Environmental Artistic Activism Grants

Environmental Artistic Activism Grants is a program from the Puffin Foundation that awards grants of $1,250 to $3,500 to individual artists creating projects that address pressing environmental issues and the climate crisis through creative disciplines including theater, visual arts, music, and other artistic genres.

The program prioritizes solution-focused projects over awareness-raising alone, and reviewers consider whether project methodology and materials themselves reflect environmental concerns. Eligible applicants are individual artists who are US citizens or permanent residents with a social security number. Organizations with annual budgets over $250,000 are not eligible.

Applications for the second 2026 cycle were accepted February 16 through April 13, with completed proposals due April 30, 2026.

Prospective Applicants | The Puffin Foundation Perform at Puffin Cultural Forum Puffin Advisory Board Community Response Grants Puffin Gallery for Social Activism Teaneck & Our Local Community Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship The ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism Health Information for Visitors The second 2026 Annual Artist Grant Cycle open February 16th.

We are accepting proposals for projects in the genres of environmental artistic activism. See details about deadlines and eligibility in our FAQs . From 2/16/26 to 4/13/26 (postmark date), we will be accepting application request forms.

Completed proposals are due by 5pm EDT on Thursday, 4/30/26. What is environmental artistic activism? This category is for projects focusing on pressing environmental issues and the climate crisis in any artistic genre or discipline that Puffin funds.

Projects that are solution-focused (not simply raising awareness) are prioritized. Please note that the project methodology and materials should also take into account environmental concerns.

If your project involves, for example, plane travel, or utilizes a lot of raw material, or in other ways seems to be contributing to rather than addressing the existential issues of human-caused climate change, our reviewers will take this into account. Grants from the The Puffin Foundation can only be awarded to US residents with a social security number, or to US based non-profits.

While we do, on rare occasions, fund citizens/permanent residents for projects taking place outside of the United States, we recommend that you include some information regarding the accessibility of the project to people residing in the United States. We are not able to provide status reports about submitted applications, so PLEASE do not call or email seeking such information .

Applicants will be notified via email on a rolling basis from May 2026-July 2026 until all applications have received a determination. The Puffin Foundation does not have the means to fund projects with budgets over $250,000, nor are organizations with an annual budget of more than $250,000 eligible for funding, even if the project budget is less than that.

Puffin does not fund travel, education, or the writing or publishing of books, even if such expenses are intrinsic to the project. For more details see Section 2 on our FAQs. The maximum grant size is $3,500.

We thank you for your interest in applying for a Puffin grant. Gladys Miller-Rosenstein , Executive Director 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, New Jersey 07666-4111 | Contact | Puffin Cultural Forum © 2026 The Puffin Foundation®, Ltd