Photography Grants for Nonprofits

Photography is both an artform and a record of our world. It is one of the most direct forms of digital storytelling, bringing experiences that can amuse, intrigue or galvanize its viewers. Many nonprofits are dedicated to supporting photographers in their work to catalogue both the natural and human worlds and moments. These artistic nonprofits rely on photography grants in order to keep up the good work of many photography equipment and training accessible to all.

The funding from photography grants can be used to host exhibitions, offer workshops, preserve culturally relevant photography collections and help provide photography equipment and technology to those who cannot normally afford it.

Nonprofits looking to find photography grants can get them from a few sources. Many arts councils and private foundations will offer grants specifically for photography projects. You can sometimes find corporate sponsors as well, within the creative industry. We have a full list of grants below on the topic to browse.

When preparing photography grants, don’t just focus on the data. Of course, data is very useful, depending on what you want to do with the grant money. You can bring up the expenses of getting into photography, and use data to show just how out of reach it is. But you also have to show you understand the importance of photography as an artform, and the real power it has to affect and inform.

If you want more information on writing award-winning grants, GrantStation has an excellent overview to get you started. As mentioned, you can also start browsing photography grant opportunities above.