Individual Support Grant is sponsored by The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation. This grant encourages artists who have dedicated their lives to developing their art. It is available to individual painters, sculptors, and printmakers who have worked in a mature phase of art for 20 years or more and demonstrate financial need.

Individual Support Grant — Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Foundation Adolph Gottlieb in his New York City studio, 1958 The Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant Applications for the 2026 Individual Support Grant are now closed. Applications for the 2027 grant cycle will be accepted beginning October 2026, through January 2027 (exact dates to come).

The Foundation wishes to encourage artists who have dedicated their lives to developing their art, regardless of their level of commercial success. Please note that these grants are available only to individual painters, sculptors, and printmakers who have worked in a mature phase of art for 20 years or more.

The Gottlieb Foundation does not fund organizations, educational institutions, students, graphic artists, or those working in crafts. The disciplines of photography, film, video, or related forms are not eligible unless the work directly involves, or can be interpreted as, painting or sculpture. The Foundation does not fund exhibitions, installations, or projects of any kind.

Last year, the Foundation awarded grants of $25,000 each to 20 artists. This program was conceived in order to recognize and support the serious, fully-committed artist, and we hope these individuals will consider applying. 20 grants are awarded each year.

Applications are reviewed by a panel of five professionals in the arts who have no affiliation with the Foundation. In this program, the following criteria must be met: Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate that they have been working in a mature phase of their art for at least 20 years. Maturity is based on the level of intellectual, technical, and creative development maintained over this time period.

Artists must show that their primary involvement has been with their artistic goals, regardless of other personal or financial responsibilities. Artists must work in the disciplines of painting, sculpture, or printmaking. In addition to the maturity requirement, eligibility for an Individual Support Grant is determined by the applicant’s current financial need.

Each applicant must complete the financial disclosure section in full and must submit the appropriate financial documentation. Please note that applicants who have previously received an Individual Support Grant from this Foundation three times or more are no longer eligible to apply.

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