The Graham Foundation offers Production and Presentation grants to organizations.
Donor Name: Graham Foundation
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/25/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
These grants assist organizations with the production-related expenses that are necessary to take a project from conceptualization to realization and public presentation. These projects include, but are not limited to, exhibitions, installations; film/video/new media web initiatives; public programs; and publications.
Funding Priorities
For organizations, funding priorities are to:
- Assist with the production and presentation of significant programs about architecture and the designed environment in order to promote dialogue, raise awareness, and develop new and wider audiences
- Support efforts to take risks in programming and create opportunities for experimentation
- Recognize the vital role organizations play in providing individuals with a public forum in which to present their work
- Help organizations to realize projects that would otherwise not be possible without Graham Foundation support.
Funding Information
Production and Presentation grants to organizations do not exceed $30,000 and are likely to be much less.
Grant Period
Production and Presentation grants must be completed within two years of the project start date.
Eligibility Criteria
The Graham Foundation grantmaking programs focus on supporting individuals and organizations in the United States, however, the Foundation also awards grants internationally. Note that regardless of where a supported grant project originates, all final products must be disseminated in English.
Grants to Organizations:
- Organizations are eligible to apply for Production and Presentation Grants
- 501(c)(3) tax exempt organizations are eligible for funding; under some circumstances grants are made to other entities when there is clear evidence that the public interest will be served, for example, in the case of a publisher or an emerging organization that does not yet have tax exempt status.
- An organization may only apply for one grant per year; in the case of large institutions with multiple schools or departments, a subsidiary may apply for one grant per year, e.g. multiple departments within a university may apply within the same grant cycle, but only one application per department may be submitted
- Applicants who have received prior Graham Foundation support must have satisfied all grant requirements before applying again.
Ineligible Costs:
- Endowment
- General operating expenses (e.g. indirect costs)
- Capital projects
- Scholarship aid or work in pursuit of an academic degree; note: advanced doctoral candidates may be eligible for nomination to the Graham Foundation Carter Manny Award program
- Work focused exclusively on secondary education audiences or younger (K–12)
- Debt or expenses incurred prior to the Graham Foundation grant funding period.
Criteria for Evaluation
Projects with the greatest potential for funding directly connect to the Graham Foundation’s mission to explore ideas in architecture and fulfill the following criteria:
- Originality: the project demonstrates an innovative, challenging idea; critical, independent thinking; advanced scholarship; a new or experimental approach
- Potential for impact: the project makes a meaningful contribution to discourse and the fields of architecture and design; expands knowledge; is a catalyst for future inquiry; raises awareness of an understudied issue; promotes diversity in subject matter, participants, and audience
- Feasibility: the project has clear and realistic goals, timeframe, work plan, and budget
- Capacity: applicant possesses strong qualifications and/or knowledge; demonstrates ability to carry out the project successfully; has access to necessary resources outside of the grant request.
For more information, visit Graham Foundation.
