THE JIM HENSON FOUNDATION

Production Grants of $10,000 are awarded for the production of new works ready to premiere in the coming year; funds must be used toward the puppetry in the piece.

Awards can be made only to IRS tax-exempt organizations (501(c)(3)); applicants without 501(c)(3) must apply through a fiscal sponsor | Projects must be presented in the United States; projects that will only take place outside of the United States are not eligible | Artists who received a grant in the previous year are not eligible to submit a proposal in the current year | The Foundation does not fund publications, parades, pageants, exhibitions, spectacle, festivals, film or television projects | No funding for projects for school credit, teaching workshops, education or outreach activities, or puppetry performed by students | No funding for purely digital performance, muppet-style puppetry, or traditional puppetry as listed in exclusions

Production Grants

Family Grants of $5,000 fund the development of new and innovative work specifically for children, families, and teenagers ready to premiere in the coming year.

Family Grants

Workshop Grants of $4,000 are for the development and workshopping of pieces toward becoming a full length production; a public showing is not required but a strong video record is.

Awards can be made only to IRS tax-exempt organizations (501(c)(3)); applicants without 501(c)(3) must apply through a fiscal sponsor | Projects must be presented in the United States; projects that will only take place outside of the United States are not eligible | Artists who received a grant in the previous year are not eligible to submit a proposal in the current year | No funding for publications, parades, pageants, exhibitions, spectacle, festivals, film or television projects | No funding for projects for school credit, teaching workshops, education or outreach activities, or puppetry performed by students | No funding for purely digital performance, muppet-style puppetry, or traditional puppetry as listed in exclusions

THE JIM HENSON FOUNDATION

Past grantees

2025

Here Arts Center

$10,000

Dixon Place

$10,000

New Victory Theater

$10,000

La Mama

$10,000

Automata

$7,000

Fractured Atlas

$7,000

Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival

$7,000

Fractured Atlas

$7,000

The Brick Theater

$7,000

Grant programs

Production Grants

~$10.0K

Family Grants

~$5.0K

Workshop Grants

~$4.0K

Foundation Details

LONG ISLAND CITY, NY

~$5K

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