Deadline: 13-Sep-22
Applicants are now invited to submit applications for the Creative Engagement Funding Program to provide seed grants to individual artists and nonprofit organizations for projects and activities that offer Manhattan communities diverse artistic experiences.
Each year, the program supports over 150 arts projects in Manhattan, including concerts, performances, public art, exhibitions, screenings, festivals, workshops, readings and more. Through this grant program LMCC will award over $500,000 for projects serving communities from Inwood to the Battery taking place between January 1–December 31, 2023.
The program funding is provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs’ Greater New York Arts Development Fund, the New York State Council on the Arts’ (NYSCA) Statewide Community Regrants and the Howard Gilman Foundation.
Funding Information
- Applicants eligible for City funds may request up to $5,000.
- Applicants eligible for State funds may request up to $5,000.
- Applicants eligible for City and State funds may request up to $ 10, 000.
- If awarded, no grants will be made for less than $1,000.
Eligibility Criteria
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Nonprofit
- Organizations must be based in Manhattan.
- Organizations must have proof of nonprofit status.
- Organizations must have a core artistic mission and/or history of arts programming.
- Applicants may not be directly applying to LMCC’s Creative Learning program for the same fiscal year.
- Applicants may not be directly applying for DCLA (GNYADF) or NYSCA (Statewide Community Regrants) funds in another county/borough for the same fiscal year.
- First – time applicants and applicants who have not attended a session for Creative Engagement in 2019 or later are required to attend an information session webinar before applying.
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In addition, to access City funding:
- Organizations may not be directly receiving funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) for the same fiscal year.
- Organizations must have operating budgets under $100,000 for two of the last three completed fiscal years.
- Organizations may not be New York City agencies or departments.
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To access State funding:
- Organizations may not be directly applying for funds from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) for a grant for the same fiscal year, regardless of funding status.
- Organizations may not be directly applying to A.R.T./New York’s Opportunity to Create program for the same fiscal year.
- Organizations may not be New York State agencies or departments.
For more information, visit LMCC.
For more information, visit https://lmcc.net/resources/manhattan-arts-grants/creative-engagement/