The Seed Fund is a grant program providing stimulus to projects with goals that align with the Fund’s mission, including advancing the artform, and creating community around or promoting awareness of the flow arts.
Applications for the 2025-26 Seed Fund and Community Development Initiative grant cycle are
now open through 31 December 2025.
The Seed Fund was established in 2011 as a program of Fund the Flow Arts to provide small grants to projects and that serve the non-profit’s mission of advancing the prop manipulation-based Flow Arts, fostering local Flow Arts communities and cultivating a global community of Flow Arts practitioners.
The variety and scope of projects awarded grants have been broad and inspiring, including research on poi and aging, injury prevention resources, gifts of props to women in recovery from chemical and alcohol addiction, fire expos and Toybox of props to share at festivals and schools to name a few.
We are pleased to announce the next round of 2025-26 Seed Fund and Community Development Initiative grants!
The purpose of the Seed Fund is to support flow arts projects – this grant cycle will focus on events/gatherings and performances/presentations. We will be distributing a total of $50,000 in this round, and are offering tiered grant amounts.
This year’s Community Development Initiative will focus on projects that investigate/ promote/ instruct on the Flow Arts’ impact on and connection with wellness and human health. Grant award will be up to $20,000.
Click below to access the proposal guidelines and application forms.
Seed Fund Program Adjustments
The Board of Fund the Flow Arts learned a great deal in the process of inviting, evaluating and awarding the 2023 through 2025 Seed Fund Grants.
Having metabolized these learnings, the following adjustments are being made as of the 2024-2025 grant cycle.
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As the Seed Fund is meant for projects that will expand the community, we do not fund projects that will only see use at private events or benefit small groups of people exclusively. Additionally at this time, we are not funding projects based outside the United States. Exceptions can be made if your project is sponsored by a US-based institution or will have benefits that will be shared around the world, like research projects with publishable results, or resources that can be shared worldwide.
Some examples of projects that WOULD qualify for funding:
Some examples of projects that WOULD NOT qualify for funding:
We rely on the support of our community and on people like you who believe in the power of the flow arts to transform lives. Please consider donating today to Fund the Flow Arts!
Your donation supports the Seed Fund grants, general overhead costs, and the Flow Show.
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