Creative Learning is a grant program designed to support and develop the capacity of Manhattan’s teaching artists and small arts organizations to provide community-based arts education projects and programming for youth, adults, and/or older adults.
Donor Name: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
State: New York
Borough: Manhattan
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 09/13/2022
Grant Size: up to $10,000
Grant Duration: 12 months
Details:
The program aims to support sequential, skill-based arts study and participatory arts projects that take place in accessible community-based settings such as afterschool programs, senior centers and community centers.
Creative Learning is designed to support Manhattan’s teaching artists and small arts organizations in accessing public funds to provide community-based arts education projects and programming for youth, adults and/or older adults. The program is comprised of two funds: City funds, provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs’ Greater New York Arts Development Fund, and State funds, provided by the New York State Council on the Arts’ (NYSCA) Statewide Community Regrants program. Funding is intended for artists and organizations that are not able to apply directly to the City and/or State for arts funding.
The program funding is provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs’ Greater New York Arts Development Fund, and the New York State Council on the Arts’ (NYSCA) Statewide Community Regrants.
Funding Information
- Applicants eligible for City funds may request up to $5,000.
- Applicants eligible for State funds may request up to $5,000.
- Applicants eligible for City and State funds may request up to $10,000.
- If awarded, no grants will be made for less than $1,000.
- This program supports projects serving communities from Inwood to the Battery taking place between January 1 – December 31, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofit Organizations:
Creative Learning supports nonprofit organizations that meet the following Core Eligibility Requirements:
- Organizations must be based in Manhattan.
- Organizations must have proof of nonprofit status.
- Organizations must have a core artistic mission and/or history of arts programming.
- Applicants may not be directly applying to LMCC’s Creative Engagement program for the same fiscal year.
- Applicants may not be directly applying for DCLA (GNYADF) or NYSCA (Statewide Community Regrants) funds in another county/borough for the same fiscal year.
- First-time applicants and applicants who have not attended a session for Creative Learning in 2019 or later are required to attended an information session webinar before applying
Individual Artists and Collectives:
Creative Learning supports individual artists, as well as collectives, project-based collaborations, and unincorporated groups that meet the following Core Eligibility Requirements:
- Individual artists must be based in Manhattan.
- Individual artists may not apply or receive funds on behalf of any organization.
- Collectives must designate a lead artist (director, or equivalent), who meets all eligibility requirements for individual artists, to apply as an individual on its behalf. Note: The lead artist must be the primary entity responsible for the application, as well as the grant, if awarded. Guest artists or temporary programming staff will not be considered a lead artist for the application.
- Applicants may not be directly applying to LMCC’s Creative Engagement program for the same fiscal year.
- Applicants may not be directly applying for DCLA (GNYADF) or NYSCA (Statewide Community Regrants) funds in another county/borough for the same fiscal year.
- First-time applicants and applicants who have not attended a session for Creative Learning in 2019 or later are required to attend an information session webinar before applying.
For more information, visit Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
