Resource Directory
Suggested resources for project photographers and others interested in learning about project photography
Photography Organizations
Publications
Photography Schools
Funding
Indigenous Peoples Organizations
Miscellaneous
Funding
Located in Seattle, home office of Blue Earth, 4Culture provides "programs, financial support and services in the arts, public art, heritage and historic preservation" in King County, WA.
Private foundation funding an Individual Photographer's Fellowship grant program "supporting the creative endeavors of individual artists working in still photography and photography-based media."
Non-profit organization, founded by former Blue Earth project photographer Sara Terry, holding an annual grant competition open to photographers worldwide covering the aftermath of conflict.
Alexia Foundation for World Peace
Foundation sponsoring an annual, juried competition awarding grants to professional and student photographers.
Non-profit organization advocating for the advancement of the arts and providing professional development resources as well as research on arts policy.
Business magazine targeting visual artists providing business advice and information about portfolio reviews, juried competitions, and grants.
Newsletter providing current lists of competitions, scholarships, grants, and calls for submissions amongst other items (free and paid subscription options).
Center for Photography at Woodstock
Organization sponsoring a workspace residency program for artists of color working in the photographic arts as well as the Photographers Fellowship Fund.
Bi-weekly publication targeting fund raisers and grant makers providing news, resources, and information about fundraising.
Educational Foundation of America
Private foundation with a broad educational mission that includes supporting "visual arts to engage and educate underprivileged and at-risk populations."
Based in Brighton, UK, the organization offers £2,500 commissions for documentary photographers.
Sponsors the annual W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography.
Organization sponsoring "social change photography" and seeks to "foster sustainable careers in documentary photography through financial support and networking."
Organization offering an impressive collection of resources on philanthropy and a comprehensive, searchable database on US grantmakers and their grants.
Foundation with a focus on supporting women working in theatre, film, and video that also maintains an extensive directory of funders for all artists.
Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography
Through an annual competition, the company provides grants to professional photojournalists and, beginning in 2009, to students.
Swedish foundation sponsoring the Hasselblad Award in Photography as well as offering support for photographers, exhibitions, and research within the field of photography.
Online community project of Action Without Borders for individuals in non-profits facilitating the exchange of ideas and connections.
National Endowment for the Arts
Founded by Congress in 1965 to promote the arts, the NEA is largest single funder of arts projects in the nation.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Independent grant-making public agency dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
Offers an annual, individual grant to support documentary photojournalism.
New Works Photography Fellowship Awards
En Foco's annual program for U.S. based photographers of Latino, African, Asian, and Native American/Pacific heritage awarding fellowships through a national call for entries.
Private foundation specifically created to support photography.
Sponsors a Documentary Photography Project funding documentary photographers focusing on "new ways of using photography as a tool for positive social change."
Publication of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation providing news coverage of charitable giving as well as useful fundraising advice.
Fund offers $5,000 grants to non-professional photographers to undertake important humanitarian and environmental photography projects