Grant Programs

Since FCA's inception, over 8,000 grants awarded to artists and arts organizations—totaling more than $31.5 million—have provided opportunities for creative exploration and development.

FCA supports individual artists and collectives working in dance, music/sound, performance art/theater, poetry, and the visual arts through three core grant programs: Grants to Artists, Creative Research Grants, Emergency Grants, and The Ellsworth Kelly Award.

In 2025, Foundation for Contemporary Arts distributed almost $2.5 million in grants to individual artists, including:

• $1,035,000 through Grants to Artists—twenty-three grants of $45,000 each, including eleven awards named for artists long associated with FCA
• $350,000 through the new Creative Research Grants program—thirty grants of $10,000 for creative research and development. These grants were awarded in October 2025.
• $570,015 through Emergency Grants—240 grants of varying amounts, for urgent project needs
• $49,880 to 23 artists through Emergency Grants: Cancellation Funds
• The $45,000 Ellsworth Kelly Award
• $70,000 in Walter Prindle Visual Arts Scholarships
• $349,800 to 82 artists in the aftermath of the fires in Los Angeles and $25,000 to Red Hook Fire Recovery Fund to support artists affected by the fires in Red Hook, Brooklyn