City Artist Corps Grants in the United States
Deadline: 31-Oct-21
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is pleased to partner with the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre, to launch City Artist Corps Grants.
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Open Call for Young Leaders advancing SRHR. Deadline to apply: 15 July 2021
Human Rights Initiative for supporting Women ($20,000 Grants). Deadline to apply: 1 September 2021
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One-time Microgrant for NGO Projects that generate Social Impact. Deadline to apply: 30 June 2021
$15,000-$25,000 Funding for Women and Children living in Extreme Poverty. Deadline to apply: 31 July 2021
Seed Grant for Grassroots Organizations and Women-led Initiatives. Deadline to apply: 31 July 2021
Grants to support NGOs working to end the HIV Epidemic. Deadline to apply: 30 June 2021
Fellows will receive Project and Connect Fund to address Water-related Issues
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City Artist Corps Grants is part of City Artist Corps, a new $25 million recovery initiative designed to help artists who were both hard hit by the pandemic and who may have been left out of other local and federal funding opportunities.
City Artist Corps Grants are administered in partnership with re-grant and arts service organizations to support outreach, provide technical assistance for prospective applicants, and inform the grantee selection process in service of the city’s diverse cultural communities.
Activities
3-year Pilot Grant-making Program to assist Small and New NGOs. Deadline to apply: 15 August 2021
An Opportunity for NGOs engaged in eradicating Child Labour, Forced Labour, and Human Trafficking. Deadline to apply: 15 August 2021
Grants for Researchers working in the Arts, Humanities, or Social Sciences + Fully-funded to the US. Deadline to apply: 1 October 2021
Open Call for Young Leaders advancing SRHR. Deadline to apply: 15 July 2021
Human Rights Initiative for supporting Women ($20,000 Grants). Deadline to apply: 1 September 2021
Top Dutch Donors that fund internationally to improve livelihoods in communities
One-time Microgrant for NGO Projects that generate Social Impact. Deadline to apply: 30 June 2021
$15,000-$25,000 Funding for Women and Children living in Extreme Poverty. Deadline to apply: 31 July 2021
Seed Grant for Grassroots Organizations and Women-led Initiatives. Deadline to apply: 31 July 2021
Grants to support NGOs working to end the HIV Epidemic. Deadline to apply: 30 June 2021
Fellows will receive Project and Connect Fund to address Water-related Issues
Apply for Project Funding in areas of Art and Culture (Arab Region)
This Call is offering Seed Money to Research Projects in Africa
Global Humanitarian Initiative seeks applications from anywhere in the world
Unrestricted Grants for improving Health Equity and reducing Health Disparities among Vulnerable Communities
Types of eligible creative engagement activities might include:
A live music, dance, theatre, literary reading performance
An in person art-making workshop with community members
A public screening of a film or other media work
An art exhibition in a community center or other public or private venue (including apartment gallery set-ups)
A live art making experience, such as painting of a mural
Already established or recurring creatively focused program that is planned to happen in the summer/fall
All of the above can be scheduled independently or featured as part of an existing festival or program already scheduled for the summer.
Funding Information
The program will distribute one-time $5,000 grants to over 3000 artists to help sustain their practice and engage the public across New York City’s five boroughs this summer beginning July.
Eligibility Criteria
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Applicants must be current residents of New York City (5 boroughs) and have maintained residency since January 2020.
Applicants must be artists with a demonstrated sustained, ongoing creative practice in any creative discipline
Applicants must provide documentation of their creative practice from anytime in the past 2 years (2019 and/or 2020).
Applicants must apply with a creative public engagement activity that meets the above criteria. Applicants can apply with an activity that is yet to be confirmed (in terms of presentation date and location).
Artists can only apply once in each Cycle and can only receive one (1) grant through the City Artist Corps Grants program.
Applicants can be past recipients of any of NYFA’s grant programs, including 2020/2021 COVID-19 Emergency Grants
Applicants must be able to provide a W-9 with a Social Security Number (SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) or EIN (after selection).
Applicants must be 21 years or older on of before June 8, 2021.
A family member, friend or a support person may apply on behalf of an artist who is unable to complete the application on their own.
Applicants cannot be enrolled in a degree-seeking program.
Applicants cannot be an employee of NYFA, the City of New York, or any partnering organization supporting the City Artist Corps Grants program.
Criteria
All grant opportunities through City Artist Corps Grants will follow the same criteria:
The proposed creative engagement activity:
Must have an arts or creative focus
Must be presented live and in person
Artists with a disability and/or who are immunosuppressed for whom it is unsafe to engage in live in-person performance are welcome to apply for live digital creative engagement activities.
Must occur in NYC (any of the five boroughs)
Must be free to the public. Ticketed programs are eligible, but all tickets must be free.
Can occur indoors or outdoors
It is strongly recommended that a portion of the grant be used to support artist fees, both for the applying artist and any other artist that are engaged to support the activity
Artists can choose to partner with a venue or present on their own
Must be documented with a minimum of 2 photographs taken during the activity (these photos will need to be shared with your final report along with attendance numbers once the activity is completed)
Creative engagements do not need to feature new work; they can be restaging of preexisting works / shows / exhibitions.
For more information, visit https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/city-artist-corps-grants