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Deaf Spotlight announced the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) Deaf Arts Grant that provides financial support for emerging and established artists to further advance their careers.  Read more

The AARP Community Challenge provides small grants to fund quick-action projects that can help communities become more livable for people of all ages. Applications are accepted for projects to...

The Community Heart & Soul Seed Grant Program provides $10,000 in startup funding for resident-driven groups in small cities and towns to implement the Community Heart & Soul model.

The Rural Housing Assessment Grant program supports the use of publicly available, online information through the “Profile of Iowa” tool and rural community efforts to interpret publicly...

The Rural Innovation Grant program supports creative, non-traditional ideas that focus on current issues and challenges faced by rural communities associated with the themes of community...

The National Endowment for the Arts' Challenge America offers support primarily to small organizations for projects in all artistic disciplines that extend the reach of the arts to populations...

The Harpo Foundation's New Work Project Grant Awards are made to non-profit organizations in support of new work by under recognized artists 21 years or older.

Iowa Governor and U.S. Senator Harold E. Hughes was a charismatic politician who changed government and politics during tumultuous times here in the Hawkeye State and throughout the nation. A...

Register to join museum staff on Zoom for a virtual version of the History Mystery program. The new virtual format brings the museum and its thousands of objects that capture Iowa's illustrious...

The Arts Midwest GIG (Grow, Invest, Gather) Fund is designed to provide support to Midwestern arts organizations as they re-build and re-imagine during the continued uncertainty caused by COVID...

Annuity Payment Freedom has an Artist Grant: Free Marketing Services + Cash program, which provides marketing and funds for artists. 

The Cultural Leadership Partners program provides arts and cultural organizations that demonstrate an exemplary record of cultural and managerial excellence and community service with a...

Greenlight Grants encourage entrepreneurship in Iowa by enhancing the professional capacity of Iowa’s media industry. Funding helps Iowans take their projects from script-to-screen and become...

As part of its broader fiscal year 2022 grant funding strategy, the Iowa Arts Council has transitioned Art Project Grants to Resilience Grants for fiscal year 2022.

As part of its broader fiscal year 2022 grant funding strategy, the Iowa Arts Council has transitioned Art Project Grants, Capacity Building Grants and Cultural Heritage Project Grants to...