WARP’s Artisan Grant Program supports textile artisans and their communities by offering small grants that prioritize preservation of cultural heritage and foster economic independence.
Established in 2020, our program awards approximately $20,000 annually in the form of grants ranging from $500 – $1,000.
Thanks to our generous community, we have awarded 80+ grants to textile artisans in 30+ countries as of 2025!
See all 2025 Artisan Support Grant recipients
Who Can Apply?
- Textile artisans from any country are welcome to apply.
- You can be an individual, cooperative, or small business.
- Your product must be fiber-based, handmade, and not mass-produced.
What Our Grants Fund
Weave a Real Peace grants are designed to lay the groundwork for long-term success. Funding can be used to acquire the tools, training, and resources to grow your business:
- Raw Materials: Fiber, yarn, dye supplies, wood to build a loom, etc.
- Tools & Equipment: Sewing machines, looms, digital cameras, etc.
- Training: Design, business, or technical skills development.
- Marketing: Craft fair stands, brochures, catalogs, website, and social media support.
We Do NOT Fund:
- Start-up expenses for a new business (your business must already exist).
- Massed-produced products
- Designers, exporters, or importers who do not directly work with artisans.
We give preference to applications that:
- Preserve artistic traditions/cultural heritage
- Benefit a broader group of people/community, collective prosperity
- Support environmentally sustainable practices
- Promote economic independence/stability
Next Application Cycle
Applications for the 2026 WARP Artisan Support Grant Cycle will open on March 1, 2026. Please return to this page at that time to complete an application form.
Hear from grantees on the impact of WARP Artisan Support Grants:
“Your support has been a very welcome acknowledgment of the hard work we do to support the myriad individuals and communities that our work impacts. One of the most inspiring aspects of our project is continuing traditions as the knowledge of harvesting nettle and hemp is being handed down through generations. Keeping our indigenous knowledge alive is the most inspirational part of the work.”
-Prabighya Basnet, Khali Khutta, Nepal
“Our family workshop is extremely grateful for the grant that WARP gave us….Rest assured that the support was used to continue strengthening and growing the workshop where around 14 people from 5 different families work, we have never received support of this type before, and we are extremely grateful for it.”
-Wilmer Levi Sosa Mendez, Casa textile BIGUUS, Mexico
“[The WARP grant] was really instrumental in empowering more refugee women who are living in extreme poverty in our community. This also has increased production for our basket program now that we have more ladies in the basket weaving program. These skills will increase the sales made from the basket business and provide additional economic empowerment to the members of the Amani Sasa basket program.”
-Missy Ward Angalla, Amani Basket Cooperative, Uganda