Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh is a joint grant-making program created and managed through a partnership between The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments.
Donor Name: The Pittsburgh Foundation
State: Pennsylvania
Counties: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/02/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000 – $25,000
Details:
The purpose of Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh is to support the acknowledgment, celebration, preservation and perpetuation of Black culture.
They center Black people, Black communities, and Black culture because Pittsburgh – despite its rich history as the home of internationally renowned Black artists – is among the most oppressive places in the U.S. for Black residents to live and create. Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh acknowledges, uplifts, and celebrates Black culture and its contributions to this country and the world. It is critical to preserve and perpetuate Black culture and its value because white supremacist systems are set up to co-opt and erase Black voices and Black creation.
The program goals are to:
- Help build the careers and support the lives of individual artists.
- Increase the sustainability of cultural organizations that focus on Black arts.
- Build community awareness of the Black arts sector.
- Support efforts toward greater collaboration and the elimination of racial disparities within the larger arts sector.
- Prioritize the documentation and discussion of Black artists’ work and wellbeing as part of the region’s cultural health.
- Support work that directly addresses and calls for the eradication of systemic and structural racism that allows for disparities to exist.
Funding Information
- Individual artist support (up to $15,000).
- Culturally relevant residency support (up to $20,000).
- Advancing the field support (up to $25,000).
- Project support (up to $20,000).
- Aboveground Railroad grant (up to $10,000).
- Planning grants (up to $5,000)
Eligibility Criteria
All applicants must:
- Be at least 18 years of age by the time of submission.
- Identify as Black, African American, African, Caribbean, Afro-Latinx, or of the African diaspora, or be a Black-led 501(c)(3) organization (you may work with a non-Black fiscal sponsor).
- Be in the Pittsburgh region. Applicants in the following counties are eligible to apply for funding: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Mercer, Lawrence, Somerset, Venango, Washington, and Westmoreland.
- Previous grantees are eligible to apply one year after the close of their grant.
Arts organizations seeking support
- Applicant organizations must be 501(c)(3) organizations (or work with a fiscal sponsor and must be in the Pittsburgh region.
- Have a history of producing or presenting art.
- Demonstrate reasonable attendance, as well as accessibility to a broad and diverse public audience.
- Previous grantees are eligible to apply one year after the close of their grant.
- Operating support organizations are not eligible for other funding streams
For more information, visit Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh.
