What is the KFW One Time Grant?
In some years, KFW is able to offer grants outside of our regular grant programs for special initiatives on select topics.
In 2024, KFW offered a two-year Radical, Timely and Urgent Grant. This grant asked artists and organizers to consider what feminist issues were radical, timely, and urgent in their communities.
KFW sought art projects that spoke to the times we live in, challenge the status quo, highlight a pressing need, and connect to a broader community dialogue, especially in light of recent anti-affirmative action, anti-trans/LGBTQIA+ legislation, challenges to democracy, bodily autonomy and other pressing issues.
More about One Time Grants
The 2024 Radical, Timely and Urgent grantees focused on feminist issues in their communities that challenge the status quo through risk taking and shifting power dynamics. The projects use a variety of art forms for participatory artmaking that highlight feminist social change topics including but not limited to: addressing climate change through artmaking; infusing communities with opportunities to be heard through art; centering art by women, trans and gender nonconforming people; responding to the needs of neurodivergent artists; uplifting female musicians; reinstating elders as vital contributors to artistic expression and feminist discourse; exploring issues of bodily autonomy; and engaging young people in democracy and the legislative process.
Decisions were made by a panel of three independent reviewers. Eight grants totaling $79,925 were awarded. To see a list of all the 2024 Radical, Timely and urgent Grantees, click here.