Grants for individuals, not for institutions.

Most grant-search tools were built for nonprofits and universities. You''re not a nonprofit. You''re a person with work to make.

There are tens of thousands of funding opportunities designed for individual artists, writers, researchers, filmmakers, and independent scholars. They go by different names — fellowship, residency, project grant, microgrant, commission, award, prize — and they live across federal agencies (NEA, NEH, NSF), state arts councils, private foundations, and a long tail of regional funders that fly under every radar.

What we need from you

• Your discipline. Poetry, documentary, software art, ecology, etc. This does more than you''d think.
• Your state. State arts councils are the unsexy goldmine of individual funding.
• A link or two to your work. Optional — but massively improves match quality.
• Whether you want to narrow to one area (say, women-only funds, BIPOC-specific, disability-specific) or cast wide.

We never store portfolio URLs anywhere a funder could see without your per-application consent.

What to expect

Fellowships tend to reward patience — many have one submission cycle per year. Residencies tend to reward geographic flexibility. Microgrants tend to reward fast, scrappy applications. We''ll tag each match with which kind of move it rewards so you can spend your attention wisely.

Let''s find your first match.