June 2023

Funding Fridays #19

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Our June 2023 list features 18 grants with deadlines from June 3, 2023 through July 14, 2023. In addition, we've listed 13 grants with rolling application deadlines. 


Listings preceded with "++" denote funding opportunities we've added since this list was originally published. Turn on post notifications for @HelloBarkada on Instagram and Twitter to stay in the loop.


For additional opportunities such as fellowships, residencies, and organizational grants, please review the lists curated by Creative Capital for June and July 2023, Fractured Atlas for June 2023, Poets & Writers, and Funds for Writers.


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TAGS: RESOURCES

GRANTS AWARDED ON A ROLLING BASIS

Listed in alphabetical order. Listings preceded by ">>" spotlight grants added to this section this month.

UPDATED! Adobe Creative Residency Community FundOpen to artists around the world who are at least 18 years old and impacted by the 2022 invasion of Ukraine

Amount(s) rewarded. $10,000

Who's eligible. Applicants must be creators of visual work with a professional portfolio of visual creative work, impacted by the 2022 invasion of Ukraine (i.e., either a refugee or an internally displaced person due to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, a current resident of Ukraine, or someone financially supporting either of the former), able to communicate in English, are at least 18 years old (no advanced degree needed), and own a PayPal account or bank account in their name.

The Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Emergency GrantOpen to painters, printmakers, and sculptors around the world who can demonstrate at least 10 years of work in their art

Amount(s) rewarded. Up to $15,000; most typically $5000

Who's eligible. The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program is intended to provide interim financial assistance to qualified painters, printmakers, and sculptors whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident, and who lack the resources to meet that situation. An artist must be able to demonstrate a minimum involvement of ten (10) years in a mature phase of their work. Artists must work in the disciplines of painting, sculpture or printmaking.

The Awesome Foundation: Homelessness Open to artists globally, but must be submitted in English

Amount(s) rewarded. $1000

Who's eligible. The Awesome Foundation is an ever-growing worldwide community devoted to forwarding the interest of awesome in the universe. Additional grants in a variety of categories or "chapters" are given out, including grants for projects taking place in specific global and U.S. cities.

The Awesome Foundation: On the Water Grant Open to artists globally, but must be submitted in English

Amount(s) rewarded. $1000

Who's eligible. The Awesome Foundation is an ever-growing worldwide community devoted to forwarding the interest of awesome in the universe. Additional grants in a variety of categories or "chapters" are given out, including grants for projects taking place in specific global and U.S. cities.


For this chapter, The Awesome Foundation is interested in "proposals where a strong connection to the water has been established and where you can provide us with a clear sense of your project’s anticipated reach."

Colorado Artist Relief Fund Open to artists in Colorado

Amount(s) rewarded. Up to $1000

Who's eligible. The Colorado Artist Relief Fund supports artists experiencing economic distress as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Disciplines include visual, digital, film, music, performing, and teaching. Artists will need to show that their incomes are being adversely affected due to the cancellation of events, classes, performances, and other creative work.


Grant funding may be used for basic expenses including food, rent, medical costs, childcare. It may also be used for the development of skills, applications, or equipment that will allow you to transition your income-generating practices to online or virtual platforms or practices.

Epic MegaGrantsOpen to developers around the world

Amount(s) rewarded. $5000–$500,000

Application fee. NA 

Who's eligible. Epic Games is looking to support anyone doing amazing things with Unreal Engine or for the 3D graphics ecosystem. Grants cover a variety of endeavors from game development, architecture projects, and film/TV production, to academic uses and software tool development.

Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency GrantsMust reside in the United States or U.S. territories

Timeline tip. Best to start process at least eights weeks from when funding is needed

Amount(s) rewarded. $500–$3000

Who's eligible. Emergency Grants is a multi-disciplinary program that supports visual and performing artists whose work is of a contemporary, experimental nature. Artists who apply must:

Mary Mason Lemonade FundOpen to current or past theatre practitioners in San Francisco with terminal or life-threatening illnesses

Amount(s) rewarded. $250, $500, $1000

Who's eligible. Any resident of the San Francisco Bay Area who has worked professionally or vocationally in local theatre or has been an active participant in the theatre community, regardless of the income derived from work in the theatre (with two years' experience minimum in the last five years), and has received a diagnosis of a terminal or life-threatening medical illness or condition is eligible to apply for the program.

National Dance Project Travel FundOpen to artists and art staff in the United States

Timeline tip. Application is due 40 days or more prior to the date of departure.

Amount(s) rewarded. Reimbursement of up to 50% of the requested travel expenses, not exceeding $500.

Who's eligible. Artists currently in the creation or touring period of work supported by an NDP Production Grant; and curators, presenters, residency directors, or related staff (such as program or production staff) to either travel to see works currently eligible for NDP presentation support to determine if they will be able to present the NDP work in their community or to bring a currently-funded NDP artist to their community for meetings and advance planning to lay the groundwork for touring the NDP project.

National Theater Project Presenter Travel GrantOpen to art presenters and curatorial staff in the United States

Amount(s) rewarded. Reimbursement of up to 70% of the requested travel expenses (typically in the range of $700–$1000, but no maximum).

Who's eligible. Arts presenters and curatorial staff considering NTP projects are eligible to apply for travel support to see the project. Additionally, NTP Creation and Touring Grant recipients may apply for travel funds for themselves or invite others to apply for the purpose of promoting, publicizing, or otherwise advancing their NTP funded project.

UPDATED! Open 4CultureOutside of Seattle, anywhere in King County

Timeline tip. Best to start process at least six weeks from when funding needed

Amount(s) rewarded. $2500

Who's eligible. Projects created by or for audiences of underserved communities, or offers an innovative approach to the arts, historic preservation, or King County heritage and offers public benefit to King County residents and visitors.

Pollock-Krasner Foundation GrantOpen to artists around the world

Amount(s) rewarded. Up to $30,000

Who's eligible. The Foundation provides financial resources for visual artists to create new work, acquire supplies, rent studio space, prepare for exhibitions, attend a residency and offset living expenses. The Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmakers.

smART ventures grantMust be based in the greater Seattle area

Amount(s) rewarded. Up to $500–$1000

Who's eligible. smART ventures seeks to widen arts and culture participation, particularly of

diverse or underserved communities. Individuals (including youth), groups, organizations, or communities of interest that offer a potential arts or cultural impact within the city of Seattle and need start-up or final investment funds for proposed public events are able to apply. Organizations do NOT have to have 501(c)(3) non-profit status to apply.

GRANTS WITH APPLICATION DEADLINES

Listed in ascending order by deadline. Listings preceded with "++" denote funding opportunities we've added since this list was originally published.

Firelight Media: The William Greaves Research and Development Fund Open to mid-career BIPOC nonfiction filmmakers in the U.S., and filmmakers in from Mexico, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and Colombia

Deadline. June 6, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. Up to $40,000

Who's eligible. Applicants must be a mid-career nonfiction filmmaker from a racially and ethnically underrepresented community in the United States; or a filmmaker in Mexico, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and Colombia, with particular interest in those who identify as Indigenous and/or of African descent.


Applicants must also be working on a feature length documentary film in the pre-production phase and hold the intellectual property rights to the film.

NYSCA/NYFA Artists with Disabilities Grant Open to visual, media, music, performing, literary, and multidisciplinary artists with a disability based in New York State who have experienced financial hardship due to the COVID-19 crisis

Deadline. June 6, 2023, 5:00 p.m. ET

Amount(s) rewarded. $1000

Who's eligible. Applicants must be practicing artists who can demonstrate an ongoing commitment to their arts practice and career, as well as demonstrate that they have participated, created, or maintained their artistic practice and provide documentation from any time over the past 4 years (2019 to date). 


Applicants must also be current New York State residents and have maintained residency for a minimum of twelve months.

Vilcek Foundation: Prizes for Creative Promise in Design Open to young, professional immigrant designers based in the U.S.

Deadline. June 12, 2023, 5:00 p.m. ET

Amount(s) rewarded. $50,000

Who's eligible. Applicants must not be more than 38 years old, born outside of the U.S. to non-American parents, have lived in the U.S. for at least 4 years, and have 5 years of professional experience in design and possess a strong track record of creative and high-caliber work. Eligible categories include digital design, graphic design, product design, and social design.


Applicants must also either be a naturalized citizen or a permanent resident of the United States; an H-1B or O-1 visa holder with a valid visa stamp; a H-4 visa holder with a valid EAD card; a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) relief; or an asylee or an asylum seeker who has applied for asylum and has a valid EAD card.

Center for Cultural Innovation: SCI Artist-Innovator Fund Open to artist-entrepreneurs with spinal cord injuries based in the U.S.

Deadline. June 12, 2023, 12:00 p.m. PT

Amount(s) rewarded. Up to $8500 each to 10 artists

Who's eligible. The SCI Artist-Innovator Fund will offer ten grants of up to $8,500 to individual artist-entrepreneurs with spinal cord injuries who are inspired to innovate by the possibilities and benefits that are offered through the experience of pursuing a creative practice and living with spinal cord injury.


Applicants must be an individual artist who lives and works in the U.S., and lives with spinal cord injury or SCI, i.e., neurological and functional impairment due to traumatic SCI, degenerative disease primary to the spinal cord (transverse myelitis), or damage to the spinal cord due to tumors and surgery.

NYFA: JGS Fellowship for Photography Open to New York State photography artists living and working outside of New York City

Deadline. June 14, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. $7000 each to five (5) photography artists

Who's eligible. The JGS Fellowship for Photography is open to New York State photography artists, living and working anywhere in the following regions of New York State: Western New York, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier, Central New York, North Country, Mohawk Valley, Capital District, Hudson Valley, and Long Island.


Applicants must also be at least 25 years old and work in either traditional or experimental photography or any form in which photography or photographic techniques are pivotal, if not exclusive.

South Arts: Jazz Road Tour Grants Open to professional jazz artists based in the U.S.

Deadline. June 15, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. $5,000–$15,000

Who's eligible. Jazz Road Tours supports small, three- to six-site tours at an array of venue types, often in rural communities and other areas traditionally underserved by the genre.


Applicants must be an individual, professional jazz artist who is at least 18 years old, working solo or working with a composer-led or collective jazz ensemble which consists of 2–10 musicians, based in the U.S. or its territories, and is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

The Architecture League NY: Architecture + Design Independent Projects Grants Open to individuals and teams based in New York

Deadline. June 16, 2023, 11:59 p.m. ET

Amount(s) rewarded. $10,000 each to 25 applicants

Who's eligible. The Independent Projects program is open to individuals and teams based in New York State. Applicants must be professionals in their design field and the proposed work must be truly independent; work related to a course curriculum or degree program, commissioned work for a client, recreational activities, and out-of-state travel expenses are not eligible for funding. Each applicant, and each team member, must also have their primary residence within New York State at the time of submission and throughout the award period.

Filmed by Bike: BIPOC Filmmaker Grant Open to BIPOC emerging filmmakers from around the world

Deadline. June 20, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. $1500

Who's eligible. Applicants must be Black, Indigenous, or a person of color. Eligible film projects must be 25 minutes or shorter and include biking as a theme or as a core central element.

Artist Trust: Grants for Artists Open to artists working in all disciplines across Washington State who are Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) residing in King County, and artists of all backgrounds residing outside King County

Deadline. June 23, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. $1500

Who's eligible. Applicants must be Black, Indigenous, or a person of color, or reside outside of King County. They must also be at least 18 years old, individual artists or part of an artist team, and Washington State residents at the time of application and payment.


Eligible art disciplines include the literary arts, media arts, performing arts, and visual arts.

RedLine: INSITE Fund Open to visual artists who reside in the Denver Metro and Front Range

Deadline. June 30, 2023, 11:59 p.m. MT

Amount(s) rewarded. $5,000–$10,000

Who's eligible. Visual artists with projects that take place outside of the studio, museum, art center, or traditional gallery setting; in a publicly accessible space, with covid precautions taken into consideration as needed; and within a 115 mile radius of Denver, within in the state of Colorado. Geographic boundaries for the grant funding area are Norfolk to the North, Pueblo to the South, Akron to the East, and Wolcott to the West.

Living Walls: Laura Patricia Calle Grant Open to artists based in the U.S.

Deadline. June 30, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. $20,000

Who's eligible. Artists and art collectives artists based in the U.S. interested in painting a mural in the Metro Atlanta region that informs and promotes awareness of social equality, feminism, immigrants' rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, and/or cultural diversity.

The Punky Aloha Scholarship Open to Kānaka Maoli & Pasifika Creatives

Deadline. June 30, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. $500 (5), $1000 (1), $1500 (1), and $2500 (1)

Who's eligible. Hosted in partnership with Kūkolu, this scholarship is meant to help lift up creative voices in the Pasifika community. Eight scholarships over four amounts will be awarded directly to each recipient to be used at each recipient's discretion, eg. towards tuition, art supplies, bills, etc. so that they can have the mental space to breathe and create in a calm state.

William Male Foundation Open to artists in San Diego County

Deadline. June 30, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. $1000–$5000

Who's eligible. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age; be residents of San Diego County, California; and demonstrate potential for success in his or her chosen field by submitting letters from instructors and samples of their artistic growth demonstrated in works of art. 

The Ryan Hudak LGBTQ+ Playwright Award Open to New York State-based playwright who self-identifies as LGBTQ+

Deadline. June 30, 2023, 5:00 p.m. EST

Amount(s) rewarded. $10,000

Who's eligible. Applicants must be practicing playwrights who self-identify as LGBTQ+ and who are at least 25 years old, current New York State residents who've maintained residency for at least 12 months by the application deadline, and able to demonstrate an ongoing commitment to their creative practice and career. 

U.S. Writers Aid Initiative Open to professional fiction and nonfiction writers in the U.S.

Deadline. July 1, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. Up to $3500

Who's eligible. The U.S. Writers Aid Initiative is intended to assist fiction and nonfiction authors, poets, playwrights, screenwriters, translators, and journalists in addressing short-term financial emergencies. Applicants must be professional writers based in the United States, and be able to demonstrate that this one-time grant will be meaningful in helping address a short-term emergency situation.

Delaware Division of the Arts: Artist Opportunity Grant Open to artists in Delaware

Deadline. July 3, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. Up to $1000

Who's eligible. Artists who are at least 18 years old and a legal resident of Delaware (i.e., has a valid Delaware driver’s license or DMV issued identification card and files state income taxes in Delaware).


Artist Opportunity Grants are awarded on a competitive basis to support unique professional and artistic development and presentation opportunities for artists. Examples include: materials to complete work for a specific show or program; the cost to rent a facility for a performance; study with a master for a specified period of time. Evaluation criteria include: anticipated impact on the artist’s work or career; financial feasibility and need; marketing plans; and uniqueness of the opportunity.

QUEER | Art: Illuminations Grant Open to emerging visual artists in the U.S. who self identify as Black trans women or trans femmes

Deadline. July 12, 2023

Amount(s) rewarded. $10,000 to one (1) winner, $1250 to four (4) finalists

Who's eligible. Applicants must be based in the U.S., self identify as Black trans women or trans femmes, and be early-career visual artists. Artists with commercial gallery representation should not apply.


The Illuminations Grant defines visual art broadly to include art forms including, but not limited to: ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and fiber arts. While this grant is particularly interested in supporting artists working within 2D and 3D art forms, time-based mediums, such as performing arts and video/film may also be considered. 

Illinois Humanities: Envisioning Justice Grant for Individuals Open to artists, writers, and community advocates for projects in Illinois

Deadline. July 14, 2023, 5:00 PM CST

Amount(s) rewarded. Up to $5000

Who's eligible. Artists, humanists, community organizers, policy makers, journalists, and community advocates for projects that will take place anywhere in Illinois. Priority will be given to projects that are regional or statewide in scope, or that focus on communities that are a) the site of a prison or jail, b) include communities that are experiencing significant incarceration, and/or c) that have experienced significant demographic change as a result of the criminal legal system.

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