We do not give grants, recommend specific funders, or approach them on your behalf, but we can point you to information that should help. Often, the most effective method to raise funds quickly is to ask for help from the community. 

Most foundation scholarships are for undergraduate or graduate students. However, a few foundations give grants to attend private elementary, middle or high school.

Remember one important rule: "If you don't qualify, don't apply." Foundations that give to individuals have highly specific criteria. This article gives a typical breakdown for an individual project proposal.

Personal or independent projects -- for example, traveling overseas for a mission, attending summer camp, raising money for a specific person in need -- typically are not eligible to receive foundation grants. However, if your project is artistic or research-related, or its primary purpose is to serve a larger audience and improve the community, you could consider fiscal sponsorship as a means to qualify for foundation grants.

There are a number of ways for artists to supplement their income and ease the financial burden that comes with being a working artist.

Most forms of assistance for housing, medical bills, or other personal expenses such as debt relief will come from charitable organizations or government assistance programs, rather than grants from foundations.

This article provides selected grant resources to help you. But to get an overview of funding information and resources available to artists of all types, start by reading our Knowledge Base article: "Where can I find grants for individual artists?"

Most forms of assistance to individuals for housing, medical bills, or other personal expenses like debt relief will come from charitable organizations or government assistance programs, rather than grants from foundations.

Foundations typically fund nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status as defined by the Internal Revenue Code.

To get an overview of funding information and resources available to artists of all types, start by reading our Knowledge Base article: Where can I find grants for individual artists?

Most forms of assistance for housing, medical bills, or other personal expenses such as debt relief will come from charitable organizations or government assistance programs, rather than grants from foundations.

We suggest that you start your search with a visit to your college or university's financial aid office, as it may be able to connect you with resources that specifically target non-U.S. residents.

Most forms of assistance for housing, medical bills, or other personal expenses such as debt relief will come from charitable organizations or government assistance programs, rather than grants from foundations.

Because most private foundations make grants only to nonprofit organizations, individuals seeking grants must follow a different funding path than public charities.

Foundations typically fund nonprofit public charities, as defined in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. These are organizations whose purposes are charitable, educational, scientific, religious, literary, or cultural.

Si usted busca empezar una empresa, en vez de una organización sin fines de lucro, tendrá que acudir a las siguientes fuentes de información.

Si usted es estudiante internacional y busca apoyo financiero para asistir a la universidad en los Estados Unidos, consulte primero la oficina de asistencia financiera para estudiantes de la universidad a la cual solicitó ingreso.

You can search for foundation grants with Grants to Individuals, our searchable database of grantmakers that provide support directly to individual grantseekers, including students.

You can search for foundation grants with Grants to Individuals, our searchable database of grantmakers that provide support directly to individual grantseekers, including students.

An artist's statement is a written document that introduces you as an artist. It explains why and how you make your art, along with other facts about you and your art.

Crowdfunding is a way to raise funds for a specific cause or project by asking a large number of people to donate money, usually in small amounts, and usually during a relatively short period of time, such as a few months.

According to ACCION International, a leading nonprofit microcredit provider, microfinance is defined as "banking and/or financial services targeted to low-and-moderate income businesses or households, including the provision of credit".

NGOs (non-governmental organizations) work to address social issues in nearly every country around the world. There is no central online resource to find them, but there are search strategies.

Most foundation funding is awarded to nonprofit organizations, but Candid can help guide individual grantseekers to a number of resources.

The old adage holds that, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." This article has tips to help you avoid scams.

Be aware that most foundations prefer to give grants to nonprofit organizations. If a grantmaker wants to give grants to individuals, it needs to get advance approval from the IRS.

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De acuerdo a ACCION International, una organización no gubernamental que ofrece microcréditos, las microfinanzas son "la provisión de servicios de la banca o financieros dirigidos a hogares o microempresas de bajos o medianos ingresos económicos, incluyendo la opción de microcréditos."

Para empezar, es necesario aclarar que las fundaciones donantes en los Estados Unidos otorgan pocas subvenciones y becas directamente a particulares; es aun más limitado el apoyo financiero a personas que viven fuera de los Estados Unidos.