Bay Area Performing Arts Grant Deadlines
February - July 2026
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 February to July 2026.
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 15 California Council on Humanities: Humanities for All **
February 25 Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation: US Artists International
February 26 Chamber Music America - New Jazz Works (members only)
March 1 Svane Family Foundation - Culture Forward
March 2 Albertine Foundation - Jazz & New Music **
March 16 National Dance Project Production Grant
March 19 New Music USA -- Organization Fund
March 20 Inter Music SF - Musical Grants Program
March 24 Kenneth Rainin Foundation - New Works Program
March 23 National Endowment for the Arts Research Grants Part 1
March 26 CA$h Grants – Dance **
March 27 Center for Cultural Innovation: Investing in Artists
April 2 National Endowment for the Arts Research Grants Part 2
April 2 Creative Capital Award
April 13 Zellerbach Family Foundation
April 25 CA$H Grants - Theatre **
April 30 Aaron Copland Fund for Music – General Support Program
May 1 Trust for Mutual Understanding - Initial Enquiry
May 1 Gerbode Foundation – Special Awards in the Arts (Music and Design)
May 18 National Performance Network Creation Fund
May 31 WESTAF – Tourwest **
June 1 Stanley S Langendorf Foundation - LOI
June 1 Venable Foundation
June 5 California Arts Council: General Operating Support **
June 5 California Arts Council: Arts & Youth **
June 5 California Arts Council: Impact Projects **
July 1 Stanley S Langendorf Foundation - Full Proposal
July 9 National Endowment for the Arts - Arts Projects (part two)
July 13 Zellerbach Family Foundation
July 15 Fleishhacker Foundation
July 17 Phyllis Wattis Foundation - New Works
July 17 National Endowment for the Arts - Grants for Arts Projects (part one)
July 18 Phyllis Wattis Foundation - New Works
July 21 National Endowment for the Arts - Grants for Arts Projects (part two)
Ongoing
Nathan Cummings Foundation, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, Andrew Mellon Foundation, The Awesome 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.
