The ArtsWave Pride Grant Program provides funding for arts or cultural heritage projects that celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community, advancing Tri-State region’s reputation as a welcoming and inclusive community through the arts.
Donor Name: ArtsWave
State: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/22/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
In alignment with ArtsWave’s intention to celebrate the region’s unique backgrounds and to create inclusive arts experiences that are also exciting and innovative, the ArtsWave Pride Grant Program requests proposals for projects that celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community through the arts.
Funding Information
Projects may be funded partially or in full, with prior awards of up to $25,000.
Project Period
Proposed projects must take place between September 1, 2025-August 31, 2026.
For stronger FY2026 ArtsWave Pride Grant applications, the proposed projects should:
- Be well designed, participatory and social
- Align with ArtsWave’s Blueprint for Collective Action
- Celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community through the arts
- Have NOT received funding through another ArtsWave project grant for the same project
- If a Sustaining Impact recipient, not be part of organization’s general operations that are funded through the SI grant
Eligibility Criteria
ArtsWave believes that strong arts create strong communities. To be eligible for the FY2026 ArtsWave Pride Grant Program, an organization must meet all the following requirements:
- Have a 501(c)3 tax status or be nonprofit in nature with an established fiscal agent
- Be based in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN MSA, which includes the following counties: Brown, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, and Warren Counties in Ohio; Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, and Pendleton Counties in Kentucky; and Dearborn, Franklin, and Ohio Counties in Indiana.
- Have a primary mission to provide programs or activities in areas directly concerned with arts or cultural heritage for the public.
- Have a majority (51%+) of the organization’s annual expenditures dedicated to arts and cultural activities.
- Provide programs or activities that celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community.
- Does not currently have an active ArtsWave Pride grant and has successfully completed all previous ArtsWave Pride grant requirements.
- Have not received an ArtsWave Pride grant in the last two consecutive cycles (If received in FY24 & FY25, eligible again in FY27.)
- Have not received funding through another ArtsWave project grant since January 1, 2025.
For more information, visit ArtsWave.
