Grants for Artists, i.e. Free Money (literally)

This list is provided to facilitate the grant research process. Always read program guidelines and material provided directly from the funding institution to determine your eligibility to apply.


Asian Cultural Council www.asianculturalcouncil.org


The Awesome Foundation for the Arts and Sciences www.awesomefoundation.org


Black Rock Arts Foundation www.blackrockarts.org


Brooklyn Arts Council www.brooklynartscouncil.org


Bronx Council on the Arts www.bronxarts.org


CEC Arts Link www.cecartslink.org


Cintas Foundation (Cuban descent only) www.cintasfoundation.org


Creative Capital Foundation www.creative-capital.org


Foundation for Contemporary Arts
www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org


Jerome Foundation www.jeromefdn.org


John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fund www.gf.org


Lower Manhattan Cultural Council www.lmcc.net


Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation www.midatlanticarts.org


National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC) www.nalac.org


National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts www.youngarts.org


New York State Council on the Arts: Individual Artists Program www.nysca.org


Princess Grace Foundation –USA www.pgfusa.com


Puffin Foundation, Ltd.www.puffinfoundation.org


Queens Council on the Artsqueenscouncilarts.org


Six Points Fellowship www.sixpointsfellowship.org


Staten Island Arts www.statenislandarts.org


Sustainable Arts Foundation (visual arts and literature) www.sustainableartsfoundation.org


Surdna Foundation: Thriving Cultures Program / Artists Engaging in Social Change www.surdna.org


The Vilcek Foundation www.vilcek.org


Fund www.documentary.org/parelorentz
Latino Public Broadcastingwww.lpbp.org


National Endowment for the Humanities (Documentary)www.neh.gov


National Geographic: All Roads Seed GrantProgram www.nationalgeographic.com/explorers


New York Women in Film & Televisionwww.nywift.org


San Francisco Film Society(National Programs) www.sffs.org/Filmmaker360/GrantsSundance Documentary Fund http://www.sundance.org/programs/docu...


Tribeca Film Institutewww.tribecafilminstitute.org


The Women in Film Foundationwww.wif.org/foundation/film-finishing-fund

Blade of Grasswww.abladeofgrass.org


Aaron Siskind Foundation(photography)www.aaronsiskind.org


Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc.www.gottliebfoundation.org


The Aftermath Project (documentary photography)www.theaftermathproject.org


Alexia Foundation (photo journalism)www.alexiafoundation.org


The AstreaLesbian Foundation for Social justice: Astrea Lesbian Visual Arts Fundwww.astraeafoundation.org


Barbara Deming Memorial Fund (women artists only)www.demingfund.orgCenter for Craft, Creativity, and Designhttp://www.craftcreativitydesign.org


Emily Hall Tremaine Exhibition Awardwww.tremainefoundation.org


En Foco New Works Photography Fellowship(photography)www.enfoco.or graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Artswww.grahamfoundation.org


Harpo Foundationwww.harpofoundation.org


The Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Foundation Grant(painters 45 or older)www.paam.org/education/the-lillian-orlowsky-and-william-freed-foundation-grant




The National Sculpture Societywww.nationalsculpture.org


The Joan Mitchell Foundationwww.joanmitchellfoundation.org


NYC Department of Parks & Recreation: Clare Weiss Emerging Artist Award(public art)www.nycgovparks.org/art-and-antiquities/clare-weiss-award


Pollock Krasner Foundation, Inc.(2D work)www.pkf.org


The Ruth Chenven Foundationwww.chenvenfoundation.org


United States Institute of Technology(design)www.usitt.org


Virginia A. Groot Foundation (sculptors)www.virginiaagrootfoundation.org


The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund (photography)www.smithfund.org


William H. Johnson Prize(early-career African American artists)www.whjohnsongrant.org

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