Arts Funding

The Supporting Arts grant program provides funding to arts organizations and municipal arts departments to support programmatic costs associated with mission-related work.   

The Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) grants funds received from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and must follow federal terms and conditions. The Supporting Arts program is funded, in part, by funds received from the NEA. 

Arts organizations and municipal arts departments can apply for this grant.

Please contact Rhonda Olisky by email at rhonda.olisky@ct.gov for more information or if you have questions about the program.

Application Deadline: Monday, August 31, 2026, at 11:59 pm

Real Art Ways announces the Provision Fund, a new grant program that will support Connecticut artists in creating new work. The Provision Fund is made possible with funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and will be managed and administered by Real Art Ways.

In its first year of annual grant-making, six $10,000 project grants will be awarded to Connecticut-based artists through an open-call, juried process.

The 2026 jury will include artist Saya Woolfalk, author and curator Seph Rodney, and arts professional Kelsey Halliday Johnson.

Projects must be grounded in the visual arts and be public-facing. (Projects will not take place at Real Art Ways.) Individual artists, collaborative teams, and informal collectives are eligible and encouraged to apply. There is no application fee.

Grantees will be announced in December of 2026.

Application Deadline: Sunday, September 20

The Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which was established by Governor Lamont in 2021, provides financial assistance for infrastructure improvements to 501(c)(3) organizations that are at a heightened risk of being the target of a terrorist attack, hate crime, or violent act. It is administered by the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection’s Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security (DEMHS).

Full press release can be viewed at: https://officeofthegovernor.cmail20.com/t/j-e-siuwhk-tkiulrkihh-r/

provides funds for presenters to travel and research artistic works that may be brought to New England. 

Deadline: Rolling

Microsoft Tech for Social Impact  offers grants and discounts for their products and services to eligible nonprofits, including solutions like Azure, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft 365.