The Creative Equations Fund (CEF) is an investment strategy dedicated to arts for social justice. Inspired by artists’ work, peer-funded models, as well as a grassroots legacy of intersectional community empowerment, this initiative is driven by the values around justice, equity, and sustainability.
Donor Name: Brooklyn Arts Council
State: New York
County: Kings County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/08/2024
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Creative Equations Fund Investment Strategy:
- Build Capacity for artists, arts organizations, and arts-businesses working towards a more equitable, sustainable, just, and joyful Brooklyn.
- Increase Cultural Equity by widening funding accessibility for artists and small organizations.
- Strengthen Sustainability through connectivity via community collaboration, community activations, civic engagement, and social innovation.
Funding Information
$10,000.
Grant Period
For applicants seeking project support, all activities must take place between January 1 and December 31, 2025.
Who can apply?
- Brooklyn-based individual artists; arts and cultural organizations with annual budgets smaller than $250,000; arts and cultural researchers; cultural entrepreneurs.
- Applicants must be residents of Brooklyn (Kings County) or have Brooklyn as the base for their practice/work.
- Final report must be submitted by January 15, 2026.
- Applicants seeking funding for General Operating Support must show at least three years of work history in the social justice issues space of their choosing.
- Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.
- BAC strongly welcome applications from under-represented groups and ethnicities as well as people with disabilities and/or veterans.
For more information, visit Brooklyn Arts Council.
