Grants and fellowships are major parts of the SFCA’s outreach, providing funding to support nonprofit organizations, individuals and schools that provide training and services in the arts, culture, and humanities across the state.
| Grant Name | Grantee Specifications | Enrollment Dates |
|---|---|---|
| SFCA Culture Fellowships | Individual artists and cultural practitioners | Applications closed July 31, 2022 |
| Apprentice Mentoring | Cultural Practitioners | To Be Announced |
Community Arts Grants FY2026 | nonprofit 501(c)3 arts and culture organizations | Intent To Apply August 1 - September 30, 2024. Project Application September 1 - October 30, 2024 |
Community Arts Grants FY2027 | nonprofit 501(c)3 arts and culture organizations | Intent To Apply August 1 - September 30, 2025. Project Application September 1 - October 30, 2025 |
| Organization Name | Island | Project Title | Amount Funded | Grant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aloha Performing Arts Company dba Aloha Theatre | Hawaii | Aloha Teen Theatre | $10,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Arts Kauai/Kauai Songwriters | Kauai | Kauai Songwriters Music Festival | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Ballet Hawaii | Oahu | Angel Program | $10,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Bamboo Ridge Press | Oahu | Bamboo Ridge Basic FY24 | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Chamber Music Hawaii | Oahu | Chamber Music Hawai‘i’s 2023-24 Season | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| East Hawai'i Cultural Council DBA East Hawai'i Cultural Center | Hawaii | Gallery Exhibitions | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Ebb & Flow Arts | Maui | Duo Diorama on Maui and Kauai | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Garden Island Arts Council | Kauai | Kaua'i Community Arts Basic Development | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Hana Arts | Maui | Strengthening the East Maui Community through Art | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities | Oahu | Hawaiʻi History Day 2024 | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Hawai'i Concert Society | Hawaii | Hawaii Concert Society Season 2023-2024 | $10,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Hawaii Craftsmen | Oahu | Hawaii Craftsmen Exhibition Programs | $10,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Hawaii Forest Institute | Hawaii | 2023 Hawaii’s Woodshow, Na Lā‘au o Hawai‘i | $10,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Hawaii Handweavers' Hui | Oahu | Crimp and Create Workshop with Diane Totten | $5,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Hawaii Institute for Music Enrichment and Learning Experiences, Inc. | Oahu | Hawaiian Steel Guitar Festivals and Showcases | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Hawaii International Film Festival | Oahu | 43rd Annual Hawaii International Film Festival | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Hawaii Opera Theatre | Oahu | Hawai'i Opera Theatre - Education Programs | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Hawaii Performing Arts Company, Ltd. d.b.a. Manoa Valley Theatre | Oahu | Production Support of MVT's 2023-24 Theatre Season | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Hawaii Theatre Center | Oahu | pARTners for the Arts 2023 - 2024 | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Hawaii United Okinawa Association | Oahu | Warabi Ashibi - Okinawan Cultural Day Camp for Children | $10,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Holualoa Foundation for Arts & Culture d.b.a. Donkey Mill Art Center | Hawaii | Donkey Mill Art Center Exhibition Program 2023-2024 | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Honolulu Printmakers | Oahu | Annual Juried Print Exhibition | $10,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Honolulu Theatre for Youth | Oahu | HTY’s Statewide Tour FY24 | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Hui Noeau | Maui | Enhancing Lives on Maui through Visual Arts Education | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii | Oahu | New Year's 'Ohana Festival | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Kumu Kahua Theatre | Oahu | Kumu Kahua Theatre's 53rd Season | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Lahaina Arts Guild | Maui | We Make Art Happen! | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Lanai Academy of Performing Arts Inc. | Lanai | LAPA FY24 | $10,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Lanai Arts and Culture Center | Lanai | Let's Art Together | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Mana Maoli | Oahu | Mana Mele Knowledge Resource Products | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Maui Public Art Corps | Maui | Hui Mo‘olelo | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Moanalua Gardens Foundation, Inc. | Oahu | 47th Annual Prince Lot Hula Festival | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Molokai Arts Center, Inc. | Molokai | CELEBRATING SAKADA | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Monkey Waterfall | Oahu | Imaginary Homelands 2"" (working title) | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Nova Arts Foundation Inc. | Oahu | World Premiere of IONA’s Oh My Goddess! (Ola Ko’u Akua Wahine!) | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Society for Kona's Education &Art | Hawaii | The Art of Learning, Art Camps and Workshops | $10,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Sounding Joy Music Therapy, Inc. | Oahu | Music Connects: Engaging and Empowering Older Adults through Music Therapy | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Tau Dance Theater | Oahu | Haloa | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| The Friends of the Palace Theater | Hawai'i | Celebration of Hawaiian Music Series 2024 | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| Volcano Art Center | Hawaii | The Volcano Art Center's Hula Arts At Kīlauea Program | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| YOUNG OF HEART WORKSHOP dba Puʻuhonua Society | Oahu | Ahupuaʻa, Fishponds and Loʻi: Community Arts, Education, and Preservation | $15,000 | SFCA Biennium Grant |
| University of Hawaiʻi | Oahu, Maui, Hawaii, Molokai, Lanai | Statewide Cultural Extension Program (SCEP)- Statewide Touring | $50,000 | Outreach Initiative Program |
| Ballet Hawaii | Oahu | Operating Support | $100,000 | Grants in Aid |
| Honolulu Theatre for Youth | Oahu | HTY ON THE GO: Bus Transportation for Title 1 School to HTY Productions Statewide | $100,000 | Grants in Aid |
| Lanai Academy of Performing Arts | Lanai | LAPA Program 2023-2024 | $20,000 | Grants in Aid |
| Oahu Choral Society | Oahu | Collaborative Programming & Community Partnersips to Create Sustainable Arts in Hawaii | $20,000 | Grants in Aid |
| Bishop Museum | Oahu | Operating Support | $6,750,000 | Special Purpose Appropriations |
| The Friends of ʻIolani Palace | Oahu | Operating Support | $1,800,000 | Special Purpose Appropriations |
The State Foundation on the Culture and the Arts (SFCA) Outreach Initiative Program provides public funds to nonprofit arts/culture/humanities organizations to support regional touring and outreach activities that increase opportunities for individuals to experience different forms of artistic and cultural expression and engagement.
Applications closed May 31, 2024.
To promote and encourage appreciation of poetry and literary life in Hawaiʻi and the poetry community, while inspiring an emerging generation of new writers. The Hawaiʻi Poet Laureate will serve a three-year term, with duties including participation in events, a community-engaged poetry publication, facilitation of community-engaged poetry workshops, and readings featuring other local poets.
Nominations closed August 20, 2022 on Hawaii.GoSmart.org.
Funding for organizations supporting programs and projects that advance the arts, culture, and the humanities in the lives of the people of Hawaiʻi. Formerly known as Biennium Grants.
To support advanced sustained training and mentoring of next-generation cultural practitioners, especially cultural practitioner teachers, in order to build cultural capacity living cultures in Hawaiʻi.
SFCA Biennium Grants and Artists in the Schools Intent to Apply forms and grant applications are submitted through the Hawaiʻi GoSmart system (www.Hawaii.GoSmart.org).
The State Foundation on the Culture and the Arts (SFCA) Culture Fellowship utilizes American Rescue Plan (ARP) funding with support from the Hawaiʻi State Legislature. The Culture Fellowship is for active individual artists and practitioners living in Hawaiʻi, and is a project-based community impact arts and culture fellowship. Eight awards of $25,000 were awarded. Applications June 15 – July 31, 2022 on Hawaii.GoSmart.org.
