May 2024 Funding Opportunities For Nonprofits, Writers, Podcasters, and More
Grants to help propel you forward.
Putting yourself out there is like planting seeds of opportunity. Whether you’re applying to grants or reaching out to collaborators, courage and resilience pave the path to success.
May is filled with plenty of opportunities, and currently, we’ve found (124) grants for creatives totaling approximately $1,736,300. Plus, there are still over 100 grants with April deadlines, too. Click here for the April 2024 grants list.
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Helpful Tip: Our newsletter is ordered in chronological order from May 1st to May 31st. We’ve numbered opportunities below so you can quickly find what you are looking for based on your craft or interests.
In this newsletter, you can find awards for:
Nonprofits
Women Football Coaches/Scouts
Visual Artists
Writers/Authors
Filmmakers
Artists
Jewelry Artists
Photographers
Humanities
Theatrical Work
Curators
Black & Latinx Creatives
Food & Beverage Small Businesses
Gender Justice
Women Project Designers
Performing Artists
Poetry
Playwrights
Ceramics Artists
Women Directors
Women-Owned Businesses
Journalists
Climate Tech Startups
Researchers
[FEATURED GRANTS]
1. The Collective Power Fund for Seattle Visual Artists
This opportunity focuses primarily on supporting work that incites public dialogue, pushes boundaries, explores genre fluidity, speaks its truth through an authentic perspective, and is often non-traditional, anti-institutional, socially responsible, or disruptive of existing structures and conventions. It encourages a community-forward resource-sharing environment, mutual support, and fellowship in the Pacific Northwest arts ecosystem. Applicants must live in King County, Seattle, to apply. Funding ranges from $2,000-$10,000.
Deadline: May 1, 2024
2. [NEW] Paris 2024 Cultural Olympiad Sport+Poetry Program - For L.A. County Residents
This opportunity seeks LA-based poets, songwriters, and spoken-word artists for a collaborative performance-poetry project that will be produced in conjunction with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The closing day of the Paris Cultural Olympiad will feature a staged event in a boxing ring specially placed on the Place du Châtelet in Paris for the thematic 12-hour long “poetry-relay” program of live poetry readings and spoken-word and sung performances with music by a wide range of artists based in France. This imminent opportunity is designed to include the participation of up to seven Los Angeles-based artists at this showcase event in the spirit of “passing the microphone” from the Paris 2024 Games to the Los Angeles 2028 Games. $200-$5,400 in funding will be provided.
Deadline: May 9, 2024
3. Illinois Humanities Vision Grants - For Illinois Nonprofits
This $2,000 award supports Illinois nonprofit organizations in carrying out planning and evaluation projects related to their humanities work and conducting DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) workshops and training. These grants are intended for smaller organizations, and applicants must have an annual budget of $1 million or less.
Deadline: May 15, 2024
4. The 2024 Fiction Podcast Competition
This opportunity seeks audio series in the Horror, Thriller, or Romance/Soapy space focusing on Millennial or Gen-Z women. Realm is looking for pilot scripts with a rough page count of 25-40 pages. This pilot should establish the world of the show, the primary character and a sense of the journey they will go on, and the stakes and tone of the show, as well as evaluate it for audio-forwardness. Scripts should be already adapted for audio; they are not currently evaluating screenplay or teleplay material. Winners will receive a $1,000 cash prize and a $500 travel reimbursement to attend the 31st annual Austin Film Festival, which will occur October 24 – 31, 2024. In addition, Realm executives will have one-on-one meetings with fellowship winners and provide script feedback.
Deadline: May 24, 2024
5. Teaching Fellowship for Black Writers
GrubStreet’s Teaching Fellowship for Black Writers provides financial and professional development support to Black writers interested in teaching classes, participating in events, and deepening their curriculum with instructors and staff. The fellowship includes $25,000 in compensation, artistic mentorship, and a showcase of the fellows’ work.
Deadline: May 30, 2024
6. [NEW] The Jerry Jazz Musician Short Fiction Contest - For Writers
This opportunity awards a writer who submits the best original, previously unpublished work of short fiction. $150 will be awarded for the winning story.
Deadline: May 31, 2024
7. [NEW] About Her Culture Micro Grant - For Caribbean & African Women
This $500 opportunity is open to Caribbean and African women and women of African and Caribbean descent who are entrepreneurs, creatives, and non-profit founders based in their home countries or anywhere around the world. Applicants must demonstrate that their projects are positively impacting culture and community.
Deadline: Rolling through June 30, 2024
8. [NEW] The Big Idea Grant - For Women Entrepreneurs
This opportunity helps women small business owners, entrepreneurs, and creatives who want to impact the world with their passion. Each month, one $1,000 grant is given to a woman, age 18 or over, in the US to invest in their Business or Idea. It can be used as a start-up grant, marketing grant, operational grant, or whatever you need to help you to the next level with your idea or business.
Entry Fee: $15
Deadline: Rolling