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Find similar grantsNew Mexico Arts Grants Program is sponsored by New Mexico Arts. This annual funding program allows eligible organizations to apply for funding for arts activities, including visual arts projects, to ensure the arts are central to the lives of all New Mexicans.
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The Grants Program is our annual funding program which allows Federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, units of government, schools, colleges, universities, and Indian tribal government entities to apply for funding for arts activities including exhibitions, publications, screenings, lectures, or performances in New Mexico.
The program is intended to deliver on our mission of public support for the arts to ensure the arts are central to the lives of all New Mexicans.
New Mexico Arts funds nonprofits and governmental organizations for arts activities in the following discipline areas: performing arts, visual arts, literary arts, media arts, multidisciplinary arts (involving more than one artistic discipline), and interdisciplinary arts (relating two or more artistic disciplines).
We support programs that foster arts education, arts economic development, performing and visual arts, and contemporary and traditional folk arts in New Mexico. New Mexico based organizations wishing to apply that are not listed above may enter a fiscal sponsorship with a nonprofit organization. If using a Fiscal Agent, a formal agreement between the agent and the applicant is required.
New Mexico Arts is moving to a two-year funding cycle for FY2026. Applicants who are awarded funding in FY2026 will be allowed to submit a shorter application update in FY2027 (guidelines to be posted in September 2025), but you must have been successfully funded in FY2026 in order to submit in FY2027.
If an organization misses the FY2026 deadline, they will need to wait for two years until September 2026, to next apply for funding from New Mexico Arts. Anna Blyth, 505-412-0547, Anna. Blyth@dca.
nm. gov , Colleges, Universities, & Government Entities Maggie Hanley, 505-470-9022, Maggie. Hanley@dca.
nm. gov , Arts Projects, Community Arts, and Major Cultural Organizations Kevin Lenkner, 505-412-5791, Kevin. Lenkner@dca.
nm. gov , Arts in Social Service, Arts Learning in Schools & Communities, Local Arts Councils and Service Organizations Amy Mills, 505-490-1872, Amy. Mills@dca.
nm. gov , Traditional Folk Arts Projects Sue Sneeringer, 505-795-5179, Sue. Sneeringer@dca.
nm. gov , Online Systems Administrator All New Mexico Arts new and returning applicants — excluding Folk Arts Apprenticeships — are required to have a Unique Entity Identifier. All organizations who apply to New Mexico Arts are required to have a Unique Entity ID (UEI) from SAM.
gov in alignment with requirements from the National Endowment for the Arts. A Unique Entity ID (UEI) is a 12-character (alpha-numeric) code that uniquely identifies all entities. UEIs are issued by SAM.
gov and are a part of an entity’s record in the Entity Information section of SAM. gov. Download the UEI fact sheet here . Please see SAM.
gov for further information. Once assigned, the UEI number will never expire; however, entity registrations do expire annually and require annual renewal. Page header image, Keshet 2022 Winter Dance Concert
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organizations, units of government, schools, colleges, universities, and Indian tribal government entities. New Mexico-based organizations not listed may use a fiscal sponsorship. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
New Mexico Arts Grants Program is funded by New Mexico Arts. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This opportunity targets applicants in New Mexico. If your organization operates elsewhere, check the official notice for location requirements.
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Jerome Early-Career Project Grants is a grant from Forecast Public Art, funded by the Jerome Foundation, that funds the creation of new public art projects by early-career artists based in Minnesota. Two grants of $8,000 each are awarded annually to support temporary or permanent public artworks anywhere in Minnesota. Projects may be supported by public or nonprofit agencies but private commissions are not eligible, and a secured project site is required at the time of application. The program places special emphasis on supporting BIPOC and Native artists, LGBTQIA+ artists, women artists, immigrant artists, rural artists, and artists with disabilities. Eligible applicants are Minnesota-based individual artists with 2–10 years of generative experience. The application deadline was October 15, 2025.
The Local Cultural Council Program is a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council distributing $1,000 to $10,000 through a statewide network of 329 Local Cultural Councils (LCCs) representing every city and town in the Commonwealth. Each LCC awards funds based on local community cultural needs as assessed by council members. Eligible applicants include artists, nonprofits, schools, and organizations pursuing arts, humanities, and science projects. Applications are submitted directly to local councils and are typically due by October 16. Grants from most LCCs are reimbursement-based. Massachusetts Cultural Council funds the LCCs centrally, which then regrant to community projects.
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