Now Accepting Applications

theatre • dance • music and song • literature • spoken word • film • culinary arts • training • cultural research • special projects • crafts

Thank you for your interest in CNCF’s Grants for the Arts (GFA), our funding programme for arts activities that ‘engage’ people in the Cayman Islands and help individual artists and arts groups to carry out their work. ‘Engage people’ means people being stimulated or inspired by, and getting actively involved with/in, the arts. This could include taking part in an arts activity or creating a work of art.

Our grants are for individuals who are resident in the Cayman Islands and have been resident in the Cayman Islands for the preceding twelve (12) months and operate in the Cayman Islands. They are for activities carried out over a set period and which:

  • engage people in the Cayman Islands in arts activities; and
  • help artists and arts groups in the Cayman Islands carry out their work.


Cash grants are awarded as follows:

Practical Endeavour: Production of a piece of Theatre, Dance, Music and Song, Film, Literary, Crafts, Culinary, etc.
Award Amount: Maximum CI$6,000

Arts Research: Quality interrogation of one or more aspects of Caymanian folk traditions, cultural arts or humanities discipline, leading to the submission of a publication-worthy paper of no less than 5,000 words.
Award Amount: Maximum CI$6,000

Practical Endeavour: Production of a piece of Theatre, Dance, Music and Song, Film, Literary, Crafts. Culinary, etc.
Award Amount: Maximum CI$3,000

Arts Research: Quality interrogation of one or more aspects of Caymanian folk traditions, cultural arts or humanities discipline, leading to the submission of a publication-worthy paper of no less than 5,000 words.
Award Amount: Maximum CI$3,000

Grant Cycle Open

Our Spring Review deadline has passed.

For our Autumn Review, we will be accepting applications until 31 July.

Approved Grants for the Arts 2023

  • Jazz Pitcairn

  • John Gray High School

  • Kerri-Anne Chisholm – Gram Bella’s Project Space

  • Kevin Morales

  • King Navassa

  • Kristen Reid

  • Lebron McLean

  • Lisa Evans

  • Matt Brown – Wah Happening Comedy Show

  • Nasaria Suckoo Chollette

  • Patrice Beersingh – On our Block

  • Randy Cholette-Red Boat Experience: Community Project