The Arts Council for Wyoming County is accepting applications for Community Arts Grant to provide support to community-based organizations, groups, collectives or artists in Wyoming and Allegany counties for arts and cultural projects in their communities.
Donor Name: Arts Council for Wyoming County
State: New York
Counties: Wyoming County (NY), Allegany County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 12/01/2023
Size of the Grant: $5000
Details:
SCR support enables emerging professional artists and organizations to grow professionally and to enhance the cultural climate in communities and neighborhoods where they live and operate. Community Arts grants may include, but are not limited to exhibitions, workshops, performances (all disciplines), festivals, screenings or readings. All funded projects in this category must be community-based and open to the general public.
Grants can fund exhibitions, performances, concerts, festivals, demonstrations and workshops, screenings, readings, and more!
Priorities
Not all projects will meet all of these funding priorities. Applicants are encouraged to highlight their program’s strengths while keeping these priorities in mind:
- Allegany and Wyoming County arts and cultural organizations
- New programs or repeat projects with new components, especially underrepresented art forms such as visual arts, traditional music, classical music and dance
- Projects that promote community partnerships and shared programming
- Projects that encourage community growth such as intergenerational support, economic development, increased diversity, or greater utilization of community assets or esprit de corps
- Projects that engage community members as participants in the arts
- Projects that serve communities that have not received funding in three years or more
- Projects that offer access to people with difficulty accessing the arts due to lack of transportation
Funding Information
- Minimum Grant Amount: $1000
- Maximum Grant Amount: $5000
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible to apply for a Community Arts grant or to be a sponsor for an artist or artist group, organizations must be based in Allegany or Wyoming County and have one of the following with proof of the same:
- A 501(c)(3) or New York State non-profit organization with an active board of trustees either incorporated in NYS or registered to do business in NYS
- A government or quasi-government entity, or Tribal Nation, OR
- With approval from ACWC, individual artists, groups or collectives, and unincorporated entities who are working with an eligible fiscal sponsor or community-based partner are eligible.
- Lead applicants must be 18 years of age at the time of submission and may not be enrolled in a full-time undergraduate degree program
- Project sponsors and partners must be based in Allegany or Wyoming County
Ineligibility
Direct NYSCA applicants may not apply for SCR funding and cannot serve as fiscal sponsors or community partners. Also, NYSCA applicants may not apply to SCR using a Fiscal Sponsor. However, a Community Arts Grant applicant may hire or “book” a NYSCA grantee for a service with a paid fee.
- New York State agencies and departments including SUNY schools and 402 foundations.
- Public universities and colleges.
- Public, private, or parochial secondary and elementary schools.
- SCR site Staff or Board members.
- Students enrolled in a full-time degree program.
- Individuals or unincorporated applicants without an eligible sponsor or partner organization (Exception: Individual Artist category)
- A group that is formed/incorporated as a limited liability company (LLC), business corporation, or limited liability partnership (LLP) in New York State.
- A group that is formed/incorporated as a limited liability company (LLC), business corporation, or limited liability partnership (LLP) in another state and registered to do business in New York State.
- A group in either of the two types above that is seeking to apply with an eligible fiscal sponsor.
- A group that is seeking to apply as an individual or group of individuals, but the project also publicly functions in a limited liability company (LLC), business corporation, or limited liability partnership (LLP).
- Non-incorporated chapters of organizations whose “parent” is incorporated outside of New York State.
- Past re-grantees that have failed to submit final reports or have failed to comply with any other contractual obligations
For more information, visit ACWC.
