We’re back with another highly requested playlist specifically for nonprofit organizations.
We understand creators operate in many different spaces, and if you just so happen to run or support a nonprofit, we’ve curated this playlist just for you.
There are currently (46) awards.
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1. Black Community Commitment
Nonprofit organizations working to improve outcomes for the Black community are invited to apply. Any US-based 501(c)(3) organization that has been established since 2019 or prior and has an annual operating budget between $100,000 and $3 million.
Note: Funding amount not disclosed.
Deadline: N/A
2. Strategic Investment Grants
Strategic Investment Grants (SIG) provide up to $1,000 to cover expenses related to professional development, market expansion, and art events. SIG enables artists and teachers to advance their professional careers and supports nonprofit organizations in advancing arts-related programs.
Deadline: Monthly on the 15th
3. [NEW] The 2026 Latin Music Research and Preservation Grant Program
This grant supports music institutions, nonprofit organizations, musicologists, and researchers worldwide who are dedicated to researching and preserving Latin music heritage. A total of four (4) grants—each valued at up to $5,000—will be awarded this year. Projects should focus on historical research, folklore, and anthropology of a Latin music genre.
Deadline: August 27, 2026
4. [NEW] Preserve NY Arts + Culture: Support for Arts-Based Community Preservation Projects - For Nonprofits
This opportunity helps fund cultural resource surveys or historic district nominations. By documenting historic resources and their context, these projects help communities plan for the future, tell a more complete and inclusive history, identify opportunities for investment, and foster arts and culture activities in historic places. Projects must have an arts component; in addition to hiring a preservation consultant to complete a survey or historic district, applicants will also hire a NYS-based artist to lead community engagement that responds to and/or engages with the survey/historic district work. Up to $10,000 will be awarded.
Deadline: August 28, 2026
5. [NEW] Belonging in Oakland: A Just City Cultural Fund - For Nonprofits
This is a unique public-private partnership inspired by the values lifted up in the City of Oakland’s cultural plan, Belonging in Oakland, and a vision to create a more just city. In the 2026 funding round, the Fund is issuing a call for collaborations between Oakland-based cultural and social justice organizations that serve BIPOC communities and work with civically engaged artists or cultural practitioners to co-create, develop, or test aspirational policy ideas to build a racially just city.
Applicants should also have a proven record of shaping racial and social justice-oriented policies or practices in sectors such as community development, economic justice, educational equity, environmental justice, sustainability, climate change, food justice, health & well-being, and housing rights, immigrant & refugee rights, land use & spatial justice, participation in the civic realm, public safety, and workers’ rights. Three community-centered collaborations will be awarded grants of $100,000 per year for three years.
Deadline: August 28, 2026
6. [NEW] Maude’s Ventures - For Innovative Ideas for Dementia Care
For Maude’s Ventures, innovation means expanding the reach of high-quality, effective care to individuals living with dementia nationwide as they wait for a cure. It means scaling impact to touch as many lives as possible and addressing unmet or overlooked needs within the dementia community. They’re particularly interested in new approaches that tackle these challenges.
This opportunity offers two submission tracks:
(1) Maude’s Ventures General Application: This is for nonprofits, for-profits, and individuals with innovative ideas for dementia care that are new, scalable, and in need of early funding. The grant provides seed funding for up to $50,000 to kickstart groundbreaking ideas poised to make a difference in the dementia community.
(2) Young Founders Application: This is for is for high school and college students and recent graduates who are affiliated with a recognized 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, have founded and are actively operating their own for-profit or non-profit ventures, or are affiliated with an accredited educational institution (e.g., schools, universities) with established financial processes for handling and disbursing funds on behalf of student projects. This program provides $2,500 to kickstart your venture.
Deadline: August 31, 2026
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