Leeway Foundation: Art and Change Grant

Deadline: August 1, 2013 (RECEIVE) or (HAND DELIVERY)


Art and Change Grant
Leeway Foundation
Philadelphia, PA


Art for social change is art with a vision and impacts people in many ways. It can: raise consciousness; alter how we think about ourselves, our society, or our culture; create a vision of a more just world; be a tool or strategy for organizing and movement-building; reclaim traditional cultural practices as a form of resistance or community building; challenge racism, classism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ageism, ableism or other forms of oppression; and question mainstream culture and beliefs.

With the ideals of social change in mind, we created these programs to challenge the norms of traditional grantmaking. We seek to recognize women and trans artists whose work is often ignored, silenced, and marginalized because of what they create or who they are - such as people of color; immigrants; gay, lesbian, and bisexual people; poor and working-class people; and people who take risks with art form and content to share their social change vision.

The Art and Change Grant provides project-based grants of up to $2,500 to women and trans artists in the Delaware Valley region to fund art for social change projects.

We encourage you to apply if you are a woman or trans artist who:

•Has an art for social change project or opportunity that impacts a larger group, audience, or community.
•Has financial need and limited or no access to other financial resources.
•Has a project supported by or in collaboration with a Change Partner (a person, organization, or business that is a part of the project in some way).
•Lives in the Delaware Valley area: Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County.


Download forms

•Art and Change Grant Guidelines and Application (full)
•Art and Change Grant Guidelines and Appilcation (full, Spanish)
•Art and Change Grant Guidelines (only)
•Art and Change Grant Application (only)
•Art and Change Grant Application (only, fillable)
•Art and Change Grant Collaborator Form
•Art and Change Grant Collaborator Form (fillable)
•Art and Change Grant Change Partner Form
•Art and Change Grant Change Partner Form (fillable)
•Art and Change Grant Change Partner Form (Spanish)
•Art and Change Grant Budget Form
•Art and Change Grant Budget Form (fillable)

Visit website: http://leeway.org


Leeway Foundation
The Philadelphia Building
1315 Walnut Street, Suite 832
Philadelphia, PA 19109