Discover grants available to individuals, including artists, educators, students, researchers, veterans, public servants, and community leaders. Funding provides financial assistance for professional development, creative projects, and academic research. Additional grants provide personal hardship relief.
Narrow this list of individual grants above by recipient type, location, and funding source to find opportunities that match your background, whether you're an artist, researcher, or community leader. GrantWatch helps organizations manage the entire funding process, from grant prospecting to post-award reporting, with tools such as the Grant Prospecting Dashboard, Grant Funding Pipeline, GrantWatch Intelligence™, and the AI Grant Writing Tool - built for best-fit funders and strong individual applications.
Grants to Indiana nonprofit organizations and individuals for projects that address community needs in eligible regions. Funding is intended for activities in the focus areas of economic development, community services, youth, education, emergency energy assistanc...
Grants of up to $3,000 to Indiana K-12 educators for innovative classroom projects that benefit students in eligible locations. Funding is intended for expenses related to project supplies, basic supplies the classroom may lack, supplemental items to improve class...
Grants of up to $1,000 to Labrador nonprofits, groups, school councils, agencies, and individuals for programs that foster community involvement and activities that promote wellness. Funding is intended for the following areas: mental health promotion, child and y...
Fellowship of $15,000 to an Ohio African American artist in eligible locations to develop visual arts projects and participate in outreach activities that benefit the local community. The fellowship will recognize a professional artist who produces work that is ro...
Awards to USA, Canada, and International organizations, individuals, societies, and groups to acknowledge outstanding achievements in flower preservation. One prize will be awarded for conservation work related to native orchid species in the United States, Canada...
Grants of up to $1,000 to California arts organizations, artists, and arts nonprofits for projects that increase access to the arts in eligible locations. Funding is intended to support a wide range of artistic activities that enhance arts related programs and se...
Grants to Michigan Jewish teenagers and young adults in eligible locations to offset expenses related to attending an impactful program in Israel. Funding may be used towards a range of programs, including but not limited to educational and volunteer opportunities...
Grants to Manitoba artists in eligible locations to support the creation of new artistic works in any discipline. Some applicants must contact the funding source prior to applying. Funding is intended to support artists as they produce, exhibit, curate, or develop...
Grants and fellowships to USA, Canada, and International researchers at nonprofit organizations and institutions for projects that explore and increase the understanding of Alzheimer's disease. Applicants must complete the required registration prior to submitting...
Grants of up to $1,000 to Manitoba individual professional artists and arts and cultural practitioners for career development opportunities. Applicants must be pre-approved prior to submitting an application. Funding is intended for a range of professional develop...
Grants of up to $1,000 to Alaska professional visual, literary, performing, and traditional artists to participate in professional opportunities. The purpose of the funding is to allow artists to participate in unique, short-term opportunities that will advance th...
Grants of up to $1,000 to USA schools, volunteers, and educators for activities to improve physical fitness and education for students. Funding is intended for trips to eligible roller skating rinks for physical education classes, educational STEM (K-12) field tri...
Awards to Mississippi individuals to recognize professional accomplishments and outstanding service in public administration. The awards are intended to honor excellence and innovation in the management of administrative procedures that increase the quality of pub...
Awards of $5,000 to Ohio artists to recognize exceptional achievement across a range of artistic disciplines. Applications will be considered in disciplines including but not limited to choreography, crafts, fiction/non-fiction, media arts, poetry, and photography.
Grants to New Mexico Jewish high school and college students for financial assistance to participate in educational trips to Israel. Funding is intended to help students attend trips that enhance their Jewish identity. Preference will be given to applicants going ...
Grants of up to $10,000 to New Brunswick organizations and individual artists for artist residencies. Funding is intended to enable organizations and institutions to host professional artists to carry out specific creative projects. Individual professional artists...
Grants of up to $1,000 to Wyoming nonprofit organizations, agencies, and individuals artists for projects to enhance organizational and professional capacity in the arts. Examples of eligible projects include, but are not limited to, marketing, professional develo...
Grants to USA, Canada, and International organizations and individuals for activities to reduce and eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons. Applicants are required to submit a preliminary application prior to a full grant application. Funding is intended to addre...
Grants to Alberta individual artists, artists ensembles, and arts administrators for literary arts activities. First-time applicants must request an online registration at least five business days prior to the deadline. Applicants may request funding for activitie...
Grants to Alberta individual artists, artists ensembles, and arts administrators for specific projects in the musical arts. First-time applicants must request an online registration at least five business days prior to the deadline. Applicants may request funding ...
Grants of up to $18,000 to Alberta individual artists, artists ensembles, and arts administrators for specific projects in dance arts. First-time applicants must request an online registration at least five business days prior to the deadline. Funding may support ...
Grants to Alberta artists, art ensembles, and arts administrators for arts activities related to film or video. New applicants must contact the funding source to register for the online grants system prior to applying. Eligible activities include research, marketi...
Grants to Alberta individual artists, artists ensembles, and arts administrators for specific projects in new media or visual arts. First-time applicants must request an online registration at least five business days prior to the deadline. Funding may support mar...
Grants to Alberta individual artists, artists ensembles, and arts administrators for specific projects in the performance or theater arts. First-time applicants must request an online registration at least five business days prior to the deadline. Applicants may r...
Grants to Alberta individual Indigenous artists, artists ensembles, and arts administrators for specific arts and cultural projects. First-time applicants must request an online registration at least five business days prior to the deadline. Applicants may request...
Grants to Colorado nonprofit organizations, schools, and individuals for sports initiatives to serve local children and youth. Funding is intended to promote the social, emotional, and physical development of youth across the state through the sport of tennis. The...
Grants of up to $2,000 to Alaska artists to support apprenticeships with master artists in traditional art forms. Funding is intended to offset the costs of materials, travel expenses, and master artist fees. Priority will be given to apprenticeships in which the ...
Grants to Indiana teachers and families in eligible locations to support children with autism. Funding is available for summer camp tuition, special services, home equipment, specialized classes, and training for teachers, including Master's Degrees. The grant pro...
Grants to Nova Scotia production companies, writers, and individual producers for costs related to writing scripts for television and film. Applicants must contact program staff prior to applying. Funding is intended to support a range of costs, including but not ...
Grants of up to $10,000 to California artists and artistic organizations to increase arts opportunities and programming for the cultural enrichment of residents in eligible communities. Funding is intended to support programs and projects in areas such as theater,...
Grants of up to $3,000 to Arizona teachers and educational professionals, including government and Indian tribe employees, to enhance wildlife education. Funding is intended to support professional development activities as well as the design and implementation of...
Awards of $2,000 to USA, Canada, and International writers to recognize an outstanding debut literary work. Submissions must be the author's first fiction publication. Winning submissions will be published in an annually released anthology, and each of the literar...
Grants of up to $1,500 to North Carolina individual artists and collaboratives in eligible locations for professional development opportunities. Funding is intended to assist new and established artists who aspire to improve their skills, enhance their business op...
Grants to Indiana students, teachers, volunteer parents, and administrators in eligible locations for educational projects. Funding is intended for enriching activities and educational projects that are not funded by the school budget. Eligible applicants are loca...
Grants to Alberta individual artists, Indigenous individuals, and artist collectives in eligible locations for projects and career development efforts. Funding is intended to promote innovation, community collaborations, public presentations, and activities that a...
Grants of up to $10,000 to USA, Canada, and International educators, high school and college students, and individuals for projects that help to make the world a better place. Certain applicants must register online prior to applying. Funding is intended for the d...
Grants to USA, Canada, and International researchers for research on Angelman Syndrome. Proposals involving human or animal subjects must be approved by institutional review boards before funding is released. Funding is intended for proposals that demonstrate pote...
Grants of up to $55,000 to Alberta individual directors, producers, and writers for screenwriting projects. First-time applicants must register before applying. Funding is intended to assist with the costs of developing new professional-quality, commercial product...
Grants of up to $25,000 to USA, Canada, and International recent residents, fellows, and post-doctoral researchers for a broad range of pediatric research topics. Applicants are required to submit a concept paper prior to a full grant application. The purpose of t...
Grants of $500 and grants of $1,000 to Tennessee veterans for post-secondary education expenses. Funding is intended to assist veterans who were honorably discharged, as well as former or current members of the Tennessee National Guard. Grants will be awarded for ...
Grants of up to $1,000 to Minnesota artists for artistic development activities and for arts projects that engage the local community in eligible locations. Funding is intended to support the purchase of supplies as well as activities that include, but are not lim...
Grants of up to $5,000 and in-kind support to USA, Canada, and International early-career researchers for projects related to writing instruction and literacy. Recipients will receive mentoring support for the duration of the research project. Funding is intended ...
Grants of up to $8,000 to USA, Canada, and International researchers for research projects that increase understanding of communication and literacy. Funding may be used for evidence-based research that will influence public policy. Funding is intended to support ...
Grants of up to $500 to Florida individual artists and curators in eligible counties for local arts projects and activities. Funding is intended to improve the cultural landscape of the local area by encouraging and enabling publicly accessible art events and prog...
Fellowships to USA and territories educators for workshops addressing how to integrate global news into their classrooms. The program is intended to help educators learn to engage their students in making local connections to global news, practicing media literacy...
Grants of $6,000 per year and in-kind support to Rhode Island artists to advance creative goals and promote professional development. Funding is intended to assist artists who come from a wide range of artistic disciplines. Grantees will receive unrestricted fundi...
Award of $5,000 to a USA individual to honor an exceptional book of original poetry. The poetry may be in any style or subject and must be in English. The winner must be a living poet who has never published a book-length poetry collection. The winning poet will h...
Fellowships to USA, Canada, and International scholars for interdisciplinary research and collaboration in humanities fields. The program is a year-long residential fellowship in New York. Eligible applicants hold PhDs and are currently working on topics related t...
Grants of up to $10,000 to USA young musicians for costs associated with studying classical music. Funding is intended to offset the financial costs of expenses including but not limited to instruments, camp tuition, private lessons, and audition travel. The grant...
Grants to Alabama nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and academic institutions for arts events and activities. Funding is intended to support a wide range of projects, including but not limited to exhibitions, festivals, workshops, readings, competition...