NY-based Arts & Activism Grants

$8,000 grants for projects led by Asian American women and gender-expansive people who use their creativity to move hearts, minds and communities to be free of fear, bias and injustice. Our goals are to:
· Channel more resources into our local communities
· Engage more people to invest in creative projects by and for our communities
· Shine an authentic spotlight on our experiences and stories
· Promote progressive social change

Requirements

· This RFP is open to both 501©(3) organizations and individual artists
o Artists and collectives that are not 501©(3)s must apply under a fiscal sponsor that is a 501©(3) organization, which they must list on their application as the applying organization.
o NOTE: Failure to provide 501©(3) documentation or to provide a fiscal sponsor with the same will automatically disqualify the application.
· All artistic disciplines will be considered, including cross-disciplinary work
· Projects must incorporate the arts in an integral way
· Projects must highlight women’s and gender-expansive people’s leadership and/or central role
· Projects must demonstrate a commitment to NYC-based communities with primary project leads based in NY or NYC.
· Grants must be applied to specific projects and cannot support the organization’s ongoing programs, operations, capital or endowments
· Applicants can be at any stage in their careers but must have a track record of developed work that demonstrates their capacity to complete the proposed project and manage the funds requested
· Proposals must make a clear case for the theory of social justice change envisioned by the project, based on the applicants’ own criteria for defining and measuring impact