LMCC Manhattan Arts Grant

LMCC Manhattan Arts Grant is sponsored by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC). The LMCC Manhattan Arts Grant offers funding to New York City artists and filmmakers across disciplines.

Manhattan Arts Grants - LMCC Announcing the 2026 Manhattan Arts Grants! Since 1983, LMCC’s Manhattan Arts Grants have supported Manhattan-based artists, arts groups, and community-focused organizations in accessing public funds to present rich arts activities to the public.

These projects have been integral to the cultural vibrancy and arts-driven resiliency of Manhattan New Amsterdam Musical Association (NAMA Harlem) Center for All Abilities, Inc. Welcome to Chinatown, Inc. Yeseul Song, Joe Johnson, and Jaehoon Choi American Renaissance Theater Company; Raw Science Film Festival TheBlackberry Productions, Inc. Creative Stage Collective Tabula Rasa Dance Theater, Inc. DAVRA Collective (Zumrad Mirzalieva) and Tamara Khasanova Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³) Kappa Omicron Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. LOUR, Lour YasinSingapore Gamelan Kusuma Laras, Inc. General Mischief Dance Theatre The Art Song Preservation Society of New York (ASPSNY) Quadrant International Art Association, Inc. (QIAA) New Asia Chamber Music Society Kinesis Project Dance Theatre, Inc. Japanese Folk Dance Institute of NY, Inc., Lower East Side Ecology Center VISIONS Contemporary Ballet Manhattan Wind Ensemble, Inc. Lighthouse Global Foundation, Inc. Cori Marquis and Deborah Lohse Joel Esher and Gregory Jafari Van Acker East Harlem Preservation, Inc. Catharsis Arts Collective Workers Unite Film Festival, Inc. The Drilling Company Theatrical Productions Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra Corporation Mobile Dance Film Association, Inc. (MDFA) Christopher Rudd/ RudduR Dance Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival, Inc. Sonnambula (Gotham Early Music Scene) Neighbors (Regina Nejman and Despina Sophia Stamos) Turkish & International Music Ensemble Dominican Writers Association Francophone Short Films in Harlem (Maysles Documentary Center) Casea Arts Inc./The Carmen Mathis Show Duke Ellington Center for the Arts (DECFA) AGM Theater Company, Inc. The Fantastic Experimental Fantastic Theater, Inc. (FELT Theater Inc.) Naked Angels Theater Company, Inc SR Socially Relevant Film Festival, Inc. Feraba - African Rhythm Tap Empire City Men’s Chorus, Inc. Lina Liu Artist Group a NJ Non-profit company Long, Long, Ruoyun Chen, and Shuo Yan The Four Seas Players, Inc. Washington Heights Community West Side Community Garden Church Street School for Music and Art New Amsterdam Musical Association (NAMA Harlem) The Harlem Swing Dance Society Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³) Kappa Omicron Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. New Heritage Theatre Group General Mischief Dance Theatre The Art Song Preservation Society of New York (ASPSNY) While We Are Still Here, Inc. Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance Dirty Laundry Theatre (America-Israel Cultural Foundation) Kinesis Project Dance Theatre, Inc. VISIONS Contemporary Ballet East Harlem Preservation, Inc. Catharsis Arts Collective Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra Corporation Christopher Rudd/ RudduR Dance Dominican Writers Association Francophone Short Films in Harlem (Maysles Documentary Center) AGM Theater Company, Inc. Feraba - African Rhythm Tap Keep Rising to the Top, Inc. (KR3T’S) Isham Park Restoration Program 1970, Inc. With support from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Howard Gilman Foundation and the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation, LMCC’s Creative Engagement , Creative Learning and UMEZ Arts Engagement programs provide technical support to applicants and awards between $4,000 and $16,000 to enable hundreds of arts projects in all disciplines, serving Manhattan communities from Inwood to The Battery.

Our grants are often among the first awards an artist or group receives and can help recipients to leverage additional support from other sources. Recommendations for awards are made through a juried selection process comprising artists and arts leaders whose expertise reflects the cultural and creative diversity of Manhattan.

Creative Engagement provides grants for arts events and programming in all artistic disciplines in any Manhattan neighborhood. Creative Learning provides grants for community arts education and participatory art-making projects for older adults in any Manhattan neighborhood. Applicants must identify the venue for their proposed project in the application.

UMEZ Arts Engagement provides grants for arts presentations and programming in any discipline in Upper Manhattan. Can’t find a grant that you heard about? It may have ended.

Read about past programs here !