January 30th: Grants For Media Startups, Filmmakers, Artists, and Journalists
January 30th: Grants For Media Startups, Filmmakers, Artists, and Journalists
“Follow your dreams, they know the way.” — Kobe Yamada
Hello, creators! Grants For Creators turned one last week (January 25th)! 🎉
Over the last year, we’ve helped creative people secure over $77,000 in funding!
But I could not have done this alone.
I want to thank my team — Cielo and Kwameh, who are skilled at keeping this newsletter packed with relevant funding opportunities you might not have been aware of.
I’m also grateful for your support. I’m excited about all the doors this newsletter continues to open for creators across the U.S.
As an update, if you are a journalist, we’ve published a brand new playlist for journalists featuring 19+ funding opportunities! We are also working on a playlist for persons with disabilities.
This week we’ve uncovered 42 awards up to $400,000, including grants for indie authors and independent publishers (#20), translators (#24), veteran writers (#25), producers (#27 & #30), writing exploring immigrant issues (#31), and dancers (#40).
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1. CitizensNYC All-In Neighborhood Grants - For New York City Residents
This opportunity awards micro-grants of up to $3,000 to community-building projects carried out by resident-led groups to address issues they identify as important to them. The focus is on supporting projects that bring residents together to improve neighborhood life, strengthen local leadership, and scale community partnerships.
Deadline: January 30, 2023
2. CitizensNYC Neighborhood Business Grants - For New York City Residents
Grants up to $10,000 will fill gaps in funding by prioritizing businesses owned by people of color, immigrants, and women. Proposals that focus on both physical and human infrastructure will be prioritized.
Deadline: January 30, 2023
3. Small Business Grant Giveaway
This opportunity grants small business owners looking to scale and expand their businesses. The recipient chosen will receive a $1,000 grant and a free real estate investing and financial literacy course from the FLEESTATE network.
Note: Must be following @teaacupp_ and @thefleestatenetwork on IG and have completed the form.
Deadline: January 31, 2023
4. Boston Women’s Fund 2023 Movement Building Grant
This opportunity will award up to three grassroots organizations led by women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals in the Greater Boston area with a one-year $25,000 grant to support their movement-building work. Movement Building grants provide general operating support to grassroots organizations. This year, priority will be given to organizations doing reproductive justice work. *To remove the application burden from organization leaders, they rely on nominations from community members.
Deadline: January 31, 2023
5. Artist Development Grant - For Vermont Artists
This grant supports Vermont artists at all stages of their careers. Grants can fund activities that enhance the mastery of an artist’s craft or skills; or activities that increase the viability of an artist’s business. Funding may also support aspects of the creation of new work when the activity allows the applicant to accept a rare and important opportunity. The maximum grant award is $2,000.
Deadline: January 31, 2023
6. The Florence Y. Flach Music Fund - For Pennsylvania Residents
This opportunity provides grants to qualified organizations which support programs for a better understanding, appreciation, cultivation, advancement, and enjoyment of the art of music for residents of Allentown, Pennsylvania. $2,000 to $5,000 grant awards will be funded.
Deadline: January 31, 2023
7. Fine Arts Work Center Fellowship
This fellowship offers seven-month residencies to a group of emerging visual artists, fiction writers, and poets. Each fellow receives an apartment and a monthly stipend of $1,250 plus an exit stipend of $1,000.
Deadline: February 1, 2023
8. The Virginia A. Groot Foundation Grant - For Ceramic Sculpture Artists
This grant was established so that ceramic sculpture artists or sculptors of diverse mediums may have the opportunity to devote a substantial period of time to the development of their work. The Foundation offers three grant tiers, $60,000 for first place, $30,000 for second place, and $20,000 for third place.
Deadline: February 1, 2023
9. ACT Tulsa House Accelerator - For Tulsa Residents
This opportunity helps startups build legacies by raising the equity bar for Black, and Latino-led startups. This program encompasses two phases, with Phase I being incubation and Phase II being implementation. Each startup team receives an investment of $70,000 of non-dilutive capital. The program is designed by founders for founders to equip you with the necessary skills, specific tools, and a supportive network to accelerate the foundational growth of your company.
Deadline: February 1, 2023
Read next » Grants for Black creators and Latinx/a/o creators.
10. The LXiA Spark Animation Grant
This program supports emerging and independent Latinx animation filmmakers and artists in producing an independent animated short film. The program's goal is to uplift the presence of Latinx animation filmmakers, drawing attention to their individually unique ideas and perspectives and elevating the creativity and talent that the Latinx community at large has to offer to the animation industry. Three visionary animation filmmakers will be awarded a grant in the amount of $20,000 each.
Deadline: February 3, 2023
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