Internal Funding Sources

External Funding Sources

American Composers Forum
American Music Center
American Musicological Society
Lake Region Arts Council
McKnight Foundation
Minnesota State Arts Board
Minnesota Humanities Commission
Musicians Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
National Humanities Center
National Endowment for the Humanities
Rockefeller Foundation

Specific Programs

• ACC Humanities Fellowships
• American Music Center--Margaret Fairbank Jory Copying Assistance Pgm.
• ASCAP-DEEMS Taylor Awards
• Bogliasco Fellowship Program
• International Music and Art Foundation-Grants Program
• Jerome Foundation Grants Program
• Kurt Weil Prize
• Liberace Foundation Scholarship Fund
• MacDowell Colony--Residencies for Creative Artists
• Millay Colony for the Arts--Residencies
• Nakamichi Foundation--Grants Program
• Parsons Fund Award
• Pulitzer Prize in Music
• Residential Fellowships for Artists
• Spencer Foundation Grants Program

Sponsor:Asian Cultural Council
Deadline(s): February 1, annualy

Objectives:
Research is supported in the following fields: archaeology; conservation; museology; and the theory, history, and criticism of architecture, art, dance, design, film, music, photography, and theater.

Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are American scholars, doctoral students, and specialists in the humanities. The sponsor also supports American and Asian scholars participating in conferences, exhibitions, visiting professorships, and similar projects.

Sponsor:American Music Center
Deadline(s): Inactive

Objectives:
The sponsor provides support for copying parts (extraction and reproduction) for the premiere performance of large-scale works for four or more instrumental and/or vocal parts. Funding for copying expenses is also available for a professional CD recording when that recording is the premiere. Assistance is also available to composers for purchasing computer software, and in some circumstances, hardware, for copying their own parts. funds for copying full scores will be awarded only for performances in which all performers read from the full score.

Restrictions:
Eligible applicants are American composers who are members of the sponsor's organization. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. The performers or ensemble are not eligible to apply. Applicants must have a written commitment for at least one public performance, one public reading, or for a professional CD recording of the work by a professional quality ensemble or recognized artistic merit within its community. Priority is given to composers who have not received significant amounts from the program in the past. Workshops and amateur performances are not applicable. The performance must advance the professional career of the applying composer. Copying may be done by the composer or by a copyist. Parts may be copied by hand or computer.

The sponsor awards approximately $50,000 annually through this program. Previous grants have ranged from $100 to $2,000, averaging approximately $750 per award. Applicants are encouraged to request the full amount needed. However, most grants will cover only a portion of the expenses assumed by the composer. A factor in the award process is whether copying costs have been assumed by a party other than the composer (i.e. performer, publisher, etc.) Application guidelines are available.

Sponsor:American Society of Composers/ Authors/Publishers
Deadline(s):Continuous

Objectives:
The purpose of the program is to recognize the excellence of books and articles on the subject of music. The subject matter may be biographical or critical, reportial or historical and may be any form of nonfiction prose about music and/or its creators.

Eligibility:
Written works must be published in the U.S., in English, during the calendar year of 2000. Reprints or translations of works that were previously published outside the U.S. that are now being published in the U.S. for the first time are eligible. Program notes and recording liner notes and on-line publications are also eligible.

Sponsor:Bogliasco Foundation
Deadline: January 15 and Apirl 15, annually

Objectives:
The following disciplines are supported: archaeology, architecture, classics, dance, film or video, history, landscape architecture, literature, music, philosophy, theater, and visual arts. An approved project is presumed to lead to the completion of a major work followed by publication, performance, production, or exhibition.

Eligibility:
Fellows are provided with living quarters and full board, and are assigned to separate, private studios. The cost of transportation to and from Genoa is the responsibility of the fellows. Fellowships are scheduled during the two semesters of the traditional academic year. During 2007-2008 the dates are as follows: September 10 to December 14 (fall-winter), and February 11 to May 16 (winter-spring). In special circumstances residencies of other lengths may be approved.

Sponsor:International Music and Art Foundation
Deadline: Open

Objectives:
The sponsor makes grants to facilitate the improvement and dissemination of the visual and performing arts, as well as the study and preservation of art and culture from the past. "Preservation" includes the conservation and restoration of individual works of art and architecture as well as cultural and environmental documentation and preservation. Specific current interests of the Foundation include, but are not limited to, the fine arts, music, theater, and architecture.

Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are organizations in the performing and visual arts such as opera companies, symphony orchestras, chamber music groups, ballet companies, etc. Grants are also given for architectural restorations and for the conservation of art, to museums, and to educational institutions for research and publication on the history of art. Grants may be made to ecological organizations that work to protect the environment and nature.

Sponsor:Jerome Foundation
Deadline(s): Open

Objectives:
The sponsor provides support for artists with significant potential who are underrecognized, by seeking to support artistic work which builds and expands meaning in peoples' lives. The sponsor is interested in endeavors which engage artists and their audiences in evolving dialogues. The sponsor welcomes work which transgresses boundaries and perceptions, and seeks to recognize and support artistic voices which expand thinking about the arts and American culture. Specifically, support is offered in the following categories:

CRITICISM--programs in arts criticism in order to expand upon its concern for contemporary creative artists and their place in history. The sponsor has identified three funding priorities: programs which sustain substantive critical analysis by arts critics over a period of time, with preference given to those which engage a broad community on a regular basis; new approaches which broaden participation in the practice of criticism, including projects which engage artists, critics, producers, viewers, audiences, and others in the practice of criticism as dialogue; and programs which encourage cultural pluralism in arts criticism.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORK--supports creative artists who work across disciplines through commissions, research and development subsidy, and production grants.

MUSIC--for the professional development of emerging composers, most often in the form of commissioning, reading rehearsals, and performance underwriting.

Restrictions:
Eligible applicants are tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations operating within the state of Minnesota or New York City. The sponsor is willing to consider requests from unincorporated entities. While the sponsor is willing to consider support for arts organizations of all sizes, it ordinarily supports small and mid-sized organizations, and is willing to consider requests from new entities. Under the visual arts category, the sponsor prefers to fund organizations which offer stipends to artists for their participation in a project, and organizations which will provide for adequate documentation and analysis of the work.

Support for multidisciplinary works is generally channeled to organizations developing and producing individual projects. The sponsor expects that the majority of artists funded will be New York City or Minnesota residents. On a limited basis (one to three grants), support is provided for mid-career artists with established reputations.

Sixty percent of annual grantmaking is made to Minnesota. The remaining forty percent is given to applications from New York City. It is possible for the sponsor to provide general operating support. Support for an organization presenting the work of one artist or the same group of artists will be limited to three to five years. Organizations with various emerging artists who change from year to year may receive support for as long as their program is vital. The sponsor does not support capital fund campaigns, nor does it offer travel grants through the general grant program. Indirect costs may be requested if the figure is fifteen percent or less of the project budget. Guidelines are available. All requests must be in writing.

Sponsor:Kurt Weil Foundation for Music
Deadline: April 30, 2007

Objectives:
The sponsor provides an award to encourage distinguished scholarship in the disciplines of music, theatre, dance, literary criticism, and history addressing twentieth-century music theatre (including opera). Media may include not only print (book, major scholarly article in a journal, chapter or essay; critical edition), but also audio-recording, video-recording, multi-media projects, and on-line publications, provided there is a tangible scholarly component. Works addressing the American music theatre are particularly encouraged.

Eligibility:
Nominations are solicited from individuals, publishers, scholarly societies, and institutions, but self-nominations are encouraged as well.

Sponsor: Liberace Foundation
Deadline: March 15, annually

Objectives:
Grants are to be used exclusively for scholarship assistance to talented and deserving students. Programs funder are only for creative and performance based arts disciplines such as music, theater, dance, and the visual arts. Creative and performing arts are defined as music, dance, architecture, graphic design, fashion design, painting, sculpting, photography, museum studies, mixed media, drama, and creative writing.

Eligibility:
Only accredited institutions of higher learning (for example, colleges, universities or conservatories) offering degrees in either the creative or performing arts are eligible. The institution must have a program leading to a baccalaureate or graduate degree in the performing or creative arts. The institution must have a minimum of forty majors in the specific grant-seeking discipline. Preference will be given to institutions applying with a continuing Liberace Scholar, with enembles bearing the Liberace name, and institutions matching the grant. Matching fund commitments by the institution are an important factor in the funding decision.

Sponsor:MacDowell Colony
Deadline(s): January 15, April 15 and September 15, annually

Objectives:
Residencies at the MacDowell Colony are offered to creative artists in the following disciplines: architecture, music composition, film/video arts, visual arts, literature and drama, and interdisciplinary arts. The goal of the residencies is to provide a place where creative artists can find freedom to concentrate on their work.

Restrictions:
The January 15 deadline date is for Summer; the April 15 deadline is for Fall; and the September 15 deadline is for Winter-Spring. These deadlines generally remain the same every year. Artists with professional standing in their fields and emerging artists of recognized ability are eligible for residence. Artists collaborating on a project should apply individually but may submit a joint description of the intended work.

Residencies provide room, board, and exclusive use of a studio especially equipped for a particular discipline. There are three residency periods per year, with terms limited to eight weeks. Up to thirty-one artists at a time can be accommodated in the summer, and twenty-two in heated studios during other seasons. Only one residency per applicant is permitted annually. Couples must apply individually for residence. If both are accepted, each will be offered a studio. Beyond this, there is no provision for spouses or families. Write or call for application forms and guidelines. Information is also available from the sponsor's Home Page.

Sponsor: Millay Colony for the Arts
Deadline(s): February 1, May 1, and September 1, annually

Objectives:
The sponsor provides support for residencies in a setting designed to accommodate creativity. Open all year, the Millay Colony gives each artist a private studio and separate living quarters.

Restrictions:
Applications must be received by February 1 for the following June-September; by May 1 for the following October-January; and by September 1 for the following February-May. Eligible applicants are painters, collagists, sculptors, photographers, novelists, poets, nonfiction writers, biographers, playwrights, screenwriters, performance artists, and composers. The sponsor provides all food at no cost to the residents. Artists are provided with a private studio and separate living quarters. Applications and guidelines are available. Applications are never accepted by email or fax. Please contact Gail Giles, Assistant Director, with any questions at 518-392-3103, or giles@millaycolony.org.

Sponsor:Nakamichi Foundation
Deadline(s): March 15, October 15 annually

Objectives:
The sponsor provides support to encourage the propagation and appreciation of early, baroque and classical music that otherwise might not be available to the public on a commercial basis. Generally, the sponsor accomplishes this by underwriting performances and/or their broadcast on public television/radio.

Restrictions:
Eligible applicants are tax-exempt organizations. Public broadcasting grants are awarded only to the broadcaster; therefore, inquiries and applications for these awards must come directly from the public television/radio station. No grants are made to individuals. The sponsor provides grants for one year only. Grants are not made for capital campaigns, endowments, deficit operations, construction, maintenance, or equipment. Interested organizations should submit a brief letter of inquiry. If interested, the sponsor may request a full application. Applicants should be aware that the sponsor commits its grant dollars approximately twelve to eighteen months in advance.

Sponsor:Library of Congress
Deadline: early March annually

Objectives:
Projects may lead to publication in media of all types, both commercial and non-commercial; underwrite new works of art, music or fiction; involve academic research; contribute to the theoretical development of archival science; explore practical possibilities for processing ethnographic collections in the Archive of Folk Culture or elsewhere in the Library of Congress; develop new means of providing reference service; support student work; experiment with conservation techniques; and support ethnographic field research leading to new Library acquisitions.

Eligibility:
Awards are made in amounts of up to $1,000 per year. Awards in previous years have been between $200 and $1,000. Awards may be made either to individuals or to organizations in support of specific projects.

Sponsor:Columbia University
Deadline: January 15, 2007

Objectives:
The sponsor annually awards a prize for distinguished musical composition of significant dimension by an American that has had its first performance in the United States during the year.

Eligibility:
Works that receive their American premiere between January 16, 2006 and January 15, 2007 are eligible.

Sponsor:Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Deadlines: January 15, May 15 and September 15, annually

Objectives:
Support is provided to writers, visual artists, and composers for residential fellowships of two weeks to two months in a rural setting where they may work, free from the distractions and responsibilities of day-to-day life. At the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, there are 22 studios available: 11 for writers, eight for visual artists, and three for composers. Every fellow has a private studio.

Eligibility:
The men and women who come to the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts are mature artists of noteworthy achievement, or the most promising younger artists. Many of them teach at universities, art schools, and conservatories. Because admission is highly competitive, the artists who come to the center are often the leading artists in America. They are selected on the basis of their past achievements or future promise. A non-refundable $20 filing fee is required.

Sponsor:Spencer Foundation
Deadline:Open

Objectives:
The sponsor's mission is to fund activities, anywhere in the world, which foster new ideas in education and encourage creativity. The sponsor prefers to fund specific initiatives that conform to the mission statement.

Eligibility:
The sponsor funds activities from anywhere in the world.