In partnership with the Howard Gilman Foundation, the New York City Small Theatres Fund is a two year general operating support grant to New York City-based theatre companies with annual budgets below $250,000.
Donor Name: Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
State: New York
City: New York City
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/18/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000-$10,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
By offering a two year committed grant, this program provides meaningful financial support for small theatres who typically do not have many options for accessing general operating support. The grant supports a wide range of theatrical aesthetics, methods of production, and artistic communities throughout the five boroughs who are engaging their artists and audiences in meaningful, exciting, work and are committed to creation and production. They aim to fund a group of applicants who reflect the diversity of New York City theatre-making, and increase opportunities for theatres and artists who have been historically under-resourced due to barriers associated with racial, economic, disability, gender, and/or sexual identity and/or geographic location.
Goals
- Provide meaningful, multi-year financial support for small theatres who typically do not have many options for accessing general operating support
- Provide a streamlined but robust application process that offers multiple points of entry and opportunities for completing a compelling application,
- Support a wide range of theatrical aesthetics, methods of production, and artistic communities throughout the five boroughs who are engaging their artists and audiences in meaningful, exciting work and are committed to creation and production; and
- Increase opportunities for theatres and artists who have been historically under-resourced due to barriers associated with racial, economic, disability, gender, and/or sexual identity and/or geographic location.
Funding Information
The fund will provide multi-year grant awards between $5,000-$10,000 each year; with a granting period between July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for the FY24 Small Theatre Fund, applicants must:
- Be a theatre company, organization, or artist collective creating, developing, or presenting theatre for at least two years;
- Applicant may be a 501c3, fiscally sponsored, or unincorporated entity that is “non-profit in spirit”.
- R.T./New York has an expansive definition of “theatre” as a discipline of live performance. If you call your art theatre, then you are eligible to apply for this grant! However, keep in mind as you write your application that a panel of theatre-makers will be evaluating your application for this theatre-based grant.
- Have annual expenses totaling $250,000 or less for its most recently completed fiscal year (excluding any regrants or artist relief the theatre may have distributed);
- Be primarily producing, developing, or presenting work in the five boroughs of New York City;
- Companies that create work in New York City and then tour nationally and internationally are eligible for this grant program.
- Not be funded directly by the Howard Gilman Foundation.
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