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Small and Mid-Size Arts Organizations
Small and Mid-Size Arts Organizations face disparities in their ability to access resources. Additionally, arts organizations serving communities of color are, in general, smaller and less financially secure than their counterparts in white communities.
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Small-to-mid-sized arts organizations face disparities in their ability to access resources. Additionally, arts organizations serving communities of color are, in general, smaller and less financially secure than their counterparts in white communities.
We seek to support organizations producing and presenting art in any discipline, such as, but not limited to:
- Concert/performance/theatrical presentation: including artists' fees and other reasonable costs associated with the presentation.
- Creation of new work/commissioning: including commissioning fees and costs to present the work.
- Curation/exhibition: including space rental, installation, shipping and documentation.
- Residencies: including artists' fees, housing, travel and project budgets.
- Arts education programs: including out-of-school time arts education for students of all ages.
- Cultural activities: activities that enhance, celebrate and elevate narratives represented in the community member's lives, work and varied cultures, including activities led by cultural workers/bearers.
Priority will be given to organizations with budgets under $2 million.
Application Deadlines
| Grant Cycle | Application Deadlines |
|---|---|
| Spring grant cycle | Feb. 26, 2024 by 5 p.m. (for funding decision by June 6.) |
| Fall grant cycle | July 11, 2024 by 5 p.m. (for funding decision by Oct 30.) |
Grant Guidelines
See eligibility criteria, our funding priorities, grant types, duration and award amount ranges.
How to Apply for Grants
Learn how to apply for funding through the Foundation's online grant application portal.
More Grantmaking Supporting Arts and Culture
The Pittsburgh Foundation also offers the following funding opportunities to eligible applicants.
Support for Careers and Lives of Individual Artists
Through this funding to individual artists, the Foundation hopes that the Pittsburgh region will be exposed to the breadth of human experience and the unparalleled talent the region has to offer.