Curator-Led Grants
Teiger Foundation 2027 Curator-Led Grants
Organisation: Teiger Foundation
Location: United States and US territories
Support: Grants of up to $450,000, depending on category
Application period: 2 November 2026 – 26 January 2027
Application deadline: 26 January 2027
Notification: June 2027
About the Programme
Teiger Foundation offers grants for curator-led initiatives in contemporary visual art, supporting the development and realisation of new projects as well as deepening and extending the value of existing ones.
The Foundation supports group exhibitions, single-artist surveys, community-engaged art projects, digital exhibitions, performance in the context of the visual arts, and new curatorial formats involving contemporary art and artists.
Teiger Foundation values fresh ideas and formats, knowledge exchange and collaboration, and encourages new approaches to working with artists, institutions and communities.
Funding Categories
Single Project — Up to $250,000
Supports public-facing contemporary visual art projects led by US-based curators, including exhibitions, participatory and community-engaged projects, digital exhibitions and curated performance programmes.
Projects opening to the public between 1 September 2027 and 31 August 2029 are eligible.
Three Years of Programming — Up to $450,000
Supports three years of programming at organisations with annual operating budgets between $170,000 and $4 million (excluding $4 million). Eligible activities include exhibitions, commissions, events, workshops, research, institutional partnerships and other curator-led initiatives.
Programmes must run between 1 September 2027 and 31 August 2030.
Research and Development — Up to $50,000
Supports the early stages of curatorial projects, including archival research, travel, pilot projects, prototyping and collaboration with artists, scholars and communities.
Projects do not need to result in an exhibition or public-facing programme. There is no fixed grant period.
Eligibility
- Projects must be affiliated with established 501(c)(3) art or cultural institutions in the United States or US territories.
- Eligible organisations must have annual operating budgets of at least $170,000.
- Independent curators may apply for Single Project or Research and Development grants in partnership with an eligible host institution.
- Curators at all career stages are welcome, and formal curatorial training or a particular professional title is not required.
- Collaborative projects involving multiple curators or organisations are eligible, with one organisation serving as the lead applicant.
Teiger Foundation does not fund individual artists, academic programmes, standalone publications or projects that do not involve contemporary visual art.
Additional Funding Opportunity
Teiger Foundation also offers quarterly Hosting grants of up to $75,000 for exhibitions or projects that originated elsewhere. The next Hosting grant deadline is 9 December 2026.