Arts & Culture Grants for Nonprofits and Cultural Institutions

Top opportunities

• Humanity AI Initiative

  Humanity AI CoalitionUp to $500Mopen

  Humanity AI is a $500 million five-year philanthropic initiative dedicated to ensuring people have a stake in the future of artificial intelligence. T...

  artificial_intelligenceai_governanceai_equitydemocracyeducation

• Last Mile Freight Program (INVEST CLEAN)

  South Coast Air Quality Management District (with EPA funding)Up to $500Mopen

  Last Mile Freight Program (INVEST CLEAN) is sponsored by South Coast Air Quality Management District (with EPA funding). Rebate program supporting pur...

  air_qualityelectric_vehiclesperforming_artsartificial_intelligenceelectric vehicles

• EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems (E-CORE)

  U.S. National Science FoundationUp to $38MDeadline: Jul 20, 2027open

  The Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) supports the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) mission by promoting nationwide...

  EducationEnvironmentArts & CultureResearchTechnology

• Egypt Annual Program Statement

  Bureau of Near Eastern AffairsUp to $25MDeadline: Jan 1, 2099open

  The Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs’ Office of Assistance Coordination (NEA/AC) seeks proposals for projects in Egypt that advance U.S. commercial dipl...

  EducationArts & Culture

• The Brown Foundation, Inc. Grantmaking Program

  The Brown Foundation IncUp to $21Mopen

  Since its founding in 1951, The Brown Foundation has distributed more than $2 billion (total awarded since inception: $2,071,681,847). Education and t...

  EducationHealthcareArts & Culture

• Accelerating Scale-up and Pre-piloting of Emerging Chemical Technologies (ASPECT)

  Golden Field OfficeUp to $20MDeadline: Dec 1, 2026open

  DOE CMEI is dedicated to securing America’s energy future by reinforcing domestic critical mineral supply chains, driving next-generation energy techn...

  EnvironmentArts & CultureTechnology

• Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)

  U.S. National Science FoundationUp to $18MDeadline: Mar 1, 2027open

  The MCA program offers an opportunity for scientists and engineers at the mid-career stage (see restrictions under Additional Eligibility Information)...

  Arts & Culture

• Growing Regions Program

  Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the ArtsUp to $15Mopen

  Growing Regions Program is sponsored by Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts. Australia's...

  rural_development

• Arkansas Full Table Fund

  Arkansas Community FoundationUp to $10MDeadline: Dec 7, 2026open

  This page describes Arkansas Community Foundation's suite of nonprofit grant programs, with the Arkansas Full Table Fund being a flagship $10 million ...

  EducationArts & CultureSocial Services

• FY2027 Capital Projects Fund - Large Capital Improvement Grants for Arts and Culture

  New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)Up to $10MDeadline: Jan 12, 2027open

  FY2027 Capital Projects Fund - Large Capital Improvement Grants for Arts and Culture is sponsored by New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). Matc...

  discover:arts and culturefit_score:52

• Japan Foundation Grants for Arts & Cultural Exchange

  The Japan Foundation, New YorkUp to $10Mopen

  Japan Foundation Grants for Arts & Cultural Exchange is a grant from The Japan Foundation, New York that funds U.S. nonprofit organizations organizing...

  visual_artscultural_preservationarts_educationartscultural_exchange

• National Lottery Heritage Grants (£250,000 to £10million)

  The National Lottery Heritage FundUp to $10Mopen

  National Lottery Heritage Grants (£250,000 to £10million) is sponsored by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. This program supports larger heritage pr...

  cultural_preservationdigital_literacyarts_educationpublic_artheritage

• Arts and Culture Grant Programs

  The Andrew W. Mellon FoundationUp to $10Mopen

  Arts and Culture Grant Programs is sponsored by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is the largest private funder of arts...

  discover:arts and culturefit_score:51

• Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation Grants

  Maxwell/Hanrahan FoundationUp to $7.5Mopen

  The Foundation makes grants that support its broad interest areas of field-based science, art and craft, teaching, and protection of the natural world...

  EducationEnvironmentArts & CultureResearch

• Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program (HEGS)

  U.S. National Science FoundationUp to $7.0MDeadline: Jan 15, 2027open

  The objective of the Human-Environment and Geographical Sciences Program is to support basic scientific research about the nature, causes, consequence...

  EnvironmentArts & CultureSocial Services

• Viana S+T+ARTS Centre

  Up to $6.2MDeadline: Aug 31, 2027open

  Viana do Castelo is a historic coastal city that has grown into an industrial place with an expanding start-up ecosystem and creative industry communi...

• U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Grants Program

  Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of StateUp to $6.0Mopen

  U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Grants Program is sponsored by Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State. T...

  cultural_preservationarts_educationcommunity_developmentcultural heritagecultural preservation

• Endowments for Advancing the Humanities

  National Endowment for the HumanitiesUp to $5.0MDeadline: Jan 13, 2027open

  Endowments for Advancing the Humanities is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and ...

  arts_educationeducation_researchendowmenthumanitiesresearch

• Endowments for Advancing the Humanities

  National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)Up to $5.0MDeadline: Jan 13, 2027open

  Endowments for Advancing the Humanities is sponsored by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This program provides funds for 20-year term endo...

  humanitieseducation_highercultural_preservationartsendowment

• Community Infrastructure for Research in Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CIRC)

  U.S. National Science FoundationUp to $5.0MDeadline: Sep 10, 2027open

  The Community Infrastructure for Research in Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CIRC) program drives discovery and learning in the core...

  Arts & CultureResearchTechnology

What's included in arts & culture grants

We track grants tagged with the following keywords. If your work uses different language internally, AI mission-fit search (available after signup) will catch the conceptual matches that exact-keyword filtering misses.

How GrantMind sources these grants

• Federal sources — Grants.gov, NIH RePORTER, and SAM.gov, filtered for opportunities tagged or thematically aligned with arts & culture.
• State portals — state-administered programs across all 50 states and D.C.
• Foundations — community and private foundations active in this category, drawn from IRS Form 990 filings and curated foundation directories.
• Corporate giving — a curated set of corporate philanthropy programs.

Make these grants count

The leverage point isn't writing more proposals — it's qualifying funders before you write. A 1–2 page Letter of Inquiry tells you in days whether a foundation is going to fund you, instead of forty hours from now. Our guide walks through the structure that gets a yes: