The Velocity Fund offers twelve Philadelphia-based artists and collectives to develop and present new projects — particularly those that are experimental in genre, collaborative in practice, grounded in their communities, and thoughtful in their impact.
Donor Name: The Velocity Fund
State: Pennsylvania
City: Philadelphia
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/13/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Independent artists, collaborative groups, and non-incorporated collectives are welcome to apply. The Velocity Fund intends to directly support artists and arts-based cultural organizers who conduct their practice outside the studio, and who present them outside traditional art spaces. Velocity has funded multidisciplinary and varied work that use visual arts — including (but never limited to) printmaking, performance, video, puppetry, sculpture, and curation — to expand, archive, learn with, and lift up their publics.
The Velocity Fund is a Regional Regranting Program supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and hosted by Asian Arts Initiative.
Projects received the velocity fund
- Projects that are rooted in their communities, designed and realized by people within or with built connections to those communities
- Projects that are led by artists, often collaboratively
- Projects that consider their impact, whether immediate or ongoing, whether through their public outcome or through their process
- Projects and programs that take place in their communities, rather than in traditional arts spaces like commercial galleries and museums; projects that otherwise complicate the relationships between visual art and institutions
Funding Information
- $5000 project grants for artists/collectives in Philadelphia.
- Projects that will take place between February 2026–February 2027
Eligible Projects
- Projects that involve visual arts components
- Projects that will reach a public outcome in Philadelphia, within this grant period
Eligibility Criteria
- Individual artists living in Philadelphia
- Artist-run spaces & collectives, whose lead applicant lives in Philadelphia
For more information, visit The Velocity Fund.
