Boston Center for the Arts
The Boston Center for the Arts‘ Public Art Residency program supports two artists or artist teams each year to activate their public plaza and other areas across BCA’s campus with interactive, temporary public art. This process-oriented residency provides an opportunity for artists to experiment with their craft, develop focus, and engage in active public dialogue. …
Borealis Philanthropy
Resourcing grassroots leaders and social justice movements for transformative change. Borealis Philanthropy directs resources to people building powerful, thriving communities that serve all of us, with those most impacted by injustice leading the way. They invest in leaders, organizations, and movements using diverse and innovative strategies to pursue transformational change, and they work with donors …
Bob’s Discount Furniture Charitable Foundation
The Bob’s Discount Furniture Charitable Foundation‘s gift cards support 501c3 nonprofit organizations. Apply by letter.
Barr Foundation
The Barr Foundation‘s Funding priorities include Arts and Creativity, Climate, and Education. Their geographic focus is on Massachusetts. The best approach is to email a brief description (300–400 words) of your organization and the funding priority to be addressed.
Awesome Foundation
The Awesome Foundation awards $1,000 grants to help fund programs, projects and ideas that are “awesome”. The grants have “no strings”, or stipulations. If they like your project best, they will fund it.
Artwork Archive’s Complete Guide
Artwork Archive’s Complete Guide to 2021 Artist Grants & Opportunities includes a list of artist grants, residencies, and calls-for-entry in 2021. Topics include international open calls, residencies, fellowships, and awards.
Artists’ Fellowship
The Artists’ Fellowship provides emergency aid to professional fine artists and their families in times of sickness, natural disaster, bereavement or unexpected extreme hardship. Due to the overwhelming requests, they are limiting relief and assistance applications to those qualified applicants who are dealing with IMMEDIATE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES and the aftermaths.
Annuity Freedom Micro-grant
The Annuity Freedom Micro-grant is a combination of marketing and $100 micro grant opportunities given out each month in three categories: 1) artists, 2) black or minority business owners, and 3) women-owned business owners. No fees required to apply.
Mellon Foundation
The Mellon Foundation seeks to build just communities enriched by meaning and empowered by critical thinking, where ideas and imagination can thrive.
Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund
The Amelia Peabody Charitable Fund‘s Funding Priorities include medicine, social welfare, visual arts, historic preservation, and land conservation. Grants are made exclusively for capital projects and capital purchases, and only to organizations existing and operating in Massachusetts.