Arts, Culture & Historic Preservation Grants is sponsored by The New York Community Trust. The New York Community Trust offers competitive grants for arts, culture, and historic preservation in New York City. The program aims to promote diversity in the arts, expand access for artists and audiences, strengthen management of arts groups, develop talented young underrepresented artists, and improve arts education in public schools.

Priority is given to non-Manhattan and culturally explicit groups, and groups with annual budgets of $250,000 to $1 million.

Arts, Culture & Historic Preservation - The New York Community Trust Arts, Culture & Historic Preservation Learn more about how we fund arts, culture, and historic preservation in New York City. To see what else we fund, explore the Info for Nonprofits page. Emma Lemanski, Megan Simox, and Patrick Tombs talk shop in a program at Queens Theatre for actors with physical disabilities.

Promote diversity in the arts, and expand access for artists and audiences. Strengthen the management of arts groups serving communities in the five boroughs. Develop talented young historically underrepresented artists and improve arts education in the public schools.

Strengthen arts advocacy. Support preservation in low-income communities, communities of color, and the boroughs outside of Manhattan, and restore historic places that represent significant and overlooked aspects of city history. Increase access to high-quality, sequential arts education in the public schools.

Help arts organizations improve or expand programming taking place during the school day and within the public school system. Help arts organizations attract broader audiences and provide opportunities for artists from diverse backgrounds. Build the capacity of smaller-budget arts groups: p riority is given to non-Manhattan and culturally explicit groups, and to groups with annual budgets of $250,000 to $1 million.

Arts service and umbrella organizations are eligible for grants to help small groups. Help cultural groups integrate arts into the curriculum of under-resourced public schools, especially those working outside of Manhattan, and begin programs in schools that lack arts. Help arts organizations improve or expand programming taking place during the school day and within the public school system.

Advance arts and arts education advocacy on critical policy and funding issues. Support the professional development of historically underrepresented young artists pre- and post-college through grants to arts organizations that identify, train, and support young people. (An RFP is issued for this grant program annually.)

Read a report and its abstract looking back on 25 years of the Van Lier Fellowships. Foster collaborations between preservation organizations and community groups representing a diverse range of cultural backgrounds and identities. Incorporate preservation efforts into neighborhood revitalization initiatives and increase the preservation expertise of community organizations.

Promote the adaptive use of historic buildings for social, cultural, and civic purposes. Help groups develop alternative sources of financial support for capital, maintenance, and repairs. We do not generally make grants To organizations with annual operating budgets below $250,000.

For particular presentations, such as plays, exhibits, films/videos, and festivals. For more than one project at a time from an organization. For maintenance or capital projects.

(However, The Trust has established a modest fund with the New York Landmarks Conservancy for emergency structural repairs for nonprofits that own and operate landmark buildings in New York City.) Read the background paper that informed this grantmaking strategy here. Our program directors host regular information sessions for new applicants.

Register today! to support a citywide network of folk and immigrant artists. to support Black documentary filmmakers producing films about social issues.

to continue to develop programs that preserve LGBTQ+ history and culture. Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School, Inc. to expand programs for adults with visual disabilities and create a digital music library.

Association of Performing Arts Professionals. to use technology to expand services to performing arts professionals Latinx Arts Consortium of New York to build a network of Latinx arts and cultural groups in New York City. to research the benefits of an artist savings program.

for a leadership transition. for awards to help documentary filmmakers complete, premiere, and increase the social impact of their films. to negotiate the commercial transfer of Fat Ham.

to increase production capacity for touring and virtual programs and generate income to sustain city-based artists. to adapt policies and communications following a founder transition. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Inc. to improve digital communications and marketing.

to increase production capacity for educational and virtual programs and generate income to sustain city-based artists. to improve technology for film preservation and distribution. Dances For A Variable Population to expand teaching artist training and dance programs for older adults.

People’s Theatre Project, Inc. to establish management systems and programs for a new facility. Imani Winds Foundation, Inc. for a platform to produce and distribute classical chamber music and other media. Ping Chong & Company, Inc. to rebrand and improve communications following a founder transition.

Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center to reorganize studio rentals and other programs during a renovation. Women’s Housing and Economic Development Corporation to develop operations for the Bronx Music Hall. Gallim Dance Company, Inc. to provide two-week residencies to eight young women, transgender, and gender nonconforming movement artists of color.

Asian American Arts Alliance to provide one-year fellowships to six young performing artists. The Jose Limon Dance Foundation to provide one-year fellowships to eight young dancers of color. New York Theatre Workshop, Inc. to provide one-year fellowships to eight young diverse theater-makers, including playwrights.

to provide two-year fellowships to two young Latinx theater directors. to provide one-year fellowships to nine young Black dance artists. American Composers Orchestra, Inc. to provide one-year fellowships to six young composers.

to provide one-year fellowships to six young dance artists of color. to provide 18-month fellowships to six young documentary filmmakers of color creating social issue films. to provide two-year fellowships to three young visual artists.

International Studio and Curatorial Program to provide six-month fellowships to four young visual artists of color. New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc. to expand outreach and services to immigrant artists in New York City. Theatre Communications Group, Inc. to plan responsive programs, including shared workspace, for theater artists and arts groups in New York City.

for awards to help environmental filmmakers develop, produce, and increase the social impact of their feature-length films. to develop young female, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming composers and diversify audiences for classical chamber music. for museum programs that promote Indigenous organizing, land stewardship, and culture.

to provide subsidized, accessible studio space to dance artists. New York Writers Coalition to plan for enhanced marketing and paid programs. to strengthen Latinx theater groups in New York City.

to build a citywide network of cultural equity advocates, including families, caregivers, educators, and artists. to attract audience members with disabilities. Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. to use technology to help Brooklyn artists, residents, and organizations exchange resources and share skills.

to train public school music teachers citywide to use web-based resources for K-12 music instruction. to expand a theater program for over-age, under-credited high school students. New York City Arts in Education Roundtable, Inc. to advocate for adequate arts instruction for New York City public school students.

to provide theater, storytelling, and literacy instruction to students attending five elementary schools in Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. Young People’s Chorus of New York City to provide choral music and literacy instruction to students attending 14 elementary schools in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens.

to provide interdisciplinary arts and literacy instruction to students attending five elementary schools in Queens and the Bronx. to train public school teachers citywide to provide dance and literacy instruction to students in prekindergarten through fifth grade. to provide theater and literacy instruction to students attending five elementary schools in Staten Island.

NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project to document and increase the visibility of city sites that demonstrate the contributions of LGBT New Yorkers. Municipal Art Society of New York to research, plan, and advocate for more inclusive preservation of city culture. Historic Districts Council, Inc. to plan and advocate for the preservation of historic neighborhoods.

Curious about what else we fund? Are you seeking support for the following? Capital and building campaigns General operating support/routine operational expenses Unfortunately, we don’t make grants in these areas.

Where will the activities you plan to request support for take place? Only select National or International if your work falls outside of New York City, Long Island, or Westchester. Select all relevant impact areas to your nonprofit.

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