Ignite Fund
The Ignite Fund is a Regional Regranting Program administered by 3Arts and supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The Ignite Fund provides grants of $1,500 to $6,000 to Chicago-area artists and/or artist-led collectives producing community focused, public-facing projects that center the visual arts. Annually, up to 13 grants will be distributed, for a total of $60,000 in funding.
3Arts
3Arts is a nonprofit organization that supports Chicago’s women artists, artists of color, and Deaf and disabled artists who work in the performing, teaching, and visual arts. By providing cash awards, project funding, residency fellowships, professional development, and promotion, 3Arts helps artists take risks, experiment, and build momentum in their careers over time. Since 2007, 3Arts has supported more than 1,800 artists across all program areas, representing 69% women artists, 71% artists of color, and 19% Deaf and disabled artists working in the six-county metropolitan area, and distributed $5.8 million through our grantmaking.
Please note that the Ignite Fund is a regranting program and not a 3Arts program.
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
In accordance with Andy Warhol’s will, the mission of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts is the advancement of the visual arts. The Foundation manages an innovative and flexible grants program while also preserving Warhol’s legacy through creative and responsible licensing policies and extensive scholarly research for ongoing catalogue raisonné projects. To date, the Foundation has given nearly $280 million in cash grants to over 1,000 arts organizations in 49 states and abroad and has donated 52,786 works of art to 322 institutions worldwide.
The Ignite Fund is supported by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Regional Regranting Program. The Regional Regranting Program was established in 2007 to recognize and support the movement of independently organized, public-facing, artist-centered activity that animates local and regional art scenes but that lies beyond the reach of traditional funding sources. The program is administered by non-profit visual art centers across the United States that work in partnership with the Foundation to fund artists’ experimental projects and collaborative undertakings.
The 32 regranting programs provide grants of up to $10,000 for the creation and presentation of new work. To learn more about these regranting partners and their work, CLICK HERE!
Accessibility Statement
The Ignite Fund is committed to providing accessible digital and in-person content including:
- American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation
- CART Services (Communication Access Real-Time Translation), real-time captioning
- Captioning for videos
- VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) and WCAG 2.0 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) certified grant application platform via Submittable.
Ignite Fund Project Accessibility
Download our accessibility resource, which includes examples, service providers, and free trainings.
If applicants and/or grantees need assistance or training in this area, please contact Ignite Fund staff at info@ignitefund.org.