NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre

The NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre provides grants to encourage and support the creation of digital, film, music, television, and live or online theatre content that reflects the voices and perspectives of all who identify as women.

Now in its third cycle, the NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre (“Women’s Fund”), administered by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) in partnership with the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME), is part of a groundbreaking series of initiatives that address the underrepresentation of women in film, music, television and theatre. The Fund provides grants to encourage and support the creation of content that reflect the voices and perspectives of all who identify as women.

In 2021/22 cycle, the Women’s Fund will distribute $2.5M in funding to Media, Music and Theatre projects in NYC.

Requirements

THE PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE:
• Finishing grants* for film, television, and digital projects
• Funds for the creation of music recordings or videos
• Production funds for live or online theatre
• In addition to being made by, for, or about all who identify as women, projects are eligible if they feature a strong female perspective; and/or include a female-identified director and/or producer and/or writer/songwriter and/or engineer (for recordings) and/or female protagonist(s) or lead musical role.

*To be eligible, projects need to have completed principal photography.

GRANTS WILL BE GIVEN IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES (AMOUNTS LISTED ARE THE MAXIMUM POTENTIAL GRANT):
• Fiction Feature (running time of 60 minutes or more) – $50,000
• Fiction Short (running time of 59 minutes or less) – $25,000
• Fiction Webisode/Webseries (all forms) – $20,000
• Documentary Feature (running time of 60 minutes or more) – 50,000
• Documentary Short (running time of 59 minutes or less) – $25,000
• Documentary Webisodes/Webseries (all lengths and forms) – $20,000
• Music: Classical/Experimental/Jazz/New Music – $20,000
• Music General – $20,000
• Theatre Production – grant amounts up to $50,000

GRANT TIMELINE
• Applications open: Monday, July 26 at 10:00 AM EDT
• Applications close: Monday, November 1 at 5:00 PM EDT
• Recipients notified: March, 2022

To view the full application, please visit https://www.nyfa.org/awards-grants/nyc-womens-fund-for-media-music-and-theatre/.