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💸 Grants for USA Musicians/Artists

→ For Residencies, head here.

This is a dynamic database created and maintained by MWA volunteers to share info about current available grants!

There are a wide variety of grants applicable to a wide variety of musicians, so don’t rule yourself out until you’ve had a good look through! Jazz musicians, solo flutists, sound art artists, DIYers, DJs, performance artists, bands, etc. there is likely something which can apply to you.

🇺🇸The database is currently primarily focused on persons residing in the U.S., but not entirely so! We hope to be able to include a wider scope as our capacity increases. (If you’d like to help with this, we’d love your help! Join and give us a shout!) 

🔎You can search for keywords/tags by using the search function on the upper right of the spreadsheet panel, or you can sort and filter in various ways by trying out the functions on the upper left side.

If you feel a bit overwhelmed 😵 and are not sure where to start, how to prioritize, or are dreading the application processes but don’t want to procrastinate, head over here for some tips and tools!

🗣For advice on writing a good grant/residency application, head here!

You can scroll down ↓ and to the right → within the spreadsheet panel to see all of the rows and columns.

Click the expand arrows ↕ in the farthest bottom right corner of the panel to open the spreadsheet fullscreen in a new window.

Click the expand arrows ↕ which appears to the left when you hover over the grant-title (each row’s left-most box) to see that grant’s spreadsheet information as a “page view”.

This resource is completely volunteer-run and while we will do our best we can to keep it up-to-date, if you find any broken links and old entries please let us know by filling out the form at the bottom of the page below the spreadsheet panel. ↓ (Or Join MWA and let us know you want to help!)

Go get that $$$ !