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: Opens February 14 at midnight, first-come first served!
DCEO’s Film Office has launched a tax credit program for nonprofit theaters in Illinois that meet the eligibility requirements.Â
Check out our application tipsheet!
Deadline: March 5
Nominations are open now for the next Illinois Poet Laureate. This appointment is made possible by the Office of the Governor and is collaboratively supported and administered by the Illinois Arts Council (IAC), Illinois Humanities (IH), and the Poetry Foundation.
Learn more here.
Deadline: February 12, 2025
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)’s Landmarks of American History and Culture program supports a series of workshops to enhance how educators incorporate place-based approaches to humanities teaching and scholarship.
More details here.
Deadline: February 12, 2025
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)’s Landmarks of American History and Culture program supports a series of workshops to enhance how educators incorporate place-based approaches to humanities teaching and scholarship.
More details here.
Deadline: February 14, 2025Â
The Neighborhood Opportunity Fund (NOF) provides reimbursement grants of up to $250,000 for small business and cultural projects located along West, Southwest, and South Side commercial corridors.Â
More information here.
Deadline: February 16th, 2025
Individual artists, nonprofits, governmental organizations, and educational institutions throughout Southern Illinois are invited to submit project proposals demonstrating a strong public service or community outreach component. Typical grants range between $2000-3500.
More details here.
Deadline: March 12
The NEA Creative Writing Fellowships program offers $50,000 grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement.Â
More information here.
Deadline: March 19
This program supports folklife and traditional arts rooted in communities of color by investing in artists/practitioners and the community organizations that care for them.Â
More information here.
Deadline: March 19
General Operating Support (GOS) Grants are for not-for-profit organizations that provide arts programming to their defined communities. The Youth Employment in the Arts (YEA) Grants provide up to $4,500 to General Operating Support recipients to support youth employment opportunities in their organization throughout the year.Â
More information here. Plus, check out our Help Desk tips for starting your application!
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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].
