New & Improved (now with live links to foundation websites)
Bay Area Performing Arts Grant Deadlines January – December 2021
SFIAF works with multiple artists to raise funds for individual projects that take place as part of the Festival. This page contains a sample list of funding deadlines for the coming 12 months from January 1, 2021.
** (and with no URL link) Denotes that the next deadline is still to be announced, but this was the deadline for the last cycle (or last pre-COVID cycle), so we cautiously expect it to be somewhat similar this year.
This list will evolve over the coming months as foundations announce new deadlines.
January 8, 2021 California Small Business COVID Care Relief Grant (Deadline 1)
January 15 Fleishhacker Foundation
January 22 Creative Work Fund
January 28 Multi Arts Production Fund
February 1 Trust for Mutual Understanding - Full Proposal
Sam Mazza Foundation (no grant application this year)**
California Arts Council - Impact Projects
February 11 California Arts Council - Jump StArts
National Endowment for the Arts - Grants for Arts Projects (part one)
February 12 Chamber Music America - New Jazz Works
Kenneth Rainin Foundation New – LOI
February 17 California Arts Council General Operating Relief
February 23 National Endowment for the Arts - Grants for Arts Projects (part two)
February 26 San Francisco Grants for the Arts
February 28 FACE Foundation - Contemporary Theater
FACE Foundation - Exchange in Dance
FACE Foundation - Jazz and New Music
March 1 National Dance Project –Production LOI (NEFA)
March 8 National Theatre Project LOI (NEFA)
March 14 InterMusic SF Commissioning Composers Program
March 20 Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation Legacy Grants LOI**
March 22 Zellerbach Family Foundation – COVID Response Grants
April 1 California Arts Council - Individual Artist Fellowships
New Music USA –Music Alive**
April 5 Cash Grants – Theatre
April 7 Cash Grants – Dance
April 22 National Endowment for the Arts – Challenge America. PART ONE
April 23 Kenneth Rainin Foundation New – Full Application
Chamber Music America – Classical Commissioning Program
April 27 National Endowment for the Arts – Challenge America. PART TWO
May 1 Trust for Mutual Understanding - Initial Enquiry
May 15 FACE Foundation - French Voices (grant for authors)
May 20 Gerbode Foundation – Special Awards in the Arts - Dance
May 31 Kenneth Rainin Foundation Open Spaces – LOI**
June 1 Stanley S Langendorf Foundation LOI
June 21 Zellerbach Family Foundation – COVID Response Grants
June 28 Center for Cultural Innovation – Investing in Artists **
June 30 Aaron Copland Fund for Music – Performance Program
July 1 Stanley S Langendorf Foundation Full Proposal
July 8 National Endowment for the Arts - Grants for Arts Projects (part one)
July 15 Fleishhacker Foundation
July 20 National Endowment for the Arts - Grants for Arts Projects (part two)
August 1 Trust for Mutual Understanding - Full Proposal
August 8 National Endowment for the Arts – Our Town PART ONE **
August 20 National Endowment for the Arts – Our Town PART TWO **
September 15 CA$H Grants – Theatre Bay Area**
September 16 Amphion Foundation**
September 20 Zellerbach Family Foundation – COVID Response Grants
October 2 CA$H Grants – Dancers Group **
October 11 Chamber Music America – Presenter Consortium for Jazz **
October 31 Japan Foundation – Performing Arts Japan **
Aaron Copland Fund for Music – Supplemental Program **
November 1 Trust for Mutual Understanding - Initial Enquiry
November 6 SF Arts Commission – Creative Space **
November 13 SF Arts Commission - Cultural Equity Initiatives **
SF Arts Commission – Individual Artist Initiatives (performing arts) **
November 17 National Dance Project Tour Only Award**
November 20 SF Arts Commission Arts – Organization Project Grants **
November 30 Korea Arts Management Services – Korea Center Stage **
December 8 Alliance for California Traditional Arts – Living Cultures Grant Program **
December 20 Zellerbach Family Foundation – COVID Response Grants
Ongoing
Bernard Osher Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, Andrew Mellon Foundation
Suggested Fiscal Sponsors: Independent Arts & Media
Contact details: www.artsandmedia.net [email protected] (415) 738-4975
