The New York State Council on the Arts is seeking applications for its 2024 Large Capital Improvement Grants for Arts and Culture to invest in arts and cultural projects that serve New York State’s diverse communities, residents, and visitors.
Donor Name: New York State Council on the Arts
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/11/2024
Size of the Grant: $2,000,000-$10,000,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
Arts and cultural organizations offer programming that provides benefits to their communities and makes a substantial contribution to the New York State economy. The capacity of these organizations to maintain their facilities and make strategic capital improvements is central to their ability to deliver on their missions, contribute economic benefit to their local areas, and provide their communities with vital arts programming in a safe and accessible environment. Through its Large Capital Improvement Grants for Arts and Culture, NYSCA makes strategic investments in those facilities to:
- Attract visitors to the state and ensure that New York State’s residents and visitors have access to art and cultural experiences;
- Sustain and grow the arts’ role as a critical sector of New York’s economy;
- Advance the arts sector’s commitment to environmental sustainability, health and safety; and
- Provide capital investments that contribute to local community development efforts and maintain New York’s globally-recognized role as a creative engine.
Priorities
Applicants must demonstrate how the project will support program priorities, including, but not limited to, the following goals:
- Accessibility
- Make arts facilities accessible for a diverse set of artists and participants.
- Artistry
- Enable arts and cultural programming that is more creatively compelling for artists and audiences alike.
- Culture Development
- Provide further access to cultural offerings in rural areas or communities that have historically been underserved.
- Environmental Sustainability
- Demonstrate environmental stewardship and/or sustainable building practices, improve energy efficiency, and mitigate the negative effects of climate change on the organization’s ability to operate.
- Health and Safety
- Address known health and safety deficiencies and adhere to new public health guidelines and requirements.
- Organizational Health
- Make capital investments that reduce operating costs and/or provide new opportunities for revenue generation that will improve the health of the organization.
- Structural and Historical Improvement
- Address issues of building stabilization and historic preservation.
- Diversity
- Make plans to diversity organizational leadership at the executive and board level.
Funding Information
Total Funding Available: $37,000,000 (for all FY24 Capital Opportunities)
- Grant Award Amount: $2,000,000-$10,000,000
- Minimum Total Project Cost: $4,000,000
Project Period
Projects must be prepared to commence construction within 12 months of being selected for funding.
Funding Supports
- Eligible capital improvements including new construction, renovations and/or expansions of publicly accessible space(s) used primarily for arts and cultural programming that will improve access to arts and advance local community development efforts;
- The purchase and installation of eligible capital equipment systems as part of a larger construction project.
Eligibility Criteria
The applicant must be a nonprofit organization with a mission of arts and culture, incorporated or registered to do business in New York State. Arts organizations that operate autonomously (with their own boards, funding and facility that is dedicated to arts programming) but are embedded in private universities or other non-arts 501(c)(3)s located in New York State may contact NYSCA to determine whether they are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit NYSCA.
