Grants to Organizations

The Graham Foundation offers Grants to Organizations to support organizations in the United States and internationally that produce and present significant programs about architecture and related fields. The Foundation's priorities include promoting dialogue, raising awareness, engaging public audiences, supporting experimentation and risk-taking, and recognizing the role organizations play in providing public forums for the presentation of work and ideas. The Foundation seeks opportunities that further its mission and provide meaningful support at important moments in a project's development, including projects that would not be possible without Graham Foundation support. For organizations, the available grant type is the Production and Presentation grant. These grants support production-related expenses necessary to move a project from concept through realization and public presentation. Examples of supported project types include exhibitions, film, video, new media and web projects, public programs, and publications. Proposed projects must have clearly defined goals, work plans, budgets, and plans for production and dissemination. Production and Presentation grants to organizations do not exceed $30,000 and are often awarded at lower amounts. The supplied information does not state an aggregate amount of funding available across the program or a specific number of awards. Funding is subject to several restrictions. Ineligible costs include endowments, general operating expenses or indirect costs, capital projects, scholarship aid or work toward an academic degree, projects focused exclusively on K-12 audiences, and debt or expenses incurred before the grant funding period. For publication support, the supplied source states that organizations other than publishers must have a committed publisher, although the provided source text is truncated immediately after referring to confirmation by a signed document. No cost-share or matching requirement is stated in the supplied information. The Foundation supports organizations based both in the United States and internationally, but final project outcomes must be disseminated in English regardless of where the project originates. Nonprofit organizations are eligible for funding, and in some cases grants may be made to other entities when there is clear evidence that the public interest will be served. Organizations may submit one application per year. At large institutions, individual departments or subsidiaries may each submit one application per grant cycle. Applicants that have previously received Graham Foundation support must have satisfied all prior grant requirements before applying again. Funding decisions consider originality, potential for impact, feasibility, and applicant capacity. Originality encompasses innovative thinking, critical inquiry, or an experimental approach. Potential for impact includes contributing to discourse in architecture and related fields, expanding knowledge, raising awareness of underexplored issues, or supporting diversity in subject matter, participants, and audiences. Feasibility is demonstrated through clear goals, a realistic work plan and timeline, and an appropriate budget. Capacity concerns the applicant's ability to carry out the project successfully and its access to necessary resources beyond the requested grant. These criteria indicate that applicants should clearly demonstrate both the significance of the proposed work and a practical ability to complete and publicly disseminate it. For the upcoming Grants to Organizations cycle, the application becomes available on January 15, 2027, and the application deadline is February 25, 2027. No separate letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other pre-application gating requirement is identified in the supplied material. The supplied information also does not identify an award notification date. Organizations are limited to one application per year, which supports treatment of the opportunity as an annually recurring program. Funded projects must be completed within two years of the project start date. All recipients must submit a final report after completing the project and acknowledge Graham Foundation support in project-related publications and communications. Some recipients may additionally be required to submit a progress report during the grant period as specified in their grant agreement. The Graham Foundation is located at Madlener House, 4 West Burton Place, Chicago, Illinois 60610. General inquiries may be directed to info@grahamfoundation.org or 312.787.4071. The supplied source does not name an individual program contact or provide an explicit PDF application or guidelines URL. Applicants should rely on the Foundation's Grants to Organizations materials for the application process and should ensure that their proposal demonstrates originality, impact, feasibility, and organizational capacity while complying with the stated cost restrictions, English-language dissemination requirement, prior-grant obligations, and two-year completion period.

Demonstrate originality through innovative thinking, critical inquiry, or experimentation; show potential impact on discourse, knowledge, awareness, diversity, and public audiences; present clear goals, a realistic work plan and timeline, and an appropriate budget; demonstrate organizational capacity and access to resources beyond the grant request.