Daily Featured Foundation - 11/5/25

11/5/2025

Here is today’s featured foundation.

Center for Craft

Website: https://www.centerforcraft.org/

Mission & Purpose: To resource, catalyze, and amplify how and why craft matters. This national organization invests in the people and ideas behind the objects that shape our lives, supporting artists, scholars, and curators.

Broad Funding Guidelines: This is a national (U.S.-based) organization that provides grants and fellowships to individuals and organizations. Their application deadlines and programs vary annually. They have separate, open application processes for different opportunities, such as research grants for scholars, fellowships for curators, and cohorts for mid-career teaching artists.

Featured Opportunity: The Craft Research Fund Grant is one of the foundation's longest-running programs. It provides grants of up to $15,000 to support new, interdisciplinary research about craft in the United States. This is a key source of funding for scholars, curators, and graduate students writing theses or dissertations on craft history and theory.

Recommendation: Academic scholars, graduate students, and independent researchers who are seeking funding for a specific research project (such as for travel, documentation, or image rights) that advances the scholarly understanding of American craft history or theory.