Daily Featured Foundation - 12/17/25

12/17/2025

Here is today’s featured foundation.

Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts

Website: http://www.grahamfoundation.org/

Mission & Purpose: To foster the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society.

Broad Funding Guidelines: This is an international/national funder based in Chicago. They are unique because they provide grants to individuals as well as 501(c)(3) organizations. Their funding focuses exclusively on architecture and design—but interpreted broadly to include exhibitions, publications, films, and new media. They have one major deadline per year for individuals and one for organizations.

Featured Opportunity: The "Production and Presentation Grants" are a gold standard for architects, writers, and curators. These grants provide project funding to help pay for the costs of producing a book, mounting an exhibition, or creating a film about architecture.

Recommendation: An individual architect, scholar, or independent curator (or a small gallery) seeking arts funding to produce a specific public project (like a book or exhibition) that advances architectural discourse.