The Franklin Furnace Fund awards grants annually to early-career artists to enable them to produce major performance artworks in New York City. Grants range between $2,000 and $10,000 based on the peer review panel allocation of funding received by Franklin Furnace Archive. Artists from all areas of the world are encouraged to apply.
In the spring of 2008, Franklin Furnace combined the Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art and The Future of the Present programs into one, entitled the Franklin Furnace Fund. Franklin Furnace made the decision to combine these programs because during the last decade, artists have created works on every point of the spectrum between the body of the artist and the circulatory network of the Internet in the creation of temporal work. 2020 is the 35th anniversary of the Franklin Furnace Fund. Initiated in 1985 with the support of Jerome Foundation, Franklin Furnace has annually awarded grants to early-career artists selected by peer panel review to enable them to produce major performance artworks in New York.