Creative Sector Flex Fund (CSFF)
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Grant program introduced by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts in 2023-2024 to support the creative sector.
Geographic Scope: Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties in Southeastern Pennsylvania
Note: The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (rebranded as PA Creative Industries) is transitioning away from this program.
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance's IRS filings)
Women's Coalition for Empowerment
Abington, PA · 2025
$30K
5 Shorts Project
Philadelphia, PA · 2025
$27K
Team Sunshine Performance Corporation
Philadelphia, PA · 2025
$18K
5 grants in Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance's 2024–2025 filings reference “Creative Sector Flex Fund” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 25
- Total given
- $289K
- Median grant
- $9,000
- Range
- $5,500–$30K
- By dollars: Pennsylvania 100%. Top recipient cities: Philadelphia, PA; Abington, PA; Drexel Hill, PA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Women's Coalition for Empowerment · Abington, PA
Bloomberg arts internship worksite stipend & creative sector flex fund grant
$30K
5 Shorts Project · Philadelphia, PA
Bloomberg arts internship worksite stipend & creative sector flex fund grant
$27K
Penn Museum · Philadelphia, PA
Bloomberg arts internship worksite stipend
$22K
The Academy of Natural Sciences · Philadelphia, PA
Bloomberg arts internship worksite stipend
$18K
Team Sunshine Performance Corporation · Philadelphia, PA
Bloomberg arts internship worksite stipend & creative sector flex fund grant
$18K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Arts
- Nonprofits
Categories
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Deadline
December 15, 2026
Listed date — confirm with the funder
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