Grant terms will be up to one year with funding ranging from $500-$10,000 and no match is required. The grant can be used to leverage other grant opportunities. Additionally, up to 25% of request can include staff time and overhead. Projects, initiatives or opportunities anticipated to exceed $10,000 may be considered as a phased request that allows an institution or partner to seek additional funds.
Requests should be able to report an outcome within one year of receiving the grant. This outcome is set by the applicant and does not need to conclude the project, initiative or opportunity. Projects with an International scope must include a strategy for disseminating learnings within the U.S. (this could mean publishing an article, presenting at a conference, posting learnings on a website, recording a podcast, etc.)
The Foundation’s focus is contemporary art. While curatorial position titles may be broader, applicants must be U.S.-based curators and have contemporary art at the core of their proposals.
Review Criteria:
- Innovation focused requests
- Does the request support a project, initiative or opportunity not previously explored in the local curatorial space, support an emerging trend that is under-resourced, or offer a creative adaptation of a current practice?
- Does the request hold the potential for further use or adaptation or spur collaboration or field building?
- Peer Network focused requests
- Does the request advance field connections and relationship building?
- Does the request promote the sharing of new ideas / field communications?
- All requests
- Does the request focus on the advancement of curatorial knowledge?
- Does the request amount align with the proposal?