LibGuides: Business of Art & Design: Grants & residencies for artists

Online Resources

NYFA Source
NYFA Source is the most extensive national directory of awards, services, and publications for artists. Listings include over 4,500 arts organizations, 3,600 award programs, 4,700 service programs, and 900 publications for individual artists across the country. More programs are added every day.
National Endowment for the Arts - Grants
ICP List of Grants and Competitions
International Center of Photography
SPIN (Available on campus only)
SPIN is an online database of funding opportunities available on the internet through FIT's computer system. It provides up-to-date information on government and private funding sources with details on fellowships, research, curriculum development, travel, sabbatical and publication support.

Alliance of Artists Communities
A directory of residences that offer time and space for creativity.

Artists Communities by Alliance of Artists' Communities Staff
Also available in part online: www.artistcommunities.org (Select “Residencies”)

Candid - New York
A national nonprofit offering free information and grantseeker training to the public at the NY library/learning center. In 2019, Foundation Center and GuideStar joined forces to become Candid. Appointment required.
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)
Librarians at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) are knowledgeable about grant sources.
ICP - Library

Open Grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Proposal Writing - Short Course Covers the basics, geared toward group projects, from Candid Learning.

Writing grant proposals is an art and a science. Consider taking a class: