Open Calls
Comcast RISE
Applications open May 1st
From May 1st through the 31st, eligible small businesses in Atlanta, GA, Houston, TX, Jacksonville, FL, Richmond, VA, and Southern Colorado areas will be able to apply at www.ComcastRISE.com. A total of 100 grants per location, or 500 grants in total, will be announced and awarded in August 2024.
Award : Up to $25,000
Deadline : May 3, 2024
The SFFILM Rainin Grant program is the largest granting body for independent narrative feature films in the US. Grants support films that address social justice issues—the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges—in a positive and meaningful way through plot, character, theme, or setting and benefit the Bay Area filmmaking community in a professional and economic capacity.
Halstead Bead
The Halstead Grant
Award : $7,500
Deadline : May 1, 2024
The Halstead Grant is an annual award for emerging silver jewelry artists.
The Andy Warhol Foundation Art Writers Grant
Who is this for?
Writers
Award : $15,000 to $50,000
Deadline : May 31, 2024
The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant supports writing about contemporary art and aims to ensure that critical writing remains a valued mode of engaging with the visual arts. In its 2023 cycle the Arts Writers Grant has awarded a total of $935,000 to 27 writers.
Doug Pensinger Photography Fund -
Grants for Sports Photographers
Award : $5,000
Deadline : May 1, 2024
The Doug Pensinger Photography Fund supports emerging and early-career sports photographers. Photographers with more than 3 years cumulative paid professional sports photography experience are considered beyond the scope of the DPPF’s programs. Previous DPPF grant recipients are not eligible to apply.
From the Heart Productions
Roy Dean Short Film Grant
Award : Varies
Deadline : April 29, 2024
The Short Film Grant is specifically for narrative fiction shorts, live action or animated, that are 40 minutes or less in length. The grant seeks films that are unique and that make a contribution to society.
American Culinary Foundation
Professional Development Grants
Award :Up to $500
Deadline :May 31, 2024
The American Culinary Federation Education Foundation, with the support of the American Academy of Chefs, will award grants annually and on a competitive basis to exemplary working culinary professionals who wish to update their skills through continuing education.
The Artist Grant - emerging artist
Award : $500.
Deadlines : July 15 & October 15
The Artist Grant offers up to $500 in grants to emerging artists. Offered four times a year. No proposals are required. In fact, they won’t read one if sent. Just an application and a link to your website showing your body of work communicating its viewpoint, ideas, and concepts clearly, effectively, and creatively.
Visual artist grant
Deadline : April 29
Award : Up to $10,000
Artists over 21 - open submission for art project you’re working on
Fiber Arts Now Magazine
Special Projects Grant - Fiber and textile artists
Award : $300
Deadline : May 15, 2024
This grant supports special projects developed by artists that benefit the fiber community and/or the public. Funds may be applied to artist stipends, materials, equipment, or programming directly related to the project. Priority will be given to artists who have traditionally been underserved by the grantmaking community and to projects that focus on social equity.
Arts Access Mini-Grant
Deadline: May 15, 2024
Award Info: up to $2,000
This grant category offers grant funding for Professional Fees and Supplies for arts projects which focus on increasing access to underserved and underrepresented people which may include ethnic groups*, people with disabilities, people aged 60 years and older, and active-duty military/veterans and their families.
Coral Critters Competition
Deadline : May 1
The Coral Reef Encounter invites artists and crafters to create Coral Critters: three dimensional, fanciful fish and/or coral inspired by the beauty of a healthy coral reef.
Prize : 1 $500 prizes for Coral, 1 $500 for fish
Embracing Our Differences Outdoor Exhibit
Deadline : July 1
Embracing Our Differences is seeking submissions for an outdoor juried art exhibit featuring 50 billboard size images created by local, national and international artists. Displayed in Sarasota & St Pete
Award : $2,000
Gender Equality Grant - Pulitzer
The Pulitzer Center, a non-profit organization that supports independent global journalism, is seeking applications for investigative data-driven projects on issues related to gender equality and the empowerment of women & girls
Deadline : Rolling
Pulitzer Center Grant
provides support to freelance and staff journalists to pursue underreported enterprise stories in two ways: Reporting grants: Funding for in-depth journalism projects or Fellowship programs: Funding; training; data and research support; and a cohort experience with journalists pursuing similar in-depth or investigative stories
Deadline : Rolling
JustFilms | Ford Foundation Grant
*Documentary Filmmakers
We support artist-driven, non-fiction film and new media storytelling projects that explore aspects of inequality and the organizations and networks supporting these projects
Deadline : Rolling
Arts Resources
grantS / Websites
Community First Individual Artist Grants (Jacksonville)
Opportunities for Art Exhibits in the South (calendar)
Robert Giard Grant - Robert Giard Grant for Emerging LGBTQ+ Photographers
Creative Capital Grants | Visual Arts and Film
Art Business Resources
Fees for renting event equipment directly from City of Jacksonville (including stages, bleachers, lights) - email jaxparks@coj.net for rentals. Ex. Stage rental (including delivery) is $455
Free Medical Services
MASS Clinic (Muslim American Social Services) - Free medical for uninsured
UF Health - Financial Assistance (free for under-poverty line)
JASMYN - HIV testing / medical services / housing for youth aged 18-29
Lutheran Services - refugee services, food assistance, HIV care
The LJD Jewish Family & Community Services (client services, emergency assistance, counseling, +)
Community Rehab Center - substance abuse, HIV treatment, therapy +)
Catholic Charities Bureau - immigration, food assistance, adoption, +
Free Business Resources
Free services provided by the Jacksonville Public Library - meeting rooms, ESOL, conference center, laptop borrowing, request books to be sent to Jacksonville, book / media marketing, convert old media formats to digital, self-publish E-books, submit to local author collection, audiobooks & audio player rental
Better Business Bureau of Northeast Florida - Provides reliability reports on local and national companies for use in selecting ethical business partners. Also provides dispute-resolution services to resolve conflict between a business and customer.
Jacksonville Women's Business Center - Training, mentoring, consulting, networking women-owned businesses in all stages of development.
Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) - Assists in securing contracts with local, state and federal government. Provides counseling free of charge to any Florida firm, but a minimal fee may be charged for special services or workshops, funded through the Department of Defense and the JAX Chamber.
SCORE - Offers confidential, one-on-one counseling by one of 40 local volunteers dedicated to helping to start and grow small businesses. Practical advice offered by retired business owners or managers with expertise in various industries.
Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at University of North Florida (UNF) - Sponsors workshops on business start-up basics, a HELP desk and a business library for potential business owners. Certified business analysts meet with business owners at no charge to provide a confidential sounding board and can connect clients with helpful resources, provides management assistance with financial analysis, market analysis, business planning, management audits and more.
Small Business Resource Network - Helps small businesses achieve greater success by referring them to local and qualified accountants, attorneys, lenders, insurance professionals or business consultants who provide free information.
U.S. Small Business Administration - Provides new and established business owners with financial management, technical and procurement assistance. The SBA is a federal agency established to aid, counsel and assist and protect the interest of small business and strengthen the overall economy of the nation.
Women Business Owners of North Florida - Provides support to women in all stages of business ownership. Hosts five to six monthly meetings for networking and business education. Does not directly provide any loans, grants, economic assistance or capital investment. Sponsor of Woman Business Owner of the Year awards program.
Financing Sources for Your Business
Florida Business Development Corporation - Assists healthy, growing small businesses, secures long-term, below market, fixed-rate financing for acquisition of fixed assets. Also provides financial assistance and advisory services to companies considering the possibility of selling their business or contemplating an acquisition or merger.
Florida First Capital Finance Corporation (FFCFC) - A statewide, non-profit certified development company that promotes economic development and job creation by working with the SBA and private-sector lenders to provide available and affordable financing to small businesses. FFCFC lends under the SBA 504 Loan Program, the state of Florida Recycling Loan Program and other small business assistance programs.
U.S. Small Business Administration - Provides new and established business owners with financial management, technical and procurement assistance. The SBA is a federal agency established to aid, counsel and assist and protect the interest of small business and strengthen the overall economy of the nation.
Education, Training and Workshops for Small Businesses
Beaver Street Enterprise Center - The core-city business incubator is a 25,000 square foot professional office facility offering modern workplace amenities for startup and existing business owners. The facility provides technical assistance, counseling, and mentoring to its tenants.
Small Business Workshops at the JAX Chamber's Small Business Center - Several workshops offered every month, providing access to specific topics related to every stage of running a business.
Small Business Workshops at the Small Business Development Center at UNF - Offers several workshops on business start-up basics.
UNF Small Business Blog - From the Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida. Provides management assistance and training to any prospective or existing small-business owner in North Florida.