The Grantfinder

The California Arts Council is often notified of other financial opportunities like grants and initiatives from foundations, corporations, and other government entities to pass along to viewers of our website and eNewsletter. The list may be viewed by deadline date or by main category. Grant opportunities that do not have set deadlines have been set with a "January 1, 2011" deadline for listing purposes.

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--University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA)
2009 Open Classroom Challenge for UC - Deadline: 02-15-2010

University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA)
Innovative Residency Program for UC - Deadline: 02-15-2010

University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA)
Arts Demonstration Projects Funding for UC - Deadline: 02-15-2010

University of California Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA)
Action Research program for the Arts for UC - Deadline: 02-15-2010

Open Meadows Foundation
Funding available for projects that are led by and benefit women and girls (February Deadline) - Deadline: 02-15-2010

Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Medal for Museum and Library Service - Deadline: 02-16-2010

Arts Council Silicon Valley
Arts Council Silicon Valley - Applied Materials Excellence in the Arts (February Deadline) - Deadline: 02-16-2010

Goodrich Corporation Foundation
Corporate Giving for Education, Arts & Culture (March deadline) - Deadline: 03-01-2010

American Music Center
Composer Assistance Program (March deadline) - Deadline: 03-01-2010

ASCAP Foundation
Morton Gould Young Composer Awards - Deadline: 03-01-2010

Arts Council Silicon Valley
Community Arts Fund - Deadline: 03-01-2010

Arts Council Silicon Valley
Regional Arts Fund - Deadline: 03-01-2010

California Student Aid Commission
Cal Grants Available for College--including Fine Arts majors - Deadline: 03-02-2010

Civic Ventures
2008 Purpose Prize for Civic Leader over 60 - Deadline: 03-05-2010

Purpose Prize
Nomination process open for people over 60 making a difference - Deadline: 03-05-2010

Institute of Museum and Library Professionals
21st Century Museum Professionals - Deadline: 03-15-2010

Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation
Support for Contemporary Art Exhibition Publications (March Deadline) - Deadline: 03-15-2010

The Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation, Inc.
Grant for professional artists with disabilities, supporting individuals with disabilities (March Deadline) - Deadline: 03-15-2010

National Geographic
All Roads Seed Grant Program and Film Project (March deadline) - Deadline: 03-15-2010

Public Welfare Foundation
Grants for Disadvantaged Communities (March Deadline) - Deadline: 03-29-2010

The Kenneth A. Picerne Foundation
Senior Artist Program Grant - Deadline: 03-31-2010

Meet the Composer, Inc.
MetLife Creative Connections (April deadline) - Deadline: 04-01-2010

Institute of Museum and Library Services
Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services - Deadline: 04-04-2010

National Museum of the American Indian
Indigenous Contemporary Arts Program - Artist Leadership and Emerging Artist Programs - Deadline: 04-05-2010

Arts Council Silicon Valley
Arts Council Silicon Valley - Applied Materials Excellence in the Arts (April Deadline) - Deadline: 04-26-2010

ING (managed by Scholarship America)
ING Unsung Heroes Education Award - Deadline: 04-30-2010

Surdna Foundation
Surdna Arts Teachers' Fellowship Program (May Deadline) - Deadline: 05-01-2010

LEGO
LEGO Children's Fund Grants (May Deadline) - Deadline: 05-01-2010

Institute of Museum and Library Services
Native American Library Services: Enhancement Grants - Deadline: 05-03-2010

National Endowment for the Arts / Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
USArtists International Funding for International Festivals (May deadline) - Deadline: 05-03-2010

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
USArtists International (May deadline) - Deadline: 05-03-2010

Association of Performing Arts Presenters
Cultural Exchange Fund (May Deadline) - Deadline: 05-14-2010

Getty Images
Getty Images professional photojournalist grants and student grants (May deadline) - Deadline: 05-15-2010

Meet the Composer, Inc.
MetLife Creative Connections (June deadline) - Deadline: 06-01-2010

National Education Association Foundation
Student Achievement or Learning & Leadership grants (June deadline) - Deadline: 06-01-2010

National Education Association Foundation
National Education Foundation Leaders Grant (June Deadline) - Deadline: 06-01-2010

National Education Association Foundation
Education Assocation Student Achievement Grants (June Deadline) - Deadline: 06-01-2010

National Geographic
All Roads Seed Grant Program and Film Project (June deadline) - Deadline: 06-15-2010

Goodrich Corporation Foundation
Corporate Giving for Education, Arts & Culture (August deadline) - Deadline: 08-01-2010

LEGO
LEGO Children's Fund Grants (August Deadline) - Deadline: 08-01-2010

Open Meadows Foundation
Funding available for projects that are led by and benefit women and girls (August Deadline) - Deadline: 08-15-2010

California Presenters
Cal Presenters' Request for 2010-2011 Artistic Project Proposals - Deadline: 09-01-2010

The Guitar Center Music Foundation
Ongoing Funding from Guitar Center Music Foundation - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Traditional Arts Development Program grants - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Google
Google Ad Grant for Nonprofits - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Arcus Foundation
Private grantmaking foundation supports GLBT rights - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Comcast Foundation
Comcast funds diversity, literacy programs - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Getty Foundation
Conservation Training Program Grants - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Getty Foundation
Professional Development Grants for Preservation Professionals - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Barnes &n Noble
Barnes & Noble Sponsorship Program - Local Program - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble Sponsorships & Donations - National program - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Ben & Jerry's Foundation
Funding for Grassroots for Social Change - Deadline: 01-01-2011

MetLife Foundation
*MetLife Foundation Offers Ongoing Culture-Related Grants - Deadline: 01-01-2011

National Geographic
National Geographic Conservation Trust grants - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Nathan Cummings Foundation
Nathan Cummings Foundation's Arts and Culture Program - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Pollock-Krasner Foundation
One-year grants for visual artists - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Wachovia Foundation
Private Foundation Grants for Community, Education, Health and Arts - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Educational Foundation of America
Grants for special projects - Deadline: 01-01-2011

State Farm
State Farm Company Grants - Deadline: 01-01-2011

RGK Foundation
RGK Foundation grants for Education, Community, and Medicine/Health - Deadline: 01-01-2011

J.M. Kaplan Fund
J.M. Kaplan Fund Grants for historic preservation and related topics - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Heart Foundation (West)
Hearst Foundation Grants for Cultural Projects - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Sony Corporation of America
Arts education and arts and culture grants from Sony - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Reader's Digest
"Make it Matter" story challenge from Reader's Digest - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Traditional Arts Development Program - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Green Foundation
Arts, Education and other Grants for Quality Nonprofits from the Green Foundation - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Center of Cultural Innovation
Creative Capacity Fund for Northern California organizations - Deadline: 01-01-2011

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Mellon Foundation's Performing Arts Program - Deadline: 01-01-2011