Grants & Gigs: 💰 A-List Actors, $50 Million Grants & Entertainment Gigs 👀

Hey Shero Squad, ✨

This week’s roundup is STACKED — especially if you’re trying to get your foot in the door, fund your next big idea, or make your next career move.

Here’s what we’ve got this week:

💰 14 Grants
💼 30 Gigs
🚀 17 Opportunities
🎓 8 Internships

And there are some gems hiding in these lists.

For my aspiring entertainment folks, we have an A-list actor’s production company looking for interns — and it’s REMOTE, so you don’t even have to live in Los Angeles to throw your hat in the ring. We’ve also got a paid Scripted TV internship with Korean entertainment powerhouse CJ ENM and an opportunity to spend your fall immersed in celebrity and entertainment news with Page Six.

Looking for a gig instead? 👀 We’ve got openings with SEGA, plus a gig working as the assistant to a hip-hop celebrity. So yes, somebody reading this newsletter could literally go from scrolling Geeky Grants tonight to working inside the entertainment industry.

And of course, SHOW ME THE MONEY! 💸 This week’s 14 grants include funding for filmmakers, artists, indie authors, women entrepreneurs, small businesses, tech nonprofits, and creators around the world. There’s a $30,000 fellowship for artists, a $25,000 accelerator grant, a TikTok opportunity for short-form storytellers, funding to turn an indie book into an audiobook, and even a competition offering awards of up to $50 MILLION for big ideas that could transform San Francisco.

As always, I’m digging through the internet so you don’t have to. Some of these opportunities have deadlines coming up before the end of August, so don’t bookmark this issue and forget about it. If something has your name written all over it, APPLY.

Let’s get somebody funded, hired, discovered, or in the room this week. 💰🎬🚀

xoxo,

~Shequeta

🎯 For: Artists, creatives, and filmmakers worldwide creating moving-image work exploring public art and creative expression in everyday spaces
💰 Amount: Financial support for selected creators
📅 Deadline: September 10, 2026
🎬 Details: Seeking short moving-image projects examining how art exists, interacts, and takes shape in public spaces. Documentary, video art, animation, experimental film, XR, AI-assisted projects, and smartphone-made films are welcome.
🔗 Apply HERE

🎯 Job Details: Lead the development, implementation, evaluation, and management of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility requirements under Assembly Bill 1138 within California’s Film & TV Tax Credit Program. The role provides policy recommendations, stakeholder guidance, program management, and high-level problem-solving.
📍 Location: Los Angeles County; hybrid, with employees expected in the Los Angeles office at least four days per week
💰 Salary: 7,172–8,910/month
🧠 Experience: Supervisor-level experience with team management, DEIA initiatives, policy analysis, data reporting, stakeholder engagement, and complex program management. Required application materials include a resume and a two-page Statement of Qualifications.
⏳ Commitment: Permanent; full-time; hybrid
📅 Deadline: August 23, 2026
🔗 Apply HERE

🎯 For: Artists interested in creating work in the Caribbean and immersing themselves in the culture and community of the Virgin Islands
📍 Location: Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
📅 Deadline: August 31, 2026
🧠 Details: CMCArts is seeking bold, dynamic artists for its 2027 Artist-in-Residence Program in historic Frederiksted, St. Croix. The program offers artists an opportunity to create in the Caribbean, engage with the Virgin Islands community and culture, and share their practice with the next generation of artists.
🔗 Apply HERE

💼 Opportunity Details: Join INE Entertainment’s development department for a hands-on internship focused on creating and developing new unscripted television shows. Interns will work alongside the development team and gain experience with reality TV characters, talent interviewing, pitching, editing, and researching creative trends.
📍 Location: Sherman Oaks, CA; in-person
💰 Pay: Unpaid; class credit
⏳ Commitment: Fall 2026 semester; 8 weeks; 2–3 days/week, minimum 5 hours/day. Flexible around school schedules.
📅 Deadline: Not specified
🧠 Experience: Best for students passionate about unscripted television, including documentaries, true crime, dating shows, competitions, and reality TV. Production-related college programs preferred. Skills in deck building, creative design, writing, and research are helpful.
🔗 Apply HERE: Email assistant@ineentertainment.com

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