NEWSLETTER
MARCH 2025
ONLINE GRANT WRITING COURSE
• 12 easy-to-follow lessons over 6 weeks
• receive a personalized list of funding sources
• join weekly zoom group meeting
• includes hundreds of downloadable resources and samples
• you can start the course at anytime
ARTIST CAREER COACHING
Work with me to advance your art career through
solo exhibitions and productive relationships
with curators, gallerists, and scholars
• create exhibition packages and proposals
• present exhibitions that earn additional exhibition opportunities
• create press campaigns to gain critical recognition
• create email and in-person communications strategies
• expand sales through galleries and studio visits with collectors
• use social media to develop relationships with art leaders
FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES
Aluminum Extruders Council invites applications for 2025 Student Aluminum Extrusion Design Competition, Deadline: March 24, 2025. Grants will be awarded in support of students from around the world interested in product design, industrial design, design engineering, manufacturing, and other fields to share their vision for the future using aluminum extrusions....
Classics for Kids Foundation invites applications from K-12 music programs, Deadline: March 31, 2025. Matching grants will be awarded to schools or nonprofit organizations that incorporate string instruments into their music programs....
Toshiba America Foundation Accepting Applications for Science, Math Projects, Deadline: Rolling. Grants will be awarded to teachers in grades 6-12 who are passionate about making science and math more engaging for their students....
Westinghouse Charitable Giving Program Accepting Proposals, Deadline: Open. Grants are awarded to programs in one or more of the organization’s priority funding areas, including education (with a focus on STEM disciplines), environmental sustainability, and community safety and vitality….
Santa Barbara Foundation Towbes Fund for the Performing Arts, Deadline: March 14, 2025. Grants of up to $15,000 will be awarded to nonprofit organizations in Santa Barbara County, California, to advance their missions of providing quality performances and art opportunities....
Japanese American National Museum Democracy Center Irene Yamamoto Arts Writers Fellowship, Deadline: March 17, 2025. The program will provide $5,000 unrestricted awards to two emerging writers of color who write critically about music....
Center for Craft Teaching Artist Cohort, Deadline: March 17, 2025. Through the program, the Center for Craft will award a dynamic group of 30 mid-career craft artists a one-time, unrestricted grant of $10,000....
United States Regional Arts Organizations Walking Together: Investing in Folklife in Communities of Color, Deadline: March 19, 2025 (Round one). The initiative aims to support folklife and traditional arts rooted in communities of color by investing in artists/practitioners and the community organizations that care for them....
Kenneth Rainin Foundation New & Experimental Works program, Deadline: March 24, 2025 Grants of up to $30,000 will be awarded in support of small and midsize dance, theater, and multidisciplinary arts organizations to enable Bay Area artists to produce visionary projects relevant to the communities they serve....
Frankenthaler Climate Initiative capital projects to reduce emissions, Deadline: March 28, 2025 Visual arts institutions will receive grants to undertake ambitious sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives that directly address carbon reduction and energy efficiency....
Decorative Arts Trust publishing grants, Deadline: March 31, 2025 Grants will be awarded in support of publishing efforts in the study of American decorative arts and material culture....
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Accepting Grant Applications From Artists in Need, Deadline: Open. Grants will be awarded to artists working on paper based on the dual criteria of recognizable artistic merit and financial need, whether professional, personal, or both....
Craft Emergency Relief Fund Craftspeople in Need, Deadline: Open. Grants of up to $3,000 will be awarded to professional craftspeople who have experienced a recent career-threatening illness emergency such as illness, accident, fire, or natural disaster.…
CHILDREN & YOUTH
South Arts invites applications for Accessibility Grants program, Deadline: March 5, 2025. Micro-grants of up to $2,500 will be awarded to complement existing efforts by arts organizations to include audiences and artists with disabilities....
Classics for Kids Foundation invites applications from K-12 music programs, Deadline: March 31, 2025. Matching grants will be awarded to schools or nonprofit organizations that incorporate string instruments into their music programs....
Aurora Humanitarian Initiative invites nominations for 2025 Prize for Awakening Humanity, Deadline: May 8, 2025. The annual award includes a monetary prize to recognize modern-day heroes and the exceptional impact of their actions on preserving human life and advancing humanitarian causes in the face of adversity....
MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation invites letters of inquiry, Deadline: October 1, 2025 Rolling (Letters of Inquiry). Requests will be considered for various purposes, including funding capital projects (e.g., field renovations), baseball and softball programs, and education initiatives….
American Water Charitable Foundation invites applications for 2025 Water and Environment Grant Program, Deadline: March 7, 2025 Grants will be awarded in support of programs focused on clean water, conservation, environmental education, climate variability, and water-based recreation....
Frankenthaler Climate Initiative invites applications from cultural institutions for capital projects to reduce emissions, Deadline: March 28, 2025. Visual arts institutions will receive grants to undertake ambitious sustainability and energy efficiency initiatives that directly address carbon reduction and energy efficiency....
Rose Foundation invites applications for Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund, Deadline: March 31, 2025. Grants of up to $40,000 will be awarded to projects designed to improve or prevent the degradation of the water quality of Puget Sound and its watershed....
Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment invites applications for California Hazardous Waste Protection Fund, Deadline: April 12, 2025 Rolling. Grants will be awarded in support of disadvantaged communities working on issues related to hazardous waste and toxins across the state of California....
EveryCat Health Foundation invites applications for feline research, Deadline: Mar 31, 2026 (Rolling, Letters of Intent). Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded to support research of all aspects pertaining to feline health, including shelter medicine, nutrition, and behavior....
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholars Program, Deadline: March 11, 2025 at 3:00 p.m. ET. The four-year national leadership program is for full-time doctoral students from nonclinical, research-focused disciplines whose aim is to improve health, well-being, and equity; challenge long-standing, entrenched systems; exhibit new ways of working; and collaborate across disciplines and sectors....
American Cancer Society invites letters of intent for Cancer Health Equity Research Centers, Deadline: March 17, 2025 (Letters of Intent). This RFA is a call for solution-based research addressing cancer health disparities that will enable fair and just opportunities to prevent, detect, and survive cancer for everyone....
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation issues Local Data for Equitable Communities call for proposals, Deadline: March 18, 2025 at 12 noon PT. Grants of up to $50,000 will be awarded in support of efforts to collect, analyze, and use data to address inequities in the physical, economic, and social conditions of a place....
Doctors Company Foundation invites applications for patient safety research, Deadline: March 19, 2025 (Letters of Intent). Grants will be awarded in support of efforts to improve patient safety across the healthcare community....
Gates Foundation invites applications for innovative data and modeling approaches to measure women’s health, Deadline: March 25, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. PT. Grants of up to $150,000 over up to two years will be awarded in support of efforts to advance innovative ways to measure women’s health by either developing new measurement models or adapting existing ones to better capture the full scope of women’s health burdens and progress....
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Ploughshares Fund invites applications for a nuclear weapons-free world, Deadline: March 31, 2025. Grants will be awarded to individuals and organizations working to build a safe, secure, nuclear weapons-free world....
Charles Koch Foundation Invites Applications for Trade Policy Research, Deadline: Rolling. Grants will be awarded in support of proposals for research and related projects aimed at bridging the gap between theory and practice and contributing to contemporary debates around important trade-policy issues....
WOMEN & GIRLS
Gates Foundation issues Grand Challenge to accelerate innovations to address heavy menstrual bleeding, Deadline: March 25, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. PT. Grants of up to $150,000 over two years will be awarded in support of efforts to address heavy menstrual bleeding in women in low-resource settings....
Gates Foundation invites applications for innovative data and modeling approaches to measure women’s health, Deadline: March 25, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. PT. Grants of up to $150,000 over up to two years will be awarded in support of efforts to advance innovative ways to measure women’s health by either developing new measurement models or adapting existing ones to better capture the full scope of women’s health burdens and progress....
IWMF Seeks Applications for Reporting Grants for Women’s Stories, Deadline: Rolling. Grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded to women journalists to pursue underrepresented, gender-sensitive stories of importance....
Boulware Foundation Seeks to Increase Economic Opportunities for Women and Girls, Deadline: Rolling (Letters of Intent). Grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to projects or programs aligned with the foundation’s areas of interest, including financial literacy education, workforce and vocational skill development, microfinance, and entrepreneurship….
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Welcome to our new website and newsletter!
I hope this message finds you and your goals thriving.
Remember, I’m always here to help non-profit organizations and individual artists identify their goals and develop effective strategies to achieve them.
Email me if you have questions or needs!
All my best, Linda