Arts and Culture Grants funding

Arts and Culture Grants 2026

Browse open grant programs for arts organizations, cultural venues, and creative enterprises in 2026, sorted by award size, with deadlines and eligibility at a glance.

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State arts councils, foundations, and city cultural funds for organizations and creative businesses.

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Open grants

1,138

Average award

$25,000

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Browse open grant programs for arts organizations, cultural venues, and creative enterprises in 2026, sorted by award size, with deadlines and eligibility at a glance. Use this page as your shortlist, then jump into the intake wizard so Forrest can narrow the list to the programs you are most likely to win.

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Minnesota State Arts Board — Organization Grants

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Arts and Culture Grants 2026

Funding is hiding in plain sight.

High-intent funding opportunities

Where to focus first

Minnesota State Arts Board — Organization Grants

National Arts and Disability Center Arts and Accessibility Grant Opportunities

Virginia Commission for the Arts – Operating Support Small (OSS) Grant

Nevada GOED State Trade Expansion Program (STEP) for Arts Exporters

Arkansas Arts Council – Organizational Support Grants

Bronx Council on the Arts Grants

Digital Interactive Media and Software Development Tax Credit — Creative/Arts

Connecticut Arts Endowment Fund (CAEF) Supporting Arts Grant

Mass Cultural Council YouthReach (Creative Youth Development) Grant

South Carolina Motion Picture Incentive — Production Rebate

SU-CASA

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Grantmaking

OHA Grants Program — Arts and Cultural Organizations

Historic Preservation Tax Credit — Arts and Creative Spaces

Texas Commission on the Arts – Arts Create Grant

Alabama State Council on the Arts — Visual Arts Project Grant

NYSCA Regrants and Services Program

National Park Service Tribal Heritage Grants

NJSCA Individual Artist Fellowship

New Jersey State Council on the Arts Local Arts Program

New Jersey Cultural Trust Grants

Heritage Arts Apprenticeship Program

General Program Support (GPS) Grant

NYSCA Support for Artists

Alabama State Council on the Arts — Arts in Education Grants

NYSCA Support for Organizations

Vermont Community Loan Fund Business Loan — Creative Business

Nevada Arts Council Arts Learning Project Grant (ALP)

Skill Advance Colorado – Existing Industry Job Training Grant (Creative Industries)

Forge Project Fellowship

Indiana Arts Commission – Arts Organization Support (AOS) Grant

Individual Artist Advancement Grant — FY 2026

Community-Based Economic Development (CBED) Grant — Arts & Cultural Events

Morris Arts Local Arts Grants

NH State Council on the Arts – Arts for Community Engagement (ACE) Grants

Kentucky Arts Partnership (KAP) Grant — Nonprofit Arts Organizations

Mass Cultural Council Local Cultural Council Program

Louisiana Sound Recording Investor Tax Credit

NJEDA Activation, Revitalization, and Transformation Program

Public Programs in the Arts (PPA) Grant

NYSCA Support for Organizations Grant

Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Grant Programs

Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Awards (IEA)

Arts Organization, Festival, and Engagement Program Grant

First Nations Development Institute Grant Programs

South Carolina Commercial Production Tax Credit

NYSCA Targeted Opportunities Grants

Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Grants

Entry Track Grant

Arts and Health Grants

GlassRoots Youth Entrepreneurial Spirit Program

Montana Small Business Development Center (SBDC) – Free Advising for Arts Businesses

First Peoples Fund Artist in Business Leadership

Texas Commission on the Arts – Cultural Districts Program

Restore, Reinvest, Renew (R3) Program Grants

Minnesota State Arts Board — Arts Learning Grants

Mississippi Arts Commission General Operating Support Grant

Folk and Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program

Vermont Training Program (VTP) — Arts and Creative Organizations

SFCA Artists in the Schools Program

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