Project Grants for Small-Scale Organizations

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts offers funding for visual arts nonprofits with annual operating budgets of $200,000 or less. Proposals are accepted for visual arts projects produced by US-based non-profit organizations with total annual operating budgets of $200,000 or less. The program supports small-scale arts organizations to develop and present experimental, temporary new work in the visual arts, with emphasis on supporting the creative risk-taking and growth of participating artist(s).

Eligible projects include temporary group and solo exhibitions, media screenings, film festivals, collaborative interdisciplinary work (for which the visual art is central), installations, residencies, interventions in archives, and projects which arise from community partnerships. The Foundation welcomes innovative and radical works by artists who have received little to no recognition, or those whose practices could be defined as being at the margins. Projects for which the visual arts are not central, and which have no public component will not be considered. Youth-focused efforts are not eligible.

Grants range from $20,000 – $30,000 and are intended to support direct costs. Project Grant proposals are reviewed twice a year with deadlines on March 1 and September 1. Organizations cannot apply for multiple projects within the same round. Projects awarded in the spring round must begin no sooner than July 1; projects awarded in the fall should begin no sooner than January 1. Successful projects are expected to be complete within one year of award notification.