April 2025 Opportunities and Resources

Welcome to your monthly round-up of upcoming creative sector opportunities. Each month, the Vermont Creative Network highlights a selection of current funding, training, and professional development resources to help grow Vermont's creative sector for all.

Grants and Funding

New England Foundation for the Arts is accepting applications for its Public Art Learning Fund. Deadline: April 14, 2025.

New York Foundation for the Arts is accepting applications for its Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants. Deadline: April 15, 2025.

Vermont Community Foundation is accepting applications for its Concert Artists Fund. Deadline: April 15, 2025.

Vermont Community Foundation is accepting applications for the Crosby-Gannett Fund to support the Brattleboro area. Deadline: April 29, 2025.

It Gets Better is offering its Changemakers Grant for LGBTQ+ youth. Deadline: May 5, 2025.

Vermont Humanities is accepting applications for Project Grants. Deadline: May 21, 2025.

Efficiency Vermont is offering Enhanced Rebates for Nonprofits. Deadline: Dec. 30, 2026.

Ben and Jerry's Foundation is accepting applications for its 2025 Vermont Equity and Justice Grant Program. Deadline: Rolling.

Ben and Jerry's Foundation is accepting applications for its Vermont Community Action Team grant program. Deadline: Rolling.

Grassroots Fund is accepting applications for Seed Grants. Deadline: Rolling.

New England Foundation for the Arts is accepting applications for its New England Presenter Travel Fund. Deadline: Rolling.

Vermont Community Foundation is accepting applications for its Nonprofit Capacity Building grant program. Deadline: Rolling.

Vermont Humanities is accepting applications for Rapid Response Grants. Deadline: Rolling.

Vermont Arts Council Grants and Opportunities

Applications are open for the Animating Infrastructure Grant. Deadline: Today, April 1, 2025.

Applications are open for the Creation Grant. Deadline: April 8, 2025.

Applications are open for the Arts Operating Grant. Deadline: May 14, 2025.

Applications are open for the Cultural Facilities Grant. Deadline: May 15, 2025.

Applications are open for the Arts Project Grant. Deadline: May 20, 2025.

Residencies and Fellowships

Generator is accepting applications for its Summer/Fall 2025 Artist-In-Residence program. Deadline: April 9, 2025.

Assets for Artists is accepting applications for the Studios at MASS MoCA residency program. Deadline: May 1, 2025.

Trainings and Professional Development

Join Vermont Department of Labor for Wage & Hour Employer Seminars. April 2 in Lyndon Center; April 3 in Burlington; April 4 in Rutland.

AccessibilityOnline is offering Exhibition Design and Accessibility for Visitors with Disabilities. 2:30-4 p.m., April 3, 2025, online.

Public Philosophy Week is hosting Can AI Make Art? 6-7 p.m., April 3, 2025, Burlington.

Join Assets for Artists for Essentials of Digital Marketing with Francesca Olsen. 12-2 p.m., April 9, 2025, online.

Join Center for Women & Enterprise for Tough Talks: Navigating Debt & Difficult Conversations with Lenders. 11 a.m.-1 p.m., April 16, 2025, online.

Performing Arts Readiness is offering Introduction to Emergency Preparedness for Performing Arts Organizations. 2-3:30 p.m., April 17, 2025, online.

Amistad Research Center and Alternate ROOTS are offering a webinar series, Best Practices for Preserving Histories of Community-based Art Organizations. 3:30-5 p.m., April 22, and 3:30-5 p.m., May 13, 2025, online.

Join CommonGoodVT for The Executive Search Playbook for Small & Mid-Size Nonprofits. 1-2 p.m., April 24, 2025, online.

Norwich University is accepting session proposals for the upcoming conference, Resilient Vermont 2025: Securing Resilient Communities. Deadline: May 1, 2025.

Join SoVermont for the 2025 Southern Vermont Economy Summit. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., May 20, 2025, Dover.

Browse more resources for Vermont creatives at the Vermont Arts Council Knowledge Center, search for jobs and more on the Classified Ads page, and find a variety of creative events on the Vermont Arts Calendar.