Fund for Creative Communities

Up to $5,000 for artists and non-profit organizations

I Have Been To Hiroshima Mon Amour, by Crossing Jamaica Avenue, 2008 Fund grantee / photo: Hap Tivey

The Fund for Creative Communities (The Fund) is part of the New York State Council on the Arts’ (NYSCA) statewide Decentralization program (DEC), which was established in 1977 by the New York State Legislature as a statewide, community arts regrant program. LMCC administers The Fund for the borough of Manhattan.

How The Fund Works

The Fund supports small and midsized non-profit organizations that provide high-quality local arts programs. The Fund also seeks to increase access to arts and cultural activities in neighborhoods throughout Manhattan and to encourage new arts activities in communities where the need exists.

Grants ranging from $750 to $5,000 are awarded to non-profit organizations and to artists applying through a fiscal sponsor for arts projects with a public component that will benefit Manhattan communities. Through The Fund, LMCC awards close to $300,000 each year to enable projects in neighborhoods from Washington Heights to the Battery.

For more information about The Fund, application guidelines, deadlines, and info sessions, please check out the apply page.