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LIFT - Early Career Support for Native Artists is a grant from Native Arts + Cultures Foundation that funds early-career Indigenous artists across the United States and Canada working to advance their artistic practice. The program provides financial support and professional development resources to Native artists in the early stages of their careers. Applications for the 2026 cycle closed March 19, 2026 at 8:00 p.
m. Pacific Time. Eligible applicants are Native, First Nations, or Indigenous artists who are in the early stages of their professional careers.
Specific award amounts and program details are available on the NACF website and Submittable application portal.
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Native Arts + Cultures Foundation Application Manager - LIFT: Early Career Support for Native Artists - 2026 Application LIFT: Early Career Support for Native Artists - 2026 Application Native Arts + Cultures Foundation is accepting applications for the LIFT: Early Career Support for Native Artist s program until Thursday, March 19, 2026, at 8:00 pm PACIFIC TIME (please adjust for your time zone).
Please allow plenty of time to complete your application. We wish you the best with your application. Thank you for your time and energy to submit.
Before starting your application, please ensure that you visit the NACF website for important information about the following: Frequently Asked Questions SUBMITTABLE INSTRUCTIONS: Log in or create a Submittable Account. Answer all required questions in the form and upload your supporting materials. You may save your work and return to your form at a later time by clicking, 'Save Draft' at the bottom of the page.
Once you are finished, click the 'Submit' button at the bottom of the page. For technical support, click the "Technical Help" button on this page or complete Submittable's support request form, here: https://www. submittable.
com/help/submitter/. You may also contact Amber Ball, Grantmaking Specialist at apply@nativeartsandcultures. org or 971-417-4835 Ext.
435. For all other inquiries, please contact Laura (Cales) Matalka, Director of Grantmaking, at grantsupport@nativeartsandcultures. org or 360-334-7285.
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Early-career individual Native artists; applicants should visit the NACF website for full eligibility criteria. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates $15,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is March 19, 2026. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
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Native Arts + Cultures Foundation - LIFT Program is a grant from the Native Arts + Cultures Foundation that supports emerging Native artists with one-year awards of $15,000 each. The program provides financial support alongside mentorship, professional development, project evaluation, documentation, and communications assistance. A total of 15 awards are distributed per cycle. Eligible applicants must be enrolled members or citizens of a US-based federally or state-recognized American Indian tribe, Alaska Native corporation, or of Native Hawaiian ancestry with supporting documentation, and must demonstrate US residency. Applicants must not be enrolled as students during the award period. Previous LIFT awardees are not eligible to apply.
Native Arts + Cultures Foundation - LIFT Program is a grant from the Native Arts + Cultures Foundation providing $15,000 one-year awards to early-career Native artists working across traditional, visual, literary, performance, film, and interdisciplinary arts. Each award includes at least $5,000 for the artist's personal compensation and well-being, with remaining funds for project expenses. The LIFT program also provides professional development training in areas such as intellectual property, financial literacy, and grant writing; optional mentorship; and advocacy support. Eligibility is limited to enrolled members of US federally or state-recognized tribes or Alaska Native corporations, or persons of Native Hawaiian ancestry, who are emerging artists with fewer than ten years of experience and have not previously received a single award of $15,000 or more.
An organization may submit only one application through one of the following FY 2014 Grants for Arts Projects categories: Art Works or Challenge America Fast-Track. The Arts Endowment's support of a project may start on or after January 1, 2014 The Challenge America Fast-Track category offers support primarily to small and mid-sized organizations for projects that extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations -- those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. Age alone (e.g., youth, seniors) does not qualify a group as underserved; at least one of the underserved characteristics noted above also must be present. Grants are available for professional arts programming and for projects that emphasize the potential of the arts in community development. This category encourages and supports the following two outcomes: Engagement: Engaging the public with diverse and excellent art. Livability: The strengthening of communities through the arts. You will be asked to select the outcome that is most relevant to your project (you also will be able to select a secondary outcome). When making selections, you should identify the outcome(s) that reflect the results expected to be achieved by your project. If you receive a grant, you also will be asked to provide evidence of those results. Challenge America Fast-Track grants: Extend the reach of the arts to underserved populations. Are limited to the specific types of projects outlined below. Are for a fixed amount of $10,000 and require a minimum $10,000 match. Receive an expedited application review. Organizations are notified whether they have been recommended for a grant approximately six months after they apply; projects may start shortly thereafter. Funding Opportunity Number: 2013NEA01CAFT. Assistance Listing: 45.024. Funding Instrument: G. Category: AR. Award Amount: Up to $10K per award.
Sundance Documentary Fund is sponsored by Sundance Institute. The Sundance Documentary Fund provides stable funding for innovative nonfiction works that tackle today's pressing issues, magnify global voices, and help artists from historically marginalized communities. It supports feature-length documentaries (52 minutes or longer) at any production phase from development through post-production. The fund welcomes hybrid, animated, and experimental documentaries with budgets under $1 million.