The Art and Change Grant (ACG) provides funding to art for social change projects by women, trans, and/or gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in Greater Philadelphia.
Donor Name: Leeway Foundation
State: Pennsylvania
County: Bucks County (PA), Chester County (PA), Delaware County (PA), Montgomery County (PA), Philadelphia County (PA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/01/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
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.
The Art and Change Grant is open to individual artists and cultural producers working in any medium, including traditional and nontraditional as well as multimedia and experimental forms — and can be used for any project related expenses (e.g., documentation, artist stipends, or the purchase of equipment or materials).
Funding Information
Grants of up to $2,500.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants are only allowed to submit one application per grant cycle.
- The Art and Change Grant is not for organizations, corporations, or fundraising activities.
- The Art and Change Grant cannot be used for activities completed prior to when the grant is announced.
- The Art and Change Grant is not intended to support the creation of residencies, apprenticeships, and/or retreats unless it is clear how it will (1) move the applicant’s own artistic practice forward and (2) engage the community-at-large with a socially engaged project.
- Art and Change Grants are not intended to fund the same project for which you received a prior Leeway Grant. However, you may apply for different phases of a previous funded project.
- You may apply for and receive an Art and Change Grant and either the Transformation Award or the Media Artist + Activist Residency in the same year
- You are eligible to apply if you:
- Live 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 a Change Partner.
For more information, visit Leeway Foundation.
