Asian Women Giving Circle Grants

The Asian Women Giving Circle Grants support projects led by Asian American women and gender-expansive individuals using arts and culture for social change. Established in 2005, this initiative has awarded over $1 million to promote grassroots philanthropy, highlight community stories, and engage local resources. This grant cycle anticipates awarding 6-8 project grants to foster progressive transformation and raise awareness of critical issues affecting Asian American communities.

Since our founding in 2005, we’ve raised and awarded more than $1 million dollars in grants to individual artists and community groups that use the transformative power of arts and culture to fuel progressive change.
RFP Overview
Advance a just, free and safe society  Raise awareness and catalyze action around critical issues that affect Asian American women, girls, gender-expansive people, and familiesShine an authentic spotlight on our experiences and stories
In this grants cycle, we anticipate that 8 – 10 project grants will be awarded, contingent on available funding. The maximum grant amount is $8,000.

Eligibility

This RFP is open to both 501(c)(3) organizations and individual artistsArtists and collectives that are not 501(c)(3)s must apply under a fiscal sponsor that is a 501(c)(3) organization, which they must list on their application as the applying organization.All artistic disciplines will be considered, including cross-disciplinary workProjects must incorporate the arts in an integral wayProjects must highlight women’s and gender-expansive people’s leadership and/or central role
Projects must demonstrate a commitment to NYC-based communities
Grants must be applied to specific projects and cannot support the organization’s ongoing programs, operations, capital or endowments
Applicants can be at any stage in their careers but must have a track record of developed work that demonstrates their capacity to complete the proposed project and manage the funds requested
Proposals must make a clear case for the theory of social justice change envisioned by the project, based on the applicants’ own criteria for defining and measuring impact

Ineligibility

What We Do Not FundCapital or endowment campaignsEquipment purchasesSupport to address financial crises or shortfallsPurely personal works of artistic expression with little or no social justice impactDocumentation that is primarily of cultural eventsPerformances or personalities that do not provide a social change analysis or social justice focusStudent productions or projects associated with a degree program and academic credit