VIA Art Fund supports projects that exemplify the core values of artistic production, thought leadership, and public engagement, emphasizing direct engagement with contemporary visual art. The Fund’s Artistic Production Grants are awarded twice annually to artists, nonprofit organizations, cultural institutions, art production platforms, and biennials or festivals working in the field of contemporary art in the United States and internationally. Support is provided for new artistic commissions that take place outside museum or gallery walls, within the public realm or in non-traditional exhibition environments. The Letter of Inquiry deadline is November 4, 2024. Learn more.
The Norman Y. Mineta Japanese American Confinement Education grant program seeks to educate the public about the historical importance of understanding Japanese American confinement in the United States during World War II so that present and future generations may learn from Japanese American confinement and the commitment of the United States to equal justice under the law. The program will provide financial assistance to Japanese American organizations for large impactful education projects. Application deadline: November 14, 2024. Learn more.
The Jim Evers Memorial Scholarship supports projects that exemplify the core values of its honorific. Jim was a strong proponent of employing joy, creativity and collaboration to build intergenerational relationships based on mutual respect. This series of $500 grants will be awarded to teens. This funding will act as seed money for teens to create and implement an intergenerational project. The ultimate goal is to develop a creative, meaningful and sustainable intergenerational project in the community. The next application deadline is December 10, 2025. Learn more.
Walmart’s Spark Good Local Grants aim to address the unique needs of the communities where Walmart operates in the United States. Grants are provided to organizations that operate locally and directly benefit the service area of local facilities in U.S. communities where Walmart stores, Sam’s Clubs, and distribution centers are located. Grants support a variety of organizations, such as animal shelters, elder services, and community clean-up projects. Eligible applicants include 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations; state or local government entities, including law enforcement or fire departments; K-12 public or nonprofit private schools, charter schools, and higher education institutions; and churches or other faith-based organizations with a proposed project that benefits the community at large, such as food pantries, soup kitchens, and clothing closets. Applications are accepted quarterly during the following period: November 1 to December 31, 2024. Learn more.
The Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin supports conservation and environmental education projects in Wisconsin. The Go Outside Fund provides funding that helps connect pre-K-12 youth to outdoor, nature-based learning experiences. Teachers or partner organizations may apply for funding of $100 to $500 to cover costs that facilitate getting kids outside and hands-on with nature, such as purchasing field supplies or paying for transportation, substitute teachers, or educator costs. The next Go Outside Fund application deadline is December 31. Learn more.
Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative provides support for arts-driven street redesigns that improve safety, revitalize public spaces, and engage local communities. The Initiative’s current funding round will award ten grants of up to $100,000 each, as well as provide on-call technical assistance and impact evaluation support, to cities in Canada, Mexico, and the United States with populations of 50,000 or more. The focus is on large-scale projects that will make important streets safer and more accessible, create significant new public spaces, or enact other similarly transformative roadway redesigns. Application deadline: January 31, 2025. Learn more.
The Park Foundation is dedicated to advancing a more just, equitable, and sustainable society and environment, both nationally and in its local Ithaca, NY, community. Funding priorities include democracy, with a focus on initiatives intended to strengthen the foundations of democracy and good governance; civic participation, including the implementation of democracy through exercising the right to vote and other direct forms of civic involvement; media, with a focus on public interest media that raises awareness of environmental, political, and social issues; environment, with a focus on efforts on a national scale or in New York State that promote clean drinking water as well as statewide efforts in New York that decrease reliance on fossil fuels; and animal welfare, including nationally significant efforts to advance the protection and conservation of wildlife. Additional funding priorities focus on sustainability, community needs, and school food and nutrition in Tompkins County, NY. Application deadline: None for letters of inquiry. Learn more.
The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation partners with organizations and networks working to alleviate poverty and increase social and economic justice in 11 Southern states. The Foundation seeks the most promising opportunities to support power building work to advance racial equity and social and economic justice, and provides support along three primary pathways: democracy and civic engagement, supportive policies and institutions, and economic opportunity. Organizations may use funds for general operating support, project support, “glue” support for networks of grassroots and partner organizations, and organizational development. Application deadline: None for organizational summaries. Learn more.
If you have—or know of—any intergenerational funding opportunities, please send them to gu@gu.org.