Deadline: 13-Sep-22
The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) has launched Creative Learning Grant Program to support and develop the capacity of Manhattan’s teaching artists and small arts organizations to provide community-based arts education projects and programming for youth, adults, and/or older adults.
The program aims to support sequential, skill-based arts study and participatory arts projects that take place in accessible community-based settings such as afterschool programs, senior centers and community centers. This program supports 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, and the New York State Council on the Arts’ (NYSCA) Statewide Community Regrants.
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
- Applicants whose work is rooted in the lived experience of Manhattan’s Black, Indigenous, and immigrant communities are strongly encouraged to apply.
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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 Engagement 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 Learning 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-learning/