Grit Fund awards money to collaborative, artist-led projects—up to $10,000. We accept proposals that use the visual arts to create collaborative public-facing projects.

Artists and cultural organizers create vital connections within our communities. But it can be difficult to find funding to create, collaborate, and make an impact. Grit Fund makes arts funding accessible for everyone. We focus on projects that bring artists and community members together to explore a sense of place and shared space.

Grit Fund eligibility requirements

Collaborative projects led by visual and performing artists, cultural organizers, collectives, collaboratives, and/or artist-run spaces.

You must be independent (or unincorporated). In other words, you can’t be registered as a business or organization.

Only Baltimore City and Baltimore County based artists and organizers are eligible.

Your project must take place in Baltimore City or County and be accessible to the general public.

We support all kinds of visual-arts-based projects at any stage of development. Innovative ideas are welcome. These are the types of projects we’ve supported in the past:

Exhibitions

Publications

Public events

Public art installations

Film screenings

Festivals

Founding a new arts venue or collective

The ongoing work of an existing arts venue or collective

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