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The Masterwork Music and Arts Foundation is pleased to offer a number of community grants to organizations or individuals striving for excellence in the arts. | Deadline: Friday, June 6, 2025 | More information and application.

New Jersey State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Fellowships are awarded to practicing New Jersey artists through an anonymous, competitive application process to help them pursue their artistic goals. Grant support range: Past awards have ranged from $4,000 – $32,000. The Application Rules and Instructions will be available on June 2, 2025 for the following disciplines: Film/Video, Digital/Electronic, Interdisciplinary, Painting, Prose, Printmaking/Drawing/Book Arts | Application OPENS: June 2, 2025 | More information.

Grants to New Jersey composers for the creation of a new work of concert music and its performance in New Jersey. The size of the grant depends on the scope of the work. | Deadline: Ongoing | More information.

For FY 2026, the New Jersey Cultural Trust Board has authorized the New Jersey Historical Commission to accept applications from history and humanities organizations for institutional and financial stabilization projects to recommend to the Cultural Trust for funding. Declarations of Intent to Apply (DOIs) will be due in SAGE on June 11, 2025, at 3 p.m. Full grant applications will be due in SAGE on July 17, 2025, at 3 p.m. | More information.

The Wilhelm Family Foundation's mission is to help expand artists’ access to resources by supporting nonprofit organizations working to make creative expression, experimentation, public programming, and discourse accessible to all people, artists and non-artists alike. The Fund makes 20 to 30 grants annually to small creative organizations of all types across the United States, with the majority of grants supporting organizations in California. The focus is on organizations that align with the Foundation's mission and values, are community focused, embody intersectional practices and disciplines, and further dialogue around creativity, cultural, environmental, and social justice issues. | Geographic Scope: United States, with emphasis on California | Deadline: May 12, 2025 | More information and application.

Kubota’s Hometown Proud community grant program will invest in communities across the country by awarding 10 grants in 2025. Each grant is valued at $50,000 (includes $25,000 cash and $25,000 equipment voucher). Kubota will announce the 10 winning hometown projects on September 1, 2025. Nonprofit organizations with a community project are encouraged to enter; the application is easy: just fill out the form and upload a short video! Now in its 5th year, the Kubota Hometown Proud grant program has helped fund various projects across the country, from building agricultural education centers to revitalizing community gardens, and we are proud to support initiatives that make a lasting impact on a local level. What project is important to YOUR hometown? Tell us about it; we’d love to help. | Deadline: July 31, 2025 | More information and application.

Ameriprise Financial corporate grantmaking is dedicated to strengthening neighborhoods across the country where company employees, advisors, and clients live and work. Grantmaking focuses on meeting basic needs, including hunger, shelter, and adult self-sufficiency; community vitality, including community development and cultural enrichment; and organizations in their Minneapolis headquarters community that have active Ameriprise Financial volunteer engagement. Preference is given to organizations demonstrating volunteerism by Ameriprise Financial employees and advisors. | Deadline: May 15, 2025 | More information and application.

The AWS Imagine Grant Program U.S. supports nonprofit organizations in the United States who are using cloud technology to accelerate their missions. The program seeks to fund a diverse set of projects that leverage cloud technology for mission impact across the nonprofit sector. All mission and cause areas are welcome, excluding educational institutions. Awards are provided in three categories, based on an organization’s goals and the stage of their technology adoption journey. The Pathfinder - Generative AI award provides support for highly innovative, mission-critical projects that leverage generative AI. The Go Further, Faster award provides support for highly innovative projects that leverage the cloud. The Momentum to Modernize award provides support for infrastructure projects that allow nonprofits to transform and enhance their core mission operations with technology, such as migrating servers to the cloud and modernizing new and existing applications. | Deadline: June 2, 2025 | More information and application.

Mary’s Pence funds grassroots women-led and -focused nonprofit organizations or groups working with a fiscal sponsor. Eligible organizations have budgets of $250,000 or less. They are located in the U.S. and their work takes place in the U.S. Mary's Pence funding is focused on social justice actions that are long term and create sustainable systems change. Mary's Pence values subsidiarity—that is those who are most impacted are part of the decision-making. Funds are provided to organizations whose work centers on human dignity, the common good, the right to economic security, dignified work, care for the earth, gender justice, and nonviolence. | Deadline: Initial funding inquiry forms may be submitted at any time and are reviewed from April to June and from October to December, annually. | More information and application.

The Vilcek Foundation’s grants empower nonprofits to expand their reach, engage diverse audiences, and advance their missions. The foundation is committed to working with organizations that exemplify best practices in their field and demonstrate dedication to the communities they serve. | Deadline: June 30, 2025 | More information and application.