The Foundation is pleased to offer our grantees the opportunity to share information about their grant on our website.  We hope it will offer the public increased visibility for your work.

Terms and Conditions. This form is intended for those who have received a Puffin Foundation grant.  By filling out this form, you will be requesting Puffin to post information about your granted project on our web site.  Please fill out the form carefully.  It includes the option to provide an email address for the public to contact you, as well as providing an email address for the Foundation to use internally that would not be made public.  Note that if you include personally identifiable information in your public content, it can be used and viewed by others.   We are not responsible for the information you choose to include in public content.  The Foundation reserves the right to edit any submissions for size and appropriate content.  If you wish to give photo, audio or video credit for submissions, such credit should be included in your text under the description of your project.

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The Puffin Foundation Ltd. has sought to open the doors of artistic expression by providing grants to artists and art organizations who are often excluded from mainstream opportunities due to their race, gender, or social philosophy.

Why the Puffin?

The Puffin, once endangered in the northeastern United States, was returned to its native habitats through the efforts of a concerned citizenry. Our name is a metaphor for how we perceive our mission in the arts: to join with other concerned groups and individuals to ensure that the arts not merely survive, but flourish at all levels of our society

Puffin DuoUpdate:  Puffin Foundation Artist Grants for 2012

Thank you to all the creative artists and organizations that have submitted proposals for our review.   Notifications about whether grants were approved will be made on an ongoing basis through May, 2012.  Please be assured that all proposals are given the same consideration by our review board regardless of when they are reviewed.

The Puffin Foundation is no longer accepting applications for the 2012 grant cycle.   Our new grant cycle for proposals in the visual arts, dance and video will open in September of this year.  Application materials will be made available in September.  Please check our website at that time for updated information on the grant process.