February 2025 Funding Opportunities for Journalists, Filmmakers, Artists and More!
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We wish you success, happiness, fulfillment, and funding in 2025!
I hope you had a restful holiday season and are ready to take advantage of all the opportunities that bear your name.
Now, letâs get into this newsletter with (114) grants for creatives totaling approximately $4,682,499. Plus, there are still (94) grants with January deadlines, too. Click here for our January 2025 grants list - we are adding more funding opportunities weekly.
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Helpful Tip: Our newsletter is chronologically ordered from February 1st to February 28th. To help you save time, we also call out who grants are for in titles. We will continuously share more February grants as we find them. Be on the lookout for our weekly emails with updates.
Artists: #83, #100 (Native) #102 (Kentucky)
Authors/Writers: #78 (New Mexico), #81 (Asian), #87, #92 (African American), #94 (Short Story), #95
Choreographers: #88
Community Leadership: #101
Creators: #104
Curators: #82
Entrepreneurs: #86 (Black)
Filmmakers: #97 (Black), #99 (LGBTQIA+)
Journalists: #80, #89
Nonprofits: #77, #96(New York City), #105
Podcasters: #84
Poets: #81 (Asian), #90, #92 (African American)
Researchers: #79, #85
Small Businesses: #93, #98( Veterans), #103
Visual Artists: #91 (People with Disabilities)
[FEATURED GRANTS]
1. NASW Science in Society Journalism Awards
This opportunity provides recognition â without subsidy from any professional or commercial interest â for investigative or interpretive reporting about the sciences and their impact on modern society. NASW primarily seeks to recognize science writing that is shaped by a variety of perspectives because such writing enables us to tell more broadly relevant stories that better serve the readers and communities. Therefore, they consider diversity in topics, sources, audience, and authors to be a critical component of excellence. A committee of accomplished peers judges the entries each year. NASW will award cash prizes of $2,000.
Deadline: February 1, 2025
2. Wave Farm Artists-in-Residence - For Radio Art
Wave Farm welcomes submissions from artists, researchers, tinkerers, and writers from a variety of disciplines who will embrace this opportunity to create work for a terrestrial radio station that celebrates risk-taking and prioritizes the uniquely urgent and intimate nature of the radio medium. Applicants should deeply consider the distinctive qualities of FM radio instead of online radio and/or podcasts. This opportunity is open to international applicants. Women, gender non-conforming people, and people of color are encouraged to apply. Applicants will spend 10 days on-site at Wave Farm (Acra, NY) developing a new 55-minute radio artwork designed explicitly for terrestrial radio broadcast on Wave Farmâs creative community radio station WGXC 90.7-FM: Radio for Open Ears. Their radio artwork will also be included in Wave Farmâs weekly syndicated program, The Radio Art Hour, which is rebroadcast on dozens of additional radio stations across the U.S. A stipend of $1,000 will be provided to each resident artist.
Deadline: February 1, 2025
3. CafĂŠ Royal Performance Grant - For NYC Residents
This opportunity will award a Performance Grant to individuals who produce theatre, dance, and performance art (all of which can be accompanied by music). Grants awarded in this category do not fund costs associated with creating or composing new work. Applicants must reside in New York City to be eligible. The award amount is up to $10,000.
Deadline: February 3, 2025
4. [NEW] The LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund - For Artists & Art Workers
The Fund responds to the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires that began on January 7, 2025, and the ensuing financial needs of individuals resulting from this federally recognized âqualified disaster.â The Fund benefits Los Angeles Countyâs artists and arts workers in all disciplines impacted by the unprecedented wildfire crisis. Individuals may apply only once for up to $10,000. Funds are unrestricted and can be used in any way that alleviates financial hardship. They encourage artists and arts workers of low incomes, historically underserved populations, and those with disabilities to apply.
Deadline: February 18, 2025
5. [NEW] The UPS Store Small Biz Challenge
This challenge is for small businesses to have the opportunity to win a share of the total prize pool of $35,000, a feature in Inc. magazine, and a trip to compete in the live event in Austin, Texas. To enter, tell them below about your business and what makes you an unstoppable business owner.
Deadline: February 19, 2025
6. [NEW] AJIâs 2025-2027 Reporting Fellowship - For Aspiring Journalists
The fellowship offers aspiring journalists a two-year educational program that prepares them for careers as credible, non-partisan reporters in the nationâs capital or wherever their work may take them. Students learn core skills from respected professional reporters and editors in a classroom setting, and they gain real-world experience by working as reporters at AJIâs publication, NOTUS. Students are paid an annual stipend of $60,000 to live in the D.C. area and devote their attention and energy to the fellowship.
Deadline: February 19, 2025
7. ArtsCONNECT - For Performing Arts Touring Nonprofits
This opportunity supports nonprofit performing arts touring projects collaboratively developed by presenters working together in the mid-Atlantic region: Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, West Virginia, and the Native nations that share this geography. Engagement support of up to 50% of artistsâ fees is provided at a maximum of $10,000. Other eligible expenses of up to $2,000 to support direct project expenses will be awarded.
Deadline: February 25, 2025
8. [NEW] The 2025 Basilica Bio Bridge to Youth Leadership - For Seattle High School Students
This program will provide youth with the background and experience necessary to become local leaders in environmental justice and community health. Participants will develop skills in accessible communication, curriculum development, event planning, civic engagement, and advocacy. This program will culminate in a capstone project where students will plan and present at a community event, working with a local organization. To be eligible, you must attend school in Seattle and be a sophomore or junior.
Selected participants will receive a stipend of $1,200 for the three-month program, totaling $400 monthly. Seattle-area high school applicants are preferred. Staff and faculty are encouraged to nominate students.
Deadline: February 28, 2025