FAIR Artist Grant

FAIR Artist Grant is sponsored by Fair For All (FAIR). The FAIR Artist Grant supports artists whose work champions values of free expression, open-mindedness, creative excellence, and/or viewpoint diversity. It also supports artists facing hardships due to intolerance or ideological bias.

FAIR Artist Grant – Fair For All The 2026 Artist Grant application cycle is over. For information about the next cycle, please reach out to us at [email protected] . Fair For All (FAIR) is supporting our community of artists who carry out work that aligns with, advances, and supports FAIR’s mission in the arts .

Through the FAIR Artist Grant , mission-aligned artists have the opportunity to win competitive funding that will reward them not based on their identity group or ideological allegiance – as many arts grants quietly continue to do – but instead on the quality and integrity of their work. Since our first granting cycle in 2023, we have awarded $16,000 in direct funding to twenty artists spanning industry, background, and geography.

Learn more about our 2023-24 Artist Grant Winners, 2025 Artist Grant Winners , and 2026 Artist Grant Winners . Art is the most powerful transmitter of ideas in human history. If we want to influence minds and change culture, we must create culture.

Help us in our mission to build a new culture that frees artists from groupthink by donating to the Artist Grant Fund . Programs like the FAIR Artist Grant are absolutely worth supporting—they empower artists at the grassroots level, create space for bold storytelling, and help ensure that new voices continue to shape the future of American theatre. We’re deeply grateful.

Frank Miherich 2025 Artist Grant Winner The FAIR Artist Grant has given me the opportunity to make theater at a time when I am being sidelined from the arts because of my identity. [It] also allows me to have freedom of expression in the theater that I create because the grant does not require me to say things I don't believe or make work that expresses values I don't share.

Kevin Ray Director, Educator, and Producer 2023-24 Artist Grant Winner The Artist Grant received from FAIR in the Arts provided critical support for my work as a writer and photographer. Grants that support independent artists and publications play a crucial role in making sure that voices which are not aligned with art-establishment agendas can continue to create and provide meaningful, in-depth work.

[It] is an invaluable resource for free and independent art. Ildiko Tillmann Photographer & Writer 2023-24 Artist Grant Winner For artists like myself, who work independently and rely on grants to bring projects to life, the FAIR Artist Grant is worth supporting. It gives us the freedom to focus on our craft and reach broader audiences, creating opportunities that help sustain and grow our careers.

Melody Rachel Theater Artist & Digital Creator 2023-24 Artist Grant Winner See our 2026 winners here Grants of up to $1,000 are available to support arts activities that accomplish at least one of the following goals: Champions values of free expression, open-mindedness, creative excellence, and/or viewpoint diversity. Advances relevant artistic field towards a culture that emphasizes fairness, understanding, and humanity.

Supports artist(s) who are facing hardships due to intolerance or ideological bias in their fields, and who are pursuing the right to create freely. Other FAIR-aligned mission or purpose. Eligible arts activities include, but are not limited to: an event showcasing a work of theater, drama, dance, music, or visual arts; composition of a new work of writing, music, or visual art for public consumption or development.

Priority will be given to applicants who are members of FAIR in the Arts. (Not a member? Join here.

) FAIR is unable to approve proposals to fund: overhead expenses; full economic costs; work hours or salary unless explicitly used for the grant activity. Within 90 days of the completion of their grant-funded activity, each grantee is responsible for providing FAIR in the Arts: A brief narrative summary of their completed project. This summary should explain how the grant accomplished one of the goals listed above.

For any events or productions, the date of the completed event and the total number of attendees. Invoices for any expenses paid in part or in full using funds from the Artist Grant. Grantees should maintain regular communication with FAIR in the Arts regarding the progress of their activity, including by completing any Grantee Progress Update surveys.

If approved, funding will be disbursed directly to the grantee. If approved, the following is required before funds can be disbursed: A completed Grantee Payment Form. A signed grant agreement (FAIR will provide).

A completed W-9 (for members in the US) or W-8 (for members outside of the US). All grant-funded activities must be completed prior to December 31, 2026. The FAIR Artist Grant is made possible by the generous support of our donors.

If you would like to contribute to the Artist Grant fund , please use the button below. P lease direct any inquiries to FAIR Arts Manager Brent Morden at [email protected] .

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