The Small Theatres Fund is to support a wide range of theatrical aesthetics, methods of production, and artistic communities throughout the five boroughs, engaging their artists and audiences in meaningful, exciting, and committed creation and production.
Donor Name: Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
State: New York
City: New York City
Borough: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Small Theatres Fund aim to fund a group of applicants who reflect the diversity of New York City theatre-making and increase opportunities for theatres and artists who have been historically under-resourced due to barriers associated with racial, economic, disability, gender, and/or sexual identity and/or geographic location.
In partnership with the Howard Gilman Foundation, the New York City Small Theatres Fund is a two-year general operating support grant to New York City-based theatre companies with annual budgets below $250,000.
Funding Information
The fund provides multi-year grant awards between $7,500-$10,000 each year, with a granting period between July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the FY26 Small Theatre Fund, applicants must:
- Be a theatre company, organization, or artist collective creating, developing, or presenting theatre for at least two years;
- Applicant may be a 501c3, fiscally sponsored, or unincorporated entity that is “non-profit in spirit.”
- A.R.T./New York has an expansive definition of “theatre” as a discipline of live performance. If you call your art theatre, then you are eligible to apply for this grant! However, keep in mind as you write your application that a panel of theatre-makers will be evaluating your application for this theatre-based grant.
- Have annual expenses totaling $250,000 or less for its most recently completed fiscal year (excluding any regrants or artist relief the theatre may have distributed);
- Be primarily producing, developing, or presenting work in the five boroughs of New York City;
- Companies that create work in New York City and then tour nationally and internationally are eligible for this grant program.
- Not be funded directly by the Howard Gilman Foundation.
For more information, visit Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York.
