The Puffin Foundation Ltd.
 



Dear Grant Applicant,

Thank you for your interest in the Puffin Foundation, Ltd.

The 2008 cycle is now closed. You will receive a blue postcard ackowledging receipt of your application packet. Grant notfications will be made by May 1, 2008. Application forms for the 2009 cycle will be available in September 2008. Applications are not available electronically, but require a SASE.

Beginning in September, 2008, to receive an application packet please send a SASE (#10 self-addressed stamped envelope) to:

Puffin Foundation Ltd.
20 Puffin Way (formerly East Oakdene Ave.)
Teaneck, NJ 07666-4111

Grants from the Puffin Foundation, Ltd. can only be awarded to permanent residents and citizens of the United States. U.S. citizens whose projects encompass work in other countries are still eligible to apply.

The Puffin Foundation Ltd. continues to make grants that encourage emerging artists in the fields of art, film, music, theater, photography, and public interest whose works due to their genre and/or social philosophy might have difficulty being aired. The Foundation does not have the means to fund large film/documentary proposals, grants for travel, continuing education, or the writing or publishing of books.

Average grants are: $1,000.00 - $2,500.00


Respectfully,


Gladys Miller-Rosenstein
Executive Director



GRANT GUIDELINES ADDENDUM FOR 2009

DUE TO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF GRANT REQUESTS, THE PUFFIN FOUNDATION HAS DECIDED TO REDUCE THE DISCIPLINES ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2009. IN SO DOING WE WILL BE ABLE TO INCREASE THE AVERAGE GRANT SIZE AND BETTER SUPPORT THE ARTISTIC AND SOCIAL ENDAVORS OF THE APPLICANTS.

GRANTS WILL BE MADE IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

1. FILM AND VIDEO
2. FINE ARTS
3. PHOTOGRAPHY
4. PUBLIC INTEREST
5. MUSIC
6. THEATER

THE FOUNDATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING GRANT PROPOSALS FOR DANCE, POETRY, AND WRITING FOR OUR 2009 GRANT CYCLE.

PUFFIN GRANTS CAN SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR COMMUNITY ACTION, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PUBLIC ADVOCACY FOCUSING ON THE IMPORTANT ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FACING US TODAY.


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