Private foundation · San Juan Capistrano, CA (gives in Tennessee from out of state)
The Speranza Foundation
In 2023 it gave 1 grant worth $2,000 to Tennessee groups. A typical grant was $2,000 (1 grant).
Takes applications. See how to apply below.
Key facts
- Giving lately
- No grants paid in 2024, per its IRS returns for those years. The grants below are from 2023.
- Grants in Tennessee
- 1 totaling $2,000
- Typical grant How we figure this
- $2,000 (1 grant)
- A realistic first ask How we figure this
- About $2,000, its middle Tennessee grant. First-time winners usually get less than repeat ones.
- Where it gives
- Davidson County · plus 6 grants outside Tennessee
- Buildings & equipment
- None of its Tennessee grants in this filing were for buildings or equipment
- Total giving that year
- $14,000
Giving by year
| Tax year | Total grants paid | To Tennessee | Tennessee grants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $0 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | $14K | $2,000 | 1 |
All grants paid To Tennessee
How to apply
- Contact
- Kathleen Treat · San juan capistrano · (646) 582-6945
- What to send
- 1. The lincoln city fellowship is designed to support each participant's personal artistic journey. Share a bit about what you are currently working on creatively and how you hope to develop as an artist over the course of the next year. 2. What drives you to create? 3. Describe some of the challenges you are currently facing as an artist. 4. Share about the audience that you are seeking to reach with your art and how you connect with them. 5. The lincoln city followship values mutual respect and curiosity between participants from different backgrounds and artistic disciplines. Please tell us about something you have learned from someone who is different from you.
- Deadlines
- Submissions are in the fall. Fellows are picked the following january and february.
- Limits
- 1. Provide funds in and for future projects in the arts, or 2. Recognize excellence and outstanding achievement in the arts, or 3. Provide grants to other charitable non-profit organizations as assistance to support productions, forums, and workships to promote the arts and communication among artists, or 4. Provide grants to other qualifying charitable , non-profit organizatins that are organized for religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational purposes application information continued from above 6. A key component of the program is co-creating a space of personal and ractical support amongst the artists. Share specifically how you might be able to offer support to the cohort artists and, inversely, how you think the cohort artists could support you. 7. The qualities of a lincoln city fellow are: drive to create, posture of curiosity, generous spirit, and artistic purpose. How would your current journey as an artist be impacted by being part of a group of peers?
As the foundation reported to the IRS for tax year 2023. Check its website or call before sending anything, because contacts and deadlines change.
Board and officers
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- Kathleen TreatPresident
- Joey BorgognaMember
As listed in its 2023 IRS filing. Many foundations decide through their board, so a personal connection often matters more than a perfect application.
What it funds most often
- Lincoln city fellowship for the arts (1 grant)
Tennessee organizations it funded
Largest first. Past winners are good people to ask what the foundation looks for. Select a group to see who else funds it.
It also made 1 grant to individual people. We don't list their names.
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