$60K Awarded to Baltimore Artists Through Grit Fund Grants
Baltimore, MD: The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum, has announced the winners of the 2026 Grit Fund Awards. This cycle, Grit Fund received 52 eligible applications, amounting to $492,680 in funding requests. The total budget for this cycle was $60,000. With this, Grit Fund’s Jury Panel selected 8 innovative, community-based arts projects to support this year. Project awards range from $10,000 to $5000. In total, $60,000 has been awarded to creative visionaries and culture keepers with support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
“Baltimore’s creative community constantly inspires. This year’s grant recipients include projects that create intentional space for tradition-based textile arts, provide a platform for films created by queer filmmakers, and explore the cultural impact of artificial intelligence. Baltimore creatives use their practice to raise awareness of social issues and uplift the communities they live in,” says Krista D. Green, Program Officer of Grit Fund at the Peale, “People across the city will have the chance to see the exhibitions, watch performances, and participate in the amazing activities produced by these projects.”
Since 2015, Baltimore’s artists have found support for their projects through Grit Fund. Ranging from out-of-school time programs that connect our youth to STEAM opportunities, and art- meets-journalism projects that communicate hidden stories of Black Baltimore, to community festivals that recapture and remind us of the strength of our city’s diversity, Grit Fund has been a dynamic, accessible, and much-needed funding source in Baltimore City.
2026 Grit Fund recipients are: https://gritfund.org/2026-grantees/
See the full press release here: Grit Fund Press Release–Award Recipients 2026 UPDATE
About the Andy Warhol Foundation The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Regional Regranting Program aims to support vibrant, under-the-radar artistic activity by partnering with leading cultural institutions in communities across the country. The program allows the Foundation to support informal, non- incorporated artist collectives and to support their alternative gathering spaces, publications, websites, events, and other projects. For more information about the Andy Warhol Foundation visit its website: https://warholfoundation.org/
About The Peale The Peale is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, non-profit corporation established to restore the historic Peale Museum building as a center to celebrate the unique history of Baltimore, its people, and places. By creating a more inclusive cultural record of the city, The Peale aims to help people everywhere see Baltimore in a new light. For more about The Peale, visit its website: https://www.thepeale.org