LibGuides: Finding Funding: Where to Look for (and How to Write) Grants: 💸

Campus Resources

There may be specific funding opportunities available through your School. Get in touch with your School's program manager/administrative assistant to find out more. Additionally, the Patty Disney Center for Life and Work can provide a variety of resources -- including information about grant writing and funding opportunities -- for the CalArts community.

CalArts Writing Center

Appointments and Walk-Ins

Monday-Wednesday, 10 am-10 pm
Thursday-Saturday, 10 am-6 pm

Appointments can be made here.

Appointments are the same length as regular sessions (30-45 minutes max), but they guarantee you a slot with a tutor at a time that's convenient for you. Please bring all assignment / project materials with you to your appointment.

Guides

The Artist's Guide to Grant Writing by Gigi Rosenberg
Call Number: NX705.5.U6 R67 2010
Developing a Winning Grant Proposal by Donald C. Orlich; Nancy R. Shrope
Publication Date: 2013
Proposal Planning and Writing by Jeremy T. Miner; Lynn E. Miner
Call Number: HG177.5.U6 M56 2013

General Resources

Los Angeles Public Library Resources
The Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL) has a wealth of information available on searching for grants, writing proposals, establishing nonprofits, and fundraising. The following lists are provided as an introductory guide to some of these resources.
The Foundation Center
The Foundation Center offers a subscription based service for individuals to access their database of nearly 10,000 grantmaker profiles, details on funders that provide scholarships, fellowships, grants, and a wide range of financial support to individuals, as well as application details and information.
Foundation Center's Guide to Budgeting
Free, step-by-step short course on proposal budgeting basics.
Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing
Free, step-by-step short course on proposal writing basics. Will need to create a free account with GrantSpace to access the free course.
GrantSpace Sample Documents
Free sample letters of inquiry, cover letters, budgets, and successful proposals.
College Art Association
Continuously updated information for artists, scholars, museum professionals, educators, and other members of the visual arts community. Includes grants, fellowships, awards, exhibition opportunities, residencies, and more.

Statewide Grants

Alliance for California Traditional Arts
The Alliance for California Traditional Arts administers several core programs which engage in community development and provide funding to folk & traditional artists and organizations up and down California.
California Arts Council
In addition to its own grant program offerings, the California Arts Council keeps a database dedicated to arts and culture funding opportunities available from the field at large.
California Community Foundation
The California Community Foundation (CCF) awards discretionary grants that seek to uplift the Los Angeles Community
California Community Fund Fellowship for Visual Artists
A specific opportunity through the California Community Fund (CCF)
California Humanities
California Humanities offers grants to eligible nonprofit organizations and public agencies in three categories: documentary media, with the California Documentary Project; public humanities events, with Humanities for All; and public library engagement, with the Library Innovation Lab.
Center for Cultural Innovaton
CCI offers funding opportunities for California artists in all stages of their careers.
Community Foundation Locator
Locate community foundations by geographic regions.

Federal Grants

Grants.gov
Searchable database, and a registration option for notification for grants in specific areas, general information
National Endowment for the Humanities
Grants in the arts and humanities
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
Provides a full listing of all Federal programs available to State and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally-recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi- public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals.
Department of Education Grants
Federal Register of Grant Announcements
Fullbright in the Creative and Performing Arts
Funding for overseas research and teaching.
National Endowment for the Arts
Grants & awards

Private Art-Focused Grantors

New York Foundation for the Arts
Each year, NYFA provides over $3 million in cash grants to individuals pursuing artistic excellence in all forms.
Alliance of Artists Communities
Grantmaking body, with monthly updates on residency opportunities.
Creative Capital
Monthly list of residencies, grant and award opportunities, and open calls for artists and curators working in all disciplines.
H-Net (Humanities and Social Sciences Online)
Funding opportunities in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Scroll to Funding section.
List of grants & other funding sources for artists
From Bowling Green State University
Res Artis List of residencies
Res Artis is a worldwide professional body for artist residencies. You can search by keyword, country, accommodations, etc.
Knight Foundation
The Knight Foundation funds free expression and journalism, arts and culture in community, research in areas of media and democracy.
Mellon Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supports a wide range of initiatives to strengthen the arts and humanities.
Dedalus Foundation
The Dedalus Foundation serves its mission to foster a greater public understanding of modern art and modernism through its various programs, fellowships and awards programs.
Getty Foundation
Supports grant initiatives that increase access to museum collections, strengthen art history as a global discipline, advance conservation practice, and support current and future leaders in the visual arts.
ArtOpportunities
Subscription-based grants database.
Individual Artist Grants by Cranberry Academy of Art Library
List of grants and other funding sources for individual artists.

A Few Specific Opportunities for 2023-2024

The Awesome Foundation
Micro-grants, $1000 or the local equivalent.
Contemporary Craft
Rotating call for funding opportunities.
Puffin Foundation Artist Grants
Provides grants to artists and art organizations who are often excluded from mainstream opportunities due to their race, gender, or social philosophy.