The BIPOC Arts Network and Fund made a commitment to support individual artists since its inception in August of 2022. We initiated the work with an organization and fiscally-sponsored collectives focused grant opportunity to begin to build our network and capacities in such a way that we could manifest a process that centered equity, understanding this would also allow us to develop the infrastructure to create a meaningful program to invest in individuals. As with all BANF resource initiatives, we aim to build a community-participatory process that reduces barriers to entry, recognizes the humanity and value of each applicant, and avoids granting practices that perpetuated harm, particularly on those who have been historically marginalized and under-recognized. We focus our knowledge, expertise, and energy on the process more than controlling for an outcome.