Bay Area Performing Arts Grant Deadlines
January – July 2024
SFIAF works with multiple artists to raise funds for individual projects that take place as part of the Festival. This page contains a sample list of funding deadlines for the first half of 2024. If there is one we are missing that you would like us to add, please send an email to [email protected]
** Denotes that the next deadline is still to be announced, but this was the deadline for the last cycle, so we cautiously expect it to be somewhat similar this year.
This list will evolve over the coming months as foundations announce new deadlines.
January 15 Fleishhacker Foundation
January 16 California Council on Humanities - Humanities for All
January 19 ArtsHERE - Statement of Interest
February 3** FACE Foundation - Contemporary Theater
February 3** FACE Foundation - Exchange in Dance
February 15 National Endowment for the Arts - Arts Projects (part one)
February 21 Cash Grants – Dance
February 28 National Endowment for the Arts - Arts Projects (part two)
February 29 FACE Foundation - Jazz and New Music
March 1 National Dance Project –Production LOI (NEFA)
March 23** Chamber Music America - Classical Commissioning (members only)
March 27 Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation: USArtists International
March 31 WESTAF: BIPOC Artist Fund
April 2 Creative Work Fund
April 4 Chamber Music America - New Jazz Works (members only)
April 4 Creative Capital
April 4 New Music USA - New Music Organization Fund
April 14 InterMusic SF Commissioning Composers Program
April 15 Zellerbach Family Foundation
April 29 CA$H Theatre Grant - Theatre Bay Area
April 25 National Endowment for the Arts – Challenge America. PART ONE
May 1 Rella Lossy Award - Theatre Bay Area
May 1 Trust for Mutual Understanding - Initial Enquiry
May 14 National Endowment for the Arts – Challenge America. PART TWO
May 31 WESTAF – Tourwest
June 1 Stanley S Langendorf Foundation LOI
June 1 Venable Foundation
June 6 Gerbode Foundation – Special Awards in the Arts (Dance and Movement)
June 6 California Arts Council: Arts & Cultural Organizations General Operating Support
June 6 California Arts Council: Arts Education Exposure
June 6 California Arts Council: Arts Integration Training
June 6 California Arts Council: Creative Youth Development
June 6 California Arts Council: Impact Projects
June 7 Grant for the Arts
June 27 Aaron Copland Fund for Music – Performance Program
July 1 Stanley S Langendorf Foundation Full Proposal
July 3 Alliance for California Traditional Arts - Living Cultures Grant
July 11 National Endowment for the Arts - Grants for Arts Projects (part one)
July 15 Fleishhacker Foundation
July 15 California Council on the Humanities
July 22 Zellerbach Family Foundation
July 22 Phyllis Wattis Foundation - New Works
July 23 National Endowment for the Arts - Grants for Arts Projects (part two)
July 31 Alliance for California Traditional Arts: Living Cultures Grant
Aug 12 Southern Exposure: Alternative Exposure
Aug 15 Dance/USA: Fellowships to Artists (due 3pm)
Aug 26 Center for Cultural Innovation: Investing in Artists (due 11:59am)
Sept 1 Venable Foundation
Sept 15 Bill Graham Foundation
Dec 4 Shubert Foundation - Theatre Grant
Ongoing
Bernard Osher Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, Andrew Mellon Foundation
Fiscal Sponsorship. If you are an independent artist or ensemble interested in applying for grants, but lacking 501(c)(3) status or without a fiscal sponsor, call our office at 415-399-9554 or send an email to [email protected] to enquire about fiscal sponsorship.
