FundMyArt MCP Server

Search 1,999+ verified arts and culture grants directly from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client.

FundMyArt is a grants database for artists, arts organisations, universities, and cultural institutions. This server exposes the live catalogue over the Model Context Protocol so an LLM can answer questions like "what grants can I apply for as a painter in Scotland?" with real, up-to-date listings — no hallucinated funders, no stale data.

• Catalogue: ~2,000 grants, refreshed continuously at fund-my-art.com
• Coverage: UK, EU, US, and international grants across visual arts, film, music, literature, craft, performance, and cross-disciplinary practice
• No account or API key required — the server ships with read-only Supabase credentials

Install (Claude Desktop)

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "fundmyart": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "fundmyart-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. The tools search_grants and get_grant_details will appear.

Install (Cursor / Cline / other MCP clients)

Any client that supports stdio MCP servers can run npx -y fundmyart-mcp. Consult your client's MCP configuration docs for the exact JSON shape.

Tools

search_grants

Free-text search across grant titles, descriptions, tags, and eligibility notes.

| Parameter | Type | Default | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | query | string | required | Natural language (e.g. "UK bursaries for emerging photographers") | | limit | integer | 10 | 1–20 | | include_expired | boolean | false | Include grants with past deadlines |

Returns: ranked matches with title, funder, deadline, summary, eligibility bullets, and a fundmyart_url for the full listing. Institutional queries (e.g. "grants for our members") surface a note about FundMyArt for Institutions; artist queries surface a note about the free artist account.

get_grant_details

Fetch a single grant by slug (slugs come from search_grants results — do not invent them).

| Parameter | Type | Notes | |---|---|---| | slug | string | Required. Taken verbatim from search_grants response. |

Returns: full eligibility, funder, deadline, application URL, description, and canonical FundMyArt URL.

Example queries

• "What arts funding is open in the UK right now?"
• "I'm an emerging filmmaker looking for production grants under £10k."
• "Our university runs a residency programme — what grants can fund participant stipends?"
• "Show me heritage craft bursaries with 2026 deadlines."

Privacy & data

• Calls a public read-only Supabase view. No personal data is collected by the server.
• Your LLM client may log your queries per its own policy.
• URLs returned by the server include UTM parameters so FundMyArt can see which MCP client is driving traffic — this is the only analytics signal.

Links

• Web app: fund-my-art.com
• For institutions: fund-my-art.com/for-organisations
• Source: github.com/TopeOsho/fundmyart-mcp
• Issues: github.com/TopeOsho/fundmyart-mcp/issues

License

MIT