Grants/Funding/Financing

Application Deadline: Oct 11th 5pm

Funding Amount: $3,000

Eligibility:  

• An U.S. military active-duty service member, guardsman, reservist, or veteran
• A spouse or registered domestic partner of a U.S. military active-duty service member, guardsman, reservist, or veteran
• A child (at least 18 years old) of a U.S. military active-duty service member, guardsman, reservist, or veteran

Application Deadline: Oct 11th 5pm

Funding Amount: Up to $35,000

Eligibility:  

• Washington State non-profit organization with 501(c)(3) status
• Washington State tribal, state, or municipal government agency
• National non-profit organization with Washington State chapter(s), for example Veterans of Foreign Wars

Application Deadline: Nov 1st 11:59pm

Funding Amount:  Artists and bands can apply for $150 per eligible tour date, with a maximum of 10 dates per application, totaling up to $1,500.

Application Process: A panel of Seattle music industry experts will review applications tri-annually in the application period occurring three months before touring taking place in three blocks (January-April, May-August, September-December). Criteria include artistic merit, tour integrity, and the potential impact on the artist's career.

Eligible Artists: The program is open to individual artists or bands actively building a full-time music career, aged 21 or over, with the majority of the touring party based within a 90-mile radius of Seattle.

Eligible Tours: Tours must span at least three sites, cover 250 miles, and occur within designated dates. Funding covers expenses such as travel, lodging, meals, backline equipment, and tour merchandise production.

Application Deadline: Nov 4th 11:59pm (Applications open Oct 4th)

Funding Amount: $10,000

Eligibility:  

• 18 years of age or older;
• Washington State residents at the time of application and payment;
• Individual artists (or artist teams): those who are the originators of works of art.

Application Deadline: Dec 9th 11:59pm CT

Prize Amount: 

Grand Prize:  

• $10,000 USD in Cash
• Career Consultation with Major Label A&R Executive – Joe Ferrari (Head of A&R, Sony Music Canada)
• 2-page Feature in American Songwriter Magazine
• Brand New Custom Premium McNally Acoustic Guitar
• International Promotion of Your Album + Radio Tracking: Grand Prize winner receives a comprehensive music promotion distribution campaign for one release (album) with 3 blasts to Play MPE’s Packaged Lists including (1) One *International Bundle (applicable music genre/radio format) + Global Music Supervisors and Global Bloggers. Plus a 3-month subscription to MTR radio tracking (Canada & US markets). The Grand Prize winner can also option additional marketing such as a candid recorded interview, dedicated marketing email, blog post, and socials. Learn more about Play MPE and MTR.
• Option for Additional Marketing such as a candid recorded interview, dedicated marketing email, blog post, and socials
• American Songwriter Membership

First Place: $1,000 + opportunities

Second Place: $500 + opportunities

Deadline TBA

Funding Amount: 25 grants of $1,000 to support Black artists of all disciplines in realizing their creative projects 

Eligibility: Open to Black artists located in Washington

Rolling Deadline

Funding Amount: $1,000 

Eligibility: Individuals, groups, and organizations with a "crazy brilliant idea that needs funding"

Rolling Deadline

Funding Amount: Range from $500 to $3,000, and the average grant is $1,900 

Eligibility: Applicants must be individual artists, or an individual representing an artist collective, ensemble, or group living in the United States or U.S. Territories or have U.S. Tax ID

Rolling Deadline

Funding Amount: Maximum amount of this grant is $15,000; an award of $5,000 is typical 

Eligibility:  Artist must be able to demonstrate a minimum involvement of ten years in a mature phase of his or her work. Artists must work in the disciplines of painting, sculpture or printmaking whose needs are the result of an unforeseen, catastrophic incident. 

Rolling Deadline

Funding Amount: Two $1,800 grants each quarter, to one visual artist and one photographer. 

Eligibility:  Artists and photographers world-wide 18 and older