The Auburn Public Theater is seeking applications for its 2026 Arts Education Grant Program.
Donor Name: Auburn Public Theater
State: New York
County: Cayuga County (NY), Ontario County (NY), Seneca County (NY), Wayne County (NY), Yates County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/08/2026
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Goals
The Statewide Community Regrants program makes arts support available to geographically, economically, and ethnically diverse segments of the 5-county service area. They provide funding to nonprofit community arts organizations, individual artists, and arts educators within Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne, Ontario and Yates counties that are not currently funded directly by NYSCA. SCR through Auburn Public Theater is committed to supporting diverse cultural expression. The focus of the program includes:
- Support for regional artists by providing them with the resources to create new works, while increasing their visibility
- Helping regional nonprofit organizations grow sustainably as they serve the cultural, artistic and educational needs of their respective communities
- Provide support for a wide variety of artistic disciplines including diverse multi-culturalprojects
- To be an advocate for arts support in the region they serve by educating community and government leaders about the NYSCA grant process and all it entails
- To help foster partnerships between arts and non-arts organizations with the goal of bringing the arts to areas with limited access to arts programming
- To encourage new artists and organizations to apply for SCR funding. These include the rural, minority and underserved populations of the region.
Funding Categories
The Arts Education category is offered in two funding strands: Pre-K-12 In-School or After-School Projects and Community-based Learning. Funds support arts education projects for closed groups of learners. All AE projects must be carried out in partnership with a public school or in partnership with an existing closed group of learners including but not limited to a club, residents of a senior living facility, individuals receiving social services, or a camp.
Funding Information
Awards Range $500 – $5000.
Eligibility Criteria
- A 501(c)(3) or New York State non-profit organization with an active board of trustees either incorporated in NY State or registered to do business in NY State
- A government or quasi-governmental entity, or Tribal Nation present within NY State.
- Individual artists, groups or collectives, and unincorporated entities who are working with an eligible partner school (for in-school programs) or eligible fiscal sponsor or community partner if accepted by your SCR site (for out-of-school programs).
- Lead applicants must be 18 years of age at the time of submission and may not be enrolled in a full- time undergraduate degree program.
- Projects must take place in the same county as the fiscal sponsor or community partner.
- If an individual artist or unincorporated group is working with a public school that is out of their county of residence, the applicant must have a nonprofit fiscal sponsor in the county of the public school where the project is to take place.
For more information, visit Auburn Public Theater.
