Request for Proposals 2026

The Asian Women Giving Circle (AWGC) believes culture is an essential part of any strategy for social change. They support projects led by Asian American women or gender-expansive people in NYC that harness the power of arts and culture to:

• Advance a just, free and safe society
  
• Raise awareness and catalyze action around critical issues that affect Asian American women, girls, gender-expansive people, and families
• Shine an authentic spotlight on our experiences and stories

In this grants cycle, they anticipate that 8 – 10 project grants will be awarded, contingent on available funding. The maximum grant amount is $8,000. To see past funded projects, visit their website: www.asianwomengivingcircle.org

Requirements

This RFP is open to both 501©(3) organizations and individual artists

• Artists and collectives that are not 501©(3)s must apply under a fiscal sponsor that is a 501©(3) organization, which they must list on their application as the applying organization.
• NOTE: Failure to provide 501©(3) documentation or to provide a fiscal sponsor with the same will automatically disqualify the application.
• All artistic disciplines will be considered, including cross-disciplinary work
• Projects must incorporate the arts in an integral way
• Projects must highlight women’s and gender-expansive people’s leadership and/or central role
• Projects must demonstrate a commitment to NYC-based communities (Please note that we have made grants outside of this geographic scope to projects of exceptional merit)
• Grants must be applied to specific projects and cannot support the organization’s ongoing programs, operations, capital or endowments
• Applicants can be at any stage in their careers but must have a track record of developed work that demonstrates their capacity to complete the proposed project and manage the funds requested
• Proposals must make a clear case for the theory of social justice change envisioned by the project, based on the applicants’ own criteria for defining and measuring impact