The Bed-Stuy Create and Connect Fund is a community micro-grant fund that the LP launched in 2020. The Fund seeds and supports the creative ideas and civic actions of artists, cultural practitioners, community builders, organizers, and makers in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
Donor Name: The Laundromat Project (The LP)
State: New York
Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant
Boroughs: Brooklyn
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 09/01/2022
Size of the Grant: $1000
Details:
During the 2022 cycle, they will provide $1000 grants towards each funded project, for a total of up to 25 proposals. They are looking for creative initiatives and projects that are rooted in community, foster connections, and ignite conversations and/or collaborations.
Eligibility Criteria
Self-organized groups or collectives (i.e. sewing club, writers group); formal organizations (i.e. block associations, tenant associations); and individuals (at least 18 years of age) living, working, or otherwise committed to and invested in Bed-Stuy are eligible to apply. Please note the legacy of place is a core value of this Fund, so proposals must be responsive to or centered within the Bed-Stuy neighborhood and communities. They also see the allocation of this Fund as a way to help counter structural, systemic injustices in Bed-Stuy. Therefore, they will prioritize:
- Proposals from residents born and/or raised in Bed-Stuy, generational Bed-Stuy residents, and residents who have lived in Bed-Stuy for more than 10 years.
- Proposals from individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous, Native and/or People of Color
- Proposals from individuals in the disability community, including immunocompromised individuals
- Proposals from individuals who identify as LGBTQIA+.
Types of Eligible Proposals
Types of eligible proposals may include, but are not limited to:
- Virtual workshop series focused on art-making, skill-sharing, and/or creative or cultural activities that create space for community building
- Projects/initiatives that strengthen connections to place in Bed-Stuy
- Ongoing podcasts, storytelling, or oral history projects as they relate to Bed-Stuy
- Outdoor performances or activations in local Bed-Stuy parks or community gardens including dance, theater, musical, spoken word/open-mic*
- Community and place-based projects including public murals, walking tours, sidewalk chalk art competitions, public installations, performances, creative scavenger hunts, community bike rides or roller skating activations, wayfinding projects*
- Virtual or socially distant gatherings for intergenerational community members including sewing or knitting clubs, writing groups, singing circles, etc.*
- Support towards arts and cultural festivals including art making at block parties or fairs*
- Mail or postal projects that encourage social connectedness
- Creative activations around mutual aid or cultural organizing
*In-person events and activities must apply appropriate COVID-19 protocols.
For more information, visit The LP.
