Grant applications for the 2024 funding cycle are due by 5pm ET, Friday March 15, 2024. However, the Eligibility Quiz must be taken by 11:59pm ET, Tuesday, March 12.

All applications must be submitted through the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Grants Portal. The application portal will open on February 8, 2024.

The FCI does not fund for-profit entities. If you are a newly established nonprofit, or if you work with a fiscal sponsor, pass-through, or nonprofit partner for gifts and grants, please include this information in your application. Please contact us if you have questions about eligibility and applying with a pass-through.

If you are municipally owned entity, you are eligible.

New buildings, existing buildings, and building expansions are all eligible.

Yes. Check with your landlord or building owner—many owners are enthusiastic about sustainable tenant improvements and may offer free rent in return! Note that government or municipal buildings must provide evidence of their 501c3 status or a demonstrated commitment from a fiscal sponsor.

Applicants may only apply to one funding category per grant cycle.

Potential applicants should first determine eligibility by completing a 2-minute Eligibility Quiz.

The Foundation does not accept unsolicited inquiries regarding FCI applications and cannot provide guidance via phone consultation.

The guidelines and instructions listed on this website are designed to help you plan what information to share. The FCI does not review or provide feedback on draft materials.

Potential applicants—and especially first-time applicants—are strongly encouraged to review the recording of the informational webinar that was held on February 15.

Basic and/or specific questions about eligibility or the potential suitability of your project, cinformational webinaran be submitted via email to info@frankenthalerclimateinitiative.org.

We encourage grantees to move “through” their climate action journey with the FCI. However, grantees who have received FCI support for three consecutive years are ineligible for the 2024 cycle.

Yes. Applicants can use FCI funding to catalyze, match, or otherwise support projects with budgets exceeding our funding limits. Please include the full cost of your project in the budget summary, and request support within the limits of the funding categories as listed. Your budget summary should be accurate to the best of your knowledge at the time of submission. Please indicate any matches or funding partner opportunities, even if they are potential. (Funding partners do not need to be committed at the time of application.)

Examples of types of organizations that are ineligible include: For-profit Arts Organizations, Commercial Galleries, Performing Arts Organizations (e.g., Theater, Ballet, Opera, Symphony), Aquariums, Zoos, Natural History Museums, Science Museums, Children’s Museums, Transportation Museums, Maritime Museums, Arboretums, Botanical Gardens, Nature Centers, Libraries with primary focus in areas other than the visual arts, Community/Arts education organizations that offer some visual arts offerings but it is not a primary offering, Craft and primary Cultural Arts organizations.

In theory, yes. However, eligibility is contingent upon a significant mission and project focus on visual arts, exhibitions/arts-focused programming, and/or collections care.

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