2024 Small Theatres Fund
This funding opportunity supports small theatre companies and artist collectives in New York City, particularly those from historically under-resourced communities, by providing general operating support to enhance their creative production and engagement with diverse audiences.
The Small Theatres Fund is 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. Donor Name: Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York State: New York City: New York City Borough: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 10/15/2024 Size of the Grant: Grant awards between $7,500-$10,000 Grant Duration: 2 Years Details: Small Theatres Fund 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. 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 with annual budgets below $250,000. Funding Information The fund provides multi-year grant awards between $7,500-$10,000 each year, with a granting period between July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027. Eligibility Criteria To be eligible for the FY26 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, 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 $250,000 or less 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. For more information, visit Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York.
Award Range
$7,500 - $10,000
Total Program Funding
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Number of Awards
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Matching Requirement
No
Eligible Applicants
Additional Requirements
Applicants to A.R.T./New York’s Fall 2024 grant programs are NOT required to be members of A.R.T./New York. Applicants who receive funding through any of these funding programs who have not been an A.R.T./New York member in the past five years will receive a free year of membership as part of their grant award. All applicants to A.R.T./New York’s Fall 2024 grant programs must be theatre companies and/or collectives - not individual artists - though they can have a wide range of organizational structures including - but not limited to - 501(c)3, fiscally sponsored, or unincorporated artist collectives. Applicants must not charge fees to artists (including but not limited to playwrights, actors, designers, and directors) to participate in theatrical productions of the organization; fees may be charged only for legitimate classes and training programs and only if they are clearly distinct from theatre productions.
Geographic Eligibility
New York City
Application Opens
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Application Closes
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