The Leeway Transformation Award (LTA) is unrestricted (it is not project-based) and open to artists and cultural producers working in any medium, including traditional and nontraditional as well as multimedia and experimental forms.
Donor Name: Leeway Foundation
State: New Jersey, Pennsylvania
County: Bucks County (PA), Camden County (NJ), Chester County (PA), Delaware County (PA), Montgomery County (PA), Philadelphia County (PA)
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 05/15/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The Transformation Award (LTA) provides unrestricted annual awards of $15,000 to women, trans, and gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in Greater Philadelphia who create art for social change and have done so for the past five years or more, demonstrating a long-term commitment to social change work.
Leeway supports artists and cultural producers involved in creating art for social change that positively affects and engages communities and audiences. Creating social change must be integral to the ideas, beliefs, and goals that are woven throughout your art and your process of creating and sharing your art.
Grant Period
The 2025 Leeway Transformation Award period is from January 2026 to December 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- Transformation Award applicants may apply and receive the Art and Change Grant in the same year.
- Transformation Award applicants may not apply for the Media Artist + Activist Residency in the same year.
- If you receive a Transformation Award, you may not apply for the Art and Change Grant and/or the Media Artist + Activist Residency during your award year.
- You are eligible to apply if you:
- Have lived for the past two years or more (since April 2023) in Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County
- Are at least 18 years old
- Identify as a woman, trans, and/or gender nonconforming person
- Have been creating art for social change for the past five years or more.
For more information, visit Leeway Foundation.
