{"id":14881,"date":"2025-08-21T08:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/\/?page_id=14881"},"modified":"2025-09-12T05:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T12:34:31","slug":"arts-culture-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant\/arts-culture-grants","title":{"rendered":"Grants for Arts &amp; Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-container gb-block-container\"><div class=\"gb-container-inside\"><div class=\"gb-container-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"min-height:151px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-16807\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/funding-guide-banner-blue-dots-1.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-77a883a11568f9a5522003f27accbed7\" style=\"color:#484848;font-size:42px\">Grants for Arts &amp; Culture<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro-box has-background\" style=\"background-color:#efeeeb\">Learn about grants for arts and culture by exploring our curated list of top arts funders below. Members can also research funding opportunities for the arts using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/\/grantfinder-search\">search tool <\/a>for Grantfinder. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/\/membership\">Become a member.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-1 one-column gb-background-auto gb-background-no-repeat\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bg-radiant-dots-shortest.png);background-position:50% 0%\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-0 gb-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\" style=\"padding-top:20px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-2 gb-2-col-wideright\" style=\"padding-top:60px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:6px;background-position:80% 0%\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column ip-gf-key-funders-box gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Key Arts Funders<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list key-funders-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/grants-c\/creative-capital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creative Capital<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/grants-d\/doris-duke-charitable-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Doris Duke Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/grants-f\/ford-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ford Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/j-grants\/jerome-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jerome Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/l-grants\/lilly-endowment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lilly Endowment<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/m-grants\/macarthur-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MacArthur Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/m-grants\/andrew-w-mellon-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mellon Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant\/grants-p\/paypal-giving-fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PayPal Giving Fund<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/s-grants\/shubert-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shubert Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/grants-w\/walton-family-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Walton Family Foundation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Major donors:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/grants-c\/steven-alexandra-cohen-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steve Cohen<\/a>, <a href=\"\/grants-g\/david-geffen-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">David Geffen<\/a>, Glorya Kaufman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Funding trends for arts<\/strong> <strong>and culture<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An overwhelming majority of Americans value arts and culture as fundamental to their lives and their communities\u2019 well-being, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americansforthearts.org\/by-program\/reports-and-data\/research-studies-publications\/public-opinion-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poll<\/a> by the nonprofit Americans for the Arts. Sixty-nine percent said the arts \u201clift them up beyond everyday experiences.\u201d Even more \u2013 86% \u2013 believe \u201carts and culture improve my community\u2019s quality of life and livability.\u201d Indeed, the arts and culture sector accounted for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts.gov\/news\/press-releases\/2025\/arts-and-cultural-industries-grew-twice-rate-us-economy-adding-12-trillion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">4.2%<\/a> of U.S. GDP in 2023 \u2013 more than agriculture, transportation, and warehousing \u2013 according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalguild.org\/news\/field-news\/nea-grant-terminations-and-nea-funding-threatened\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">now-threatened<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arts.gov\/news\/press-releases\/2025\/arts-and-cultural-industries-grew-twice-rate-us-economy-adding-12-trillion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Endowment for the Arts<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arts organizations \u2013 especially museums, major ballet companies and other large, established cultural institutions \u2013 have long been top recipients of philanthropic largesse. Major donors in particular tend to support big capital projects like a new, named museum wing. But alongside that sort of status-raising arts philanthropy, there is also a vibrant ecosystem of community arts organizations receiving funding across the country, some of it from grantmakers with a particular passion for the arts, and some from place-based funders that view arts and culture as essential elements of a thriving community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arts, culture, and humanities philanthropy grew by 6.6% from 2022 to 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/givingusa.org\/5-takeaways-and-next-steps-from-the-giving-usa-2024-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Giving USA reports<\/a>, totaling <a href=\"https:\/\/philanthropy.indianapolis.iu.edu\/news-events\/news\/_news\/2024\/giving-usa-us-charitable-giving-totaled-557.16-billion-in-2023.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than $25 billion<\/a> in charitable giving in 2023. Still, that represents only about 4% of overall philanthropy. Given that public funding for the arts was already scant in the United States compared to peer nations, philanthropy has been essential to supporting the arts even before the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/nea-funding-cuts-2640963\">broad funding cuts<\/a> of the second Trump administration.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!-- Non-displaying inline paywall marker. Editors: please keep this code block. Position this block before the first full-width paragraph or just above the foundations list heading. -->\n<div id=\"ipInlineOffer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-container foundation-list paywall gb-block-container\"><div class=\"gb-container-inside\"><div class=\"gb-container-content\">\n<p>Arts and culture are supported by many types of philanthropy. Some large grantmakers like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant\/grants-m\/andrew-w-mellon-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mellon<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant\/grants-f\/ford-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ford<\/a> foundations support arts and culture broadly, while other grantmakers are devoted to particular art forms, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant\/fundraising-for-dance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant\/fundraising-theater-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">theater<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant\/fundraising-music-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant\/grants-for-creative-writing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">creative writing<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant\/fundraising-for-the-fine-arts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visual arts<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ome funders give for arts and culture projects that relate to a social mission or intersecting issue \u2014 for instance, a funder whose primary mission is to advance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant\/fundraising-for-lgbt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LGBTQ<\/a> equality might give to arts and culture projects that amplify LGBTQ voices. Grants for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant\/arts-education-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arts education<\/a> in underserved communities exemplify how philanthropy fills gaps left by a public sector that has shrunk arts funding for decades.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artist-endowed foundations like those associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant\/grants-w\/andy-warhol-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andy Warhol<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant\/grants-m\/joan-mitchell-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joan Mitchell<\/a> are a growing force in arts funding. Community foundations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant\/grants-u\/us-regional-arts-organizations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regional arts organizations<\/a>, and city and county arts and culture departments are also important grantmakers for the arts in communities across the country. All types of arts funders come together through the network <a href=\"https:\/\/www.giarts.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Grantmakers in the Arts<\/a>, which connects and informs public and private funders of arts and culture of all shapes and sizes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the face of sweeping cuts to federal funding for the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/art-world\/nea-funding-cuts-2640963\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/government\/politics-elections\/2025\/04\/14\/draconian-layoffs-grant-terminations-come-neh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">humanities<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aam-us.org\/2025\/05\/02\/updates-on-imls-and-the-presidents-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">culture<\/a> in the first months of the second Trump administration, a few philanthropic organizations \u2014 notably the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/home\/why-the-mellon-foundations-lifeline-for-humanities-councils-is-so-important\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mellon Foundation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/home\/andy-warhol-and-helen-frankenthaler-foundations-back-defunded-arts-groups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Andy Warhol and Helen Frankenthaler foundations<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant-places\/colorado-grants\/bonfils-stanton-foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bonfils-Stanton Foundation<\/a> \u2014 have stepped up with emergency grants for arts and culture nonprofits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Where are arts and culture grants going?&nbsp;<\/strong><br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The largest arts and culture donations and grants go to established institutions in major metropolitan areas. Think museums, ballet companies, and symphony orchestras.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Usually at a smaller scale, arts and culture grants support community arts organizations, festivals, small presses and literary magazines, local dance troupes, music ensembles and venues, artist residencies, and many other types of arts nonprofits across the country. Support for individual artists is rare, but a few grantmakers specialize in this form of support for the arts, especially through fellowships and prizes.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gaps in arts and culture funding&nbsp;<\/strong><br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With the majority of arts and culture funding going to large institutions in big cities, there are funding gaps for all other types of arts funding, including funding for arts organizations outside of major metropolitan areas, especially in rural and remote areas; smaller arts organizations; and grants for individual artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arts organizations led by and primarily serving BIPOC artists and communities have long been under-resourced by philanthropy, as Grantmakers in the Arts <a href=\"https:\/\/reader.giarts.org\/read\/expanding-the-path\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a>, though some progress was made as grantmakers responded to the racial justice reckoning of 2020. Now, though, with the second Trump administration\u2019s attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artforum.com\/news\/nea-ends-grant-program-underserved-communities-1234726873\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">federal funding that might have redressed historic inequities in arts funding has been frozen<\/a>, and the reverberations are likely to affect arts philanthropy as well. Trump\u2019s executive order calling for investigations of large foundations\u2019 DEI initiatives has philanthropies of all sizes rethinking or in some cases retreating from grants dedicated to advancing inclusiveness and equity in arts and culture.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some areas of arts and culture are at the intersection of multiple funding gaps. For example, there is an extreme gap in foundation funding for Black literary arts organizations, the nonprofit Cave Canem <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/home\/cave-canems-lisa-willis-on-sustaining-black-literary-arts-organizations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">found<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidephilanthropy.com\/find-a-grant\/grants-for-creative-writing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creative writing<\/a> is underfunded compared to other art forms, while BIPOC-led arts organizations are also underfunded by philanthropy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group modified-date-row is-content-justification-left is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f56a869c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p><em>Published on <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:400;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-08-21T08:33:00-07:00\">August 21, 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px;width:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn about grants for arts and culture by exploring our curated list of top arts funders below. Members can also research funding opportunities for the arts using the search tool for Grantfinder. 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