In direct response to dramatic shifts in the national funding landscape and the precarious position of visual arts organizations around the country, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts today announced an expansion of its grantmaking program.

The expansion will include a new program to support visual arts projects at US-based organizations with budgets under $200,000. The program extends the Foundation’s commitment to fostering experimental artistic practice and creative risk-taking to organizations that operate on a smaller scale but with no less rigor than those served by its longstanding grant program.

Over the past year, the Foundation has seen a notable increase in the number of proposals it receives through its bi-annual open call, a trend that coincides with cuts to federal funding for the arts. Additionally, the Foundation’s 2025 collaboration with the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation to fulfill canceled NEA Challenge America grants to small, community-based visual arts organizations, heightened its awareness of both the vulnerability and the power of community-rooted, artist-driven projects.

“From large museums in metropolitan centers to artist-led programs at community centers across the country, organizations that nurture and lift up the work of artists are the lifeblood of our national visual arts culture,” said Joel Wachs, President, the Andy Warhol Foundation. “Celebrating and supporting these organizations, particularly in a moment when their very existence is under threat, is central to our mission.”

With the Foundation’s grant program expansion, a broader range of innovative, resilient, and responsive arts organizations will be eligible for funding. Please see specific guidelines here.