Other Funding Opportunities

The State Historical Society of Iowa offers many competitive grants that can support the preservation and education of Iowa history.

However, you may want to pursue additional funding opportunities from other governmental, corporate and private organizations, including:

Arts

• ArtUp: Grantseeking for Individuals in the Arts
  This webinar, presented by the Foundation Center, explains how to search and apply for arts funding.
• Grants for Individuals
  The Foundation Center maintains a broad database of public and private grants for individual artists.
• New York Foundation for the Arts
  The NYFA Source is a searchable database of more than 12,000 awards, grants and other opportunities for artists.
• Craft Emergency Relief Funds
  Billed as “the artists’ safety net,” CERF offers grants for professional artists who suffer career-threatening emergencies.

Film & Media Production

For Iowa filmmakers ready for the national scale, check out the links and resources below.

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
• American Documentary Funds and Residencies
• Catapult Film Fund
• Center for Asian American Media
• The Fledgling Fund
• Ford Foundation
• The Gotham (formerly IFP: Independent Filmmaker Project)
• International Documentary Association
• Independent Television Service
• National Association of Latino Independent Producers
• National Endowment for the Arts
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• Roy W. Dean Grants/From the Heart Productions
• Sundance Institute
• Tribeca Film Institute
• Zoetrope

History and Historic Preservation

• Derelict Building Program
  The Iowa Department of Natural Resources offers grants for Iowa towns of 5,000 or fewer residents’ to address neglected commercial or public structures that have sat vacant for at least six months.
• Iowa Barn Foundation
  This nonprofit foundation offers a range of grants to help preserve Iowa’s historic rural buildings, which symbolize the state’s agricultural heritage.
• Main Street Iowa
  Operated by the Iowa Economic Development Authority, Main Street Iowa invests funding and resources to help communities capitalize on the unique identity, assets and character of the historic commercial districts.
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
  The National Trust awards grants to nonprofit organizations and public agencies, primarily for planning and education projects.
• State and Federal Historic Preservation Tax Credits
  Tax credits and exemptions are available to encourage the reuse of historic properties, while retaining historic character-defining features