Creative Support Organization Grant
Creative Support Organization Grant supports organizations building networks, technical assistance, and business incubation to strengthen New Mexico’s creative businesses and regional creative economy.
Funder: New Mexico Economic Development Department
Due Dates: October 5, 2026 (Application opens) | October 9, 2026, 10 a.m. (Overview webinar) | October 30, 2026, 6 p.m. Mountain Time (Application closes)
Funding Amounts: Anticipated awards up to $62,500; projected project period March 2027–February 2028
Summary: Supports established organizations building networks, technical assistance, business incubation, and regional ecosystems for New Mexico’s creative economy.
Key Information: Applicants must demonstrate at least three years of impactful work supporting creative companies, workers, entrepreneurs, or businesses.
Description
The Creative Support Organization Grant is administered by the New Mexico Economic Development Department’s Creative Industries Division (CID). It supports organizations with a demonstrated history of helping creative entrepreneurs, companies, and workers across New Mexico. Funded activities include network building, technical assistance, creative business incubation, and strengthening regional creative ecosystems, sustaining organizations’ leadership in growing the state’s creative economy.
The program spans arts, media, design, technology, and artisan professions. It can support technology upgrades, digital ecosystem tools, non-capital infrastructure, and infrastructure for program delivery, including creative business incubation systems. Division priorities emphasize community and economic development, assistance to small creative businesses, expansion of existing creative industries, inclusion and diversity, and work in rural or underserved communities.
