The Brooklyn Arts Council is seeking applications for its Creative Equations Fund to support art for social justice and community impact.
Donor Name: Brooklyn Arts Council
State: New York
County: Kings County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/07/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Creative Equations Fund leverages Brooklyn Arts Council’s 40+ years of grant-making expertise to invest in arts for social justice. This hyper-local fund supports community-engaged artists, arts organizations, cultural entrepreneurs, and researchers who dedicate their creativity to solving social problems.
The aim of this grant to build the capacity of social practice artists and small arts organizations and to amplify models of cultural interventions for justice.
Funding Information
Awards are $10,000 each.
Eligibility Criteria
- Currently, this track focuses on performing artists and performing arts organizations with annual operating budgets of up to $250,000. As the fund grows, they will include other disciplines.
- Applicants must be residents of Brooklyn (Kings County) or base their practice/work in Brooklyn and provide proof of Kings County residence or operations
- Applicants can be:
- Individuals
- 501(c)3 nonprofit arts organization (federal designation) Incorporated non-profit organization (state designation)
- Unincorporated arts group or collective (designate one lead artist or administrator to serve as primary contact)
- Organizations with operating budgets over $250,000 are Ineligible
- Applying under a fiscal sponsor is optional and will not affect a proposal’s competitiveness. Sponsors must have IRS 501(c)3 nonprofit status and be incorporated within the five boroughs of NYC.
Proposals will be considered using the following:
- Artistic Merit
- Communal Meaning; Commitment; Coherence; Technical Skill; Non-Duplication; New Questions/New Idea(s)/Distinct Perspective(s); Quality; and Clarity
- Process
- Disruption/Innovation; Resourceful; Sustainable; Connective; Engagement; Community Support; Ability to Complete
- Impact
- Stickiness; Equity; Justice; Sustainable; Capacity; Access; Amplification; Community Support; Service; Issue-Based Metric
For more information, visit Brooklyn Arts Council.
