The New Work Grant supports emerging individual artists and artist collectives of all artistic disciplines in their creation of new work.
Donor Name: New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
State: New York
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/18/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Eligible Grant Expenses
- Artists’ Fees and compensation
- Please note: QAF encourages all of its applicants to include artist fees for themselves and their collaborators within their submitted project budget!
- Technical Assistance fees (i.e. videographer, audio editor, translators and interpreters, etc.)
- Planning and preparation expenses for a proposed event
- Supplies and materials needed to execute the proposed project (individual items may not exceed $1,000)
- This can include but is not limited to: art supplies, sheet music, hardware, and memory cards
- Equipment, software, subscriptions, and training related to the creation and promotion of virtual programming (individual items may not exceed $1,000)
- This can include: cameras, lighting equipment, subscriptions associated with virtual programming, and training to utilize these tools
- Venue rental for the project (general home/studio rent is not eligible)
- In-state travel expenses
- Marketing and publicity costs.
Funding Information
Applicants may submit grant requests ranging from $2,500 to $5,000.
Grant Period
All project activities must take place between January 1 and December 31, 2026.
Eligibility Criteria
- Artists who live in Queens or who have a full-time studio lease in Queens (PO boxes are not accepted)
- Artist collectives or collaborations must designate one Queens-based artist as the “lead applicant” who applies on behalf of the group. The lead applicant must meet all eligibility requirements for individual artists and will be responsible for receiving and managing the grant funds.
- Artists working in any artistic discipline
- Applicants must be at least 18 years of age by December 31, 2025.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Past recipients of any QAF grant who failed to submit a final report or are otherwise out of compliance with their QAF Grant Agreement.
- Students, full or part-time, either currently enrolled at the time of application or who will be enrolled in 2026. This includes degree programs and certificate programs.
- Collectives that are LLCs or private entities, even with the use of a fiscal sponsor organization that is a 501(c)3. Collectives must be unincorporated to apply.
- Artists who received funding in 2025 for QAF New Work Grant.
- Individual artists or artist collectives applying on behalf of or in partnership with an organization/collective to the 2026 Arts Access Grant. Applicants of a 2026 QAF Arts Access Grant are not eligible for the 2026 New Work Grant.
- Applicants applying for DCLA funds in another county/borough for fiscal year 2026.
For more information, visit NYFA.
