Empowerment Issue January 2018 | Page 43

MADEINC For 50 years, the arts council for the borough of Brooklyn, NY annually distributes more than $300,000 in grants to help fund hundreds of projects from Brooklyn-based artists and cultural organizations across the borough. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS (VARIOUS GRANTS) Who should apply: Artists, arts organizations Application Deadline: Varies Created by congress more than 50 years ago, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) grants arts organizations and individual creatives funds to further their artistic endeavors. If you’re looking for money to fuel your passion project, you’ll more than likely find a way to fund it here. CREATIVE CAPITAL GRANTS Who should apply: creative entrepreneurs Deadline: Varies Creative Capital, an organization devoted to providing integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing adventurous projects in all disciplines, disperses up to $50,000 in direct funding and career development services valued at $45,000, for a total commitment of up to $95,000 per project. Since 1999, they have committed upwards of $40 million in financial and advisory support to 511 projects representing 642 artists, and our Professional Development Program has reached nearly 12,000 artists in over 600 communities. FELLOWSHIPS JOHN F. GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP Who should apply: those interested in the arts Application deadline: varies “The John F Guggenheim Foundation offers Fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, made-magazine.com | 43