Creative Baltimore Fund
The Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts (BOPA), on behalf of the Mayor and the City of Baltimore, is excited to announce the Creative Baltimore Grant for FY 2025. Through this grant opportunity, BOPA grants funds to qualified artists and arts and cultural organizations based in Baltimore City. The Creative Baltimore Fund is a grant made annually by the City of Baltimore. The annual allocation from the City’s general fund is administered by the Baltimore City Arts Council. The Creative Baltimore has two primary grant programs:
- General Operating Support (GOS) provides core support for established arts or cultural organizations that benefit the public and are artistically or culturally vibrant.
- Mayor’s Individual Artist Award – Project/Practice Support (PS) provides support for artists individual practice or program that promote public access and encourage the breadth of arts and/or cultural programming in our community.
GRANT AWARDS
GOS grants to organizations range from $3,000–$10,000. Grant awards will be paid 100% at time of contract signing & processing.
The Mayor’s Individual Artist Project Support grant will award 10 artists with $3,000 awards.100% of funds will be disbursed upon contract signing & processing.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications for the Creative Baltimore Fund are currently closed.
Click each link below for a preview of the application questions.
PREVIEW OF INDIVIDUAL ARTIST APPLICATION QUESTIONS
PREVIEW OF GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT APPLICATION QUESTIONS
Congratulations, 2025 Creative Baltimore Fund Recipients!
2025 Mayor’s Individual Artist Awardees
- Taj Poscé
- Rowan Bathurst
- Brandon Kanion
- Jade Flower Foster
- Vanna Ramirez
- Alfonso Fernandez
- Mark West
- Abdul Adaranijo
- Eleisha Faith & Tonisha Hope McCorkle
- Jann Rosen-Queralt
2025 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT GRANTEES
READ THE PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING THE 2025 GRANTEES HERE
Past Grantees
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2024 Mayor’s Individual Artist Awardees
- Adam Ford
- Abisola Oladeinde
- Alonzo Hellerbach
- Ayana Harris
- Jeanne Marie Martineau
- Pablo Machioli
- Taylor Evans
- Victoria Walton
- Yewande Kotun Davis
- Zori Patrick
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2024 General Operating Support Grantees
- 901 Arts
- Arts Every Day
- Arts for Learning Maryland
- Asian Pasifika Arts Collective
- Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre
- Ballet After Dark
- Baltimore Architecture Foundation
- Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
- Baltimore Children’s Choir
- Baltimore Choral Arts Society
- Baltimore Clayworks
- Baltimore Filmmakers Collective
- Baltimore Jazz Alliance
- Baltimore Museum of Industry
- Baltimore Rock Opera Society (BROS)
- Baltimore Science Fiction Society
- Baltimore Theatre Project
- Baltimore Youth Arts
- Beyond Fearless Inspired By Truth
- Black Cherry Puppet Theater
- CHARM: Voices of Baltimore Youth
- Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
- CityLit Project
- Community Concerts at Second
- Current Space (fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas)
- Dream Bigger Community Institute
- Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center
- Fells Point Corner Theatre
- Full Circle Dance Company
- High Zero Foundation
- Hippodrome Foundation
- Interrobang Productions
- Intersection of Change
- Iron Crow Theatre
- Le Mondo
- Le’ Sheea
- Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center
- Magical Experiences Arts Company
- Make Studio Art Program
- Maryland Art Place
- Maryland Center for History and Culture
- Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
- Mind on Fire
- Motor House
- Muse 360
- New Wave Singers of Baltimore
- Nuestras Raices
- ON THE ROAD (OTR) Theater Company
- Open Works
- Opera Baltimore
- R.I.S.E. Arts Center of Baltimore
- Roland Park Community Center
- Shriver Hall Concert Series
- Strand Theater Company
- Submersive Productions
- Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival
- The Arts Project Incorporated
- The Baltimore Scene
- The National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre
- The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture
- Vagabond Players
- Wide Angle Youth Media
- WombWork Production
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2023 Mayor’s Individual Artist Awardees
- Kibibi AJanku
- Hannah Brancato
- Troy Burton
- David Currie
- Dave Eassa
- Marnie Ellen Hertzler
- A. Moon
- Tamara Payne
- Kasean Reeves
- Maria Unger
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2023 General Operating Support Grantees
- 901 Arts (legal entity is Fusion Partnerships, Inc.)
- Access Art, Inc.
- Afro Charities, Inc.
- Arts Everyday
- Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre, Inc.
- Ballet After Dark
- Baltimore Architecture Foundation
- Baltimore Arts Realty Corporation dba Motor House
- Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
- Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Inc.
- Baltimore Jazz Alliance
- Baltimore Jewelry Center
- Baltimore Museum of Industry
- Baltimore Shakespeare Factory
- Baltimore Theatre Project, Inc.
- Baltimore Youth Arts
- Bolton Hill Community Association, Inc.
- Bristol Players dba Fells Point Corner Theatre
- Charm City Fringe, LLC
- Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
- CityLit Project
- Creative Alliance, Inc.
- Creative Nomads
- Current Space (fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas, Inc.)
- Dance and Bmore
- Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center, Inc.
- Everyman Theatre
- Full Circle Dance Company
- Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance
- Hamilton Arts Collective/Hamilton Gallery
- Hippodrome Foundation, Inc.
- Intersection of Change (Jubilee Arts Program)
- Le Mondo
- Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center, Inc.
- Magical Experiences Arts Company
- Make Studio Art Program, Inc.
- Maryland Art Place
- Maryland Center for History and Culture
- Maryland Humanities
- Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
- Mount Clare Museum, NSCDA-MD
- Muse 360
- Open Works, Inc.
- Opera Baltimore (formerly Baltimore Concert Opera)
- Pennsylvania Black Arts and Entertainment District, Inc.
- Single Carrot Theatre
- Strand Theater Company
- Submersive Productions, LLC
- The Central Baltimore Partnership, Inc.
- The Last Resort Artist Retreat
- The Peale Center for Baltimore History and Architecture, Inc.
- Vagabond Players
- Wide Angle Youth Media
- Writers in Baltimore Schools
- Young Audiences
QUESTIONS?
Please contact Twi McCallum, Community Engagement Manager at tmccallum@promotionandarts.org or 410-752-8632 x 4301.