Private Sponsors Theatre and Dance
American Society for Theatre Research
The American Society for Theatre Research sponsors or coordinates several awards,
grants, fellowships, and prizes to support and recognize outstanding scholarship in
theatre and performance studies
Contact
info@astr.org
651/288-3429
Program URL
http://www.astr.org/
http://www.astr.org/page/ASTR_Awards
Dizzy Feet Foundation
To provide year-round dance education programs to children in low-income areas and
disadvantaged communities
Contact
info@dizzyfeetfoundation.org
855/333-9376
Program URL
http://dizzyfeetfoundation.org/
http://dizzyfeetfoundation.org/community-programs/information/
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Foundation
Art Spark Grant ($1,000)
- Inspires creativity among artists involved in the fine arts or those involved in teaching
creativity or fine arts (not limited to art teachers)
- Artists or art programs that need a small grant to pay for the production, publication
or exhibition of their works.
- Artists or teachers who need art supplies or additional tools to support the completion
of their creative works or to enhance creative opportunities for their students.
- Artists or teachers who are working with geriatric/hospice support programs involving
painting, sculpting, writing or music to benefit the lives of their patients.
- Artists or teachers or artists who are developing creative programs or projects that
use elements of the fine arts to benefit returning military personnel.
- Teachers or artists who need "micro-grants" to develop artistic and creative programs
to meet the special needs of developmentally delayed children.
Contact
esainfo@epsilonsigmaalpha.org
970/223-2824
Program URL
https://www.epsilonsigmaalpha.org/scholarships-and-grants
https://www.epsilonsigmaalpha.org/scholarships-and-grants/grants
Multi-Arts Production (MAP) Fund
- The MAP Fund supports original live performance projects that embody a spirit of deep
inquiry.
- MAP is interested in supporting artists that question, disrupt, complicate, and challenge
inherited notions of social and cultural hierarchy across the current American landscape.
Contact
mapinfo@mapfund.org
212/226-1677
Program URL
https://mapfundblog.org/
Princess Grace Foundation-USA
- Dedicated to Identifying and Assisting Emerging Artists in Theater, Dance, and Film
- Scholarships, apprenticeships, and fellowships give artists, who are at the outset
of their careers or early stages of professional development, the financial assistance
and encouragement to focus on artistic excellence
- Monetary support for nominating organizations to ease fundraising challenges, directing
resources toward the creative process
Contact
grants@pgfusa.org
212/317-1470
Program URL
https://pgfusa.org/
South Arts
- Support the artistic and professional growth and success of artists in the South
- Support impactful arts-based programs that recognize and address trends and evolving
needs of diverse communities in the South
- The Performing Arts Touring program is an opportunity for presenting arts organizations
in South Arts' nine-state region to receive fee support to present Southern performing
artists from outside of the presenter's state. Touring support is awarded to theatre,
music, opera, musical theatre, and dance projects that contain both a public performance
and an educational component
Contact
404/874-7244
Program URL
https://www.southarts.org/
https://www.southarts.org/grants/apply-for-a-grant/
Yip Harburg Foundation
Funds new projects:
- Action-oriented projects with small operating budgets which, due to the controversial,
risky or innovative nature of their work, have little access to traditional funding
- Mass media and theatre projects which educate and inform about serious issues
- Projects extending over a specific time period, with a focused, concrete goal and
clear social impact
- Social and Economic Justice
- Educational Opportunity
- New Works of Political Art
- First submit a brief e-mail of inquiry
Contact
e@yipharburg.com
212/343-9668
Program URL
http://yipharburg.com/
http://yipharburg.com/foundation/apply/
