Grants For Creators with January 2025 Deadlines

Happy Holidays!

Preview our January 2025 funding opportunities list and find resources to support your creative projects or business.

Our January newsletter features (55+) funding opportunities totaling approximately $2.1M.

Preview (3) right here on LinkedIn.

1. The Fund for Investigative Journalism Seed Funding

This opportunity provides small grants, up to $2,500, for preliminary reporting that can lead to full investigations. The grants cover costs such as open-records requests and initial reporting trips.

Deadline: January 31, 2025

Apply to this opportunity.

2. Etsy Emergency Relief Fund at CERF+

Etsy is committed to helping its creative entrepreneurs recover when disasters disrupt their businesses. They’ve partnered with CERF+, a nonprofit organization focused on helping artists prepare for and recover from emergencies and disasters, to create a disaster relief fund just for Etsy sellers. Each quarter, they work with CERF+ to award grants to a select number of eligible sellers. Any Etsy seller who has experienced a federally declared disaster within the past year may apply for a grant as long as they’ve been active on Etsy for at least one year and their accounts with Etsy are in good standing. Grants of $2,000 are available to sellers when they apply.

Deadline: Rolling

Apply to this opportunity.

3. Disabled Consultant Futures Fund or Writers, Directors and Actors

This opportunity radically increases the leverage of disabled creatives who are asked to consult by providing them with a backup offer to confidently negotiate to be hired as writers, directors, and actors—if those are their desired roles. If they can’t be hired on equitable terms, the Fund will buy back their time by paying them 150% of their first offer to fund their creative pursuits. $1,500 will be awarded.

Deadline: Rolling

Apply to this opportunity.

There are hundreds of grants available every month.

But remember, to win, you have to apply.

Your next opportunity could be just around the corner.

If you've hesitated to apply for grants due to self-doubt or limiting beliefs, our new playbook was designed specifically for you. It will help you overcome barriers and achieve success in your grant applications.

9 Stumbling Blocks Preventing Creatives From Tapping Into Free Grant Funds?tackles the biggest obstacles that creatives and small business owners face in securing grant funding. It also offers practical ways to improve your mindset regarding your worthiness of receiving "free money."

Grab this playbook for yourself, or gift it to a friend this holiday.