The Indianapolis Creative Risk Fund is a program of the Herbert Simon Family Foundation to provide funding for individual artists, artist collectives, and collaborations of individual artists to take creative risks.
Donor Name: Herbert Simon Family Foundation
State: Indiana
County: Boone County (IN), Hamilton County (IN), Hancock County (IN), Hendricks County (IN), Johnson County (IN), Madison County (IN), Marion County (IN), Morgan County (IN), Shelby County (IN)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 08/11/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Risk-taking, experimentation and exploration are critical for developing and supporting a progressive arts scene and creative economy, and Herbert Simon Family Foundation desires to encourage this type of creative action in the community.
Funding Information
The award size for 2025-2026 Creative Risk Fund recipients is $20,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Past Creative Risk Fund recipients can apply as part of a collaboration or collective but are not eligible for individual artist consideration or as the lead applicant for collaborations/collectives.
- Awards will be made to Individual artists, artist collectives, or collaborations between individual artists.
- Open to the full spectrum of the arts, including but not limited to: visual arts, performing arts, musicians, fashion, interdisciplinary artists, multi-media artists, etc.
- Central Indiana-based artists.
- Marion, Boone, Hamilton, Madison, Hancock, Shelby, Johnson, Morgan, Hendricks counties
- Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
- The program will prioritize artists identifying as one or more of the following: BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, women, or persons with disabilities.
For more information, visit Herbert Simon Family Foundation.
