upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024

Art and Change Grant

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Overview

The Art and Change Grant (ACG) provides grants of up to $2,500 to fund art for social change projects by women, trans*, and/or gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in Greater Philadelphia.

The grant is project-based and open to artists and cultural producers working in any medium, including traditional and nontraditional as well as multimedia and experimental forms.

We encourage you to apply if you are a woman, trans*, and/or or gender nonconforming artist who:

  • Has an art for social change project that impacts a larger group, audience, or community.
  • Has a project supported by or in collaboration with a Change Partner (a person, organization, or business that is a part of the project in some way).  
  • Lives in Greater Philadelphia: Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County

For more information, eligibility, and how to apply, read the ACG guidelines here or below.

 

*Leeway is a trans-affirming organization committed to gender self-determination, and we use the term “trans” in its most inclusive sense, as an umbrella term encompassing transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, Two-Spirit people, and anyone whose gender identity or gender expression is nonconforming and/or different from their gender assigned at birth.

Important Information

Leeway does not fund retroactively, which means we do not fund any projects that begin prior to when the grant awards are announced, 10-12 weeks after each deadline. 

Applications are accepted via online or hardcopy. If you have any questions/concerns, the fastest way to reach us is by email at info@leeway.org or by phone at 215.545.4078. We’re happy to schedule a phone or video call.

The deadline to apply is Thursday, August 1, 2024 by 11:59PM.

Information and Applicant Support Sessions

Information Sessions provide an overview of the grant and offer guidance, from Leeway staff and past grant recipients, on how applicants might best prepare their applications.


Applicant Support Sessions provide a space for applicants to get 1-on-1 support and direct feedback on their ideas and applications from Leeway staff.

  • Thursday, July 11: 10am-3pm, Online appointments 
  • Thursday, July 25: 2pm-7pm, In-person @ Lovett Memorial Library
    Traducción al español en el sitio
  • Monday, July 29: 10am-3pm, Online appointments 

For more information or to RSVP for any of the above sessions, visit: leewayfoundation.eventbrite.com or call 215.545.4078.

Guidelines & Applications

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Change Partner (Required)

Leeway believes art for social change work happens through relationships — working with others collaboratively, often in community. Because of this, we ask artists to submit an application together with a Change Partner that affirms your grounding in a community-based process. Change Partners cannot benefit financially from the grant. 

A Change Partner is: 

someone the applicant has built a relationship with who is a member of the community that the project seeks to engage or in which it takes place; or 
a person, organization, or business that has a connection to the project in some form. 

Eligible Change Partners can live within or beyond the Greater Philadelphia Area and may include mentors, editors, art spaces, theaters, nonprofit organizations, dance studios, radio stations, production companies, etc. – or anyone who can support the project.

Your Change Partner Form must be completed and signed by your Change Partner.

More information can be found in the ACG guidelines (page 3).

 

DOWNLOAD THE CHANGE PARTNER FORM:

CHANGE PARTNER APPLY ONLINE:

Co-Applicant

You may apply collaboratively with other artists for the Art and Change Grant. We understand that most projects are done in collaboration with others, so you are only required to submit an application with a co-applicant if you are both playing the same roles as artistic directors or partners for the project. Applicants may only apply once per cycle, whether submitting as part of a collaborative or as an individual.

More information can be found in the ACG guidelines (page 4).

 

CO-APPLICANT APPLY ONLINE:

ACG en Español

deadline 08/01/2024

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