5 Arts and Media Grants

Fine art, music, literature, festivals, publications, dance, theatre, and residencies. It’s never too late to learn how to fill out a grant application.

Pollock-Krasner Foundation
One year grants to US individual working artists of established ability -- painters, sculptors, printmakers. Also makes emergency assistance grants for problems resulting from catastrophes. 
http://www.pkf.org/

Puffin Foundation
Grants of a few hundred to a few thousand dollars in the following fields: visual arts, writing, photography, video, public interest and documentary, music and dance, and theatre. Projects must have social relevance. 
http://www.puffinfoundation.org/

Walter & Elise Haas Fund
Grants in theater, music and creation of new works by artists in partnership with community organizations for collaborative projects. Open to San Francisco, CA and Marin County, CA organizations 
http://www.haassr.org/

Women's Studio Workshop Grants
Offers funding for women artists to complete an artist's book, to work on individual projects, or to participate in their art ed program - most grants involve a residency at the Women's Studio Workshop. 
http://www.wsworkshop.org/

Zellerbach Family Fund
Non-profit community arts organizations from San Francisco, Contra Costa, and Alameda counties, representing the fields of dance, theater, visual arts, music, festivals, poetry, and publications, are eligible to apply. The Community Arts distribution committee funds mainly performance-oriented requests that represent contemporary, cutting-edge new work. 
http://www.zellerbachfamilyfoundation.org/