Grant Opportunities For Literary And Cultural Programs

Scroll down to explore this week's grants. Deadlines are always approaching, so take a look and see which ones might be the right fit for your nonprofit.

Happy grant writing!

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Literary Arts Fund

The Fund is offering a new cycle of General Operating Grants, designed to provide unrestricted financial support to U.S. literary arts nonprofits, presses, and publications.

Deadline: December 19, 2025

https://literaryartsfund.org/grants/

Latinos in Heritage Conservation

The Nuestra Herencia Grant Program presents an opportunity for Latinx-led and Latinx-serving U.S. nonprofits to access a total of $600,000 in funding to support heritage preservation, community engagement, and capacity-building initiatives.

Deadline: February 13, 2026

https://www.latinoheritage.us/grants

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National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

The NEA’s Big Read Program awards grants ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 to nonprofits to support community reading programs designed around a single NEA Big Read book. Programming for 2026-27 centers around the theme of 'America250' and applicants can choose a book from the 24 titles available in the program.

Deadline for Intent to Apply: January 15, 2026

https://www.arts.gov/initiatives/nea-big-read

ProLiteracy

ProLiteracy is seeking applications for its Literacy Opportunity Fund to meet the needs of U.S. nonprofits that are doing direct work with adult students. Funded by the Nora Roberts Foundation; grants awarded quarterly.

Deadline: January 3, 2026

https://www.proliteracy.org/Literacy-Opportunity-Fund

Barnes & Noble Charitable Donations Program

Barnes & Noble, a bookstore chain that has stores throughout the U.S., supports nonprofits that focus on literacy, the arts, or education (pre-K-12), at both local and national levels. The company also funds sponsorship opportunities with organizations that focus on higher learning, literacy, and the arts. Barnes & Noble funds nonprofits in communities with company stores.

No Deadline

https://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/about-bn/sponsorships-charitable-donations/

Kazickas Family Foundation

Nonprofits working from the Lithuanian diaspora in the U.S. may submit proposals designed to deliver long-term social impact across key priority areas including arts and culture, medicine, human rights, social welfare, youth empowerment and education, diaspora engagement, and crisis response.

Deadline: December 31, 2025

https://kazickasfamilyfoundation.lt/apply-for-grants/

National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Digital Newspaper initiative, open to nonprofits and others, encourages the digitization of historically significant newspapers published between 1690 and 1963. The results of these digitization projects become part of a searchable, publicly accessible database, preserved at the Library ofCongress.

Deadline: January 15, 2026

https://www.neh.gov/grants/preservation/national-digital-newspaper-program

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