Funding Opportunities

View funding opportunities currently available to creatives in Illinois. Our list regularly includes opportunities from local, state, and national funders and agencies.

Deadline: Ongoing

Is a loan right for your creative business or nonprofit? Check out a recording of our April webinar with lenders and creatives talking you through the process of thinking through and applying for a loan.

Deadline:  April 11, 3:00pm

The Art-in-Architecture Program of the Capital Development Board is looking for Illinois professional artists to create a permanent outdoor sculpture for The Phillip J. Rock Center and School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Project budget: $83,000

More information here.

Deadline: April 28

Request for artists or artist teams to submit proposals for the commission of a site-responsive installation or performance-based intervention for one of three selected monuments identified by the Park District.

More information here.

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If you’re a funder interested in helping the Alliance provide funding navigation services to the creative sector, we’d love to talk! Reach out to our Senior Director of Development, Kaitlin Donnelly, at [email protected].

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For every dollar donated to Arts Alliance over the last four years, we helped create over $278 in funding for the Illinois creative sector.