ABOUT THE IDEA FUND AND REGIONAL REGRANTING PROGRAM:
The Idea Fund is a re-granting program administered by DiverseWorks in partnership with Aurora Picture Show and Project Row Houses and funded by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Idea Fund supports innovative, experimental, public-facing visual art projects that expand our understanding of how art exists in the world, addresses community needs, or exemplifies new ways of working in, for, and with community.
The Regional Regranting Program was established in 2007 to recognize and support the movement of independently organized, public-facing, artist-centered activity that animates local and regional art scenes but that lies beyond the reach of traditional funding sources. The program is administered by non-profit visual art centers across the United States that work in partnership with the Foundation to fund artists’ experimental projects and collaborative undertakings.
The Idea Fund is one of 41 Regional Regranting Programs developed and facilitated by arts organizations in Albuquerque (NM), Atlanta (GA), Baltimore (MD), Bozeman (MT), Buffalo (NY), Central Appalachia (KY, VA, WV), Chicago (IL), Cleveland (OH), Covington (KY), Denver (CO), Detroit (MI), Hartford (CT), Homer (AK), Honolulu (HI), Houston (TX), Indianapolis (IN), Iowa City (IA), Kansas City (MO), Knoxville (TN), Lakota Communities/ Western South Dakota, Los Angeles (CA), Medford (MA), Miami (FL), Milwaukee (WI), Minneapolis (MN), Mobile (AL), New Orleans (LA), Newark (NJ), Oklahoma City (OK), Omaha (NE), Philadelphia (PA), Portland (ME), Portland (OR), Providence (RI), Raleigh (NC), Saint Louis (MO), Salt Lake City (UT), San Francisco (CA), San Juan (PR), Seattle (WA), Tucson (AZ), Utica (MS), and Washington, D.C.
Partners in the Regranting Network
- Alternative Exposure, San Francisco, CA
- Appalachian Visionary Artist Fund, Central Appalachia (KY, VA, WV)
- Assemblage Art Fund, Salt Lake City, UT
- Beyond the Mountains Fund, Bozeman, MT
- Big Field Fund, Iowa City, IA
- Collective Futures Fund, Medford, MA
- Collective Power Fund, Seattle, WA
- Current Art Fund, Knoxville, TN
- Flourish Fund, Detroit, MI
- Fulcrum Fund, Albuquerque, NM
- Futures Fund, St. Louis, MI
- Generator Fund, Buffalo, NY
- Grit Fund, Baltimore, MD
- Hoʻākea Source, Honolulu, HI
- Ignite Fund, Chicago, IL
- INSITE Fund, Denver, CO
- Interlace Grant Fund, Providence, RI
- Kindling Fund, Portland, ME
- Lightning Fund, Los Angeles, CA
- Máquina simple, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Newark Artist Accelerator, Newark, NJ
- Nexus Fund, Atlanta, GA
- Night Bloom Grants, Tucson, AZ
- Passage Fund, Covington KY
- Platforms Fund, New Orleans, LA
- Populus Fund, Omaha, NE
- Power Plant Grants, Indianapolis, IN
- Precipice Fund, Portland, OR
- Provision Fund, Hartford, CT
- Rocket Grants, Kansas City, MO
- Sinew Fund, Lakota Communities / Western South Dakota
- Snapdragon Fund, Raleigh, NC
- TBD Fund, Utica, MS
- The Open Fund, Milwaukee, WI
- The Satellite Fund, Cleveland, OH
- The Velocity Fund, Philadelphia, PA
- Thrive Grants, Oklahoma City, OK
- Ursa Major Fund, Homer, AK
- Verdant Fund, Mobile, AL
- Visual Arts Fund, Minneapolis, MN
- Wavemaker Grants, Miami, FL
- Wherewithal Grants, Washington, D.C
Grants
The Idea Fund has had a significant impact on communities in Texas and the Greater Houston Area providing funding for a total of 182 projects and over 548 artists. With the granting of round 19, The Idea Fund has contributed $962,000 in the last 17 years. Many awardees have gone on to be key contributors in the Houston art community and have leveraged their award for additional resources and organizational support.
The Idea Fund will award a total of $60,000 in Round 20 to artists or collectives in the Greater Houston Area with grants of $5,000 and $2,500 each.
The Idea Fund Partners
