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 14 California Council on Humanities -- Humanities for All
February 14 American - Scandinavian Foundation
February 26 Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation: US Artists 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 11 National Endowment for the Arts - Arts Projects (part one)
March 19 US Regional Grants -- Walking Together
March 24 Kenneth Rainin Foundation - New Works Program
March 24 Inter Music SF - Musical Grants Program
March 24 National Endowment for the Arts Research Grants Part 1
March 26 CA$h Grants – Dance
April 3 National Endowment for the Arts Research Grants Part 2
April 3 Creative Capital Award (website down as of March 16)
April 7 National Endowment for the Arts - Arts Projects (part two)
April 14 Zellerbach Family Foundation
April 25 CA$H Grants - Theatre
May 1 Rella Lossy Award - Theatre Bay Area
May 1 Trust for Mutual Understanding - Initial Enquiry
May 31 WESTAF – Tourwest
June 1 Stanley S Langendorf Foundation LOI
June 1 Venable Foundation
June 1 Svane Family Foundation - Culture Forward
June 5 California Arts Council: General Operating Support
June 5 California Arts Council: Arts & Youth
June 5 California Arts Council: Impact Projects
June 18 Gerbode Foundation – Special Awards in the Arts (Theatre)
June 27 Aaron Copland Fund for Music – Performance Program**
July 1 Stanley S Langendorf Foundation Full Proposal
July 3 Alliance California Traditional Arts - Living Cultures Grant (may not fund in 2025)
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 18 Phyllis Wattis Foundation - New Works
July 21 Zellerbach Family Foundation
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.
