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
Grants for Theater
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
Ford Foundation
Winston Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Winston Foundation is a New York-based private foundation with broad interests spanning higher education, health, civil rights, arts and culture, the environment and human services. Its grantmaking has a strong New York and Northeast … [Read more...] about Winston Foundation
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
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
Princess Grace Foundation USA
OVERVIEW: Princess Grace Awards support emerging U.S.-based artists in theater, dance and film. IP TAKE: The Princess Grace Foundation recently streamlined its awards program and now runs a single application for artists from the fields of … [Read more...] about Princess Grace Foundation USA
Playwrights’ Center
OVERVIEW: The Playwrights’ Center supports playwrights in all stages of their careers. The state of Minnesota is an area of grantmaking priority. IP TAKE: The Playwrights’ Center focuses on “inclusive theater-making” and envisions “an equitable, … [Read more...] about Playwrights’ Center
McIntosh Foundation
OVERVIEW: The McIntosh Foundation makes grants primarily for Catholic and other educational institutions, religious causes and the arts, particularly ballet. Its giving is centered in Chicago and Illinois, although longstanding grantees are located … [Read more...] about McIntosh Foundation
Venturous Theater Fund
OVERVIEW: The Venturous Theater Fund supports ambitious, experimental and otherwise challenging new plays, as well as initiatives that advance the creative development, agency and financial well-being of playwrights. Its primary competitive grant … [Read more...] about Venturous Theater Fund
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
David Rockefeller Fund
OVERVIEW: The David Rockefeller Fund is a small family foundation that supports the arts, climate solutions and justice system transformation. Social justice and equity underpin all of its giving. IP TAKE: The David Rockefeller Fund is a family … [Read more...] about David Rockefeller Fund
Theatre Communications Group
OVERVIEW: The Theatre Communications Group is the publisher of American Theatre magazine. It awards grants and runs support programs for theater professionals and organizations of every size. IP TAKE: The Theatre Communications Group' believes … [Read more...] about Theatre Communications Group
PayPal Giving Fund
OVERVIEW: The PayPal Giving Fund supports a wide variety of causes in the United States and around the world, including health, education, the environment, LGBTQ, veterans, global development, humanitarian relief, immigrants and refugees, and … [Read more...] about PayPal Giving Fund
MAP Fund
OVERVIEW: MAP Fund supports risk-taking artists across disciplines with coaching, peer support and selected partner-funded grant opportunities. IP TAKE: MAP Fund has changed significantly. For decades, it was one of the country's longest-running … [Read more...] about MAP Fund
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
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
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
Bonfils-Stanton Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Bonfils-Stanton Foundation is a Denver-based private foundation supporting arts, culture and leadership. Its grantmaking is strongly place-based, with most core arts funding concentrated in the city of Denver, although several programs … [Read more...] about Bonfils-Stanton 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
Anderson Center
OVERVIEW: The Anderson Center offers two-week and one-month residency programs to artists working in a diverse range of disciplines. IP TAKE: The Anderson Center welcomes artists "who are divers in every way" from anywhere in the world to its two- … [Read more...] about Anderson Center
Dana and Albert Broccoli Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Dana and Albert R. Broccoli Charitable Foundation supports medical and scientific research, education, human services, and the arts, with a particularly strong recent interest in film, television, photography and the development of … [Read more...] about Dana and Albert Broccoli Charitable Foundation
American Antiquarian Society
OVERVIEW: AAS funds fellowships that support research on American history, arts and culture through the year 1876. IP TAKE: The American Antiquarian Society’s prestigious fellowships are limited to research that involves the holdings of the … [Read more...] about American Antiquarian Society
Association of Performing Arts Professionals
OVERVIEW: The Association of Performing Arts Professionals supports individuals and organizations through its signature programs and resources. IP TAKE: APAP is best understood as a national performing arts membership and service organization that … [Read more...] about Association of Performing Arts Professionals
American Theatre Wing
OVERVIEW: The American Theatre Wing, founder of the Tony Awards invests in grants for theater, arts education and arts and culture. IP TAKE: The American Theatre Wing is a prestigious but highly specialized theater funder, best known as founder … [Read more...] about American Theatre Wing
San Francisco Foundation
OVERVIEW: The San Francisco Foundation is one of the nation's largest community foundations and a major funder of Bay Area nonprofits. Its programmatic grantmaking advances racial equity and economic inclusion through economic security, housing and … [Read more...] about San Francisco Foundation
Shubert Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Shubert Foundation is the nation’s largest funder dedicated to unrestricted support for nonprofit theater and dance companies. It also supports a smaller group of arts-related organizations and graduate theater-training programs and is … [Read more...] about Shubert Foundation
