The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) is pleased to launch the fiscal year 2025 Cultural Development Fund (CDF) grant application for New York City nonprofit arts and cultural organizations.
Donor Name: Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA)
State: New York
City: New York City
Borough: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/27/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Funding Information
Applicants that have not received a CDF baseline award in at least one of the last six fiscal years are only eligible for a one-year $10,000 baseline award.
FY22 Operating Income/ FY25 Baseline Award Range
- <$25,000: $10,000 only.
- $25,000–$99,999: $10,000–$20,000.
- $100,000–$249,999: $15,000–$30,000.
- $250,000–$499,999: $20,000–$40,000.
- $500,000–$1,499,999: $30,000–$60,000.
- $1,500,000–$2,999,999: $40,000–$80,000.
- ≥$3,000,000: $50,000–$100,000.
Grant Period
July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
An Eligible organization will:
- Be either a nonprofit arts or cultural organization, or a nonprofit organization that has an arts or culture component in its broader mission.
- Demonstrate successful delivery of arts and cultural services in New York City for the last two consecutive years.
- Be based in New York City and able to demonstrate administrative and programmatic operations within any of the five boroughs of New York City. Your administrative address is determined by your IRS 990, 501(c)(3) letter, and other publicly available information.
- Possess a unique Federal Employee Identification Number (EIN).
- Be certified as tax exempt under Internal Revenue Service Code Section 501(c)(3); or be an incorporated nonprofit that uses a DCLA pre-approved, New York State incorporated tax-exempt fiscal sponsor. Only nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply, regardless of whether they use a fiscal sponsor. Limited Liability Companies, Benefit corporations, Limited Partnerships, and individual artists are not eligible to apply.
- Be incorporated in New York State as a not-for-profit organization no later than the organization’s fiscal year 2022.
The following entities are not eligible to receive CDF funds:
- Unincorporated individual artists or artist collectives
- Limited Liability Companies, Benefit Corporations, Limited Partnerships
- Parent Teacher associations or organizations
- Nonprofit organizations without IRS 501(c)3 tax exempt status do not utilize an eligible fiscal sponsor.
- Nonprofit organizations with chapters, offices, branches, or general activity in New York City but that are administratively based outside of New York City
- Members of DCLA’s Cultural Institutions Group
- Programs of City, State or Federal agencies
- Libraries or degree-granting institutions, including schools, colleges, and universities; organizations that are affiliated with such institutions should contact DCLA prior to applying to determine eligibility.
- Organizations without a history of providing services in arts and culture as well as related income and expenses in the last two years.
- Organizations that are not in compliance with DCLA’s previous grant reporting requirements
To receive funds, grantees must be compliant with annual State and Federal filing requirements for nonprofit organizations, including New York State Charities Bureau filings as a non-profit organization.
For more information, visit DCLA.
