arts-based mental health and healing initiatives – Aug 15

Posted by Open Hearts Foundation on August 12, 2025

Open Hearts Foundation invites applications for arts-based mental health and healing initiatives

The Westlake Village, California-based Open Hearts Foundation aims to empower people who turn adversity into possibility.

The foundation invites applications for its grants cycle. Grants will be awarded in the following focus area: arts-based mental health and healing initiatives for vulnerable populations, highlighting the therapeutic power of creative expression across visual, performing, or literary arts.

In alignment with the Open Hearts Philosophy, the foundation seeks to fund nonprofits founded by an individual or small group of volunteers who have faced adversity and are turning that adversity into possibility by helping others through their work. Priority will be given to nonprofits with an annual budget of $1 million or less. The foundation will consider nonprofits with a larger budget who are beginning a new initiative that meets a new need within their communities.

For the remainder of 2025, the foundation has two grant funding cycles. For this cycle, it aims to award between $100,000 and $150,000 in funding. Grants will range between $15,000 and $25,000 per nonprofit on an annual basis.

The foundation funds 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations directly serving communities in the United States.

Letters of intent are due August 15, 2025. Upon review, selected applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal, due August 21, 2025.

For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Open Hearts Foundation website.

Deadline: August 15, 2025 (Letters of Intent)