Teiger Foundation Single Project Grant

The Teiger Foundation Single Project Grant supports innovative visual arts projects at non-profit exhibition spaces with annual budgets exceeding $3 million. Focused on curatorial practices, the grant encourages experimentation and creativity, aiming to drive positive structural change in contemporary art. Eligible expenses include artist fees, publication costs, and coalition-building efforts. The next Call for Proposals opens in Fall 2026, with funding of up to $150,000 available for selected projects.

NOTE: Please note that Teiger Foundation will not offer a 2026 Call for Proposals. The next Call for Proposals will open in Fall 2026 with a deadline in early 2027. Going forward, the Call for Proposals will have a deadline every two years.
Background
Teiger Foundation supports contemporary visual art with a primary focus on curators.
In dialogue with artists and other art workers, curators are thinkers and leaders who play multiple and changing roles in their organizations and communities. Teiger Foundation’s goal is to support these activities and their continued reinvention.
Acknowledging uncertainty, fear, and loss in a time of enormous change, Teiger Foundation is committed to experimentation and creativity in exhibitions and programs; widely varied, innovative curatorial research and partnerships; and new perspectives on community-building and positive structural change within the field of visual art.
Teiger Foundation affirms the importance of visual art and experimental practice to culture and society at large, and therefore positions its work in support of racial justice and against white supremacy, in support of free expression, and towards an equitable transition from fossil fuels amidst the climate crisis.
We provide support for a single project at a non-profit exhibition space with an annual budget above $3 million.
We only support visual arts projects.
Funding can support the development, realization, interpretation, and documentation of exhibitions, related public programs and publications, as well as microsites and other online components of an on-site project.
Our single project grants up to $150,000 can include support for print or digital publications related to the proposed exhibition(s) or project(s). Publications should reflect informed decisions about whether and how to make a book, a website, or deploy another digital medium such as a podcast, live or edited video interview, etc. Traditionally, publications have extended the life of an exhibition and brought it a wider audience.
Teiger Foundation is committed to supporting innovation in curatorial practice and structural change in the field of contemporary art. Curators and artworker-led organizations engaged in change making initiatives that further the discourse or conditions around art, exhibitions, and museums can apply for our single project grants. Eligible activities include research, experimentation, organizing, or coalition-building efforts.

Eligibility

Proof of 501(c)3 status is required. Our current call for proposals is for curators in the U.S. and territories only.All of our funding opportunities can support curator-led projects at non-profit art organizations such as museums, public art initiatives, art centers, biennials, or similar platforms that are professionally curated and non-commercial. Eligible expenses Robust fees for artists Up to 30% institutional overheadMeaningful compensation for outside advisors (staff at partnering organizations and/or individuals with specialized expertise and local knowledge)Publication participants such as writers, photographers, designers, web developers, etcWe will only be giving one grant per cycle per institution.Fiscally sponsored organizations are allowed to apply but the organization must have a minimum of two years of sponsorship.

Ineligibility

We do not fund Projects unaffiliated with an established non-profit exhibition space,Projects proposed by individual artists, Endowments or capital campaigns, or Projects that do not involve contemporary art.