Collections-Related Grants for Nonprofits

Collections-Related Grants for Nonprofits is sponsored by Carl And Marilynn Thoma. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation provides grants to nonprofit organizations whose innovative projects and original ideas will advance scholarship in our collection areas. We accept Letters of Inquiry on a rolling basis for bold proposals that provide promising insights into the fields of art which we collect:Art of the Spanish Americas,Digital & Media Art,Japanese Bamboo, andPost-War Painting & Sculpture.

We also welcome requests pertaining to the arts and culture of the American Southwest. Although we fund projects from across the United States, we are particularly interested in receiving proposals from our target regions. In the U.S., this includes Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, with particular emphasis on rural and nonmetro institutions and organizations from within those states.

For projects related to our Art of the Spanish Americas collection, we also occasionally fund international projects. All grant requests must be submitted through ouronline grant portal.

Your initial letter of inquiry should provide general information about the project such as the start and end dates, requested amount, and total budget, as well as a**200- to 300-word synopsis**of the project outlining the main goals of the project and its significance. _Before submitting your LOI, please read our Criteria for Collections-Related Nonprofit Grants page_ _.

If your organization has not previously worked with the Thoma Foundation, we also encourage you to__reach out to our grants team__in advance of applying to discuss your particular project. _ The projects we support through our Collections-Related Grants for Nonprofits fall within one or more of the following categories: As of Spring 2022, we are excited to learn about exhibitions that are**slated to open in mid-2023 through 2024**.

We welcome the opportunity to become an early funder of landmark exhibitions that relate to our collections, and which significantly raise the public profile of those genres while also advancing art historical scholarship. Historically, we have cultivated strong relationships with medium-size museums across the country that reach a diverse regional audience and value innovative curation.

Exhibition funding can include development, scholarship, construction, outreach, traveling costs, admissions subsidies, and more. The Thoma Foundation also loans pieces from its collections in support of exhibitions. The loan application process is separate from our grant platform; please see ourcollections siteand read theFAQ pageto learn more about our artwork loans.

To encourage scholarly debate and dialogue, we fund academic conferences and workshops that will significantly advance the fields of art scholarship related to our collections. We urge applicants to familiarize themselves with industry standards forhonorariaandper diemsin advance of creating a convening budget.

Research, travel, manuscript development, hiring research assistants, equipment, etc. to support original scholarship related to our collection areas. Academic projects should culminate in a clear final deliverable such as a book manuscript or peer-reviewed article. For potential partners working in university settings, a letter stating our policy on funding indirect costs is available on ourGrantee Resourcespage.

As of January 2022, our Publication Grant program is currently on hold while we reevaluate our strategic priorities. Please refer to our separatePublications Grants pageto learn more. _Please note that our applicants for__Awards & Fellowships for Individuals__do not need to submit a separate LOI and should use__the grants portal__.

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