The Lilla Jewel Award
Funding Amount
Varies
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Eligible organizations
- Oregon-based artists only
- Oregon-based artists
- Women and artists of marginalized genders
Other requirements
- Must advance a social change message through their work
Overview
Named in honor of artist, radical feminist, and suffragist Lilla Jewel, this award was created to address the inequities that women and artists of marginalized genders experience by resourcing and amplifying Oregon-based artists who advance a social change message through their work.
History: Created nearly 25 years ago, the Lilla Jewel Awards have funded dozens of poets, choreographers, singers, painters, photographers, filmmakers, writers, and other artists embedded in social justice movements.
Geographic Scope
- Oregon-based artists only
Focus Areas
- Artists who advance a social change message
- Work centered on social justice
- All art forms including: poetry, choreography, singing, painting, photography, film, writing
Eligibility
- Oregon-based artists
- Women and artists of marginalized genders
- Must advance a social change message through their work
Contact Information
- Address: Center for Social Justice, 510 SW 3rd Ave Suite 300, Portland, Oregon 97204
- Phone: 503-289-1517
- Email: info@seedingjustice.org
- Website: seedingjustice.org
What Seeding Justice actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 153
- Total given
- $5.78M
- Median grant
- $20K
- Range
- $5,600–$223K
- By dollars: Oregon 63%, Washington 12%, Idaho 9%. Top recipient cities: Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; Eugene, OR.
- 49% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 52% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Latino Network · Portland, OR
Operating support = $500; project support = $222,666
$223K
The Raven Collective · Grayslake, IL
Project support
$200K
Burns Paiute Tribe · Burns, OR
Project support
$150K
Coeur D'Alene Tribe · Plummer, ID
Project support
$150K
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes · Pablo, MT
Project support
$150K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Arts
- Women
- Social justice
- LGBTQ
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