Non-departmental Funding Sources
Arts/Humanities Funding:
American Composers Forum
www.composersforum.org
A national organization that serves and supports composers in various ways,
including grants and commissions for compositions.
Arts Midwest
www.artsmidwest.org
A regional arts organization that helps performing artists tour Iowa, provides
training for arts leaders, and supports special projects. Serves: Iowa, Illinois,
Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
ASCAP Foundation
www.ascapfoundation.org
This publicly supported charitable organization is dedicated to supporting American
music creators and encouraging their development through music education and talent
development programs.
Classics for Kids
www.classicsforkids.org
Provides matching grants toward the purchase of stringed instruments for schools
and other nonprofit organizations, among other services. www.classicsforkids.org
Coming Up Taller Awards
www.cominguptaller.org
Recognition and support for libraries and museums with outstanding after-school
and out-of-school arts and humanities programs for children and youth. Sponsored
by: The Institute of Museum and Library Services, The President's Committee on
the Arts and Humanities, The National Endowment for the Arts, and The National
Endowment for the Humanities fund.
Creative Capital Foundation
http://creative-capital.org
Grants for individual artists who pursue innovation in form and/or content
in the performing and visual arts, film and video, and in emerging fields.
Heartland Arts Fund
www.artsmidwest.org/programs/heartland_arts.asp
Heartland Arts Fund offers incentives for hiring regional performing artists,
funding them at a higher rate than artists from outside the Heartland region;
fee support for presenters to fund artists from outside their home state for
performances and educational activities; and offers the Community Connections
catalogue, a tool for presenting organizations looking to hire artists. A
joint venture of Arts Midwest and Mid-America Arts Alliance, with the NEA
and fifteen member state arts agencies (including Iowa).
Humanities Iowa
www.humanitiesiowa.org
Interactive programming, publications, and events bringing the humanities to the
public. Programs include: Grants to aid other non-profit organizations in furthering
the humanities in Iowa; the annual Humanities Iowa Awards, honoring Iowans for
their contributions to the humanities; Chautauqua, where humanities scholars perform
as great writers and thinkers of the past. An affiliate of the National Endowment
for the Humanities.
Institute of Museum and Library Services
www.imls.gov
IMLS is an independent Federal agency that fosters leadership, innovation, and
a lifetime of learning by supporting the nation's museums and libraries.
Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation
www.mhopus.org
Provides musical instruments to elementary, high school and community music
programs across the United States. Funds are used to repair damaged musical
instruments, refurbish donated instruments, and purchase new and used instruments.
Programs include: Melody Program for existing music programs that are threatened
by budget cuts; the Solo Program for talented student musicians in a school
or community music program who need quality musical instruments, but have
no means of purchasing or renting them; and the Special Projects Program for
community schools of the arts, after school programs and youth orchestras
needing assistance.
The Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund
www.mapfund.org
Grants support innovative new works in all disciplines and traditions
of the live performing arts.
National Endowment for the Arts
www.arts.endow.gov
Federal agency supporting the visual, literary and performing arts to benefit
all Americans.
National Endowment for the Humanities
www.neh.gov
Federal agency supporting learning in history, literature, philosophy and other
areas of the humanities across the United States.
New York Foundation for the Arts' Source
www.nyfa.org
The nation's largest databank of arts-related grants and residencies.
The Society for Arts in Healthcare
www.thesah.org
Provides Johnson & Johnson grants for healthcare organizations and/or arts agencies to
promote the use of the arts to enhance the healthcare experience for patients, their families,
and caregivers. Also provides consulting grants for organizations seeking assistance in
developing, re-imagining or sustaining their arts in healthcare programs.
The Terra Foundation
www.terraamericanart.org
The Terra Foundation seeks to create an inclusive dialogue on American art across
geographic borders and welcomes project proposals that share this objective. It
has a particular interest in projects that highlight American art internationally
or in the Foundation's hometown of Chicago. However, the Terra will also support
projects taking place nationally that emphasize multi-national perspectives and
participation.
General Funding Programs:
The Iowa Grants Guide
www.iowagrantsguide.org
The Iowa Grants Guide is a web-based directory of grant-making organizations for
Iowans. The directory provides program information only and does not provide grant
applications.
Iowa Grants and Funding Sources
www.iowahistory.org/grants/shsi_grants/hspg/other_funding_sources.htm
A listing of programs based in Iowa.
The Foundation Center
http://fdncenter.org
"Helping grantseekers succeed, helping grantmakers make a difference."
The Foundation Center, a leading authority on philanthropy, is dedicated to serving
grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general
public. Get connected to funding opportunities by subscribing to weekly e-newsletters
such as Philanthropy News Digest and Arts Funding Watch that
list national and international program information & deadlines.
Education Funding Research Council
http://www.thompson.com/tpg/fed_gts
Resources for grant seeking and grants management.
The Grantsmanship Center
www.tgci.com
Databases of funding sources, and daily listing of grant announcements that
appear in the Federal Register.
Iowa West Foundation
www.iowawestfoundation.org
Grant funds support project in Council Bluffs and areas of western Iowa in
Community Development and Beautification, Economic Development, Education,
and Human and Social Needs. Numerous funded projects have strong arts components.
The Kresge Foundation
www.kresge.org
Seeks to strengthen the capacity of charitable organizations to provide effective
programs of quality.
The Wallace Foundation
Change requires money, but it also requires knowledge, evidence, strategy and
broad public support. Excellent information and research is provided on the following
topics: arts participation, education leadership, libraries, literacy, museums,
out-of-school learning, parks, school counseling, and teacher recruitment. www.wallacefoundation.org
History/Preservation Funding
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
www.achp.gov/funding.html
Sources of Financial Assistance for Historic Preservation Projects
