Princess Grace Awards

12/30/2025

70 years after Princess Grace’s Oscar win, we’re closing a milestone year with our final year-end appeal.

The 2026 Princess Grace Awards applications are now open, welcoming a new generation of bold, talented artists ready to take the stage.

Celebrate this legacy with a $70 gift (or any amount) and help launch the dreams of tomorrow’s creators. To donate, visit pgfusa.org/make-a-year-end-gift/

Here’s to honoring the past—and shaping the future of the arts! 👑 ✨

🎥: 2025 Princess Grace Award winners & Honoraria

12/16/2025

Seventy years after Princess Grace’s Oscar win, her legacy is still opening doors.

This year’s Prince Rainier III honoree Jon M. Chu (Film 2001) reminded us that every artist deserves their own yellow brick road.

Help us lay the next brick with a $70 gift (or any amount). To donate, visit pgfusa.org/make-a-year-end-gift/

Your support fuels the storytellers of tomorrow. 👑

12/15/2025

📣The application is NOW OPEN for the 2026 Princess Grace Awards! Eligibility and guidelines available at pgfusa.org/apply

🎥: .productions. The 2025 👑highlighted include Dina El-Aziz, Madison Jenne’ Brown, Hamid Dehghani, Matt Feldman, Isabela Fraga-Abaza, Hannah Garner, Tramaine Raphael Gray, Jared Hall, Luke Alexander Harris, Haisi Hu, Christine Lyons, Kayla Mak, Anna Mains, Germán Martinez, Gabriella Mykal, Dionne McClain-Freeney, William Okajima, Marco Palomino, Maleek Rae, Zoë Rhulen, Karina Lomelin Ripper, Roman Sanchez, Taji Senior, Philip Thompson, Houston Thomas, Cyrie Topete, Ogemdi Ude, Christian A. Warner, Fatima Wardy, and Loren Waters.

12/09/2025

Princess Grace’s Oscar win 70 years ago still echoes in the brilliance of today’s rising stars. Our 2025 👑 embody the creativity and courage she championed.

This year-end appeal is your chance to celebrate her legacy with a $70 anniversary gift—or any tax-deductible contribution that inspires you. Every gift empowers emerging artists to create, imagine, and soar. To donate, visit pgfusa.org/make-a-year-end-gift/

🎥: .productions

08/06/2025

We’re proud to introduce the 2025 Princess Grace Special Project Grant Recipients ✨

The Special Project Grant provides project-specific support for a unique opportunity that marks a pivotal moment in a 's career. Meet this year's recipients.

Nicole Chi Amén (Film 2024)
Dahlak Brathwaite (Theater 2024)
Desdemona Chiang (Theater 2019)
Keerati Jinakunwiphat (Choreography 2023)
Bridget L. Moore (Choreography 2012)
Barkha Patel (Dance 2023)
Sergio Mata'u Rapu (Film 2013)

08/05/2025

For the first time, the Princess Grace Foundation is proud to introduce the Princess Grace Artist Fellows.

In partnership with MAP Fund Fellows will receive financial support and take part in Scaffolding for Practicing Artists (SPA).

2025 Princess Grace Artist Fellows:
Chih-Jou Cheng (Theater 2024)
Roderick George (Choreography 2024)
Evan Silver aka Tiresias (Theater 2024)
Nesaru Tchaas (Film 2021)

08/05/2025

Introducing the 2025 Grace Kelly Scholars 🎭

In partnership with Educational Theatre Foundation, the Grace Kelly Scholarship honors students who show extraordinary promise in both performance and technical aspects of the craft, offering financial support, mentorship from Princess Grace Award winners, and encouragement as they pursue artistic careers.

College Scholarship Recipients
Aaron Ballentine – Musical Theater
Alyssa Dorsey – Musical Theater
Jordin Gayle – Acting
Lyric Patino – Acting
Roger Wang – Musical Theater

Training Scholarship Recipients
Gulse Polat – Musical Theater
Alana Rock – Costume Design
Nicholas Santes King – Acting
Abber Siddiqui – Musical Theater
Kaylah Spaulding – Acting

The future of theatre is in good hands.

08/05/2025

We’re proud to announce Isabella Boylston (Dance 2009), principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, and Sky Hopinka (Film 2015), MacArthur Foundation Fellow, filmmaker, and artist, as this year’s Princess Grace Statue Award recipients.

The Statue Award honors past Princess Grace Award winners who continue to shape and elevate their disciplines. In recognition of their artistic excellence, both Isabella and Sky will receive a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

“I am so honored,” Isabella shared. “The arts change lives, and the nurturing impact of the Princess Grace Foundation on the development of so many young artists is immeasurable.”

Sky reflected, “Their recognition and belief in my process so early on was encouraging and validating… having that is so important for nascent artists finding their voice.”

08/05/2025

A new chapter begins. ✨

We’re thrilled to welcome 18 Princess Grace Award winners and 12 Honoraria recipients into the Princess Grace Foundation community.

As our President Diana Kemppainen shared, “Each of these extraordinary emerging artists brings a distinctive voice and remarkable artistic technique. We look forward to supporting these artists as their careers unfold and being part of their continued creative journey.”

Meet and celebrate them by visiting pgfusa.org/2025award

Pictured (left to right): Maleek Rae (Theater), Fatima Wardy (Film), and William Okajima (Dance)

08/06/2024

Meet the 2024 Princess Grace Award winners 👑

The honorees will be celebrated at the Princess Grace Awards Gala on Oct. 23 at the Pierre Hotel in New York, New York.

02/02/2024

Apply for the 2024 👑 Deadline is February 15 at 11:59 pm PT - http://pgfusa.org/apply