Guide to Funding Yourself as a Creative Entrepreneur

Want to fund your project or business but don’t know how? Here is a list of resources you can use to finance yourself as a creative entrepreneur. Also, check out our monthly grants or resources here.

Fundid - Fundid is driven by a mission to empower business owners on their growth journeys by simplifying business finance and access to capital.

Open Collective - Open Collective is a platform that helps set up a collective, raise funds and manage them transparently.

SoGal Black Founder Start Up - SoGal Foundation has teamed up with Winky Lux, bluemercury, twelveNYC, Twilio, Walmart.org’s Center for Racial Equity and other sponsors to make a small step towards progress by providing several $10K and $5K cash grants to Black women or nonbinary entrepreneurs.

IFundWomen - IFundWomen is the go-to funding marketplace for women-owned businesses and the people who want to support them with access to capital, coaching, and connections.

The Field - The Field is committed to disrupting all forms of oppression and to de-centering whiteness in our work with artists, with each other and in the sector. We strive to disrupt the economic inequity that pervades our community and to center artists in service delivery, decision-making, and thriving.

Fractured Atlas - We help individual artists and arts organizations at every level of the cultural ecosystem, in every creative medium by providing fundraising tools, educational resources, and personalized support.