Dancers’ Group maintains this calendar of grants, residencies, and opportunities that support dance and dance-makers in the Bay Area. This calendar is not exhaustive and details can change – please confirm details with each grant/opportunity.
Deadline: Fri, April 18 at 11:59PM
A 6-month coaching program designed to equip full time working, mid-career independent artists with sustainability and entrepreneurship training to reach new heights in their livelihood and creative endeavors. Their goal is to empower you with the guidance, tools, and community to cultivate self-efficacy, develop new work, and propel your career forward. SOZO Fellowship Pilot will run virtually for six months from June to Dec 2025. Each selected Fellow will receive a $1,500 honorarium for their participation.
Deadline: Sun, April 20 at 5PM
The Joyce Juan Manalo Legacy Fund exists in this spirit. Joyce was a Manila-born artist, theater producer, and designer who built spaces where Filipina creativity could thrive. She co-led Bindlestiff Studio, the longest-running Filipino American black box theater in San Francisco, and she dedicated her life to supporting artists, making room for the stories that needed to be told.
This grant—$5,000 for self-identified Pinay artists working in dance, music, theater, film, literary arts, visual arts, and traditional arts—carries that work forward. It’s here to support the work that sustains artists: the projects, exhibitions, productions, and materials that keep creativity moving. Because when artists are given space, they expand. They experiment. They take flight.
Deadline: QUARTERLY – June 1, 2025; Sept 1, 2025; Dec 1, 2025
Deadline: Thurs, June 5
Deadline: Thurs, June 5
Deadline: Thurs, June 5
Deadline: Thurs, June 5
Deadline: Thurs June 5
Due: Thurs, June 5th
The State-Local Partner Mentorship (SLP-M) program is intended to support the establishment of a county-designated local arts agency in each of the four counties in which no such agency has currently been identified (Alpine, Glenn, Kings, San Joaquin). Grant funds will go to four existing State-Local Partners (SLP) to foster the development of new SLPs in these counties.
Due: Thurs, June 5th
The State-Local Partners (SLP) program provides general operating support and technical assistance for county-designated local arts agencies. The purpose of the program is to foster cultural development on the local level through a partnership between the State and the counties of California. The nature of this partnership includes funding, information exchange, cooperative activities, and leadership. The partnership enables individuals, organizations, and communities to create, present, and preserve the arts of all cultures to enrich the quality of life for all Californians.
Deadline: Quarterly – July 21, 2025, Oct 14, 2025
Supports the creation of work by Bay Area artists and access to the arts for Bay Area communities. Grantseekers must be located in or serving communities in Alameda, Contra Costa or San Francisco Counties. While Community Arts grants are awarded as general operating support, application materials must include information about an upcoming project. Applications must be submitted by 5:00pm on the application cycle due date. Late and/or incomplete applications will be considered in the following cycle, if eligible. $5,000, $10,000 or $15,000.
Deadline: Mini-Grants are offered monthly and applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Submit your application before the end of the month to be considered for the next month’s award.
Deadline: Applications are reviewed and grants are awarded monthly based on available funds. Apply by the 10th of every month.
Deadline: Monthly, visit each chapter’s page for their guidelines.
Deadline: Applications for residencies at different parks are continuously updated and rotated throughout the year. Visit the website for current listings and deadlines.
More info at https://www.nationalparksartsfoundation.org/allresidencies
Deadline: Applications are open periodically throughout the year.
Provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for unexpected medical, dental, and mental health emergencies to artists in financial need who are creating in the visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, and choreography.
Deadline: Ongoing, subject to availability of funding. Applications should be submitted at least 10-12 weeks in advance of the program start date.
Awarded on a rolling basis to small-scale public humanities programs and projects which take place. Projects should be grounded in the humanities, show potential to provide impactful humanities learning experiences for participants and audiences, and demonstrate capacity for successful implementation. $1,000 - $5,000.
Deadline: Ongoing; Applications must be received by the JFLA at least 3 months prior to the beginning date of the project.
Deadline: Ongoing; For online projects, applications are accepted on a rolling basis and must be received by JFNY at least 1 month prior to the project start date. For in-person/hybrid projects, applications must be submitted at least 3 months prior to the project start date.
Deadline: Ongoing. Recommended to apply 6-8 weeks before your presentation date.
$500 - $3,000. Provides urgent funding for visual and performing artists who:
- Have sudden, unanticipated opportunities to present their work to the public when there is insufficient time to seek other sources of funding
- Incur unexpected or unbudgeted expenses for projects close to completion with committed exhibition or performance dates.
