Currently 12 active paid cross-disciplinary and social impact grants, fellowships and residencies. Hand-curated and updated weekly. Every entry is funded, no exposure-only calls. Browse the list below, or use the interactive desk for filtering and shortlisting.
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New Catalyze cohort from venture philanthropy organisation New Profit, supporting US-based non-profits whose core work is bridging active divides (political, racial, ethnic, economic, religious, geographic, generational, or ideological) to enable collective problem-solving in education, economic mobility, democracy, and/or health. Funded organisations must use one or more of: building skills for productive dialogue, conflict, and civic participation; cultivating relationships rooted in trust, understanding, belonging, and mutual accountability; or creating structures for collective action, co-design, problem-solving, or shared decision-making. Organisations receive a one-year $100,000 unrestricted grant, a $10,000 leadership development stipend, and a year of cohort-based capacity building (three in-person convenings, three virtual learning sessions, 1:1 strategic advising). Eligibility: US-focused; independent 501(c)(3) status (own or via fiscal sponsor); annual expenses $250,000-$2 million in most recently closed fiscal year; led by at least one full-time (~30 hrs/week) Social Entrepreneur (co-leadership models considered); core programme/impact approach in operation for at least two years (legal status timeline less important); not a previous New Profit Build or Catalyze grantee. The first step is a Discovery Form (NOT a full application). To be considered for this cycle, complete the Discovery Form by Tuesday 26 May 2026, 2pm PT / 5pm ET, selecting 'Cycle-specific submission' and 'Connected Futures 2026'. If you submitted a Discovery Form within the last 12 months, email selection@newprofit.org for a link to update your prior submission. Invitations to complete a full application will be sent in late June. Discovery Forms are also accepted on a rolling basis for grantmaking cycles in 2026 and beyond. Free to apply. Note: this is an organisational grant, not an individual grant.
Multi-year grant for cultural institutions whose core task is to contribute to the high quality, development and professionalisation of the contemporary creative industry through a two-year activities programme. Application window: 13 May 2026 15:00 CEST to 15 June 2026 16:00 CEST. Maximum requested amount €125,000 per year; total annual scheme budget €1,850,000.
Travel voucher for Dutch-based professionals in design, architecture and/or digital culture who have been invited by a foreign party to give a presentation, lecture or workshop. To apply you must have submitted an application to the Fund in the past five years that was positively assessed. Round 2 runs 4 May 2026 15:00 CEST to 22 June 2026 16:00 CEST (budget €33,000); Round 3 runs 8 September 2026 15:00 CEST to 27 October 2026 16:00 CEST (budget €33,000).
Fellowship for emerging changemakers aged 18 to 35 using futures thinking and foresight to drive social and environmental impact. Fellows receive a $1,000 kick-starter grant, mentorship from expert foresight practitioners, capability-building training, access to a 900+ strong global community, regional hubs, and the chance to win a $10,000 grand prize. Supports projects on climate transitions, democracy, emerging technologies, health and other systemic challenges.
Annual scheme funding festival organisations in the creative industries (design, architecture, digital culture, fashion, e-culture, etc.) presenting a 2027 edition. Application window opens 25 August 2026 at 15:00 CEST and closes 23 September 2026 at 16:00 CEST. Supports both content programming and the organisational/curatorial running of a festival; applicants must be organisations rather than individuals, but the scheme is the natural home for any artist-led collective or platform that runs a critical-AI / digital-culture / surveillance-focused festival event. Note the wider 2026 context: Stimuleringsfonds is restructuring its grant offering for 2027, and several individual schemes (Design, Digital Culture) have been reduced to two rounds in 2026. The Festivals scheme is a separate annual track and one of the cleaner ways to access SCI funding for an event-format project.
Pop Culture Collaborative supports the growth of a pop culture narrative change field capable of inspiring most Americans, including leaders and icons, to navigate their lives as pluralists actively engaged in the hard, delicate work of belonging together in justice. Grants drive transformative experiences for mass audiences (1 million people or more) through pop culture stories, media and social networks: content development and distribution, audience engagement strategies, and the creation of immersive narrative environments through cultural, narrative and behavioural change approaches. Four funding priorities (program areas): (1) Artists Advancing Culture Change; (2) Building the Pop Culture for Social Change Field; (3) Culture Change Research; (4) Movement-Led Pop Culture Narrative Strategies. Grantee work spans: commissioning and developing creative work that excavates and illuminates who America is and yearns to become; building narrative infrastructure and field-based networks; producing audience and industry culture-change research; designing long-term mass-audience narrative and culture-change strategies; advancing mass-audience activation campaigns that transform toxic narrative environments into pluralist ones. Eligibility: US-based nonprofits, for-profit companies, and individuals with fiscal sponsorship. Tracks: Rapid Response Grants accept ideas year-round and are awarded continuously; Major Grants are requested in late winter/early spring and late summer/early fall and awarded in summer (May/June) and winter (November/December); Infrastructure Grants and the Becoming America Fund follow their own cycles. Process: (1) review the relevant track guidelines and the Grantmaking FAQ; (2) take the self-assessment quiz on PCC's site; (3) submit an idea (not a full proposal) via the Airtable portal. NOTE: full proposals are by invitation only. PCC staff review idea submissions and reach out only to matching submissions; most idea submissions will not progress to a full proposal, so treat the idea intake as a low-cost LOI-style inquiry rather than a guaranteed open RFP. Strong fit for organisations doing narrative-and-pop-culture work for mass audiences, especially aligned with marginalised-community media strategies and pluralist culture change.
One-month development residency for artists working at the intersection of art, technology and science, with material research, small productions and composition for performance or installation in mind. Residents have access to iii's 500 m2 shared workspaces (200 m2 project space, wood/metal/electronics workshops, sound-isolated studio, coworking and meeting rooms), receive coaching, a few hours of production assistance where applicable, and visibility through iii's channels. Residents must spend the period in The Hague and give at least one public presentation (workshop, performance or talk) within iii's program. iii invites 6 residents per year, of which up to 4 spots are available via this open call. Two selection rounds per year: summer selects for the next Spring (March to May), winter selects for Autumn (September to November). Spring 2027 submissions are currently open. Selection criteria: relevance to iii's artistic focus, originality, portfolio quality and feasibility, contribution to a diverse program, and DIY (but not alone) spirit. Students cannot apply. Communication in English. Apply via the online application linked from the page; questions to mariska@instrumentinventors.org.
Grant for artistic projects that develop alternative perspectives on our digital society and explore the boundaries of digital tools, media and technologies, with research, experimentation, critical reflection and innovation at the core. The grant contributes towards total project costs; a minimum of 20% must be covered by co-financing. Single-party projects can request €10,000 to €25,000 (phase II grant requirement also capped at €25,000); projects with one or more partners can request €10,000 to €50,000. Currently closed; next round opens 12 August 2026 15:00 CEST. A maximum of 70 applications are considered per grant period (with allocations for up to 15 follow-up and 15 revised applications). After the window closes all applications are ranked in random order via a draw system before processing begins.
Daily seed grants for early-stage volunteer-driven projects with social and environmental impact. Open to grassroots changemakers worldwide: individuals, informal groups and small nonprofits. Project budget under $10,000 and organisational budget under $50,000; no paid staff. Applications reviewed monthly; submit before month-end for that month's review.
Monthly $1,000 micro-grants for awesome ideas. Decentralised network of local chapters around the world; each chapter awards one grant per month. Apply via your nearest chapter on the site. Your idea stays yours, no equity taken.
Monthly £500 grant for a different working-class creative practitioner based in the UK. Open to anyone making stuff: art, writing, performance, sound, music, craft, comedy, games. Money can be used for time, materials, equipment, research, subscriptions, development, travel, or rent and bills. Apply by emailing funding@thewhitepube.com with a brief intro, contact and a work sample. Rolling, no deadlines, no reporting expected. Non-recipients stay in consideration for future months without re-applying.
Independent artist-run grant redistributing a portion of Karim Boumjimar's artwork sales as a no-strings-attached 500 EUR award for working-class creatives anywhere in the world. Funds may be used for artistic production, research, materials, travel or basic living needs. Simple application: short intro and a sample of work or interests. No fee, no reporting, no obligation to produce. Rolling review based on available funds; non-selected applicants stay in the pool for future rounds.