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YOUTH ARTS OPPORTUNITY FUND (YAOF) GRANTS is sponsored by ArtsFund. The Youth Arts Opportunity Fund aims to increase access to and participation in meaningful, robust, and sustained arts experiences for youth with low socioeconomic status or who have historically lacked access to arts programs. The Fund provides flexible operating funds to arts organizations demonstrating a commitment to this work.
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President & Board Chair Statement Audited Financial Statements Community Accelerator Grant Program Board Leadership Training Cultural Partners Network Cultural Partners Connect 2025 ArtsFund Grantee Listening Sessions Program Overview Livability Impact Study of the Arts Policy & Advocacy Resources How are the Arts Being Funded Today? What do Expenses Look Like Today?
COVID Arts Sector Impacts COVID Cultural Impact Study ArtsFund supports the arts through leadership, advocacy, and grantmaking in order to build a healthy, equitable, and creative Washington. ArtsFund awards grants to arts & culture organizations in Washington through annual and special programs. Please see the descriptions below for key dates, eligibility criteria, and appropriate contact information for each program.
To stay up-to-date with open grant opportunities with ArtsFund please join our statewide newsletter . For questions about ArtsFund’s grantmaking, please email grants@artsfund. org .
Currently, we do not have any open grant opportunities. Closed Grant Opportunities Annual Allocations Grants ArtsFund’s Annual Allocations Grants support organizational health and strengthen the Puget Sound arts ecosystem. Application is by invitation only .
Invitations for the 2026 cycle were sent out in January 2026, with applications due in late February 2026. Applicant check-ins with the Allocations Committee will take place in April. Allocations grants are given on a three-year cycle, meaning that organizations only need to submit an application and complete a check-in in the first year of their three-year cycle.
Grantees currently in year 2 or 3 of their grant cycle were also sent a link to complete an interim report in January. Invitations for the next cycle will go out in early 2027. These unrestricted grants enable grant recipients to invest the funds where needed most to advance their missions.
Applications are evaluated in alignment with ArtsFund’s strategic framework with the goal of advancing organizational health, youth and family engagement, and equity and inclusion throughout the arts sector.
ArtsFund’s allocations are awarded by a panel of public, private, and corporate grantmaking experts who engage with ArtsFund in a thorough vetting process, evaluating application materials and interviewing the leadership of arts groups. Get to know the 2026 Panel here . For more information about ArtsFund Allocations grants or grantees, contact grants@artsfund.
org or visit the 2025 Annual Allocations announcement here . Community Accelerator Grants Building on the successful Community Accelerator Grant program, ArtsFund is pleased to partner with Alle n Family Philanthropies to offer a third round of unrestricted funding to Washington’s arts and cultural nonprofits. In the program’s third year, it awarded 930 grants to organizations in Washington’s 39 counties.
See more information on the Community Accelerator Grant web page . View the list of 2025 Community Accelerator grantees . YOUTH ARTS OPPORTUNITY FUND (YAOF) GRANTS Organizations that are currently members of ArtsFund’s Cultural Partners Network and have substantial programs that provide arts opportunities for underserved youth populations (grades K – 12) are invited to apply for funding.
The Youth Arts Opportunity Fund aims to increase access to and participation in meaningful, robust, and sustained arts experiences for youth with low socioeconomic status or who have historically lacked access to arts programs. The Fund provides flexible operating funds to arts organizations who demonstrate an authentic commitment to this work. Grants from the Fund range from $2,500 to $15,000 to be used for general operating support.
As funding is limited, organizations that apply to the Youth Arts Opportunity Fund are not guaranteed an award and will be considered on an annual basis. In 2025, 51 organizations applied and 31 received awards. Grantee budgets ranged in size from under $100,000 to over $5,000,000.
View the list of 2025 Youth Arts Opportunity Fund (YAOF) Grantees . Nonprofit Community Relief (NCR) Grants In 2021, ArtsFund, in partnership with the Washington State Department of Commerce, administered $10,780,000 million in Nonprofit Community Recovery (NCR) grants. Grants were distributed statewide, providing critical COVID-19 pandemic recovery relief to nonprofits across Washington state.
All funds were distributed by June 30, 2021. For more information, visit the NCR Grant Page . For additional questions about the Nonprofit Community Recovery Grants please contact grants@artsfund.
org . View the list of NCR grantees . COVID-19 Arts Emergency Relief Grants ArtsFund, along with a coalition of anchor arts and cultural organizations, created the COVID-19 Arts Emergency Relief Fund in 2020 to help stabilize the sector with unrestricted grants for arts organizations impacted by the global pandemic.
The ArtsFund Foundation seeded the fund with $1 million and additional gifts and from donors pushed the total to $3. 2 million. The COVID-19 Arts Emergency Relief Fund is no longer distributing grants.
50 th Anniversary Grants ArtsFund supports and participates in the Creative Equity Fund, which was launched in 2018 to support community organizations led by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) that are using arts and culture to build racial justice in King County. Creative Equity Fund supports arts and culture-based strategies that address the structural racism impacting our communities and build racial justice.
For 2021/2022, the Creative Equity Fund aims to direct a total of $600,000 to support arts and cultural groups and other community-based organizations located within King County which are actively using arts and culture-based strategies to work toward racial justice.
This current round of funding will focus on making grants to organizations most directly impacted by structural racism and colonization, those that are led by and serve Black and Indigenous people.
Creative Equity Fund is administered by Seattle Foundation and made possible thanks to the generous support from a collection of funders, including ArtsFund, 4Culture, Macklemore, Microsoft, Satterberg Foundation, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle Foundation, The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation and individual philanthropists. To learn more about the Creative Equity Fund, visit the Seattle Foundation website .
The 5th_RSP 2024_3_photo by Cesar Cabrera President & Board Chair Statement Audited Financial Statements Community Accelerator Grant Program Board Leadership Training Cultural Partners Network Cultural Partners Connect 2025 ArtsFund Grantee Listening Sessions Program Overview Livability Impact Study of the Arts Policy & Advocacy Resources How are the Arts Being Funded Today? What do Expenses Look Like Today?
COVID Arts Sector Impacts COVID Cultural Impact Study
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Organizations that are currently members of ArtsFund's Cultural Partners Network and have substantial programs providing arts opportunities for underserved youth populations (grades K-12). Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
Current published award information indicates $2,500 to $15,000 Always verify allowable costs, matching requirements, and funding caps directly in the sponsor documentation.
The current target date is rolling deadlines or periodic funding windows. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, attachments, and final submission checks.
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