This grant provides Minnesota-based early career film directors, working in short and/or long form experimental, narrative, animation or documentary genres, or in any hybrid combination of these forms, up to $10,000 to engage in self-designed mentorship with experienced directors or other film professionals to strengthen their film directing craft and/or professional skills in connection with a specific film project.

The Foundation seeks to fund filmmakers who take creative risks, seek innovative approaches, have a clarity of purpose and vision for imaginative storytelling, are engaged directly with those involved in their filmmaking, and work to build relationships with and impact their creative community and the field.

Minnesota Filmmaker Mentorship Grant

**AFAC’s Visual Arts grant supports the production and exhibition of painting, sculpture, photography, installations, video and sound art, art publications, and multimedia works.**

  
AFAC grants are intended for project production, including research and development phases. They may cover project-related expenses, including but not limited to materials, space or equipment rentals, and fees for artistic and technical labor and collaboration.

  
An artist or institutional fee of not more than 30% of the total grant amount is also an allowable expense. If you are hesitant about how this works, you can always contact us with questions before submitting your final budget.

  
Given the high demand for production support, AFAC cannot guarantee that all selected grantees will receive their requested amounts in full. We encourage applicants to diversify their sources of funding whenever possible.

  
AFAC does not offer mobility grants, but travel expenses that are part of a project’s implementation and/or research may be covered by the grant.

  
AFAC will not provide support retroactively to projects that have already been completed.

  
For projects that have already started, we cover only expenses occurring after the agreement's signature date.

  
AFAC launches two open calls every year for its different grant programs. The first is open to applications for Creative and Critical Writings, Documentary Film, Performing Arts, and Visual Arts grants. The second call is open to applications for Cinema, Music, Documentary Photography and Training & Regional Events grants. Each applicant (individual or institution) can only submit one application during each open call.

**The Visual Arts grant program provides annual grants of up to USD 20,000 for individuals and teams, and up to USD 35,000 for collectives and institutions.**

Visual Arts Grant

**AFAC’s Creative and Critical Writings grant provides support to critical arts and culture writing, children’s and youth literature (including both adaptation and original work), graphic novels, short stories and poetry, in addition to analog and digital publishing platforms. The final product must be in Arabic.**

  
AFAC grants are intended for project production, including research and development phases. They may cover project-related expenses, including but not limited to materials, space or equipment rentals, and fees for artistic and technical labor and collaboration.

  
An artist or institutional fee of not more than 30% of the total grant amount is also an allowable expense. If you are hesitant about how this works, you can always contact us with questions before submitting your final budget.

  
Given the high demand for production support, AFAC cannot guarantee that all selected grantees will receive their requested amounts in full. We encourage applicants to diversify their sources of funding whenever possible.

  
AFAC does not offer mobility grants, but travel expenses that are part of a project’s implementation and/or research may be covered by the grant.

  
AFAC will not provide support retroactively to projects that have already been completed.

  
For projects that have already started, we cover only expenses occurring after the agreement's signature date.

  
AFAC launches two open calls every year for its different grant programs. The first is open to applications for Creative and Critical Writings, Documentary Film, Performing Arts, and Visual Arts grants. The second call is open to applications for Cinema, Music, Documentary Photography and Training & Regional Events grants. Each applicant (individual or institution) can only submit one application during each open call.

**The Creative and Critical Writings grant program provides annual grants of up to USD 20,000 for individuals and teams, and up to USD 35,000 for collectives and institutions.**

Creative and Critical Writings Grant

**AFAC’s Performing Arts grant supports the production and distribution of classical, folk, and contemporary forms of theater and dance performances for all age groups. The grant also supports public and site-specific interventions, performance art, and festivals, as well as training and workshops in playwriting, acting, directing, dancing, and choreography.**

  
AFAC grants are intended for project production, including research and development phases. They may cover project-related expenses, including but not limited to materials, space or equipment rentals, and fees for artistic and technical labor and collaboration.

  
An artist or institutional fee of not more than 30% of the total grant amount is also an allowable expense. If you are hesitant about how this works, you can always contact us with questions before submitting your final budget.

  
Given the high demand for production support, AFAC cannot guarantee that all selected grantees will receive their requested amounts in full. We encourage applicants to diversify their sources of funding whenever possible.

  
AFAC does not offer mobility grants, but travel expenses that are part of a project’s implementation and/or research may be covered by the grant.

  
AFAC will not provide support retroactively to projects that have already been completed.

  
For projects that have already started, we cover only expenses occurring after the agreement's signature date.

  
AFAC launches two open calls every year for its different grant programs. The first is open to applications for Creative and Critical Writings, Documentary Film, Performing Arts, and Visual Arts grants. The second call is open to applications for Cinema, Music, Documentary Photography and Training & Regional Events grants. Each applicant (individual or institution) can only submit one application during each open call.

**The Performing Arts grant program provides annual grants of up to USD 25,000 for individuals and teams, and up to USD 35,000 for collectives and institutions.**

Performing Arts Grant

**The Documentary Film program supports creative documentary films in the Arab region. The program welcomes submissions by Arab directors of feature-length documentary film projects that are in development, production or post-production phases, as well as short and medium-length documentaries in production and post-production.**

  
WHAT DOES THE GRANT COVER?

  
* AFAC grants are intended for project production, including research and development phases. They may cover project-related expenses, including but not limited to materials, space or equipment rentals, and fees for artistic and technical labor and collaboration.

  
* A director and producer fee of not more than 30% of the total grant amount is also an allowable expense. If you are hesitant about how this works, you can always contact us with questions before submitting your final budget.

  
* Given the high demand for production support, AFAC cannot guarantee that all selected grantees will receive their requested amounts in full. We encourage applicants to diversify their sources of funding whenever possible.

  
* AFAC does not offer mobility grants, but travel expenses that are part of a project’s implementation and/or research may be covered by the grant.

  
* AFAC will not provide support retroactively to projects that have already been completed.

  
* For projects that have already started, we cover only expenses occurring after the agreement's signature date.

  
* AFAC launches two open calls every year for its different grant programs. The first is open to applications for Creative and Critical Writings, Documentary Film, Performing Arts, and Visual Arts grants. The second call is open to applications for Cinema, Music, Documentary Photography and Training & Regional Events grants. Each applicant (individual or institution) can only submit one application during each open call.

**The Documentary Film program provides annual grants up to USD 10,000 for development grants, up to USD 50,000 for production grants for feature-length films and USD 20,000 for short and medium-length documentaries, and up to USD 25,000 for post-production grants for feature-length films and USD 10,000 for short and medium-length documentaries.**

Documentary Film Funding Program

The Salt Artistic Research and Production Support Program, launched in collaboration with the BBVA Foundation for artists in Turkey, continues in 2025\. The program, which aims to support artists and researchers who produce in the fields of art, architecture, design, urban and social studies, consists of two separate funds: **the Artistic Research Fund** and **the Production Fund**.

  
**The Artistic Research Fund** provides support for an interdisciplinary research project focusing on today's social and ecological issues. Within the scope of this fund:

  
* Focusing on current and critical issues at the intersection of art, design, technology, and ecology,
* Exploring prominent issues in the field of artistic research with interdisciplinary and experimental approaches,
* Utilizing the archival resources at Salt Research
* Developing original approaches in the exhibition of the research project is encouraged.

  
The selected research project is expected to be presented as a completed or ongoing work in an exhibition to be held at Salt Galata in 2026 within the scope of the support program.

  
**The Production Fund** is aimed at works focused on current social and ecological issues that establish a relationship with the dynamic and multifaceted nature of the moving image. Within the scope of this fund:

  
* Focusing on contemporary and critical issues at the intersection of art, design, technology, and ecology,
* Addressing interdisciplinary and experimental approaches to storytelling, visual expression, or performance in film, cinema, or new media is encouraged.

  
The production phase of the project selected within the scope of the Production Fund is expected to be completed by the end of 2025\. The completed work will be presented in an exhibition to be held at Salt Galata in 2026.

Each selected project will be provided with a funding support of 20,000 Euros. In addition, additional expenses for an optional trip to Madrid (Spain) and for the exhibition of the works/research outputs produced within the scope of the program in Turkey will also be covered.

Salt Artistic Research and Production Grant Program

**The Woodman Family Foundation Housing Stability Grant for Artists (WFF HSG) provides grants of $30,000, distributed over three years, to NYC-based visual artists in need who are seeking support for stable housing. In its inaugural cycle, the WFF HSG will award grants to five artists.**

The WFF Housing Stability Grant for Artists is offered in recognition of the increasing unaffordability of rental housing in New York City, and the housing insecurity it creates for artists. Its goal is to improve artists’ housing stability, through a $30,000 grant that is distributed over three years. The WFF HSG hopes that recipients will be able to remain in, or find, reliable and stable housing for at least three years, thereby allowing them to focus on their creative practice and build more sustainable careers. Recipients may use the funds for new housing which reduces their rent obligation, guarantees a stable rental obligation such as a lengthy lease in their existing or new housing, and/or provides greater access to live/work space.

Recipients will be provided with information and guidance for affordable housing in New York City through a partnership with the Entertainment Community Fund.

**The 2025 application cycle is our pilot cycle.** We expect that questions and clarifications will arise and encourage you to visit our FAQs page where we’ll update information regularly. NYFA reserves the right to make changes to the program as needed, provided they do not affect the published eligibility guidelines.

This program is made possible through the support of the Woodman Family Foundation (WFF). The Woodman Family Foundation is dedicated to stewarding the work and legacies of Betty Woodman (1930-2018), George Woodman (1932-2017), and their daughter, Francesca Woodman (1958-1981). All visual artists, they lived and worked in New York City in a more affordable time. Each intimately understood that secure housing within the city’s active arts community is vital to supporting the lives and work of artists. The WFF HSG will serve established visual artists living in, and planning to remain living in, New York City. 

Housing Stability Grant for Artists

Applications are now open for the second edition of the First Book Grant (2025), which aims to encourage new waves of individuals to engage in literary writing projects that are open to multiple forms and genres, and to support them in producing and publishing their first books, in a learning journey that combines editing, publishing, and meeting the public, making the process of completing the first book a rich and enriching experience of dialogue and creative confrontation, which can lead to a more mature production than the experiences of publishing the first literary book often appear.

  
**The grant is implemented in three phases:**

  
* **First**: The stage of submitting applications and evaluating literary manuscripts by an independent arbitration/reading committee, and selecting a short list that includes, at most, 10 literary projects that the committee recommends working on for publication.

  
* **Second**: The stage of developing the manuscripts included in the shortlist and preparing them for publication, by providing supervision and literary editing, where necessary.

  
* **Third**: The publishing stage, launching books, and meeting the public.

The scholarship offers two forms of support:

  
**Financial: It is worth $2,000 and is paid to the writer in two equal installments:**

  
* First: After signing an agreement between the writer and the institution regarding the publishing process, which includes the process of developing the manuscript and preparing it for publication.

  
* Second: After the book is published by a publishing house that the Foundation agrees with, and at least one book launch party is organized.

**Administrative / Organizational: It includes providing a set of technical and technological services, including:**

* Providing editing and literary supervision services, through a relationship with an experienced writer/editor, where necessary, and based on the recommendation of the judging/reading committee.

  
* Providing proofreading services for manuscripts prepared for publication.

  
* Organizing a book launch event at the Qattan Cultural Center in Ramallah, and/or in Gaza, where possible.

  
* Assist the writer in organizing a reading tour, in cooperation with relevant institutions, especially universities and schools.

  
* Providing professional and legal support to writers, to help them develop a better understanding of their rights and responsibilities, for example, by organising specialised workshops in areas related to the world of publishing and translation.

First Book Grant

**The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants (AWAW EAG) provides grants of up to $20,000 to environmental art projects led by women-identifying artists in the United States and U.S. Territories.**

The AWAW EAG supports environmental art projects that inspire thought, action, and ethical engagement. Projects should not only point at problems, but aim to engage an environmental issue at some scale. Proposals should illustrate thorough consideration of a project’s ecological and social ethics. Projects that explore interdependence, relationships, and systems through Indigenous and ancestral practices are encouraged to apply.

For the 2025 cycle, the program will distribute over $520,000 in funding. This more than doubles the yearly funding since AWAW EAG’s inaugural year, offering more artists the opportunity to have their projects funded.

Environmental Art Grants

Cortona On The Move and the BarTur Photo Award are proud to announce their partnership to present the Cortona On The Move | BarTur Grant. Supported by the Visual Storytellers Fund, this initiative aims to support photographers worldwide by providing grants and resources to create compelling documentary photo essays. The Grant focuses on projects that illuminate urgent social, environmental, economic, and cultural issues of our time.

  
Photographers are invited to submit proposals for in-progress documentary projects that align with the fund's central themes. The grand prize winner and the two emerging photographer winners will be announced at Cortona On The Move Festival in July 2025\. The winners will have nine months to complete their project, with the final work submitted by 15th March 2026\. The completed work will be exhibited at the 2026 edition of Cortona On The Move, along with the two winning works by emerging photographers, offering a global stage to amplify their story. The Grant will cover the travel and accommodation for the winners to attend the opening ceremony of Cortona On The Move 2026.

  
Submissions are assessed on intellectual and substantive merits, as well as:

  
* Creativity and Originality: The uniqueness of the approach and a compelling narrative.
* Relevance: Alignment with the competition's thematic areas (urgent social, environmental, economic, or cultural issues).
* Technical and Aesthetic Excellence: The quality of the imagery and storytelling.
* Potential Impact: The project's capacity to engage audiences and inspire meaningful dialogue.
* Feasibility: The clarity of the budget, timeline, and methodologies proposed.

* Two $5,000 Prizes: Awarded to two emerging photographers under 30.

  
* $30,000 Grand Prize: Awarded to one professional photographer.
* Main winners will have their work exhibited at Cortona On The Move in July 2026.
* Travel and accommodation for the main winners to attend the festival will be covered.

Cortona On The Move / BarTur Grant 2025

Find funding opportunities to realize your latest project, as well as research grants, travel stipends, and financial support for artists located all over the world.