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Lannan makes grants in the areas of Contemporary Visual Art, Literary Arts, and Indigenous Communities. These grants are made only after an organization has been requested to submit a proposal and the Board of Directors has authorized the grant. The Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals or letters of intent for projects in the Cultural Freedom program.

Contemporary Visual Art
Literary Arts
Indigenous Communities

Contemporary Visual Art
Areas of interest in Contemporary Visual Art include funding nonprofit organizations to commisssion the creation of new work by contemporary artists, scholarly publications that foster serious discussion of contemporary art, and organizations that bring new and sometimes experimental works of art to a wide audience. The criteria used to evaluate grants in support of contemporary visual art include: artistic merit, the significance and timeliness of the project, its potential impact on the participating artist(s), its educational benefit to the public, and how the organization would benefit by receiving a grant.

Literary Arts
Literary Arts supports the creation of exceptional English-language literature and seeks to develop a wider audience for contemporary poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Areas of interest include funding organizations that support diverse writers through publication, presentation, and distribution. The criteria used to evaluate grants include: literary merit, the project’s benefit to the community, and the organization’s stability and relationship to its community.

Indigenous Communities
Funding for projects in indigenous communities supports the resolve of Native people to renew their communities through their own institutions and traditions. Funding priority is given to rural community projects that are consistent with traditional values in the areas of environmental protection and advocacy, legal rights, language revitalization, traditional culture, and education. The criteria used to award grants in indigenous communities include whether there is a wide range of community representation on the applicant organization’s board and staff, the organization’s role within the context of the whole community, and the organization’s stability. Grant awards are made to organizations that are Native-led and benefit a significant portion of the community.

To review Lannan’s past grant activities, please refer to the individual Program area.

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