The Grants for Arts Programs (GAP) grants are awarded to not-for-profits throughout the County such as libraries, arts organizations, towns, villages, community centers and the like for professional arts projects and programs.
Donor Name: New York State Council on the Arts
State: New York
County:
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/16/2023
Size of the Grant: $5,000
Grant Duration: 9 months
Details:
Grants for Arts Programs (GAP) provides funds to support community-based organizations, groups, collectives, or individual artists for specific arts programs or projects open to the general public.
- Programs can be live or virtual (and can be adjusted to any government health restrictions codes that need to be followed.)
- Programs must have at their core an activity that is fundamentally arts related and in-line with art forms funded by NYSCA (visual art exhibitions, performances of theatre, music, dance; poetry, storytelling, fiction or creative non-fiction readings; and the like.) as opposed to an activity the outcome of which is primarily rehabilitative, educational, therapeutic, or recreational.
- Programs must be open to, targeted to, available to, promoted to and easily accessible to the general public of Tompkins County. Programs can be geared towards specific communities, cultures, or regions, as long as anyone who wishes to attend can attend.
- Grants are available for arts programs of high artistic merit and exemplary quality. The qualifications and caliber of participating artists is a large part of the evaluation process.
Funding Information
The maximum award is $5,000.
Project Period
Programs must take place between June 1, 2023 and February 1, 2024.
Grant can be funded
- Costs directly related to the performance or showing of the proposed public program such as artistic performance fees, admin fees, marketing and publicity, postage, printing, space rental, technical personnel, and the like.
- Equipment or software directly related to being able to provide the proposed program.
- Requests for equipment cannot exceed $1,000.
- Supplies and materials that can include consumable equipment such as art supplies. Requests for supplies cannot exceed $1.000.
Eligibility Criteria
Tompkins County not-for-profit organizations
- can apply directly, or can act as a sponsor for individual artists or small groups. The applicant organization must be located in Tompkins County with a Tompkins County mailing address, have as their primary mission providing services to residents of Tompkins County, and have an active local board of directors which meets at least 4 times/year.
- The not-for-profit can be: a 501(c)(3), incorporated under Section 502 of the NYS not for-profit Corporation Law; and/or have a current NYS Charities registration, or a municipality.
Individual artists on small groups, with a sponsor.
- Individual artist applicants must be 18 or over and not enrolled or planning to enroll in a fulltime degree program in 2023.
- Individuals or small groups must have a not-for-profit sponsor.
- The sponsor does not have to be an arts organization.
- Sponsors are responsible for: signing a form acknowledging understanding of these guidelines and the sponsored groups project (send immediately after the deadline), signing the contract if the request is funded, and receiving and giving funds to the funded artist(s).
For more information, visit Grants For Arts Programs.