"The Foundation actively supports the advancement of the visual arts through an extensive artist-centered grantmaking program. Our aim is to encourage and facilitate the production of original work that expands and enhances the contemporary art field. Our grants serve the needs of artists by funding the arts organizations and cultural institutions that support them. The grants we provide cover the full spectrum of artistic activity, from grassroots happenings at alternative spaces to contemporary exhibitions at major museums, and every phase of the creative process, from conception and production, to presentation and documentation.

The Foundation offers three types of grants—Curatorial Research Fellowships, Exhibition support, and multiyear program grants. We also serve the needs of artists through an invitational Regional Re-granting program and three ongoing Special Initiatives: Creative Capital, Common Field, and the Arts Writers Grant."

Mail or Email Application: https://warholfoundation.org/grants/

Proposals are accepted from 501c3 arts organizations on behalf of curators at any stage of their careers, with or without institutional affiliation, working towards projects that will manifest at least two years after a grant is made.

Scholarly research undertaken in the field of contemporary art is funded through Curatorial Research Fellowships. Curators at any stage of their careers are eligible to apply and must have the formal support of an institution and its director. It is assumed that research will lead to a significant exhibition, though this is not a requirement. Generally these fellowships are for projects with long lead times and may involve significant travel. Grants to curators do not preclude separate proposals from sponsoring institutions in any given grant round. Grants are up to $50,000 and are intended to cover expenses incurred during the research and development stage of an exhibition, public-facing project, or other visual arts-based initiative that contributes in an original way to contemporary visual arts discourse

Mail of Email Application: https://warholfoundation.org/grants/ 

A single project grant can cover no more than 50% of a project’s budgeted expenses.

Teiger Foundation offers grants for US-based, curator-led initiatives in contemporary visual art. We support group exhibitions, single-artist surveys, participatory and community-engaged art projects, digital exhibitions, live and virtual performance in the context of the visual arts, and as-yet-unknown curatorial forms involving contemporary visual art and artists. This grant category supports projects in the implementation phase, which can include auxiliaries such as live events and publications in a range of media. 

We support curators' growth and development as they work in or in partnership with organizations of all sizes. We value fresh ideas and formats, knowledge exchange and collaboration, and resource sharing. We encourage responses to urgent conditions and new approaches to working with artists, institutions, and communities. We support the development and realization of new projects as well as the deepening and extending of the value of existing ones. We do not prioritize particular themes or project types.
Online Application: https://www.teigerfoundation.org/how-to-apply

Deadline is for Letter of Intent; full proposals are by invitation only and are due June 2025. Grant term NTE 2 years. 

The Sociological Initiatives Foundation supports social change by linking research to social action. It funds research projects that investigate laws, policies, institutions, regulations, and normative practices that may limit equality in the U.S. It gives priority to projects that seek to address racism, xenophobia, classism, gender bias, exploitation, or the violation of human rights and freedoms. It also supports research that furthers language learning and behavior and its intersection with social and policy questions.

The Foundation supports research that focuses on improving services and systems and increasing positive social and physical conditions through:

Policy development
Placement and shaping of the policy agenda
Policy adoption or implementation
Policy blocking
Increasing advocacy capacity and political influence
Shaping public sentiment
Addressing challenges related to language and literacy

Online Application: https://www.sifoundation.org/guidelines/

Deadline is for Letter of Intent; full applications due 4/1/2025.

The Digital Art History Grants program is intended to foster new forms of research and collaboration as well as new approaches to teaching and learning. Support may also be offered for the digitization of important visual resources (especially essential art history photographic archives) in the area of pre-modern European art history; of primary textual sources (especially the literary and documentary sources of European art history); for promising initiatives in online publishing; and for innovative experiments in the field of digital art history.

Online Application: https://www.kressfoundation.org/Programs/Grants/Digital-Art-History

1. Anchor Arts
Our Desired Outcome is a culturally vibrant metro Detroit, evidenced by financially healthy organizations and a coordinated sector.
To achieve that outcome, we provide flexible funding to select arts and cultural organizations, support improved business models that increase the capacity and impact of those organizations, and invest in holistic efforts that strengthen the field. Learn more about eligibility and the application process for this funding opportunity at Detroit Arts Support. We will measure impact by tracking the capitalization of arts organizations in metropolitan Detroit.

2. Jazz Education
Our Desired Outcome is to continue Detroit’s strong jazz tradition and Fred Erb’s legacy of jazz patronage by educating the next generation of jazz musicians.
To achieve that outcome, we support efforts to provide and improve jazz instruction for youth.
We will measure impact through the number of jazz education students.

Online Application: https://www.erbff.org/programs/