Grants

Annual Grants for Cultural Projects

Thank you for your interest in our grants program. 

The next application deadline is

TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2023

Finlandia Foundation National invites applications for its grants program, which awards funds to projects related to Finnish-American and Finnish history, heritage, preservation,
arts and culture.

Property of the Finnish National Gallery

A 2021 grant from FFN assisted the National Nordic Museum in Seattle in hosting the exhibition, Among Forests and Lakes: Landscape Masterpieces from the Finnish National Gallery. In it, over 50 paintings and prints from the Ateneum Art Museum examine how Finnish artists have depicted the landscape of their native country from the 1850s until the present day.  

The documentary Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future, is another example of an FFN grant recipient.

Others include preservation of historic structures, research and writing projects, live performances and creation of art. Brief descriptions of recent grant awards may be found in the Spring issues of FFN newsletters; click here for those PDFs. 

Finlandia Foundation National invites high-quality projects on a competitive basis that relate to past, present or future of Finnish and Finnish-American culture and are characterized by MANY of the following:
  • receives favorable attention and has a high profile and visibility
  • will be experienced by many people
  • appeals to all Americans, not only ethnic Finns
  • involves worthy activity for children and young adults to assure an interest in Finnish and Finnish-American culture by future generations
  • has multiplier or leverage qualities
  • can be replicated or become a permanent addition to the cultural life of a community
  • is well planned and implemented by individuals or groups
  • involves service of volunteers
  • has a detailed budget, income and expenses
  • adds to the body of research about Finnish and Finnish-American culture
  • if applicable, includes a marketing plan for a project that involves sales of items or event tickets

IMPORTANT NOTES: 

  • $5,000 is the maximum you may request.
  • Grant recipients agree to deliver a progress report at six months and a final report within one year of the grant being awarded.
  • Unused funds must be returned.
  • FFN does not support institutional overhead or other administrative fees.
  • Grants must be supported by a chapter of FFN. Click here for the list of chapters.

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THE ENTIRE APPLICATION MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE. You may attach additional pages to the application.

Please include the proper headings.
PLEASE NOTE: Grant proposals must relate to a project occurring between May 1 of the grant year and April 30 of the following year.

Grant applications must be submitted online by 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on January 17. 

This deadline relates to all application materials, including attachments and letters of recommendation. It is the responsibility of the grant applicant to abide by this deadline.

Your application must not exceed 10 pages. Any application exceeding that maximum will be disqualified.

Do not send: books, CDs, tapes, DVDs or videos.

Questions? Contact: office @ old.finlandiafoundation.org

Click here to access the online application

Every question must be answered or the application will be considered incomplete.