Applications for New Arts and Culture Grants for 2026 Now Available

Building on the popularity of our competitive grants process for arts and culture organizations that we initiated last year, the Herzfeld Foundation is excited to announce the launch of similar grant opportunities for 2026. Last year’s solicitation attracted 68 applicants, and we awarded grants to just over half (37, or 54%). We hope to see similar numbers this year.

The specific grants categories for 2026 are the same as last year and include:

For those interested in applying, we want to clarify a couple of points that caused some confusion last year.

The first is that while we are using the same grant application for our small arts and culture and new project categories, eligibility is different for the two. We define small organizations as those with annual budgets of $750,000 or less, and only organizations that meet that criterion can apply for general operations support under this category. Conversely, organizations with budgets of any size can apply for support of a new project or program – the main criterion here is that the project or program really is new, which means our funds essentially would support its launch.

Another point of clarification is that our arts education grants – while intended to support organizations that have mission-driven commitments to arts education – will not be awarded to support general operations. Instead, these grants will support specific projects or programs or new efforts by arts education organizations to expand their offerings or enhance their business models and sustainability.