Barbara Deming Memorial Fund: Money for Women

The Fund makes small artist support grants ( $500 – $1500 ) to individual feminist women in the arts who are citizens with primary residence in the U.S and Canada.

We welcome Applications from artists and writers who:

Exhibit high quality and originality in their work.
Identify themselves as living in a woman’s body
Use feminism as their central interpretive lens
Value both personal and political changes that stand against the limitations and controls exerted against women and aim at optimum freedom and agency for women
Validate differences that overlap with gender such as race, ethnicity and class
Express an inclusive vision of social justice while focusing on justice for women

WE ARE INTERESTED IN
Funding projects which you have begun or are well underway, and for which you have substantial work to show.

WE DO NOT AWARD
Film, video, theatre, dance, music, or performance projects. Scripts and musical compositions are also not eligible. We do not award work which is or will be self-published. We do not give loans or provide money for educational assistance, work on dissertations, or research (except research to be used in writing a book). We do not provide funds for the cost of editing services, business projects, or emergency money for people in need. We rarely give money to groups.

DEADLINES (you may apply in only one genre)

January 1 - January 31, 2024, for Visual Art and Fiction. All applications accepted via Submittable. These applications have a $25 fee, payable by credit card. A limited number of fee waivers are available. To request a waiver, contact the grants administrator at demingfund@gmail.com on January 1, 2024.

January 1 - January 31, 2025, for Nonfiction and Poetry. All applications accepted via Submittable. These applications have a $25 fee, payable by credit card. A limited number of fee waivers are available. To request a waiver, contact the grants administrator at demingfund@gmail.com on January 1, 2025.

Applicants will be notified about grant decisions approximately five months after the deadline date.