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: Sun, May 31
Crisis can be acute, chronic, cumulative, or quietly destabilizing conditions that erode the safety, integrity, and sustainability of people, cultural practices, and community spaces over time.
The Crisis Fund provides timely, flexible $25,000 grants to Bay Area arts and cultural organizations* responding to urgent threats related to:
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Immigration status, enforcement, or legal vulnerability
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Safety of trans and gender-expansive communities
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Digital and public safety risks, including harassment, targeting, or surveillance
*Priority given to organizations with annual operating budgets of $500,000 and below.
Deadline: Sun, May 31
Deadline: Mon, June 1
Deadline: QUARTERLY – June 1, Sep 1
Deadline: Fri, Jun 5
Deadline: Wed, June 10
Deadline: Fri, Jun 26
Deadline: Mon, Jul 13
Deadline: QUARTERLY – Jul 13, Oct 13
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; 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.
Deadline: Ongoing; funding decisions are generally made within eight weeks of submitting an application.
Deadline: Ongoing; funding decisions are generally made within eight weeks of submitting an application.
Deadline: Ongoing, until all funds have been awarded
Supports community and volunteer-led groups at the grassroots level. Groups may apply for a grant ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 for a project or series of activities that improves the quality of life in their neighborhood.
