Arts & Culture Grants for Nonprofits and Cultural Institutions

Top opportunities

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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...

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• 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

• 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

• 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

• Regional Airports Program

  Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the ArtsUp to $5.0Mopen

  Regional Airports Program is a grant from the Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts th...

  community_development

• NSF Dynamic Language Infrastructure - NEH Documenting Endangered Languages (DLI-DEL)

  U.S. National Science FoundationUp to $4.8MDeadline: Feb 16, 2027open

  This funding partnership between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) supports projects to develo...

  EducationArts & Culture

• XPRIZE Wildfire - Autonomous Wildfire Response Track

  XPRIZEUp to $3.5Mopen

  XPRIZE Wildfire - Autonomous Wildfire Response Track is sponsored by XPRIZE. Global competition for fully autonomous systems to detect and suppress hi...

  autonomous_systemsdemocracy_governanceforestryperforming_artsstem_education

• SmartStim, a novel implantable neuromodulation system to cure chronic pain.

  National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioengineeringUp to $3.5MDeadline: Jul 31, 2028open

  /Abstract Chronic pain without apparent tissue damage is characterized by central sensitization at the level of spinal cord and brain, which often res...

• Support for nature protection in the most valuable parts of the Jeseníky Protected Landscape Area and in the Králický Sněžník National Park

  Up to $3.5MDeadline: Dec 31, 2029open

  The project is focused on the restoration of biodiversity of the most valuable parts of the natural environment of the Jeseníky Mountains, including s...

• Dairy Digester Research and Development Program (DDRDP)

  California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)Up to $3.0Mopen

  Dairy Digester Research and Development Program (DDRDP) is sponsored by California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA). Competitive grants to Ca...

  tribal_governanceagricultureair_qualityperforming_artsartificial_intelligence

What's included in arts & culture grants

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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: