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

BOPA uses the free platform Submittable to collect applications. The submission deadline is Monday, December 2, 2024. View each application at the links below for eligibility criteria, funding restrictions, scoring rubric, and the full program timeline.

Mayor’s individual artist award application

General operating support grant application

PREVIEW OF INDIVIDUAL ARTIST APPLICATION QUESTIONS

PREVIEW OF GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT APPLICATION QUESTIONS

SUPPORT FOR APPLICANTS

Office hours are free and open to any member of the public interested in applying for the Creative Baltimore Fund grant. Office hours are structured to serve as application help as well as Q&A opportunities. All sessions are held via Zoom and hosted by Twi McCallum, Community Engagement Manager.

CREATIVE BALTIMORE FUND OFFICE HOURS: