Updated August 2014
SELECTED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DANCE FACULTY
This list is intended for your planning purposes. If you are interested in finding external funding to support your
work, it is our hope that you will be able to quickly determine which of the agencies on the list might fund your
current creative project, easily find more information about those agencies by visiting their websites, and then
develop an external applications timeline you can use to keep yourself on-track for developing your applications
in a timely manner. Do please note that preparing an application takes a great deal of time so begin the process
early enough to give yourself time to develop a competitive proposal. We hope you will find this list useful as
you consider external funding for your work.
To navigate, keep document in layout view, scroll down to the table of contents, then click on the page number
of the agency or program in which you’re interested to navigate directly to that entry. If you then wish to learn
more about the opportunity, click on the agency’s website address (URL), which you will find near the bottom
of the entry. If clicking on a URL does not take you to the agency’s website, copy the URL and paste it into
your web browser’s address line and type return. This will take you to the agency’s website, where you can
check for new and more detailed application information.
Some artists’ colonies and residential centers offer thematic opportunities, which may change from year-to-year.
Funding agency programs, application requirements, deadlines, and focus areas are subject to change. Prior to
beginning application preparation, verify deadlines and other critical information by visiting the sponsoring
institution’s website or contacting the agency via e-mail or telephone; this is especially true for agencies whose
deadlines were not yet posted for the current year when this list was updated.
Because most agencies have deadlines only once each year and take from three to eight months to announce
awards, think long-term when planning your external funding strategies. Deadlines can change and several
agencies had not updated their websites at the time this document was compiled, so please do check the websites
of agencies that interest you and read application instructions carefully.
This is not exhaustive. If you know of sources we have not included that you believe will appeal to many dance
faculty members, please do let us know and we’ll add them to the list.
Humanities Grant Development Office
Kathy Porsch, Grant Development Officer
kporsch@ku.edu - 785/864-7834
John Biersack, Research Development Graduate Assistant or
Scott C. Knowles, Research Development Graduate Assistant
900 Sunnyside Ave.
Lawrence, KS 66045-7622
hgdo@ku.edu - 785/864-7887
http://www.hallcenter.ku.edu/humanities-grant-development-office
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ONLINE LISTS OF FUNDING AGENCIES IN THE ARTS............................................................ 1
Alliance of Artists Communities ........................................................................................................................ 1
Grant Money, Fellowships, and Foundations that Fund Artists ......................................................................... 1
Art Deadlines List ............................................................................................................................................... 1
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON DANCE .................................... 1
New England Foundation for the Arts ................................................................................................................ 1
The Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at the Hospital for Joint Diseases ....................................................... 1
The Shubert Foundation...................................................................................................................................... 1
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS IN GENERAL ........................................................ 1
Asian Cultural Council ....................................................................................................................................... 1
Clews Center for the Arts-La Napoule Art Foundation ...................................................................................... 2
Creative Capital Foundation ............................................................................................................................... 2
Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund ............................................................................................................... 2
Creative Capital Grants for Individual Artists ............................................................................................... 2
FACE (French American Cultural Exchange) .................................................................................................... 2
Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc. ........................................................................................................................... 2
Fulbright Scholar Program.................................................................................................................................. 3
Japan-United States Friendship Commission - Creative Artists Program. ......................................................... 3
Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities ............................................................................................. 3
Puffin Foundation, Ltd........................................................................................................................................ 3
Yaddo Artists’ Community ................................................................................................................................. 3
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ONLINE LISTS OF FUNDING AGENCIES IN THE ARTS
Alliance of Artists Communities
This website is a source for information about a multitude of artists’ communities that offer residencies at
various locations in the US and around the world.
URL: http://www.artistcommunities.org/
Grant Money, Fellowships, and Foundations that Fund Artists
This site offers a list of philanthropic agencies that offer funding in support of the arts. Most do not have
regional or jurisdictional limitations.
URL: http://www.actorschecklist.com/resources/grantmoney.html
Art Deadlines List
This link provides information on art contests and competitions, art jobs and internships, art scholarships,
grants and fellowships, art festivals, calls for entries/proposals/projects, and other opportunities, in all
disciplines, for art students, art teachers, and artists of all ages. It offers both free and paid subscriptions.
URL: http://artdeadlineslist.com/
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON DANCE
New England Foundation for the Arts
NEFA’s grant programs and services reflect the creativity and breadth of the artistic endeavors we
support. Whether in the performing arts, Native arts, or public art, our grant programs provide artists with
funding and other resources necessary for creating and presenting successful work. Individual grants
range in focus from production and touring to professional development and networking. Also available is
the National Theater Pilot institutional grant that supports projects for ensemble theater development and
touring in the U.S. Amounts vary.
URL: http://www.nefa.org/grants_programs/dance
Deadline: Various
The Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at the Hospital for Joint Diseases
This organization does not provide grant opportunities, but it does offer information for dancers. The
Center offers subsidized and free services for the dance community including clinics staffed by
orthopedists and dance physical therapists; state-of-the art research and rehabilitation technology and free
injury prevention screenings and lectures. To learn more, visit the website.
URL: http://www.med.nyu.edu/hjd/harkness/
The Shubert Foundation
The Shubert Foundation supports not-for-profit, professional resident theatre and dance companies. It
awards unrestricted grants for general operating support, rather than funding for specific projects. The
standard for awarding these grants is based on an assessment of each organization's operation and its
contribution to the field. Artistic achievement, administrative strength and fiscal stability are factored into
each evaluation, as is the company's development of new work and other significant contributions to the
field of professional theatre in the US. The Foundation does not make grants to individuals.
URL: http://www.shubertfoundation.org/grantprograms/default.asp
Deadline: October 15
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTISTS IN GENERAL
Asian Cultural Council
The Asian Cultural Council supports cultural exchange between Asia and the US in the performing and
visual arts. Fellowships to artists, scholars and specialists from Asia for research, study, and creative work
in the US constitute the core of the ACC's grant program. Some awards are also made to US scholars and
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artists pursuing similar activities in Asia and to educational and cultural institutions engaged in projects of
special significance to Asian-American exchange. In addition, the ACC awards a small number of grants
in support of regional exchange activities within Asia.
URL: http://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/apply/individual-guidelines
Deadline: November 1 (last known deadline)
Clews Center for the Arts-La Napoule Art Foundation
La Napoule Art Foundation offers time and space for creative minds to engage in cultural interchange and
meaningful work that impacts the world of the common good, by providing three distinct residency
opportunities for accomplished and emerging artists from around the world. The Foundation provides
studio/work space, living accommodations, and all meals. Students are not eligible.
URL: http://www.lnaf.org/residencies/
Deadline: Various (see website for details)
Creative Capital Foundation
Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund
This fund supports original, new work in all disciplines and traditions of the live performing arts.
MAP seeks especially to support work that brings insight and vibrant critique to the issue of cultural
difference in class, gender, generation, ethnicity, or tradition. The MAP Fund supports only artistic
projects that contain or will contain a live-performance component. Support may be applied to any
phase of a project, up to and including its premiere run. The touring of completed projects is not
eligible for MAP funding. MAP is especially interested in providing support to work early in its
development. Award amounts range from $10,000 to $45,000, with an average award amount of
$25,000.
URL: http://www.mapfund.org/apply.html
Deadline: October 3 (for letters of inquiry); December 8 (invited full proposals)
Creative Capital Grants for Individual Artists
Creative Capital provides integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing adventurous
projects in five disciplines: Emerging Fields, Film/Video, Literature, Performing Arts and Visual
Arts. Creative Capital operates on a two-year grant cycle, funding alternative disciplines each year.
The first year of each cycle, the foundation issues grants in visual and film/video arts; the second
year, performing, emerging arts and innovative literature. Amount: up to $87,000, $50,000 in award
monies and an additional suite of career development services valued at $37,000.
URL: http://www.creative-capital.org/apply
Deadline: February 28 (last known)
FACE (French American Cultural Exchange)
FACE is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting contemporary creative work in the context of
French-American cultural and educational exchange. FACE administers a variety of programs and
projects in dance, education, film, music, theater, and the visual arts.
URL: http://www.facecouncil.org/performingarts/index.html
Deadline: February 15 (last known)
Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc.
The Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art and The Future of the Present Fund. Franklin Furnace
awards grants between $2,000 and $10,000 to performance artists, allowing them to produce major works
in New York. Artists from all areas of the world are invited to apply.
URL: http://franklinfurnace.org/artists/franklin_furnace_fund/index.php
Deadline: April 1 (last known deadline, check website)
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Fulbright Scholar Program
This Fulbright program sends US faculty from all disciplines abroad for various periods, usually three to
nine months, to lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.
URL: http://www.cies.org/
Deadline: August 1
Japan-United States Friendship Commission - Creative Artists Program.
This program offers a three-month residency to contemporary and traditional artists from the United
States. The award is $20,000 plus up to $2,000 to help defray travel costs. Five artists are selected
annually. Candidates must be professional creative artists (contemporary or traditional) working as
architects, choreographers, composers, creative writers, designers, media artists, playwrights, solo theater
artists (including puppeteers, storytellers and performance artists) who work with original material, or
visual artists. Multidisciplinary artists and artistic directors of theater or dance companies are also
eligible. Preference will be given to those applicants for whom this will be a first-time residency in Japan.
URL: http://www.jusfc.gov/faqs/creative-artists-programs/
Deadline: February 2
Liguria Study Center for the Arts and Humanities
The Bogliasco Fellowship Program. Applicants are expected to demonstrate significant achievement in
their disciplines, commensurate with their age and experience. An approved project is presumed to lead to
the completion of an artistic, literary, or scholarly work, followed by publication, performance,
exhibition, or other public presentation. In the arts, the Study Center welcomes persons doing both
creative and scholarly work (such as art history, musicology, film criticism, and so on). With respect to
dance, music, and theater, however, the Center does not have rehearsal studio space for persons wishing
to work extensively in performance. $30 application fee required.
URL: http://www.bfny.org/english/fellowships.cfm
Deadlines: January 15 and April 15
Puffin Foundation, Ltd.
The Puffin Foundation, Ltd. continues to make grants that encourage emerging artists in the fields of art,
music, theater, dance, film, video, photography, and literature whose works due to their genre and/or
social philosophy might have difficulty being aired. Grant awards from the Puffin Foundation, Ltd. can
only be awarded to permanent residents and citizens of the United States. US citizens whose projects
encompass work in other countries are still eligible to apply.For the upcoming 2015 cycle the Puffin
Foundation will review grant applications only in the following fields: Video/Film, Fine Arts, and Public
Interest. In September of 2015 the Puffin Foundation will begin accepting Music, Photography, Theater,
and Public Interest applications. Average grant amounts are about $1,250, and the maximum grant
amount is $2,500. Those interested in applying must request an application packet before Dec. 6 by snailmail.
URL: http://www.puffinfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=24
Deadline: December 6 (deadline to request an application packet); December 27 (for full
application)
Yaddo Artists’ Community
Artists-in-Residence Program. This program offers creative writers, visual artists, composers,
choreographers, performance artists, and film and video artists uninterrupted time to work, good working
conditions, and a supportive environment. There is no citizenship requirement.
URL: http://www.yaddo.org/Yaddo/application.shtml
Deadlines: January 1 (residencies May-February; August 1 (residencies October-May)
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