How much funding does Alumni Artpreneur of the Year Awards provide?

Alumni Artpreneur of the Year Awards provides $10,000 - $20,000 in funding.

When is the deadline for Alumni Artpreneur of the Year Awards?

The funder has not published a deadline for this grant.

How often is Alumni Artpreneur of the Year Awards offered?

Alumni Artpreneur of the Year Awards is described as a one-time opportunity.

Alumni Artpreneur of the Year Awards

Semans Art Fund

Foundation One-time Grants for Arts

Funding Amount

$10,000 - $20,000

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Deadline history & next window

Cycle: One-time opportunity
Tracked since: April 2026

Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.

Can we apply?

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Eligible organizations

Definition: UNCSA defines an Artpreneur as an artist who reaches beyond existing disciplines, technologies, constructs, and processes to effect change they wish to see in the world through their creative practice.

Other requirements

UNCSA alumni
Nominees selected and reviewed by a nominating body of UNCSA constituents
Contact: artpreneur@uncsa.edu

Overview

From 2018–2022, the Alumni Artpreneur of the Year Award recognized UNCSA alumni for the measurable social, cultural, or economic impact of their body of work, including current creative projects or enterprises.

Geographic Scope: UNCSA alumni only

Focus Areas:

Creative projects demonstrating measurable social, cultural, or economic impact
Creative enterprises led by artists
Work that reaches beyond existing disciplines, technologies, constructs, and processes to effect change

Eligibility:

UNCSA alumni
Nominees selected and reviewed by a nominating body of UNCSA constituents

Definition: UNCSA defines an Artpreneur as an artist who reaches beyond existing disciplines, technologies, constructs, and processes to effect change they wish to see in the world through their creative practice.

What Semans Art Fund actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2025

Grants in 2025: 2
Total given: $54K
Median grant: $27K
Range: $11K–$44K

By dollars: North Carolina 100%. Top recipient cities: Winston-Salem, NC.

Example grants

UNC School of the Arts Foundation · Winston Salem, NC

Semans Art Fund group grants to support UNCSA students

$44K
UNC School of the Arts · Winston Salem, NC

Grants to support UNCSA student projects

$11K