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FY26 Folklife Artist Grants
$3,000
Nevada Arts Council (NAC)
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

May 23, 2025

This funding opportunity supports individual folk artists in Nevada to preserve and share their traditional arts through community engagement projects.

Infrastructure
Individuals
Fair Chance to Advance State Action Networks
$2,100,000
Jobs for the Future
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Sep 24, 2025

This initiative provides funding and support to state coalitions focused on creating systemic reforms that improve education and employment opportunities for individuals with incarceration histories.

Workforce Development
State governments
NYS AHPERD Foundation Grant
$1,000
NYS AHPERD Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

May 15, 2025

This grant provides funding to educators and community organizations in New York State to develop programs and purchase equipment that enhance health, physical education, recreation, and dance for youth.

Infrastructure
Nonprofits
Strengthening Neighborhoods Program
$5,000
The Denver Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Feb 17, 2025

This program provides small grants to community-led groups in the Metro Denver area to strengthen local initiatives and support projects that enhance neighborhood development, particularly those led by communities of color and lower-income residents.

Infrastructure
Nonprofits
Transformation Grant
$200,000
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS)
State

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Apr 10, 2025

This funding opportunity provides financial support to Kansas-based providers of Home and Community-Based Services to modernize their service delivery and enhance community integration and employment access for individuals with disabilities.

Community Development
Nonprofits
Artist Springboard Grant 2026
$1,500
Maine Arts Commission
State

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Feb 14, 2025

This grant provides $1,500 to emerging and developing artists in Maine to support their creative projects and professional development.

Arts
Individuals
Job Readiness Training Grant Program
$700,000
District of Columbia Department of Employment Services
State

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Sep 24, 2024

This funding opportunity provides financial support to organizations that offer job readiness training and employment services to help District residents facing barriers to employment secure permanent jobs.

Employment Labor and Training
Nonprofits
Sidewalk Vendor Formalization Grant
$10,000
Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity
Local

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Apr 8, 2025

This funding initiative provides financial assistance to self-employed sidewalk vendors in unincorporated Los Angeles County to help them comply with new regulations and recover from pandemic-related losses.

Community Development
Individuals
Rhode Island Business Competition
Contact for amount
Rhode Island Business Competition
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Feb 27, 2025

This competition provides funding and support to individuals or teams with innovative business ideas aimed at creating jobs and fostering economic growth in Rhode Island.

Business and Commerce
For profit organizations other than small businesses
Eliminating Barriers to Entry: Water Utilities as Community Partners for Career Pipelines
$175,000
Water Research Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Nov 14, 2025

This funding opportunity supports water utilities in partnering with community organizations to create career pathways for underrepresented job seekers in the water sector.

Workforce Development
Nonprofits
2026 Individual Artist Projects Grant
$5,000
City of Berkeley
Local

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Feb 5, 2025

This grant provides $5,000 to individual artists living in Berkeley to create and publicly present original work that engages the local community, with a focus on diverse artistic disciplines.

Arts
Individuals
Zoo Labs Fund Grant
$50,000
Center for Cultural Innovation (CCI)
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

May 22, 2025

This funding initiative provides financial support to Bay Area music entrepreneurs, particularly culturally-rooted artist teams, to help them launch or grow their businesses while promoting cultural preservation and community enrichment.

Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Nonprofits
Adult and Adolescent Mental Health & Substance Abuse Community Program Grants
$1,000,000
Hawaii County of Kauai Office of the Prosecuting Attorney (Life's Choices Kauai)
Local

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Jan 15, 2025

This funding opportunity provides $1 million to community programs in Kauaโ€˜i that enhance access to mental health treatment and substance abuse services for adolescents and adults.

Health
Nonprofits
Dare Arts Artist Support Grants
$1,000
Dare Arts
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Sep 20, 2024

The Artist Support Grant, funded by Dare Arts in North Carolina, offers $500 to $1,000 to individual artists and small artist groups for professional development, completion of new work, career promotion, training, travel, and artist fees, with eligibility limited to residents of selected counties who are not full-time students or recipients of other FY 2024-2025 N.C. Arts Council funding.

Arts
Individuals
City of Pleasanton Housing & Human Services Grant
Contact for amount
The City of Pleasanton
Local

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Jan 2, 2025

This funding opportunity supports nonprofit and community organizations in Pleasanton to address critical housing and human service needs, focusing on affordable housing, homelessness prevention, and essential services for low-income residents.

Housing
Nonprofits
Co Lab Microgrant for Teachers and Teens
$100
Global Co Lab Network (Co-Lab)
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Mar 3, 2025

This microgrant provides funding to teachers and teens in underserved U.S. communities to host educational screening events focused on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, fostering youth engagement in global change efforts.

Recreation
Individuals
Anishinaabe Arts Initiative Fellowship
$5,000
Region 2 Arts Council
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Feb 13, 2025

This fellowship provides $5,000 to Indigenous artists and culture bearers in specific Minnesota counties to support their creative and cultural projects.

Arts
Individuals
Trusler Foundation Grant Program
$1,000,000
Emporia Community Foundation
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Jul 22, 2024

This grant provides financial support to organizations in Lyon, Chase, and Coffey counties in east-central Kansas for projects that promote economic development, job creation, and community betterment.

Community Development
Nonprofits
The Chapman Prize
$100,000
Daniel and Barbara Chapman Trust
Private

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Jul 2, 2025

This annual award provides financial support to U.S. citizens and nonprofits making significant contributions to economic prosperity through initiatives like workforce development and financial literacy.

Community Development
Individuals
2026 Artist Growth and Development Grant
$5,000
North Dakota Council on the Arts
State

Application Deadline

Not specified

Date Added

Feb 14, 2025

This funding initiative provides financial support to North Dakota artists in literature and music for creating new work and engaging the community through public performances, exhibitions, or workshops.

Science and Technology
Nonprofits