The Art and Change Grant provides $5,000 grants to fund art for social change projects by women, trans*, and/or gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers living in Greater Philadelphia. 

Before you begin, please review the Art and Change Grant Guidelines.

Application Deadline

• August 3, 2026 at 11:59pm EST

How to Apply

The Art and Change Grant is open to individual artists and cultural producers working in any medium, including traditional and nontraditional as well as multimedia and experimental forms – and can be used for any projectrelated expenses (e.g., documentation, artist stipends, or the purchase of equipment or materials). The Art and Change Grant is intended to support an individual’s or collective’s artistic practice. In your application, it should be clear what your art and social change practice is and how this project engages that practice.

Eligibility for Co-Applicants

• Applicants are only allowed to submit one application per grant cycle.
• The Art and Change Grant is not for organizations, corporations, or fundraising activities.
• The Art and Change Grant cannot be used for activities completed prior to October 26, 2026.
• Art and Change Grants are not intended to support the creation of residencies, apprenticeships, and/or retreats unless it’s clear how the proposed happening will (1) move the applicant’s own artistic practice forward and (2) engage the community-at-large with a project focused on the applicant’s social change intent(s). 
• Art and Change Grants are not intended to fund the same project for which you received a prior Leeway grant. However, you may apply for different phases of a previously funded project. 
• You may apply for and receive an Art and Change Grant and either the Transformation Award or the Media Artist + Activist Residency in the same year.

You are eligible to apply if you:

• Live in Bucks, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, or Philadelphia County
• Are at least 18 years old
• Identify as a woman, trans*, and/or gender nonconforming person

*Leeway is a trans-affirming organization committed to gender self-determination, and we use the term “trans” in its most inclusive sense, as an umbrella term encompassing transsexual, transgender, genderqueer, Two-Spirit people, and anyone whose gender identity or gender expression is nonconforming and/or different from their gender assigned at birth.

You may not apply if you:

• Are a full-time student in an arts degree program
• Have an active and ongoing Art and Change Grant project
• Have received a 2025 Leeway Transformation Award
• Have received a 2025 Media Artist + Activist Residency
• Have not turned in all reports due from previous Leeway grants and awards

Application Support

Throughout the year, Leeway staff will host several Information and 1-on-1 Applicant Support Sessions. For a list of upcoming sessions and to RSVP, visit luma.com/leewayfoundation or call 215.649.4739.

Questions/concerns?

Leeway staff are available to support you as you put your application together. If you have language translation or access needs that make our application inaccessible to you, please don't hesitate to contact us at info@leeway.org or by phone at 215.649.4739.