American Photographic Artist (APA) | DC is pleased to present the LGBTQIAP+ Photography Grant for emerging and established photographers who self-identify as LGBTQIAP+.
Donor Name: American Photographic Artist (APA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Territory: American Samoa, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/30/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
This grant seeks to provide a much-needed financial contribution to photographers struggling to secure funding to complete their projects.
The goal is to celebrate the LGBTQIAP+ experience through photography. They hope to champion storytellers and bring visibility to the LGBTQIAP+ community’s national platform and cultivate a safe space for funding, recognition, and representation in the professional photographic community. The APA | DC LGBTQIAP+ Photography Grant is open to photographers residing within the United States and its territories and can support new or in-progress projects. It will be awarded based on the strength of visual portfolios and submitted artist statements.
Submissions for documentary, narrative, experimental, or episodic projects representing LGBTQIAP+ people and their communities are encouraged. This grant is intended to support camera-based photography projects, and not those produced solely through the use of AI.
APA | DC encourages applications by people of color, transgender people, intersex people, asexual people, non-binary people, disabled people, women, and other underrepresented people and communities within the queer (or LGBTQIAP+) community.
Funding Information
A grant in the amount of $3000 will be awarded to one photographic artist chosen by a panel of independent jurors.
Eligibility Criteria
Photographers residing within the United States and its territories, age 18+, who self-identify as LGBTQIAP+, may apply for this Grant.
For more information, visit APA.
