Community Arts Grants provide project support for arts and cultural activities open to the general public.
Donor Name: Arts Mid-Hudson
State: New York
Counties: Dutchess (NY), Orange (NY), Ulster (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 03/14/2022
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Details:
Nonprofit organizations, unincorporated groups, and individuals located in Dutchess, Orange, or Ulster Counties are eligible and encouraged to submit a grant proposal. This project support enables emerging artists and organizations to grow professionally and provides audiences in their region opportunities to experience and engage with the arts. Grant awards are determined by a peer review panel made up of community members.
This project is made possible with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Mid-Hudson.
Goals
- Make quality arts programming available to all residents in their region, particularly to communities with limited access to the arts.
- Assist with emerging arts organizations, individual artists, and grassroots groups to provide arts and cultural events.
- Support the cultural expression of their area’s diverse communities and support BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and disabled artists; support arts and cultural organizers from these groups who are leading this work.
Funding Priorities
- New programming in their region and projects initiated by new applicants.
- Program support for arts organizations, small or grassroots organizations, and artist-initiated projects.
- Support for arts & cultural programming of organizations/ grassroots groups led by Black, Latina/o/e, Indigenous, Asian, People of Color, LGBTQ+, and/or disabled arts workers as well as hiring and paying artists who are part of those groups.
- Programming which engages underserved populations and which demonstrates a strong, well considered community outreach and promotion plan to reach these constituencies.
- Dance, film/ video/ media arts, writing, poetry, performance art, or emerging art forms.
Funding Information
The cumulative amount requested by a single applicant of the Statewide Community Regrants may not exceed $5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
For Individuals and unincorporated groups
Individuals and unincorporated groups are encouraged to apply to this grant opportunity.
- Individual applicants or contact persons for the unincorporated groups must be at least 18 years of age at the time of submission and may not be enrolled in a full-time degree program.
- Must live in and have a legal address in Dutchess, Orange, or Ulster County in New York State. The project must take place in the applicant’s county of residence.
- Individuals and unincorporated groups must work with a nonprofit either serving as their Fiscal Sponsor or Community Partner. Individual applicants may designate a nonprofit they will work with prior to applying or have Arts Mid-Hudson pair them with a nonprofit who will act as their Community Partner in the project once they are awarded funding. These options are offered to accommodate a variety of situations. It is up to the discretion of the applicant to choose which option works best for them.
- Nonprofits serving as community partners or fiscal sponsors must meet all of the nonprofit eligibility requirements in these guidelines. Organizations who have applied directly to NYSCA or RED-C for funding in FY2022 may not serve as fiscal sponsors or community partners.
For Nonprofits
- Nonprofits may submit one application for funding and serve as a fiscal sponsor or community partner for unlimited projects. The project must take place in the county in which they are incorporated.
- Must be a nonprofit and/or 501(c)(3) incorporated in Dutchess, Orange, or Ulster County in New York State.
- Private home addresses may not be provided as the legal address of a nonprofit. Proof of nonprofit status is required.
- Must have a Board of Directors or other governing body that meets to determine and review policy.
- Must have a non-discrimination policy in place and may not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religious belief, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, or disability.
- Libraries, private universities, government entities, and tribal organizations are eligible.
For more information, visit Community Arts Grants .
