Cullen Foundation and New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) are partnering on a special re-grant program to benefit Western New York’s residents through the funding of a wide range of arts and cultural opportunities offered by nonprofit community-based organizations.
Donor Name: Cullen Foundation
State: New York
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/22/2022
Size of the Grant: $2,500 to $5,000
Details:
A special grant cycle inviting nonprofit organizations in six (6) counties of Western New York (WNY) will encourage arts-focused applications to increase the reach and diversity of programs benefitting the residents of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara, and Wyoming counties.
The program objective is to expand New York State funding to a broader range of arts and cultural projects, nonprofit organizations, and artists previously unreached by NYSCA and its Statewide Community Regrant sites (SCR sites) which in turn will create more arts participation opportunities for WNY residents. The vision is that NYSCA and Cullen connect to effectively accelerate the rebuilding of New York State’s arts sector in WNY, helping to spur the revitalization of New York’s creative economy while providing residents with new and enriching arts programming.
In its capacity as ‘re-grant partner’, Cullen Foundation seeks to augment the amount of public funds available to WNY’s nonprofit sector while providing professional, in-kind grantmaking resources to NYSCA and the WNY community.
Of particular interest are arts projects that:
- Provide new opportunities for community members’ engagement with the arts
- Offer access to arts and cultural opportunities in otherwise underserved communities
- Celebrate or promote the WNY region’s rich racial/cultural diversity
- Demonstrate collaboration between the nonprofit applicant/grantee, local artists and/or arts organizations
- Focus on providing arts experiences for previously unreached organizations and community audience members (i.e. the constituents of the nonprofit applicant)
Funding Information
Grant awards will vary depending on the size and scope of the project; the optimal range of requests is between $2,500 to $5,000 with a maximum award of $5,000. Funds will be disbursed in September 2022 for grantee use from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be 501(c)3 organizations based in the six-county region of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Niagara, and Wyoming counties in New York State. One request will be accepted per WNY-based nonprofit applicant.
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