Bay Area Performing Arts Grant Deadlines
September – December 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 September-December 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 prior year, so we cautiously expect it to be somewhat similar this year.
This list will evolve 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.
September 1 Venable Foundation
September 22 Bill Graham Foundation
September 25 Amphion Foundation
September 25 Chamber Music America – Presenter Consortium for Jazz
October 3 East Bay Fund for Artists (deadline at 5pm PST)
October 7 Zellerbach - Together in Community
October 8 SF Arts Commission: Special Project Grants
October 9 SF City Administrator - Community Challenge Grants
October 14 Zellerbach Family Foundation (deadline at 5pm PST)
October 15 Jazz Roads - South Arts
October 15 Shubert Foundation - Dance, Arts Related
October 17 National Theatre Project Creation Grant (LOI) NEFA
October 22 SF Arts Commission -- Legacy Artist Grant
October 25 CA$H Grants for Theatre -- Theatre Bay Area (5:00pm)
October 30 Aaron Copland Fund for Music – Supplemental Program
November 6 Culture Ireland
November 6 New Music USA Creator Fund Application Opens. Deadline not announced
November 10 Korea Arts Management Services – Korea Center Stage
November 13 SF Arts Commission -- Arts Impact Endowment
November 18 Asian Cultural Council - Artist Fellowships
November 18 Asian Cultural Council - Organization Grants
November 21 Puffin Foundation (Fine Arts, Music, Photography) Form Request
November 30 CA$H Grants – Dancers Group**
December 4 Shubert Foundation - Theatre Grant
December 8 Puffin Foundation (Fine Arts, Music, Photography)
December 15 Trust for Mutual Understanding - Initial Enquiry
January 14 Zellerbach Family Foundation
January 15 Fleishhacker Foundation - Small Arts Grants
Ongoing
Andrew Mellon Foundation, Wells Fargo Foundation
Fiscal Sponsorship
If you are an individual artist or ensemble without your own 501(c)(3) or existing fiscal sponsor contract and are interested in Mutually Assured Productions being a sponsor, please contact [email protected] or call our office at 415-305-1102.
