OVERVIEW: The Akron Community Foundation supports arts and culture, education, health and human services and civic affairs in the Akron region of Ohio. IP TAKE: The Akron Community Foundation is the Summit County “community’s champion and … [Read more...] about Akron Community Foundation
Grants for Music
Jewish Community Foundation San Diego
OVERVIEW: The Jewish Community Foundation San Diego supports San Diego nonprofits focused on Jewish Causes, arts and culture, education, health, community development, and veterans. IP TAKE: The Jewish Community Foundation San Diego “is the oldest … [Read more...] about Jewish Community Foundation San Diego
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation is a broad, nationally oriented funder that awards relatively modest grants to a large and varied group of nonprofits. Its interests include arts and culture, education, health and human services, … [Read more...] about Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
D’Addario Foundation
OVERVIEW: The D’Addario Foundation supports music education programs as a way of building communities and affecting social change. IP TAKE: The D’Addario Foundation is a specialized music education funder that prioritizes intensive, ongoing … [Read more...] about D’Addario Foundation
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
OVERVIEW: he Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation is a specialized but relatively straightforward prospect for organizations working in the humanities, research libraries and Venetian studies. IP TAKE: Eligible organizations can apply directly … [Read more...] about Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Alice M. Ditson Fund
OVERVIEW: The Alice M. Ditson Fund supports contemporary American classical music through performing organization grants and grants for recording projects. IP TAKE: Alice M. Ditson Fund is one of the most important champions of contemporary … [Read more...] about Alice M. Ditson Fund
Ford Foundation
Evelyn W. Preston Memorial Fund
OVERVIEW: The Evelyn W. Preston Memorial Fund offers grants to organizations that present public concerts in Hartford from June through September. IP TAKE: The Evelyn W. Preston Memorial Fund is only interested in supporting organizations … [Read more...] about Evelyn W. Preston Memorial Fund
Helene Wurlitzer Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation offers three-month residencies to visual artists, writers and composers on its 15-acre campus in Taos, New Mexico. IP TAKE: The Wurlitzer Foundation does not award traditional grants. Its philanthropy … [Read more...] about Helene Wurlitzer Foundation
Mark and Anla Cheng Kingdon Fund
OVERVIEW: Mark Kingdon and his wife Anla Cheng move their philanthropy through the Mark and Anla Cheng Kingdon Fund, which focuses most of its New York City grantmaking on education and arts and culture. IP TAKE: The Kingdon Fund is a significant … [Read more...] about Mark and Anla Cheng Kingdon Fund
The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
OVERVIEW: The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music supports performance, scholarly output and professional development related to the work and lives of Kurt Weill, Lotte Lenya and Marc Blitzstein. IP TAKE: This is a niche music funder that limits … [Read more...] about The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music
Prudential Foundation and Corporate Giving
OVERVIEW: The Prudential Foundation and Prudential’s corporate giving program support work and economic opportunity, disaster relief and arts and culture. This funder works with both large national organizations and small outfits in areas near its … [Read more...] about Prudential Foundation and Corporate Giving
Ameriprise Financial
OVERVIEW: Ameriprise Financial commits to grantmaking that creates “positive change” in communities across the U.S. This includes not only meeting “basic needs” but also supporting “community vitality.” IP TAKE: Ameriprise is formally accessible … [Read more...] about Ameriprise Financial
New York Foundation for the Arts
OVERVIEW: The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) provides artists and art organizations with cash grants, fiscal sponsorship, online resources and training. IP TAKE: The New York Foundation for the Arts is an unusually accessible arts funder, … [Read more...] about New York Foundation for the Arts
Global Village Charitable Trust
OVERVIEW: Global Village Charitable Trust primarily supports arts and culture, arts education and youth development, health and human services, Jewish causes, and select public policy, civil liberties and public-interest organizations. IP TAKE: … [Read more...] about Global Village Charitable Trust
Puffin Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Puffin Foundation makes small grants to artists and arts organizations “who are often excluded from mainstream opportunities.” It also funds annual awards for human rights activism and “creative citizenship” and provides ongoing support … [Read more...] about Puffin Foundation
MusiCares Foundation
OVERVIEW: MusiCares is an independent 501(c)(3) public charity founded by the Recording Academy in 1989 to serve as a safety net for people working in the music industry. It provides financial assistance and services related to basic living needs, … [Read more...] about MusiCares Foundation
United States Artists
OVERVIEW: United States Artists provides unrestricted grants and professional support to artists and cultural practitioners across the United States and its island jurisdictions. Its flagship fellowship supports 10 creative disciplines, while … [Read more...] about United States Artists
Turing Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Amsterdam-based Turing Foundation's specific areas of giving include sustainble food systems, marine conservation, leprosy research, music education and visual arts. IP TAKE: The Netherlands' based Turing Foundation tends to refine … [Read more...] about Turing Foundation
Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
OVERVIEW: The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage awards grants exclusively to organizations and individuals in the five-county Philadelphia area. IP TAKE: Described by its Executive Director as an organization with a “dual identity as both a … [Read more...] about Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Arts Midwest
OVERVIEW: Arts Midwest’s grant, fellowship and residency programs support a broad range of artistic and cultural programs and events in the Midwest. IP TAKE: Arts Midwest is a significant arts funder and intermediary with a broad reach, but … [Read more...] about Arts Midwest
Howard and Sarah D. Solomon Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Howard and Sarah D. Solomon Foundation primarily supports the performing arts, with an especially strong interest in opera, classical music and vocal performance. It also makes select grants for education, healthcare and other … [Read more...] about Howard and Sarah D. Solomon Foundation
Flora L. Thornton Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Flora L. Thornton Foundation concentrates funding in California, particularly within the Los Angeles and Bay areas. Arts, culture and the environment feature prominently across funding. IP TAKE: While this funder’s giving … [Read more...] about Flora L. Thornton Foundation
Creative West
OVERVIEW: Creative West supports artists, culture-bearers, arts organizations and arts-sector infrastructure across 13 western states and three Pacific jurisdictions. Its funding spans performing arts touring, folk and traditional arts, individual … [Read more...] about Creative West
Amon G. Carter Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder makes grants to promote and strengthen Tarrant County, Texas, which includes Fort Worth. IP TAKE: This approachable funder prioritizes grantmaking in Tarrant County, Texas almost exclusively; however, it does support a few … [Read more...] about Amon G. Carter Foundation
Deutsche Bank Americas
OVERVIEW: Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation supports community development, education, workforce and economic opportunity, social and creative enterprise, and related arts and cultural work. Funding is heavily concentrated in New York City, although … [Read more...] about Deutsche Bank Americas
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
OVERVIEW: Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation supports artistic projects and programs for the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. IP TAKE: Mid Atlantic Arts is a strong prospect for arts organizations and artists that fit one of its defined … [Read more...] about Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Paul Angell Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Paul Angell Foundation supports marine conservation, the performing arts, education, racial equity, economic justice, youth programs, criminal justice reform, immigrants' rights and policy advocacy. This funder priorities Chicago and … [Read more...] about Paul Angell Foundation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
OVERVIEW: The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is a major national grantmaker supporting journalism, community development and economic opportunity, arts and culture, and research on information, technology and society. The foundation’s … [Read more...] about John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Dalio Philanthropies
OVERVIEW: Dalio Philanthropies’ grantmaking and operating work spans education and youth opportunity, digital access, ocean exploration and conservation, economic empowerment, health and wellness, and arts and community. IP TAKE: With more than $7 … [Read more...] about Dalio Philanthropies
