Artist Trust

About Artist Trust

Artist Trust is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that supports the livelihoods of artists working in all disciplines to create a more vibrant and equitable Washington State. We fuel our funding and other programs for artists through fundraising, partnership, and community engagement. We view our mission through a lens of racial and geographic equity and are actively working to become an anti-racist organization and build a leaderful workplace.

As a fundraising organization, we partner with our community to make our grants and other professional development programs happen. Your donation today will help provide funding, career-building opportunities, free and sliding-scale programming, and resources to individual artists across Washington State. In 2025, Artist Trust distributed $335,500 in merit and need-based funding to 94 artists statewide and thousands more participated in professional development programming and accessed Artist Trust's resources.

This year, Artist Trust is celebrating our 40th anniversary, honoring generations of artists, advocates, and community members who have made Artist Trust who we are today. Because of the collective commitment of our community over the past four decades, Artist Trust has invested more than $15 million directly in Washington State artists since our founding in 1986.

For more information, visit artisttrust.org or follow us on social media @artisttrust.

Thank You!

Thanks to you, our GiveBIG donors, for your continued support of Washington State artists. Your generosity during these days of giving ensures that we can continue providing crucial resources, grants, and opportunities that support artists and enhance the vibrant culture of our communities.

Image credit: Keiko Hara, Verse • Space and Sea, 2022, mixed media print with digital, silkscreen, stencil and woodcut, 45.5" x 31"