Humanities in Place
Strategy One – Keep and Shape Our Places
Strategy Two – Evolve Our Institutions
Strategy Three – Promote Greater Engagement and Understanding
Organizations such as history museums, heritage areas, and the media may apply for funding to promote a more diverse, nuanced view of American life and history. The Foundation is looking for novel approaches that challenge the traditional narrative and tell a more inclusive story about the American experience.
Public Knowledge
Strategy One – Preserving original source materials in all formats, including web-based content, with focus on materials from historically underrepresented cultures and populations.
Strategy Two – Supporting the innovative maintenance and sustainability of technology, tools, and infrastructure for content related to the Foundation’s social justice orientation.
Strategy Three – Creating and strengthening networks for the interdependent sharing of resources, services, and collections.
The Public Knowledge program focuses on the conservation of knowledge through preserving physical and digital records. They seek to increase both access to these resources and the amount of documentation representing marginalized communities. This program is an ideal fit for libraries, archives, and presses.
Our Town, from the National Endowment for the Arts, supports projects that combine creative placemaking strategies with arts tactics to build stronger communities. Awards are $25,000 – $150,000 and require a 1:1 match of non-federal funds.
Part 1 of the application is due through Grants.gov by August 1, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET. Part 2 must be submitted through the NEA Applicant Portal, which will open at 9:00 AM ET on August 8 and close August 15, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET.
Eligibility
This grant is open to:
501(c)3 nonprofit organizations
Nonprofit institutions of higher education
Local government entities
Federally recognized Native American Tribes
Applicants must have completed at least 3 years of art programming and have at least one partner. The partnership must include at least one nonprofit organization and at least one local governmental or quasi-governmental entity.
Project Design
Our Town projects pair creative placemaking strategies with arts tactics to create long lasting community change.
Creative Placemaking Strategies
Envision – Imagine new possibilities for overcoming challenges and solving problems or a new future for the community as a whole
Connect – Bring communities, people, and places together
Illuminate – Bring attention to community assets such as local history and cultural infrastructure
Energize – Bring new energy, resources, and people to a place or issue
Art Tactics
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Arts Engagement – Activities such as artist residencies, arts festivals, public art, and performances
Cultural Planning – Activities such as identifying and leveraging community resources, creative asset mapping, and public art planning
Design – Activities such as artist-led community planning, creation of artist spaces, design of public spaces, and creative business development
Outcomes
Our Town projects should yield concrete, measurable outcomes such as:
Participation – Number and diversity of participants
Offerings/Deliverables – Number of arts offerings, cultural planning and design deliverables, or creative industry offerings
Quality – Quality of participation and quality of offerings/deliverables
Additional project outcomes include:
Economic Change – Improvements at the individual, community, or institutional level
Physical Change – Improvements to the built and/or natural environment
Social Change – Improved social relationships, greater civic engagement, and more community empowerment
The Trust for Mutual Understanding supports direct exchanges in the arts, the environment, and the intersection of the two between professionals in the U.S. and the 28 countries in their region. Exchanges may be in person or virtual.
Initual inquiries are due each year by May 1st or November 1st. If invited, full proposals will be due August 1st or February 1st. There is no minimum or maximum award, but current grantees received $5,000 – $173,000.
Eligibility
This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations working with professionals in Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, or Uzbekistan.
Exchanges may take place between professional artists and designers, art managers and curators, primarily in the visual and performing arts. Potential activities include:
Artistic collaborations
Performances in conjunction with lectures or workshops
Curatorial research projects
Historic preservation projects
Arts management programs
The Environment
Exchanges may take place between environmental activists, conservationists, researchers, and scientists, especially those focused on presevation, environmental law, species conservation, and sustainable development.
Potential activities include:
Facilitating better international communication and networking
Joint events, conferences, and workshops
Collaborative research projects
Collaborative actions, projects, and programs
Intersection of Arts and the Environment
Projects that focus on the intersection of arts and the environment will receive priority consideration. Potential activities include:
Collaborations in which artists and environmentalists learn and draw inspiration from each other
Activities led by native communities focused on the interconnection of art and the environment through the lens of Indigenous knowledge
The Charles and Joan Hermanowski Family Foundation supports projects that help youth in the United States up to age 21 achieve their full potential. This may include the arts, education, health, and welfare services.
Letters of Interest for requests of $1,000 – $10,000 are due annually by March 31st. Full proposals for those invited to submit will be due by August 1st.
Eligibility
This grant is open to 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations. The Foundation does not award grants to large, national level organizations such as the United Way or the American Cancer Society.
