The Arts Organization Grant program provides flexible grants to Minnesota and New York City-based arts organizations that offer ongoing programs, services and/or opportunities for multiple early career generative artists and culture bearers to create, develop, and present new original work. Funded programs serve artists in and across the artistic fields of dance; film production; literature; music; technology-centered arts; theater, performance, spoken word; and visual arts.
The Foundation currently funds 79 arts organizations:
Funding by Artistic Field and Geography 
Jerome Foundation seeks to support arts organizations rooted in the practices of belonging, nurture, equity, love, and respect, where every voice is valued, every story matters, and learning is embraced as a continuous journey. Grantee organizations offer early-career artists and culture bearers–who take creative risks, pursue innovative artistic approaches, and demonstrate a clear creative purpose and vision—with vital resources and opportunities and are active as part of a larger ecosystem of support for early career artists across the five boroughs of New York City and throughout urban and rural Minnesota.
Arts Organization Grants contribute to hundreds of opportunities for artists through residencies, mentorships, fellowships, professional and new work development programs, productions, and commissions, laying the groundwork for current and future creative experiences across multiple artistic fields.
Jerome Foundation recognizes the ongoing challenges and volatility that many organizations face in these times. To prioritize stability for our current arts organization partners, we are not holding an open application process for arts organization grants.
We welcome direct conversations with organizations based in Minnesota and New York City whose missions, practices, and values align strongly with those of Jerome Foundation. When additional funding becomes available, we will extend invitations to those strongly aligned organizations to submit proposals for review.
We remain committed to supporting arts organizations and welcome dialogue with those that resonate with our mission, vision, and priorities.
Learn more about current grantees
