FUNDING

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The California Arts Council is often notified of other financial opportunities like grants and initiatives from foundations, corporations, and other government entities to pass along to viewers of our website and eNewsletter. The list may be viewed by deadline date or by main category. Grant opportunities that do not have set deadlines have been set with a "January 1, 2011" deadline for listing purposes.


SourceDeadline
Pepsi
Pepsi Refresh Project
10-05-2011

State Farm
Grants focused on Safety, Education, and Community Development
10-07-2011

Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation
Lowe's Charitable and Educational Foundation Grants
10-14-2011

Lowe's
Grants to "clean up" schools from Lowe's
10-14-2011

National Education Association Foundation
Learning and Leadership Grant
10-15-2011

LEGO Group
Children's Fund
10-15-2011

Shubert Foundation
Grants for Dance, Arts Organizations, and Drama Education
10-15-2011

Yellow House Fund
Arts Education Initiative
10-15-2011

American Music Center
Composer Assistance Program (September deadline)
10-17-2011

Atlantic Center for the Arts
Master Artists-in-Residence Program (Oct deadline)
10-21-2011

California Council for the Humanities
"California Reads" Grants for Libraries -- October deadline
10-31-2011

Center for Cultural Innovation
Artists' Resource for Completion Grants Program for Los Angeles Artists
11-01-2011

National Endowment for the Arts
Research Grants
11-08-2011

San Francisco Foundation
SF Bay Area Grants for the Arts, Community, Education, Etc. (Jul deadline)
11-11-2011

Surdna Foundation
Arts Teachers Fellowship Program
11-14-2011

Surdna Foundation
Surdna Arts Teachers' Fellowship Program (May deadline)
11-14-2011

Arts Council Silicon Valley
Applied Materials Excellence in the Arts (Nov deadline)
11-14-2011

California Council for the Humanities
California Story Fund
11-15-2011

Jean-Claude Reynal Foundation
Funds for young visual artist to travel internationally for 6 months
11-15-2011

National String Project Consortium
Undergraduate Music Education Majors String Project Program
11-18-2011

Chamber Music America
Residency Partnership Program
11-18-2011

Chamber Music America
New Works: Creation and Presentation Program (Jazz)
11-18-2011

William J. and Dorothy K. O'Neill Foundation
Capacity Building Grants Program for San Francisco area organizations
12-01-2011

ASCAP Foundation
Young Jazz Composer Awards
12-01-2011

Shubert Foundation
Grants for Non-Profit Professional Theatres
12-01-2011

Institute of Museum and Library Services
Museum Assessment Program (Winter deadline)
12-01-2011

Creative Work Fund
Collaborative Project Grants
12-02-2011

Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Medal for Museum and Library Service
12-15-2011

University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA)
Action Research program for the Arts for UC
12-15-2011

Heritage Preservation, AIC
Nominations Sought for Outstanding Commitment to Collection Preservation
12-15-2011

National Geographic
All Roads Seed Grant Program and Film Project (Dec deadline)
12-15-2011

Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation
Individual Support Grants for Visual Artists
12-15-2011

Blakemore Foundation
Support for Asian Language Study
12-30-2011

Cleveland Foundation
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
12-31-2011

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
Grants for Music Programs
01-01-2012

Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Traditional Arts Development Program Contracts
01-01-2012

Google
Free AdWords Advertising for Nonprofit Websites
01-01-2012

Arcus Foundation
Grants for LGBT-related Programs (No Films)
01-01-2012

American Association of University Women
Community Action Grants for Women and Girls
01-15-2012

Indian Arts Research Center
Fellowships for Native and First Nations Artists (Jan deadline)
01-15-2012

Institute of Museum and Library Services
Museum Grants for African American History
01-17-2012

Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Leadership Grants
02-01-2012

Surdna Foundation
Surdna Arts Teachers' Fellowship Program (Feb deadline)
02-01-2012

National Education Association Foundation
Student Achievement or Learning & Leadership grants (Feb deadline)
02-01-2012

American Composers Forum
Common Ground / First Nations Composer Initiative (American Indian music)
02-01-2012

National Education Association Foundation
National Education Foundation Leaders Grant (Feb deadline)
02-01-2012

National Education Association Foundation
Education Assocation Student Achievement Grants (Feb deadline)
02-01-2012

French-American Fund for the Performing Arts
Grants for American/French theater projects
02-01-2012

Atlantic Center for the Arts
Master Artists-in-Residence Program (Feb deadline)
02-03-2012

Atlantic Center for the Arts
Master Artists-in-Residence Program (Feb deadline)
02-03-2012

Institute of Museum and Library Services
Native American Library Services Basic Grants and Basic Grants with Education/Assessment Option
03-01-2012

Creative Capital
Film/Video and Visual Arts Grants
03-01-2012

National Gardening Association
Mantis Awards for Community and Youth Gardens
03-01-2012

Getty Images
Grants for Good
03-01-2012

Chamber Music America
New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development
03-09-2012

Institute of Museum and Library Services
21st Century Museum Professionals Grants
03-15-2012

Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation
Support for Contemporary Art Exhibition Publications (Mar deadline)
03-15-2012

J.M. Kaplan Fund
Furthermore grants in nonfiction publishing (Mar deadline)
03-15-2012

Purpose Prize
Nomination process open for people over 60 making a difference
03-22-2012

Atlantic Center for the Arts
Master Artists-in-Residence Program (Mar deadline)
03-23-2012

Institute of Museum and Library Services
Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Grant Program
04-01-2012

National Museum of the American Indian
Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program - Artist Leadership and Emerging Artist Programs
04-03-2012

Chamber Music America
Classical Commissioning Program
04-06-2012

National Endowment for the Arts / Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
USArtists International Funding for International Festivals (Spring deadline)
04-20-2012

ING Group
Unsung Heroes Education Award
04-30-2012

Target Corporation
Early Reading Grants
04-30-2012

Target Corporation
Arts & Culture in Schools Grant
04-30-2012

Institute of Museum and Library Services
Native American Library services: Enhancement grants
05-01-2012

Getty Images
Professional photojournalist grants and student grants (Nov deadline)
05-01-2012

National Museum of the American Indian
Artist Leadership Program
05-01-2012

Luce Fund in American Art
Funding for visual art
06-15-2012

Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
Mini-grant Program For Public Schools and Public Libraries
06-30-2012

Institute of Museum and Library Services
Museum Assessment Program (Summer Deadline)
07-01-2012

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Arts Program
Fund for National Projects
08-02-2012

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Fund for National Projects in Dance, Jazz, and Theatre
08-02-2012

James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation
Richard L Binder Award (Architecture)
09-19-2012

Kids in Need Foundation
Small grants for creative projects for classroom teachers
09-30-2012

Comcast Foundation
Investments in Youth Development, Literacy, and Community Service
01-01-2014

MetLife Foundation
Grants for NPOs Promoting Education and Culture
01-01-2014

Pollock-Krasner Foundation
One-year Aid Grants for Experienced Artists
01-01-2014

Surdna Foundation
Arts for teens, social change, and community-driven design
01-01-2014

Do Something!
Seed Grants for Teens and Young Adults
01-01-2014

RGK Foundation
Grants for Education, Community, and Medicine/Health
01-01-2014

J.M. Kaplan Fund
Grant Programs in the fields of environment, historic preservation, and human migrations
01-01-2014

Hearst Foundation
Grants for Cultural Projects
01-01-2014

Sony Corporation of America
Grants for Organizations Promoting Arts, Education, and Community Outreach
01-01-2014

Green Foundation
Grants for Nonprofits Focused on Youth Arts and Creative Programs
01-01-2014

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Performing Arts Program Grants
01-01-2014

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Museums and Arts Conservation grant
01-01-2014

Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation
Emergency Assistance Program for Artists
01-01-2014

Charlie Lovett Fund
Fund for Elementary School Drama (Grades 1-5)
01-01-2014

W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Grants for Organizations Benefitting At-Risk Youth
01-01-2014

Getty Foundation
Art in LA 1945-1980, grants for LA archival projects
01-01-2014

New England Foundation for the Arts
National Native Artist Exchange Grants
01-01-2014

California Arts Council
Arts and Accessibility
01-01-2014

Center for Cultural Innovation, Irvine Foundation, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Creative Capacity Fund's NextGen Arts Professional Development Grants (Monthly - Deadline 15th)
01-01-2014