Dance/NYC invites small-budget dance making organizations with operating budgets between $10,000 and $250,000 headquartered in New York State to submit applications for awards through the Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund: New York State Edition (CRF:NYS).
Donor Name: DanceNYC
State: New York
Type of the Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/04/2022
Size of the Grant: $2,500 to $5,000
Details:
Funding Priorities and Review Rubric
- In alignment with field research1, priority in grant selection will be given to applicants who:
- Demonstrate the impacts of COVID-19 on their entity’s dance making activities, including:
- a decrease or change in the volume of artistic work;
- the proportion of income lost in relation to previous income years as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak and/or related government mandated cancellation of activities; and
- the ability/inability to access other forms of relief, including insurance claims;
- Demonstrate the impacts of COVID-19 on their entity’s dance making activities, including:
- Are based in counties outside of the five boroughs of NYC, including: Albany; Allegany; Broome; Cattaraugus; Cayuga; Chautauqua; Chemung; Chenango; Clinton; Columbia; Cortland; Delaware; Dutchess; Erie; Essex; Franklin; Fulton; Genesee; Greene; Hamilton; Herkimer; Jefferson; Lewis; Livingston; Madison; Monroe; Montgomery; Nassau; Niagara; Oneida; Onondaga; Ontario; Orange; Orleans; Oswego; Otsego; Putnam; Rensselaer; Rockland; St. Lawrence; Saratoga; Schenectady; Schoharie; Schuyler; Seneca; Steuben; Suffolk; Sullivan; Tioga; Tompkins; Ulster; Warren; Washington; Wayne; Westchester; Wyoming; and Yates counties;
- Are led by or primarily serve members of communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, including but not limited to: low-income, ALAANA, disabled, immigrant, elderly, immunosuppressed, and women-identifying, transgender, gender nonconforming and/or non-binary artists; artists that are parents, guardians, or primary care providers; and artists living in zip codes disproportionately affected by COVID-19 deaths and cases; and
- A grantee pool that is:
Organizations/groups headquartered in the metropolitan NYC area are welcome to apply but priority will be given to organizations/groups that are based in counties outside of the five boroughs of NYC. Dance/NYC’s goal in focusing on specific geographic areas is to help increase activity in areas that are historically under supported and which may have had less access to relief funding at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dance/NYC’s aim in considering demographics as a selection criterion is to identify a grantee pool that represents the demographics of New York State residents and address misalignments highlighted by Dance/NYC research, in particular, racial homogeneity in the dance workforce, a general absence of disabled artists, and a lack of income for immigrant artists.
Funding Information
- Relief support grant of $2,500 to $5,000
- Grant amounts for Tier II will be calculated according to organizational/group operating budget size.
Eligibility Criteria
Organizations/Groups are eligible to apply if they:
- Are dance making organizations and/or fiscally sponsored groups focused primarily on the creation and/or performance of dance;
- Are headquartered in New York State;
- Have an annual expense budget between $10,000–$250,000 for FY2022;
- Can provide proof of 501(c)(3) status or fiscal sponsorship status;
- Has never been a NYSCA grantee; applied for FY22 NYSCA funding but were not awarded; and/or are FY21 or FY22 NYSCA Statewide Community Regrant partners (SCR) grantees.
For more information, visit Tier II: Dance Making Organizations/Groups.
