Crafts Grants for Nonprofits

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The Seabury Foundation

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Application Deadline:
  • Letters of introduction: May 22, 2026
  • Full proposals: July 31, 2026

  • Historically, this opportunity has an application cycle in the spring and fall.

The Seabury Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that instruct, inform, and guide people toward the development of knowledge, skills, and understanding in Chicago, IL, and Benzie County, MI…

Art and Culture Collective of Northern Sonoma County

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Application Deadline:

May 24, 2026

The Art and Culture Collective of Northern Sonoma County, with funding from the William and Flora Hewlett…

Frame Contemporary Art Finland

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Application Deadline:
  • Mobility grants: March 31, May 31, and October 31, 2026
  • Production grants: March 31, and October 31, 2026
  • Publication grants: March 31, 2026

Frame Contemporary Art Finland is an advocate for Finnish contemporary art.

Grants support Finnish visual arts in the following fields of contemporary art:

  • fine art;
  • …

Juneau Community Foundation

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Application Deadline:

May 31, 2026

Grant Range:
$6500 - $515000
Average Grant:
$108576

The Juneau Community Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for the residents of Juneau and southeast Alaska.

The Friends of Gustavus Fund supports organizations that…

Cherokee Preservation Foundation

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Application Deadline:

The first Monday in June and December, annually

Grant Range:
$0 - $0

The Cherokee Preservation Foundation supports organizations serving the Qualla Boundary and Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties in North Carolina.

Areas of…

Henry Moore Foundation

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Application Deadline:
  • December 1, 2025
  • March 1, June 1, and September 1, 2026

The Henry Moore Foundation supports the growth and development of sculpture across historical, modern, and contemporary registers, and funds research that expands the appreciation of sculpture.…

The Ian Potter Cultural Trust

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Application Deadline:

May 5 - June 23, 2026

The Ian Potter Cultural Trust supports the diversity and excellence of emerging and early-career Australian artists.

The Emerging Artist Grants program provides funding to help individual…

The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country

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Application Deadline:

June 23, 2026

The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Bandera, Blanco, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Mason, Real, and Uvalde counties, TX…

Crafts are our collective cultures made tangible. For many, they are an essential way to not only preserve their culture, but to educate about it, and sustain themselves through economic development. However, maintaining production of crafts can be expensive and is not always profitable. This is where nonprofits step in to provide funding and support. 

These nonprofits are only able to give this support thanks to the funding provided by grants. These crafts grants can be put towards all kinds of purposes and programs. These could include craft education, living wages for artisans, hosting exhibitions and fairs or developing the workshops and spaces needed for craft production.

There are many different organizations that provide these kinds of grants. This traditionally included federal agencies, such as the National Endowment for the Arts. There are also many private foundations in this space, such as the Windgate Foundation. 

When drafting a craft grants proposal, it is certainly important to clearly explain the cultural, historical and local-economic impact of the crafts in question. But you’ll want to include data too, in order to make it clear that your plans are sustainable. Make sure to clearly outline what economics, if any, are going to be generated by your nonprofit’s activity. Past successes are always great to include.

If you need more pointers on drafting great grant proposals, make sure to check out our comprehensive guide on the topic. You can also start browsing a selection of craft grants right here, all open for applications.