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Funding SourcesNational Endowment for the
Humanities
Minnesota Humanities
Commission
National Humanities
Center
Lake Region Arts
Council
Grants for
Individuals
John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts
Arrowhead Regional Arts
Council
M.J. Murdock Charitable
Trust
Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation
Sponsor:American Express Philanthropic Program
Deadline(s): Open
Objectives:
The sponsor supports projects in the following areas:
COMMUNITY SERVICE--funding primarily supports the volunteer efforts of the sponsor's
employees and advisors in their local communities. Long-standing support to local United
Ways is the cornerstone of these activities. Recent grants have included support for the Red
Cross for disaster relief; AIDS walks to raise funds for HIV education and prevention
programs; delivery of meals to the homebound elderly; and renovation of affordable housing
for low-income families.
CULTURAL HERITAGE--support is given to protect the natural and built environment so that it
can be enjoyed by current residents and visitors and preserved for future generations.
Funding also supports art and culture unique to countries and regions. Grantmaking
emphasizes: public awareness of the importance of historic and environmental preservation;
preservation and management of major tourism sites; direct support for important cultural
institutions and major projects in the visual and performing arts that are representative of
national, regional, and local cultures; and accessibility to the arts and assistance to
organizations in developing new audiences.
ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE--supports initiatives that encourage, sustain, and develop
economic self-reliance through programs that: serve youth, emphasizing school to career and
other career readiness programs with the retail, travel and hospitalities industry; build
awareness about career and employment options for individuals facing significant barriers to
employment; and provide education, training and workplace experiences in order that they may
actively pursue these options; and provide education in the fundamentals of business and
economics, the importance of savings, the basics of personal financial management, and
related consumer issues. Programs that promote entrepreneurship and small business are also
considered.
Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are U.S. non-profit, tax-exempt organizations. The sponsor also makes
grants to organizations outside of the U.S. that can document not-for-profit status.
Sponsor:Warhol (Andy) Foundation for the Visual Arts
Deadline(s): 03/15, 09/15 annually
Objectives:
Grants are made on a project basis to curatorial programs at museums, artists' organizations
and other cultural institutions to originate innovative and scholarly presentations of
contemporary visual arts. Projects may include exhibitions, catalogues and other
organizational activities directly related to these areas. The program also supports the
creation of new work through regranting initiatives and artist-in-residence programs. The
work of choreographers and performing artists occasionally is funded when the visual arts
are an inherent element of a production. The Foundation also supports efforts to strengthen
areas that directly affect the context in which artists work -- such as freedom of artistic
expression and equitable access to resources.
Eligibility:
Eligible applicants are foreign and domestic nonprofit cultural organizations working in the
visual arts, such as contemporary museums, and artists' organizations.
Sponsor:Jerome Foundation
Deadline(s): Open
Objectives:
The sponsor provides support for artists with significant potential who are
under-recognized, by seeking to support artistic work which builds and expands meaning
in peoples' lives. Specifically, support is offered in the following categories:
CRITICISM--supports 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.
DANCE--supports emerging choreographers through general support grants to their
dance companies, fellowships, commissions, workshops, and production funding.
LITERATURE--supports emerging literary artists through independent press
publication and journals, writers-in-residence programs, mentor programs, fellowships,
career initiatives, and on a very limited basis, readings.
MULTIDISCIPLINARY WORK--supports creative artists who work across disciplines
through commissions, research and development subsidies, and production grants.
MUSIC--supports the professional development of emerging composers, most often in
the form of commissioning, reading rehearsals, and performance underwriting.
THEATER--supports emerging playwrights in three areas: grants to producing
theaters which operate comprehensive developmental programs for emerging playwrights
and which evidence a substantial ongoing commitment to new writers; grants in general
support of experimental performing companies led by emerging creators; and grants in
support of playwrights' organizations which provide services and allocate direct
subsidies to playwrights. Support includes commissions, fellowships, full productions
of new works, festivals, readings, works-in-progress presentations, and literary
services.
VISUAL ARTS--support emerging visual artists through exhibitions, fellowships, and
workshops.
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.
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. 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:Lannan Foundation
Deadline(s): Open
Objectives:
Areas of interest in Contemporary Visual Art include funding artists for the creation
of new work, scholarly publications that foster serious discussion of contemporary
art, and organizations that bring new and sometimes experimental works of art to a
wide audience. Funding has been provided for exhibitions, scholarly publications,
residency programs, and special projects. Literary Arts supports the creation of
exceptional English-language literature and seeks to develop a wider audience for
contemporary poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Areas of interest include funding
organizations that support diverse writers through publication, presentation, and
distribution. Funding for projects in indigenous communities supports the resolve of
Native people to renew their communities through their own institutions and
traditions. Funding priority is given to rural community projects that are consistent
with traditional values in the areas of environmental protection and advocacy, legal
rights, language revitalization, traditional culture, and education.
Sponsor:MacDowell Colony
Deadline(s): 01/15, 04/15, 09/15 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.
Eligibility:
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.
Sponsor:Mellon (Andrew W.) Foundation
Deadline(s): Open
Objectives:
The sponsor seeks to aid and promote such religious, charitable, scientific, literary, and
educational purposes as may be in the furtherance of the public welfare or tend to promote
the well-doing or well-being of mankind. The sponsor currently makes grants on a selective
basis to institutions in higher education, in cultural affairs and the performing arts, in
population, in conservation and the environment, and in public affairs.
Restrictions:
Eligible applicants are tax-exempt organizations in any country. The sponsor does not make
grants to primarily local organizations or individuals. Grants in 1999 ranged from $7,000 to
$3,000,000. Prospective applicants are encouraged to explore their ideas informally with the
sponsor's staff (preferably in writing) before submitting formal proposals.
Sponsor:Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Deadline(s): 01/15, 05/15, 09/15 annually
Objectives:
The sponsor provides support for residential fellowships in a rural setting where artists
may work, free from the distractions and responsibilities of day-to-day life. The sponsor
is located at Mt. San Angelo, a 450 acre estate in Amherst County, Virginia. At the VCCA
there are twenty-two studios available: eleven for writers, eight for visual artists, and
three for composers.
Restrictions:
Applications are accepted and reviewed throughout the year, but scheduling is conducted at
only three designated times during the year. For residencies from October to January, the
deadline date is May 15; for residencies from February to May the deadline date is September
15; and for residencies from June to September, the deadline date is January 15. Applicants
may indicate a first and second choice for specific dates of residence within the same
four-month scheduling period, but cannot apply for more than one scheduling period at a
time. Eligible applicants are writers, visual artists, and composers.
Fellowships are in-residence and may last from two weeks to two months. Artists are accepted at the VCCA without consideration for their finances. However, everyone who can is expected to contribute his or her fair share to support the operations. The actual cost of a residency at the Virginia Center is $75 per day per fellow. The standard suggested daily fee is $30. Reductions of the $30 fee are granted when a true need is indicated. Applications and guidelines are available.
Sponsor:Arrowhead Regional Arts Council
Deadline: 4/25/2003
Objectives:
The purpose of your proposed activity should be to do one or more of the
following: encourage the development of an art form; stimulate the
artistic growth of artists associated with an arts organization or arts
discipline; advance the development of the artistic growth of an arts
organization; and/or present a variety of high quality arts experiences
for regional audiences.
Eligibility:
To be eligible to apply to this program, an arts organization or group
must be registered as a nonprofit in the state of Minnesota and be a
federal non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)3 arts organization, accredited
school or unit of government located in the following Minnesota
counties: Aitkin, Cook, Carlton, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, or
St. Louis.
Sponsor:Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Deadlines:9/15/2003, 1/15/2004
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 competetive, 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.
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