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.
Donor Name: Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
State: New York
City: New York City
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/25/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
This grant aims 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. They 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.
Funding Information
The fund provides multi-year grant awards between $7,500-$10,000 each year.
Grant Period
Grant period will be July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2028.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for the 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, LLC, 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 between $15,000 – $250,000 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.
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