2025 Creative Equations Fund: Justice, Equity, Sustainability + Performing Arts

GRANT AMOUNT: $10K each for 21 Grantees; For Brooklyn-based performing artists and small performing arts organizations dedicating their creativity to social justice.

WHAT IS THE AIM OF THIS GRANT? To build the capacity of social practice artists and small arts organizations and to amplify models of cultural interventions for justice.

DEADLINE: Nov 8, 2024 *All applications must be submitted online.

Supported by The Howard Gilman Foundation

Requirements

WHO CAN APPLY? We are launching this track with a focus on performing artists and performing arts organizations with annual operating budgets of up to $250,000. Note: can also include arts-focused work of 501©3 nonprofit organizations, collectives, community service groups, senior centers, youth organizations, etc.

• Applicants must be residents of Brooklyn (Kings County) or base their practice/work in Brooklyn and provide proof of Kings County residence or operations.
• Applicants seeking funding for General Operating Support must show at least three years of work history in the social justice issues space of their choosing.
• Applicants can be:
• Individuals. Applying under a fiscal sponsor is optional and will not affect a proposal’s competitiveness. Sponsors must have IRS 501©3 nonprofit status and be incorporated within the five boroughs of NYC.
• Small-budget Performing Arts Organizations. 501©3 nonprofit arts organization (federal designation), Incorporated non-profit organization (registered with the State as a non-profit), Unincorporated arts group or collective (the group must designate one lead artist or administrator to be an individual applicant and serve as primary contact), Organizations with operating budgets less than $250,000

PROPOSALS WILL BE CONSIDERED USING THE FOLLOWING:

Artistic Merit: Communal Meaning; Commitment; Coherence; Technical Skill; Non-Duplication; New Questions/New Idea(s)/Distinct Perspective(s); Quality; and Clarity
Process: Disruption/Innovation; Resourceful; Sustainable; Connective; Engagement; Community Support; Ability to Complete
Impact: Stickiness; Equity; Justice; Sustainable; Capacity; Access; Amplification; Community Support; Service; Issue-Based Metric

Application Instructions