The NYSCA Small and Midsized Capital Improvement Grants for Arts and Culture strives to make investments of public funds that serve New York State’s residents and visitors.
Donor Name: New York State Council on the Arts
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/11/2024
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
Arts and cultural organizations that own or lease buildings face myriad challenges in managing those structures. Through its Small and Midsized Capital Improvement Grants for Arts and Culture, NYSCA makes strategic investments in those facilities to:
- Ensure that all people in New York have access to vibrant arts experiences
- Sustain and grow the arts’ role as a critical sector of New York’s economy
- Provide the necessary capital investments to maintain New York’s globally recognized role as a creative engine
Priorities
Applicants must demonstrate how the project will support program priorities, including, but not limited to, any of the following goals:
- Accessibility
- Make arts facilities accessible for a diverse set of artists and participants.
- Artistry
- Enable arts and cultural programming that is more creatively compelling for artists and audiences alike.
- Culture Development
- Provide further access to cultural offerings in rural areas or communities that have historically been underserved.
- Environmental Sustainability
- Demonstrate environmental stewardship and/or sustainable building practices, improve energy efficiency and mitigate the negative effects of climate change on the organization’s ability to operate.
- Health and Safety
- Address known health and safety deficiencies and adhere to new public health guidelines and requirements.
- Organizational Health
- Make capital investments that reduce operating costs and/or provide new opportunities for revenue generation that will improve the health of the organization.
- Structural and Historical Improvement
- Address issues of building stabilization and historic preservation.
- Diversity
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- Make plans to diversify organizational leadership at the executive and board level.
Funding Categories
- Capital Equipment
- Capital Construction
- Hybrid: Capital Equipment and Construction
Funding Information
- Total Funding Available: Up to $37 million (for all FY24 Capital Opportunities)
- Grant Sizes:
- NO MATCH REQUIREMENT Flat grants, only available to applicants with operating budgets < $2 million
- Amounts:
- $10,000
- $25,000
- $50,000
- 1:1 MATCH REQUIREMENT
- Applicant requests a specific amount within the range, max 50% of total project cost, any size organization may apply (including organizations with budgets < $2 million)
- Amounts: $50,000 – $2,000,000
- Grant Sizes:
Grant Term
- July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2027 (3 years, extensions of up to 2 years considered).
Eligibility Criteria
The applicant must be a non-profit arts organization, incorporated or registered to do business in New York State. Arts organizations that operate autonomously (with their own boards, funding and facility that is dedicated to arts programming) but are embedded in private universities or other non-arts 501(c)(3)s located in New York State may contact NYSCA to determine whether they are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit NYSCA.
