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Other Grants

National Endowment for the Arts: Access to Artistic Excellence

WHAT: Grants support artistic creativity, preserve our diverse cultural heritage, and make the arts more widely available.
DEADLINE: March 11, 2010
AWARDS: $5,000-150,000
INFO: http://nea.gov/
POSTED: March 2, 2010

Institute of Museum and Library Services: 21st Century Museum Professionals

WHAT: Program provides support to increase the capacity of museums by improving the knowledge and skills of museum professionals in multiple institutions.
DEADLINE: March 15, 2010
AWARDS: $15,000-500,000
INFO: www.imls.gov
POSTED: March 2, 2010

National Film Preservation Foundation-Avant-Garde Masters Grants

WHAT: Provides support for the preservation of a film or films by a single filmmaker, or in support of a cinematic movement significant to the development of avant-garde film in America.
DEADLINE: March 19, 2010
AWARDS: up to $50,000
INFO: filmpreservation.org
POSTED: March 2, 2010

National Endowment for the Humanities: Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities

WHAT: Start-up funding to encourage innovations in digital humanities
DEADLINE: March 23, 2010
AWARDS: $5,000-50,000
INFO: www.neh.gov/
POSTED: March 2, 2010

International Ibsen Scholarships

WHAT: Funds will be awarded to individuals, organizations, or cultural institutions working to encourage critical discourse in regards to existential and society-related subject matters concerning Henrik Ibsen.
DEADLINE: April 15, 2010
AWARDS: Up to $150,000
INFO: www.norway.org
POSTED: March 2, 2010

LEGO Children’s Fund

WHAT: Grants are made to nonprofit organizations that offer innovative projects to cultivate and celebrate children’s exploration of personal creativity and creative problem-solving.
DEADLINE: May 1, 2010
AWARDS: $500-5,000
INFO: www.legochildrensfund.org
POSTED: March 2, 2010

Institute of Museum and Library Services: Museum Grants for African American History and Culture

WHAT: Supports efforts by African American museums to enhance institutional capacity and sustainability through professional training, technical assistance, internships,etc.
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: www.IMLS.gov/
POSTED: December 18, 2009

National Endowment for the Humanities: America’s Media Makers: Development and Production Grants

WHAT: Program provides support to enable media producers to collaborate with scholars to develop humanities content and format and to prepare programs for production.
DEADLINE: Jan. 13, 2010; Aug. 18, 2010
INFO: www.neh.gov/
POSTED: December 19, 2009

Luce Fund in American Art

WHAT: For American museums with a commitment to American art for scholarly exhibitions and publication development.
DEADLINE: April 1, 2010
INFO: http://foundationcenter.org
POSTED: December 18, 2009

National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read

WHAT: Program is designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture.
DEADLINE: Feb. 2, 2010
AWARDS: $2,500 to $20,000
INFO: www.nea.gov/
POSTED: December 18, 2009

National Endowment for the Humanities: America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations Planning Grants

WHAT: This program provides funds for pre-implementation planning which can include multiple projects.
DEADLINE: Jan. 13, 2010; Aug. 18, 2010
INFO: www.neh.gov/
POSTED: December 18, 2009

National Endowment for the Humanities: America’s Historical and Cultural Organizations Implementation Grants

WHAT: Program encourages innovate use of emerging technologies in public presentations.
DEADLINE: Jan. 13, 2010; Aug. 18, 2010
INFO: www.neh.gov/
POSTED: December 18, 2009

Johnson & Johnson Society for Arts in Healthcare

WHAT: For arts in healthcare programs that show evidence of impact
DEADLINE: Sept. 15 and March 15 annually
AWARDS: Total of $60,000
INFO: www.raconline.org/funding/
POSTED: September 9, 2009

Reader’s Digest Foundation – Inspiring Stories from the Public

WHAT: The Foundation will donate a total of $1 million to non-profit organizations through a new initiative called “Make it Matter.” Grants will be inspired by individuals who are taking action by giving back to their communities.
DEADLINE: rolling
AWARDS: Grants are $100,000 each
INFO: www.makeitmattergrants.com
POSTED: Updated September 9, 2009; April 22, 2008

Princess Grace Foundation-USA – 2008 Awards in Theater, Playwriting, Dance, Choreography, and Film*

WHAT: The foundation is dedicated to identifying and assisting emerging artists in theater, dance, and film and awards grants to individual artists across the United States.
DEADLINE: The deadline has past for 2009. The 2010 application will be available January 15, 2010.
AWARDS: scholarships and general operating support to organizations
INFO: www.pgfusa.org
POSTED: Updated July 13, 2009; March 11, 2008

Lego Children’s Fund to Support Youth Creativity Programs

WHAT: Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that inspire and encourage youth creativity.
DEADLINE: quarterly
AWARDS: $500-5,000 generally with one annual award of $100,000 to one organization
INFO: www.legochildrensfund.org
POSTED: Updated July 13, 2009; August 17, 2007

The Guitar Center Music Foundation Grant

WHAT: The foundation’s mission is to aid nonprofit music programs across America that offer music instruction so that more people can experience the joys of making music.
DEADLINE: Reviews of all applications takes place three times annually.
AWARDS: $500 to $5000
INFO: www.guitarcentermusicfoundation.org/submit/index.cfm?sec=info
POSTED: Updated July 13, 2009; November 29, 2006

The Wallace Foundation – Education Leadership and Arts Participation

WHAT: Most grants awarded by the foundation are to foundation-initiated programs. The foundation usually solicits proposals from grantees identified through a screening process. Organizations wanting to secure an invitation should send a letter of inquiry describing the project and particulars of the organization. The foundation acknowledges receipt of all letters and will request more information (if interested) within four weeks.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
AWARDS: $100,000 – $500,000
INFO: www.wallacefoundation.org/GrantsPrograms
POSTED: Updated July 13, 2009; August 22, 2005

Nathan Cummings Foundation

WHAT: The foundation’s core programs include arts and culture; the environment; health; inter-program initiatives for social and economic justice; and the Jewish life and values/contemplative practice programs.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
AWARDS: $50,000 – $300,000
INFO: www.nathancummings.org/programs/000016.html
POSTED: Updated July 13, 2009; June 20, 2005

National Dance Project Accepting Nominations for Production Grants

WHAT: The National Dance Project, funded by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, provides a system of support for the discipline of contemporary dance by supporting the production and distribution of dance in the United States. Every season, NDP awards fifteen to twenty Production Grants for the creation of new dance work that will tour nationally. Funds support a project’s development through production of the work. Grants, which are highly competitive, are awarded to dance projects based on nominations. Nominators may be artists, managers, presenters, agents, or choreographers; self-nominations by dance companies will also be considered.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
AWARDS: $15,000 – $35,000
INFO: (617) 951-0010; info[at]nefa.org; www.nefa.org/grantprog/ndp/
POSTED: Updated July 13, 2009; February 8, 2005

The Shelly and Donald Rubin Foundation

WHAT: The Mission of the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation is to support innovative efforts to transform society’s institutions, thereby making them more responsible, and to empower individuals to develop their full potential. The Foundation is primarily interested in supporting the inclusion of art from non-Western European cultures into the mainstream of scholarship and display. In addition, the Foundation is interested in the study of the relationship between art, culture and humanity. In particular, the Foundation’s interest is the collection, care, preservation, study and public display of the ancient art of the Himalayas, with the related goal of exploring the relationships between this art and that of other cultures. In addition, the Foundation supports cultural and arts programs which encourage individual and community identity. Art related projects eligible for funding most often fall within the areas of enhancing the Foundation’s web site, tibetart.org preserving Himalayan art; supporting educational activities reaching a broad constituency; supporting Himalayan art and architecture restoration projects as well as Traveling Exhibits bringing Himalayan art to new audiences.
DEADLINE: Ongoing submitted. Letters of intent are accepted at any time, and receipt of all letters will be acknowledged.
AWARDS: The range of funding is between $5,000 – $60,000 maximum, with most grants falling between $5,000 and $15,000.
INFO: www.sdrubin.org
POSTED: Updated July 13, 2009; November 16, 2004

The Jaqua Foundation

WHAT: The Jaqua Foundation’s mission is to fund collegiate education, welfare of animals, and performing arts.
WHEN: Ongoing
INFO: www.fdncenter.org/grantmaker/jaqua/
POSTED: Updated July 13, 2009; November 16, 2004

Caterpillar Foundation Grants

WHAT: The Foundation awards grants nationally and internationally in support of the arts. Types of support include general operating support, capital campaigns, program development, and employee matching gifts.
DEADLINE: Ongoing
AWARDS: Grant Range: $50,000 to $1,200,00
INFO: www.cat.com/cda/layout?m=39201&x=7
Posted: July 13, 2009