July 2025 Funding Opportunities: Grants for Filmmakers, Artists, Nonprofits, and More!
A wide array of grants up for grabs!
Summer’s heating up—and so is this month’s grant list! ☀️🕶️😎
We’re bringing *NEW* funding opportunities straight to your inbox—perfect for fueling your next big idea, creative project, or business move.
So far, we’ve already found (127) new grants totaling approximately $3,439,900 in potential funding—and if you’re looking to the future, there are plenty of August deadlines you can apply for.
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How To Find Grants via Our Newsletter
Our grants list is chronologically ordered from July 1st to July 31st.
To help you save time, we also indicate who the grants are for in the titles, and we’ve included a numbered summary below.
We will continuously share more July grants as we find them.
Artists: #90, #113 (Minnesota BIPOC)
Authors/Writers: #91, #96(Speculative Fiction), #98, #102, #103 (Military & Civilians), #106 (LGBTQIA+)
Content Creators: #117
Culture Bearers: #114
Entrepreneurs: #109 (L.A. County), #110 (Black Travelers)
Filmmakers: #93 (Disabilities), #94 (Philadelphia), #100, #101 #107 (Los Angeles), #116 (Alabama)
Nonprofits: #92, #105 (California), #112, #116 (Alaska)
Performing Artists: #108 (Asian)
Podcasters: #116(Alabama)
Poets: #95, #97, #99
Scholarships: #104
Small Businesses: #111
[NEW FEATURED]
1. The Western Union Global Fellowship Program - For Entrepreneurs
This program is a fully funded Impact Fellowship, empowering individuals supporting or hailing from refugee, highly marginalized, or forcibly displaced communities around the globe. Through this experience, Fellows will gain essential skills, resources, and networks to scale their ventures and accelerate their impact. The funding amount is not disclosed.
Deadline: July 1, 2025
2. BCLF Elizabeth Nunez Caribbean-American Writer’s Prize
This annual writing competition aims to unearth and encourage the distinctive voice and story of Caribbean-descended writers and expand the creative writing landscape of Caribbean literature. Writers across the Caribbean and its diasporas are invited to submit stories that act as remedies for the times we live in. This year’s contest seeks new fiction that speaks to the urgent need for grounding and healing. Whether it is a tale of migration and return, an act of quiet rebellion, an ancestral recipe passed through generations, a rewilding of grief, or the reclaiming of forbidden memory, they call for stories that prescribe survival, illuminate resilience, and offer prayers for what endures.
All entrants must be of Caribbean heritage/of Caribbean descent. Work should not have appeared in any nationally distributed publication. Stories must be original works of fiction. The writer of the winning story will receive a $1,750 cash prize, a caché of books courtesy of Akashic Books, an author interview, and a Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival website profile. The Winner will be published in PREE and Carib News.
Deadline: July 1, 2025
3. [NEW] The Saks Fifth Avenue Foundation Local Grant Program - For Nonprofits Providing Mental Health Services
This opportunity supports leading mental health initiatives whose scale and technology bring access to care, awareness, and education to communities nationwide. It also recognizes that local, community-based organizations are critical in supporting the health and well-being of those they serve. For the fourth year, the Saks Fifth Avenue Foundation is proud to renew its fund to support ten U.S.-based, local organizations serving the mental health of those in need with this grant. Qualifying non-profits are invited to submit a short proposal for a grant to fund their work. Funding ranges from $10,000 to $30,000.
Deadline: July 1, 2025
4. [NEW] The Remy Martin This is My City National Grant - For Creative Entrepreneurs
Are you a community-focused creative entrepreneur making a lasting impact? Rémy Martin's This is My City grant program seeks visionary artists, musicians, designers, DJs, radio personalities, fashion creatives, community space operators, and entrepreneurs who are driving cultural change and creating economic opportunities in their communities. One local leader will receive a $20,000 grant, paired with one-on-one mentorship from industry leaders, to amplify their community impact. To be eligible, you must be at least 21, leading a for-profit business with a proven track record of community engagement, social impact, and mission-driven business practices.
Deadline: July 18, 2025
5. [NEW] RESONATE Podcast Festival Pitch Party
Do you have a great idea for a podcast? Following a national call for submissions, three producers will be welcomed to the festival to pitch their shows to a panel of judges. One deserving winner will receive a first-look agreement with VPM and $10,000 to produce their podcast pilot. This year, they are looking for shows that feature sound-rich, creative nonfiction storytelling. Submissions must not have been previously published and must feature docu-fiction: projects that use fiction to tell nonfiction stories or nonfiction to tell fictional tales. Please do not submit chatcasts.
*Note: The deadline for this grant has been extended to August 25, 2025
Deadline: July 18, 2025 - Extended to August 25, 2025
6. The Fade In Awards Thriller Competition - For Aspiring Screenwriters
This competition is open to aspiring screenwriters, television writers, and filmmakers of screenplays, teleplays, web series, and short films. Judges are looking for compelling, genre-bending material (e.g., Psychological, Supernatural, Suspense, Political, Action, Tech) that is grounded, character-driven, elevated, and written in a unique voice or filmed with attention to detail. Prizes range from $250 to $1,000.
Deadline: July 20, 2025
7. [NEW] The 2025 Washington Post Travel Photo Contest
This contest is for amateur photographers only. One photo/entry per person only, and the photo must have been taken between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025. They will consider only the first photo received if you submit multiple entries. You may submit an image you have taken yourself, and you must have all the necessary rights to the photo to submit it here. Prizes range from $50 - $200.
Deadline: July 25, 2025
8. The 2025 AICA-International Open Call Incentive Prize for Art Critics
This opportunity is open to critics (commentators, curators, educators) writing from anywhere, including newspapers, magazines, television, radio, and the Intes theme is Imaging/Shaping/ Re-Thinking the Global South through Art. Cash Prizes include First Place €1,000 (or dollars), Second Place €500 (or dollars), and Third Place €2’ Third Place €250 (or dollars).
Deadline: July 27, 2025
9. The 2025 Blessing the Boats Selections - For Women Poets of Color
This opportunity spotlights poetry collections by women of color. The winner will have their book published by BOA Editions, Ltd. in Fall 2027 and receive a $2,500 honorarium. The manuscript should be a minimum of 65 pages and a maximum of 120 pages of poetry. Submit only one book-length, complete manuscript at a time.
Deadline: July 31, 2025
10. [NEW] Stimpunks Creator Grants - For Neurodivergent & Disabled Artists, Advocates or Researchers
This opportunity provides Mutual Aid and Human-Centered Learning for Neurodivergent and Disabled People. $3,000 grant funds are awarded for your art, advocacy, or research. By investing in creators and their work, Stimpunks hopes to encourage artistic expression and contribute to advancing various causes, exploring new ideas, and generating knowledge. They firmly believe that supporting creators is a powerful way to shape a better future for all.
Deadline: Rolling (or until 50 application requests are received)
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