THE CREATIVE GRANTS GUIDE — Art, Travel, Writing & Real Estate Funding For Independent Creatives

You create. You travel. You write. You build. And somewhere between the passion and the paycheck, you've wondered if there's money out there to support what you actually do.

There is. You just didn't know where to look.

The Creative Grants Guide is a comprehensive, organized resource covering four categories of grants most people never think to search for — art grants for visual artists, travel grants that literally pay you to go somewhere and create, writing grants for independent authors who don't need a PhD to qualify, and real estate and housing grants for those looking to build, buy, or develop something real.

Every grant includes a full description, eligibility requirements, award amounts, deadlines, and direct website links so you know exactly where to go and what you're walking into.

What's inside:

— Visual Art Grants including Pollock-Krasner (up to $50,000), Artadia ($15,000 unrestricted), Awesome Foundation ($1,000 every single month), Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grants, Harpo Foundation, Innovate Artist Grant, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, and more

— Travel Grants including the Kyoto Retreat in Japan, South Arts Creative Practice Grant (up to $3,000), NEH Public Scholars Program, Hawthornden Castle Residency in Scotland, Goethe-Institut Mobility Grants, and more

— Writing Grants including NEH Public Scholars, PEN America Writers Aid, Speculative Literature Foundation grants, NALAC ($10,000), and the best free writing grant databases updated monthly

— Real Estate & Housing Grants including USDA Section 504, HUD Community Development Block Grants, Operation Tiny Home PATHWAYS Program, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency, Federal Solar ITC, and more

— Key Grant Databases & Directories including ArtDeadline.com, Artwork Archive, Creative Capital, Artconnect, Fundsforwriters.com, Colossal Monthly Opportunities, NEA Grants, and more

This is not a list of links. This is a resource built by someone who did the actual research so you don't have to.