Announcing the 2026 Manhattan Arts Grants!
Since 1983, LMCC’s Manhattan Arts Grants have supported Manhattan-based artists, arts groups, and community-focused organizations in accessing public funds to present rich arts activities to the public. These projects have been integral to the cultural vibrancy and arts-driven resiliency of Manhattan
Creative Engagement
WOW Cafe Theater
Candice Hoyes
Paul Moon
Amalia Suryani
8 Ball Community
Uptown Grand Central
New Amsterdam Musical Association (NAMA Harlem)
The Catbus Collective
Christie Zhao
Maira Duarte Quiroga
Center for All Abilities, Inc.
Morgan Griffin
Welcome to Chinatown, Inc.
Chen Long
Latino Film Market, Inc.
Yeseul Song, Joe Johnson, and Jaehoon Choi
Kaleena Miller
The W.O.W. Project
American Renaissance Theater Company;
MC Crosby
DJ Stormin' Norman
Raw Science Film Festival
Bowery Jazz Messengers,
TheBlackberry Productions, Inc.
Sisters in Sharqui, Inc.
Creative Stage Collective
Notch Theatre Company
Magpie Duo
Judson Commons
Mark Bankin
Darrah Carr Dance, Inc.
Gabriel Garcia Roman
Curated Alchemy
FREER Records, Inc.
Spanglish Fly
Tabula Rasa Dance Theater, Inc.
Naivy Pérez
Erin Ko
Kanami Kusajima
The Unsung Collective
DAVRA Collective (Zumrad Mirzalieva) and Tamara Khasanova
Tanya O'Debra
People's Forum, Inc.
Saundra Heath
Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³)
Kappa Omicron Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
Bundith Phunsombatlert
LOUR, Lour YasinSingapore
UnboundTrio
FadolínHere
On Earth
Chinatown Table Tennis
Performance Troupe6BC
GardenBroadway DNA
Gamelan Kusuma Laras, Inc.
Yiddish New York
General Mischief Dance Theatre
Meenakshi Chakraverti
Sidra Bell
Fernanda Aoki Navarro
Experiential Orchestra
MODArts Dance Collective
Fable Jones
The Art Song Preservation Society of New York (ASPSNY)
The Omnivores
Jhoely Garay
Harlem Dance Club (HDC)
Suzette Simon
Kinesis Project Dance Theatre, Inc.
SÆBØ
Jing Dong
Kotchegna Dance Company
ANDPLAY, Inc.
Isle of Klezbos
Shall See Theater, Inc.
Borshch of Art
Japanese Folk Dance Institute of NY, Inc.,
TheWade Dance, Inc.
Lower East Side Ecology Center
The Mill
99 Canal, Ltd.
The Klezmatics
Riverside Brass Quintet
Martinez, Horacio
Marina Kifferstein
VISIONS Contemporary Ballet
Joseph Herbst
Willful Pictures
Sue Jeong Ka
Manhattan Theatre Source
Manhattan Wind Ensemble, Inc.
James Top
NYC Kidsfest
The ChoreoJoey Project
4 Wheel City
Mary Prescott
Germono Toussaint
Lighthouse Global Foundation, Inc.
Berta Moreno Valles
Cori Marquis and Deborah Lohse
Joel Esher and Gregory Jafari Van Acker
Francis Mateo
Alexis Mendoza
Yaítza Rivera-Jiménez
Pigeonwing Dance
Princess Lockerooo
Coopdanza, Inc/USA
Ukrainian Village Voices
East Harlem Preservation, Inc.
Urban Garage, Inc.
Catharsis Arts Collective
J Hann
Thai Theatre Foundation
Julie Atlas Muz
Stairwell Theater
Sugar Hill Salon
Workers Unite Film Festival, Inc.
Kebra-Seyoun Charles
Darvejon
Movement Without Borders
Arnaldo Galban
Danza España
Bill Bowers
Crossing Jamaica Avenue
The Drilling Company Theatrical Productions
MultiStages
Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra Corporation
Jazz WaHi, Inc.
Mobile Dance Film Association, Inc. (MDFA)
Christopher Rudd/ RudduR Dance
Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival, Inc.
John P. Hastings
Eirini Linardaki
Laura Nova
Obremski/Works, Inc.
Marta Blair
Sonnambula (Gotham Early Music Scene)
TWEED TheaterWorks
Neighbors (Regina Nejman and Despina Sophia Stamos)
Turkish & International Music Ensemble
Dominican Writers Association
NY Bard Wo Association
Flamenco y Sol Company
Francophone Short Films in Harlem
(Maysles Documentary Center)
Creative Performances
June Townes & Gospera
Esequiel Taveras
Casea Arts Inc./The Carmen Mathis Show
Seisa Ito
Duke Ellington Center for the Arts (DECFA)
AGM Theater Company, Inc.
The Fantastic Experimental Fantastic Theater, Inc. (FELT Theater Inc.)
Naked Angels Theater Company, Inc
counter codex
Mike Freeman
Carlos David
Carla Franchesca
Joe E. Jeffreys
Siyan Wong
AnkhLave Arts Alliance
INTERWOVEN, Inc.
Poyen Wang
SR Socially Relevant Film Festival, Inc.
Visual Echo
Feraba - African Rhythm Tap
Empire City Men’s Chorus, Inc.
Lina Liu Artist Group a NJ Non-profit company
Jose Carmona
Long, Long, Ruoyun Chen, and Shuo Yan
Dai Asano
Docbloc/Ash Marinaccio
Stonewall Chorale, Inc.,
The Four Seas Players, Inc.
Zoe Beloff
Washington Heights Community
Services
Matthew Li
Little Mozart Foundation
West Side Community Garden
Wang Guowei
Church Street School for Music and Art
Nancy Ma
Christopher Williams
Paige Fraser
Creative Learning
Rosario Moore
Justin Wong
Keoni Movement Arts
Nicole Kontolefa
Joyce Griffen
Jerise Fogel
Tricia Vita
Mollie Serena
Monica Wendel
Nami Kagami
Raul Manzano
UMEZ Arts Engagement
New Amsterdam Musical Association (NAMA Harlem)
Latino Film Market, Inc.
Kaleena Miller
The Harlem Swing Dance Society
DJ Stormin' Norman
Sisters in Sharqui, Inc.
Notch Theatre Company
Magpie Duo
Gabriel Garcia Roman
Literature to Life, Inc.
The Unsung Collective
Saundra Heath
Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M³)
Harlem Presents
Kappa Omicron Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.
New Heritage Theatre Group
General Mischief Dance Theatre
MODArts Dance Collective
Fable Jones
The Art Song Preservation Society of New York (ASPSNY)
Antoinette Cooper
The Kota Alliance, Inc.
Bakary Fall
While We Are Still Here, Inc.
Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance
Magnus Villanueva
Dirty Laundry Theatre (America-Israel Cultural Foundation)
Jhoely Garay
Harlem Dance Club (HDC)
Kinesis Project Dance Theatre, Inc.
SÆBØ
Sasha Ono
VISIONS Contemporary Ballet
Joseph Herbst
Willful Pictures
James Top
NYC Kidsfest
The ChoreoJoey Project
4 Wheel City
Germono Toussaint
Berta Moreno Valles
Francis Mateo
Yaítza Rivera-Jiménez
Pigeonwing Dance
Princess Lockerooo
Music Before 1800, Inc.
East Harlem Preservation, Inc.
Catharsis Arts Collective
Kebra-Seyoun Charles
Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra Corporation
Jazz WaHi, Inc.
Christopher Rudd/ RudduR Dance
Marta Blair
JUNNY
Dominican Writers Association
Francophone Short Films in Harlem (Maysles Documentary Center)
June Townes & Gospera
AGM Theater Company, Inc.
Carlos David
Carla Franchesca
INTERWOVEN, Inc.
Feraba - African Rhythm Tap
Keep Rising to the Top, Inc. (KR3T’S)
Little Mozart Foundation
Korean Art Forum, Inc.
Isham Park Restoration Program 1970, Inc.
Inwood Art Works, Inc.
With support from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Howard Gilman Foundation and the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation, LMCC’s Creative Engagement, Creative Learning and UMEZ Arts Engagement programs provide technical support to applicants and awards between $4,000 and $16,000 to enable hundreds of arts projects in all disciplines, serving Manhattan communities from Inwood to The Battery.
Our grants are often among the first awards an artist or group receives and can help recipients to leverage additional support from other sources. Recommendations for awards are made through a juried selection process comprising artists and arts leaders whose expertise reflects the cultural and creative diversity of Manhattan.
Creative Engagement
Creative Engagement provides grants for arts events and programming in all artistic disciplines in any Manhattan neighborhood.
Creative Learning
Creative Learning provides grants for community arts education and participatory art-making projects for older adults in any Manhattan neighborhood. Applicants must identify the venue for their proposed project in the application.
UMEZ Arts Engagement
UMEZ Arts Engagement provides grants for arts presentations and programming in any discipline in Upper Manhattan.