Bay Area Performing Arts Grant Deadlines
January – June 2025
SFIAF works with multiple artists to raise funds for individual projects that take place as part of the Festival and our other programs. This page contains a sample list of funding deadlines for the coming months, from January to July 2025.
If a grant deadline is marked ** (and has no URL link) this 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. If there is a deadline that you are aware of that we are missing, please let us know. We are not infallible, if you notice an error in a deadline, please let us know that as well so we can make a fix.
If you wish to receive notices when this list is updated, please send an email to [email protected] with the subject title Add to Grant Deadlines Notice. Please also state whether you are an artist or an administrator and your affiliation.
January 14 Zellerbach Family Foundation
January 15 Fleishhacker Foundation - Small Arts Grants
January 15 California Council on Humanities: Humanities for All
January 31 Albertine Foundation - French / US Exchange in Dance
January 31 Albertine Foundation - Theatre & New Forms
February 1 Venable Foundation
February 13 National Endowment for the Arts - Arts Projects (part one)
February 14 California Council on Humanities -- Humanities for All
February 14 American - Scandinavian Foundation
February 26 National Endowment for the Arts - Arts Projects (part two)
February 26 Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation: USArtists International
February 27 Chamber Music America - New Jazz Works (members only)
February 28 National Dance Project –Production LOI (NEFA)
February 28 National Dance Project Touring Grants
March 1 Svane Family Foundation - Culture Forward
March 2 Albertine Foundation - Jazz & New Music
March 24 Kenneth Rainin Foundation - New Works Program
March 24 National Endowment for the Arts Research Grants Part 1
March 26 Cash Grants – Dance**
April 3 National Endowment for the Arts Research Grants Part 2
April 14 Zellerbach Family Foundation
April 24 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 13 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 1 Svane Family Foundation - Culture Forward
June 6 Gerbode Foundation – Special Awards in the Arts (Theatre)**
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 10 National Endowment for the Arts - Grants for Arts Projects (part one)
July 15 Fleishhacker Foundation
July 15 National Endowment for the Arts - Grants for Arts Projects (part two)
July 21 Zellerbach Family Foundation
July 22 Phyllis Wattis Foundation - New Works**
July 31 Alliance for California Traditional Arts: Living Cultures Grant**
Aug 26 Center for Cultural Innovation: Investing in Artists**
Ongoing
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.