The Huntington Arts Council Community Impact Micro Grant provides grants to non-profit organizations, unincorporated groups or an individual artist for arts & cultural projects and activities that enable Nassau and Suffolk communities to experience and engage with the performing, literary, media, and visual arts.
Donor Name: Huntington Arts Council
State: New York
County: Nassau County (NY), Suffolk County (NY)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/24/2026
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Huntington Arts Council Community Impact Micro Grants continue to support creative programs that strengthen and inspire communities. Designed with accessibility in mind, the streamlined bimonthly application process makes it easy for artists and organizations to bring their ideas to life. Every other month, funding is awarded to two Individual Artists and two Non-Profit Organizations making an impact through the arts.
Priorities
Community Impact Micro Grants funding priorities include:
- Providing an entry-level grant opportunity for individual artists and community organizations.
- Supporting arts centered programs and projects that have a demonstrable impact on their community.
- Funding of immediate, stand alone, ongoing or short-term projects.
- Funding that supports artist fees, supplies and materials, venue rental and marketing/promotional materials for proposed programming.
- Projects MUST be artistic or cultural in nature, encompassing the visual, performing, media, literary arts or humanities.
- Projects MUST be open to the public.
Eligible Programs
- Micro Grant programs may include, but are not limited to:
- Exhibitions
- Workshop series that are open to the public for participation
- Performances (all disciplines)
- Festivals
- Screenings
- Readings
- Micro Grant Programs must include:
- Community engagement and demonstrable public impact
- The program must be open to the public. Please contact the grants team if you have questions about programming for a closed group, i.e. camps, classrooms/workshops, professional development etc
Eligibility Criteria
- Organization applicants MUST have a legal address in Nassau or Suffolk Counties.
- Non-Profit Organizations applying MUST provide proof of nonprofit status through one of the following NYSCA approved documentation
- Letter of Determination from the IRS indicating tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) and registered with the Charities Bureau.
- Current NY State Bureau of Charities (Office of the Attorney General) filing receipt.
- Documentation of charter by the NY State Board of Regents under section 216 of the NY State Education Law
- Documentation of incorporation under Section 402 of the NY State Not-for-Profit Corporation Law
- Official authorization as an arm of local government (i.e., a formal letter on official stationery signed by the appropriate county, city, town or village executive)
- Authorization as a federally recognized Tribal Nation
Ineligibility
- Full-time Matriculated Students in any academic program
- Public universities, colleges; and public, private, or parochial secondary and elementary schools. New York State agencies and departments including SUNY schools and 402 foundations.
- An individual or group that is a business corporation, limited liability company (LLC), or limited liability partnership (LLP), or incorporated as a 501c4s and 501c6 Non-incorporated chapters of organizations whose “parent” is incorporated outside of New York State.
- Past re-grantees that have failed to submit final reports.
- Non-Profit organizations and community partners that do not have a Nassau or Suffolk county address registered with the IRS.
- Individual artists or organizations that have applied directly to NYSCA, regardless of funding status, for 2026 funding OR have received multi-year funding that includes FY 2026. Direct to NYSCA applicants include but are not limited to the NYSCA Reserve Fund Grant, Support for Artists Grant, Support for Organizations Grant and State of the Arts Fellowship.
- Any applicant who HAS been funded by an SCR annual grant for 2026.
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