GRANT & FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
This calendar is designed to provide helpful information on foundation, corporate, and government funding opportunities for individual choreographers and dance organizations. The information is arranged in chronological order according to application deadline date. Note – many funders accept applications on a rolling basis with no firm deadline date. Because funding information constantly changes, we strongly urge you to contact funder websites and offices to receive the latest information on application policies, procedures, and deadlines before submitting a proposal for support.

While our goal is to make this information as accurate as possible, PhiladelphiaDANCE.org  does not accept responsibility for any inaccuracies contained herein. If you know of sources or deadlines not included in this calendar, please share your information with the community. Send your funding lead to us at philadelphiadance@gmail.com and we’ll post it here as soon as possible. Thank you!

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Applications open March 1, 2010
Target Arts Grants
http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031819
Target funds arts programs that bring the arts to schools or make it affordable for youth and families to participate in cultural experiences, such as school touring programs, field trips to the theater or symphony, or artists residencies and workshops in schools. Programs that make the arts accessible to school children are of particular interest to us.

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Deadline: March 22, 2010

Arts CONNECT
http://www.midatlanticarts.org/funding/pat_presentation/arts_connect/guidelines.html
ArtsCONNECT provides support for projects in which at least three performing arts presenters work collaboratively to present a single artist or touring company.

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Deadline: April 1, 2010
2010-2011 TourWest Grant
http://westaf.cgweb.org/
TourWest is a competitive grant program that provides subsidies to arts and community organizations for the presentation of out-of-state touring performers and literary artists.Funds are available to organizations that sponsor performances within the 13-state WESTAF region. Projects must take place between September 01, 2010 and August 31, 2011. All projects must have one public performance and one outreach activity. TourWest standard performance grants are available in an amount of up to $2,500 or 50% of the artistic fees, whichever is less. Applicants may apply for up to two standard performance grants. More information regarding the grant guidelines can be found at http://westaf.cgweb.org/page.php?id=35.
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Deadline: April 1, 2010
The Ellen Forman Memorial Fund Award
http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/academics/minor/dance/ellenFormanAward.asp
The Ellen Forman Memorial Fund Award (the “Award”) of the Philadelphia Foundation was established as a memorial to Ellen Forman, who was a dancer, choreographer and educator for over twenty years in the Philadelphia area. This Award is available to a Philadelphia-area choreographer to set a new work on Drexel’s Dance Ensemble as part of the Drexel Dance Program during the 2010-2011 academic year.
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Deadline: April 2, 2010
The Philadelphia Cultural Fund (PCF) - Youth Arts Engagement Grants
www.culturalfund.org
The goals of the Youth Arts Engagement Grants include:

• Providing high quality arts instruction, training and participatory experiences that serve those young people most in need, who are unlikely to have access to cultural enrichment;
• Providing consistent programming that directly impacts the reduction of youth violence, truancy and drop out rates, while increasing the number of graduations and college-bound students; and
• Encouraging arts and cultural programming as an alternative activity for youth in after-school, weekend and summer programs.

To apply, an organization must be a 2010 recipient of PCF general operating support and have a budget in excess of $50,000. A dedicated panel of peers will review applications, and the inaugural round of Youth Arts Engagement Grant recipients will be announced on June 1, 2010

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Deadline: April 30, 2010
The Princess Grace Awards Program
http://www.pgfusa.com/
Dance: Scholarships for students at non-profit schools; fellowships for dancers at non-profit companies; postmark deadline: April 30, 2010
Choreography: Fellowships for collaborations with non-profit dance companies; postmark deadline: April 30, 2010
This unique collaborative process fills vast voids in the artistic community: scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships give emerging artists the financial assistance and moral encouragement to focus on artistic excellence; monetary support for the nominating organizations eases fund raising challenges, directing resources toward the creative process. All applicants must be US Citizens or have obtained permanent resident status, and each grant must be completed in the United States. All nominating organizations must have 501(c)(3) status. Each category has unique guidelines specific to the discipline, see website for details.

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Deadline: May 3, 2010
Leeway Transformation Award (Stage 1)
http://www.leeway.org/apply-for-grants/grant-dealines.htm
The Leeway Foundation’s grantmaking programs honor women and trans artists for their ability to create social change through their artistic and cultural work.

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Deadline: May 14, 2010  |  Announcement: June 2010 | Travel: June 2010 – December 2010
Deadline: November 15, 2010 | Announcement: December 2010 | Travel: December 2010 – June 2011
International Travel Grants for Arts Presenters
Association of Performing Arts Presenters: The Cultural Exchange Fund
The Cultural Exchange Fund, an initiative of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, is a travel subsidy program that assists U.S.-based presenters in building partnerships and collaborations with international touring artists, companies, and their collaborators. The focus of the program is on increasing presenters’ knowledge of international performing artists based outside the U.S. and the cultural context for these artists’ work. In promoting cross-cultural arts programming, travel to the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, and Africa is strongly encouraged. The maximum amount awarded per individual organization is $2,000. Group travel subsidies of three or more presenters are also available, with the maximum award of $10,000. All applicants must be members of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. The remaining application deadlines for the program are July 31 and November 16, 2009, and May 14 and November 15, 2010. Applications must be submitted online through the Association of Performing Arts Presenters website.
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Deadline: May 27, 2010
NEA: Challenge America Fast Track Grant
http://arts.endow.gov/grants/apply/GAP11/Challenge.html
The Challenge America Fast-Track category offers support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations — those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. Age alone (e.g., youth, seniors) does not qualify a group as underserved; at least one of the underserved characteristics noted here also must be present. This category, as an essential component of the Arts Endowment’s goal of providing wide access to artistic excellence, supports local projects that can have significant effects within communities. Grants are available for professional arts programming and for projects that emphasize the potential of the arts in community development.

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ON GOING GRANTS & FUNDING SOURCES

PENNPAT TRAVEL GRANTS FOR U.S. PRESENTERS
Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour now offers Presenter Travel Grants that cover 100% of travel/lodging costs, up to $500. The grants are available to presenters based anywhere in the United States who are interested in attending a live performance by a PennPAT roster artist. Any questions about this grant or about the PennPAT program, please contact Katie West, Director, by email or phone (215) 496-9424.
DEADLINE: 6 WEEKS PRIOR TO PERFORMANCE

TD Bank
Info: http://www.tdbanknorth.com/community/grants.html
TD Bank offers grants for “Community Support.” This includes the support of programs and organizations which have proven records of arts and cultural enrichment programs, the development and expansion of programs which foster civic enhancement and address issues related to cultural diversity, and a commitment to programs that promote improvements to community health and human services efforts.

Google Grants
Info: http://www.google.com/grants/details.html
Through Google Grants, nonprofit organizations can receive unique in-kind advertising support. Google will consider applications from organizations throughout the U.S., as well as in a number of international locations, that share the company’s philosophy of community service, especially in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts. Through this program, selected nonprofits receive up to three months of in-kind advertising using Google’s flagship product: Google AdWords. Applications are available online and accepted on an ongoing basis.

Grants Enhance Comprehensive Capital Campaigns
Kresge Foundation: Capital Challenge Grant Program
The Kresge Foundation supports communities in the United States and around the world by strengthening the nonprofit organizations that serve them. The Foundation’s six major areas of interest are health, environment, arts and culture, education, human services, and community development. Through the Capital Challenge Grant Program, the Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that are engaged in comprehensive campaigns designed to support institutional growth through the construction of new facilities as well as the acquisition or renovation of existing facilities, the purchase of real property, and the purchase of major integrated equipment systems. Because environmental conservation is one of the Foundation’s values, challenge grant applicants are encouraged to consider green construction issues. The Foundation accepts online letters of intent for this program throughout the year. Visit the website listed above to review the Capital Challenge Grant Program guidelines.  Arts and Culture – The arts are a vital component of strong, healthy communities. However, this sector faces several challenges to its long-term sustainability, including a volatile funding climate, under-resourced organizations, changing audiences, turnover in leadership, changes in technology and a fragile arts education system. We find that the values of strengthening community impact, creating opportunity, and promoting innovation are particularly relevant for this set of challenges.
http://www.kresge.org/content/displaycontent.aspx?CID=89

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ADDITIONAL GRANT RESOURCES & FUNDS

Dance Advance
www.danceadvance.org

Delaware Valley Grantmakers
www.dvg.org

Ellen Forman Memorial Award
www.drexel.edu

Independence Foundation
www.independencefoundation.org

Leeway Foundation
www.leeway.org

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
www.midatlanticarts.org

Multi-Arts Production Fund (MAP) Rockefeller Foundation
www.mapfund.org

PA Council on the Arts
www.pacouncilonthearts.org

PA Humanites Council
www.pahumanities.org

Pew Fellowship in the Arts
www.pewarts.org

Philadelphia Cultural Fund
www.philaculturalfund.org

National Dance Projects
www.nefa.org/grantprog/ndp/

National Endowment for the Arts
www.artsendow.gov

Project Stream (formerly 5 County Fund)
www.philaculture.org

Princess Grace Foundation
www.pgfusa.org

Creative Capital
www.creative-capital.org