2024 CAG and CEF Grants Eligibility Check

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Brooklyn Arts Council 2024 Grant Application Cycle

Thank you for for your interest in Brooklyn Arts Council 2024 Grants!

Brooklyn Arts Council grants strive to support local artists and small arts organizations whose work enhances the cultural climate of our borough, city, state, and nation. These awards encourage professional development, community growth, and fellowship among artists.

Brooklyn Arts Council has the following grants available in the 2024 Cycle:

Community Arts Grants up $5,000 each:

Brooklyn Arts Fund - For Brooklyn-based individual artists, collectives, non-profits and 501c3 organizations for support of community arts projects in all disciplines, genres, and styles.

Local Arts Support - For Brooklyn-based individual artists, Brooklyn-based non-profit organizations, and NYC-based individual artists working in partnership with Brooklyn-based nonprofit organizations for community arts projects.

Charlene and Ella up to $2,500 - For Brooklyn-based women artists and arts leaders. Provide awardees with professional development support for creative careers and entrepreneurial pursuits.

Creative Equations Fund Grants up to $10,000 each:

Justice, Equity, and Sustainability + Performing Arts- For Brooklyn-based community-engaged artists, arts-organizations, cultural entrepreneurs, and researchers  who dedicate their creativity to solving social inequalities.

Cultural Heritage + Dance-  For Brooklyn-based artists, small arts organizations, cultural entrepreneurs, and cultural researchers dedicated to pres erving and engagement in cultural heritage traditions.

Social Innovation + Cultural Entrepreneurship - For Brooklyn-based arts businesses that creatively use their profits, partners, or processes to disrupt inequity and or enhance economically viable and sustainable models of intervention for social good.

Brooklyn Innovation Incubator Fellowship is a Social Innovation accelerator and Professional Development intensive for Creatives and Entrepreneurs.

Brooklyn Empower Fund up to $1,500: Unrestricted grants for For Brooklyn-based artists. Funds can be spent on anything they need; be it rent, groceries, practice space, or childcare.

Please use this self-checklist to ensure that your application meets eligiblity requirements to be considered for funding. Brooklyn Arts Council will not review these responses.
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Applicant Email Address* This field is required.
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Applicant Name* This field is required.
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ARE YOU ELIGIBLE?

These next questions assess residency requirements, age requirements, project discipline and organizational budget eligibility.
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Residency (1/2): Are you a Brooklyn resident or does your organization reside or operate in Brooklyn?* This field is required.If you answered yes, you are eligible. If no, you are not eligible. (You will need to show proof of residency via lease, utility bill, or state-issued ID)
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Residency (2/2) : Can you upload proof of residency - a utility bill, state-issued ID, or lease - in your name in .jpeg or .png file format?* This field is required.If you answered yes, you are eligible. If no, you are not eligible.
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Legal Age: Are you 18 or above in age?* This field is required.If you answered yes, you are eligible. If you answered no, you are not eligible.
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Project eligibility (1/3): Is your work primarily therapeutic, primarily culinary, or primarily a circus act?* This field is required.If you answer yes to any of these questions, you are not eligible. We cannot support these project discplines.
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Project eligibility (2/3): Is it art?Does your project fall into any the following disciplines: Dance; Film; Cultural Heritage; Interdisciplinary Arts; Literary Arts; Multi-disciplinary projects; Music/Opera.
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Project eligibility (3/3):Is your proposed project for Brooklyn communities?Are you impacting the cultural life of your audience or community? Are you making, sharing, or teaching, your art with Brooklynites? Are Brooklynites your collaborators, your students, or your audiences?
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Do you have the right paperwork to prove that you are eligible?

These next questions assess organizational budget, financial documents and if they are in eligible formats.
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Operating Budget (1/2): If you are an organization, is your 2023 operating budget $100,000 or less?If you answered yes, you are eligible. If you answered no, you are not eligible.
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Operating Budget (2/2): If you are an organization, do you have an operating budget document that shows income and expenses of $100,000 or less?If you answered yes , you are eligible. If you answered no, you are not eligible.
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Recent Financial Statement: If you are an organization, can you provide recent financial statements such as: treasurer's reports, audited financial statement, 1099, Profit & Loss statement, IRS Form 990-N (e-postcard is not acceptable)?If you answered yes , you are eligible. If you answered no, you are not eligible.
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If you have a fiscal sponsor

These next questions assess Brooklyn Arts Fund and Local Arts Support fiscal sponsor eligibility requirements.
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Are you asking for funds for any of these ineligible expenses?Catering or entertainment for a party, a start-up capital for a new business or organization, equipment purchase, building purchase or renovation, utility bills, or rent/mortgage (beyond the period of my project). If you answered yes, you are not eligible. If you answered no, you are eligible.
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Can you provide a fiscal sponsorship agreement between you and your sponsor? If you answered yes , you are eligible. If you answered no, you are not eligible.
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For Brooklyn Arts Fund: Your fiscal sponsor can be anywhere in New York City. For Local Arts Support: Your fiscal sponsor must be Brooklyn-based. Can your fiscal sponsor provide proof of non-profit status with one of the following: Internal Revenue Service 5013c Letter (*not an EIN assignment letter), Charter from the Board of Regents under the Section 216 of the NY State Education Law, NYC Charities Registration (Article 7A) - Certificate of Incorporation under S.402 of the NY State Not-For-Profit LawIf the answer is yes, you are eligible. If the answer is no, you are not eligible.
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Thank you for your interest in the 2024 Grants Application Cycle.

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