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On this page, you'll find links to foundations, organizations, and government agencies that provide funding opportunities for arts and culture nonprofits—including those in Portland.
Meant to serve as a resource for Portland-based arts and culture organizations, this page highlights foundations, organizations, and government agencies that provide funding opportunities—primarily through their grants programs. In the sections below, you'll find funders that offer opportunities locally, regional, statewide, and nationally.
Use the dropdown functionality to see quick details about each funder, then click through to explore each entity's website for more detail. Check eligibility requirements and application timelines carefully, as some agencies may have more than one program.
PORTLAND
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Catalyst Film Collective
Catalyst Film Collective elevates new voices in film by creating opportunities for members of marginalized communities to tell our own stories—both in front of and behind the camera and at all levels of production.
Central Eastside Together
Through funding arts and cultural events, public installations, and District-driven projects that boost co-creation, the Central Eastside Better Together Grant fosters an engaging and inclusive environment that supports economic growth, and a strong sense of place.
Friends of IFCC*
Friends of IFCC stewards the legacy of the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center (IFCC), which has played an integral role in the cultural landscape of Black Portlanders for generations. Through its Artist Grant & Residency Program, Friends of IFCC activates the cultural center by funding Portland-based artists across a wide range of mediums.
Portland Events & Film Office
Part of Prosper Portland, the Portland Events & Film Office provides resources, connection, and support to the Portland events and film community.
Women in Film
Women in Film's Vision Grant fosters creativity, innovation, and inclusivity within Portland's film community.
PORTLAND METRO AREA
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Metro
Help shape the future of the greater Portland region and discover tools, services, and places that make life better today.
Multnomah County
Multnomah County serves 800,000 residents with health and human services, public safety, libraries, and other community services.
Multnomah County Cultural Coalition
Established in 2003, the Multnomah County Cultural Coalition champions the cultural enrichment of Multnomah County residents.
Regional Arts & Culture Council*
The Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) connects artists, creatives, and arts and culture organizations to opportunity and access.
STATE
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MusicOregon*
MusicOregon is a nonprofit that serves independent professional music creators and the communities and organizations that support them in cities and towns across Oregon.
Oregon Arts Commission
The Oregon Arts Commission provides leadership, funding, and arts programs through its grants, services, and special initiatives.
Oregon Cultural Trust
The Oregon Cultural Trust was established by the Oregon Legislature in 2001 as an ongoing funding engine for arts and culture across the state.
Oregon Film
Oregon Film champions and supports connections between storytellers, businesses, productions, and the public, catalyzing creativity and economic development for a growing and diversified production industry.
Oregon Heritage/State Historic Preservation Office
Part of Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Heritage offers a variety of designations to recognize significant history and heritage efforts in the state, including grants.
Oregon Humanities
Oregon Humanities is an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Oregon Humanities, formerly the Oregon Council for the Humanities, was established in 1971 and is one of five statewide partners of the Oregon Cultural Trust.
UNITED STATES
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Creative Capital
Creative Capital uplifts artists with unrestricted project grants to create innovative new works and professional development services to help build thriving practices.
ITVS
A leading incubator of independent documentary, ITVS partners with filmmakers who bring untold stories to public media to make a difference in the world.
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), established in Congress in 1965, is an independent federal agency that is the largest funder of the arts and arts education in communities nationwide and a catalyst of public and private support for the arts.
FOUNDATIONS: LOCAL AND REGIONAL
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Autzen Foundation
The Autzen Foundation primarily award grants to small, Oregon-based non-profit organizations focusing on social services, arts and culture, education, environmental initiatives, and youth-centered missions.
Collins Foundation
The Collins Foundation invests in Oregon nonprofit organizations, both rural and urban, that are dedicated to improving quality of life and well-being for the people in their communities.
Creative West
Creative West empowers artists and culture-makers with direct, practical resources, delivered regionally across the western US.
Ford Family Foundation
The Ford Family Foundation supports the people and places of rural Oregon and Siskiyou County, California, with grants, scholarships, and a commitment to building community.
James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation
The James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation envisions an Oregon where the arts thrive in supportive communities and all children have equal opportunities for success in school.
Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation
The Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation prioritizes investments in arts and creativity, education and mentorship, and health and well-being.
Meyer Memorial Trust
Meyer accelerates racial, social and economic justice for the collective well-being of Oregon’s lands and peoples.
M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust
The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust guides nonprofit organizations through every level of their development through grants and other resources.
Oregon Community Foundation
Oregon Community Foundation’s mission is to improve the lives of all Oregonians through the power of philanthropy.
PGE Foundation
Through collaborative partnerships, PGE Foundation’s grants strengthen the community by empowering families, inspiring young people through creative expression, and establishing clear pathways to educational and career opportunities.
Reser Family Foundation
The Reser Family Foundation makes contributions that transform people and places across the state. Our grants aim to provide the broadest public benefit, creating a future that’s brighter for all.
Ronald W. Naito MD Foundation
The Ronald W. Naito MD Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that are strengthening, protecting, and transforming our communities and our planet.
Seeding Justice
Rooted in systemic and long-term change, Seeding Justice’s philanthropy is transparent, people-led, and rooted in community, focusing on over-resourcing disenfranchised communities that, despite it all, continue to resiliently thrive.
The Standard Charitable Foundation
The Standard Charitable Foundation makes a positive difference in the communities it serves by supporting community development, education, and disability organizations. While the foundation has a broad goal of making a positive difference in our communities, it places special emphasis on helping individuals and families who have experienced a major disability or the loss of a loved one.
FOUNDATIONS: NATIONAL
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Doris Duke Foundation
The Doris Duke Foundation focuses its support on contemporary dance, jazz, and theater artists, as well as the organizations that nurture, present, and produce them.
Ford Foundation
To address and respond to the underlying drivers of inequality, the Ford Foundation works and makes grants across nine interconnected areas that it believes can help challenge inequalities—including creativity and free expression.
Henry Luce Foundation
The Henry Luce Foundation's funding reflects its commitment to education, research, knowledge-driven leadership, and the exchange of innovative ideas in the public realm.
The Kresge Foundation
The Kresge Foundation works to expand equity and opportunities in US cities through grantmaking and social investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services and community development, nationally and in Detroit, Memphis, New Orleans, and Fresno.
Levitt Foundation
Through its grantmaking and research, the Levitt Foundation leverages the power of free, live music to strengthen the social fabric of communities, creating places people love while amplifying local pride, activating underused public spaces and fostering more healthy, equitable, and thriving communities one city, and one concert, at a time.
Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation
Through its emergency funds for jazz musicians, the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation delivers much-needed cash into the hands of freelance jazz musicians.
Mellon Foundation
Mellon makes grants to support communities through the power of the arts and humanities across its core grantmaking areas, arts and culture, higher learning, humanities in place, and public initiatives, as well as its signature Presidential Initiatives.
Native Arts + Cultures Foundation
The Native Arts + Cultures Foundation advances equity and cultural knowledge, focusing on the power of arts and collaboration to strengthen Native communities and promote positive social change with American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native peoples in the United States.
The Andy Warhol Foundation
The Andy Warhol Foundation actively supports the advancement of the visual arts through an extensive artist-centered grantmaking program.
Wilhelm Family Foundation
The Wilhelm Family Foundation supports non-profit arts organizations with the goal of helping improve the quality of life of artists and creative communities nationwide.
*indicates that the organization is also an Arts & Culture Small Grant Program partner.
Header image courtesy of the Oregon Symphony c/o Jason Quigley.