About The Program
Responding to emergent opportunities, New York Folklore provides information about funding opportunities to artists and cultural communities. Opportunities can take the form of support for apprenticeships, internships, projects by individual artists, or capacity building support to organizations. New York Folklore continues to serve as a fiscal sponsor for grassroots cultural community organizations.
Current Opportunities
Koliada returns! This time we’re seeking performers to join our troupe. We are in the dark times and it will get darker before it is over. The light will not return unless we scare away the darkness! Join us as a performer for Koliada, the ancient Slavic winter tradition of becoming giant animals, lightness, darkness, and ancestors. Through a series of free workshops and performances, we take Koliada to the village of Cherry Valley to share what we’ve created and learned together. This takes the shape of a performance during Cherry Valley’s First Friday event in February, followed by traveling around town to perform for various homes throughout the village. After meeting requirements and the final performances, compensation of $200 is granted in the form of a check.
Deadline: October 22, 2026
Link: https://www.thetelegraphschool.org/koliada-call-for-performers
Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council
2026 Statewide Community Regrant Program
Applications will be open from August 18th – October 31st, 2025. All applicants should register to attend a workshop below. YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING IF YOU HAVE NOT ATTENDED A WORKSHOP OR SPOKEN TO ONE OF THE SCR COORDINATORS. Grants are available in the categories; Reach (Community Arts), Spark (Arts in Education), Ripple (Individual Artist)
Link: https://goart.org/grants/
Deadline: October 31st, 2025
Community Arts Grant
Community Arts (CA) supports local arts projects and activities that enable Bronx communities to experience and engage with the performing, literary, media, and visual arts. All projects must be community-based and open to the general public. Local nonprofit organizations may apply directly to this program; individual artists or collectives must apply either through a Bronx-based fiscal sponsor or in partnership with a community-based nonprofit organization based in the Bronx. Grants range from $1000 t0 $5000.
Link:https://www.bronxarts.org/grants/community-arts-grant/
Deadline: November 3, 2025
Local Arts Support
Funded by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), Local Arts Support funding is for nonprofit organizations and artist-nonprofit partnerships developing high-quality local arts projects and programs that focus on community engagement. The best proposals identify their community, demonstrate engagement with that community, and thoughtfully describe anticipated outcomes.
Link: https://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/what-we-do/grants/local-arts-support
Deadline: November 7, 2025
Statewide Community Regrants Program
Individual artists, municipalities, libraries, 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations can apply directly for grants. Others may be eligible to apply with the help of a sponsoring organization. Grants are project based and support cultural programming in Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence Counties of New York State, as well as the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation. All first-time applicants are required to attend an info session or meet with the Grants Manager, Alicia Murphy, before submitting an application. Alicia can also provide one-on-one support to help you feel comfortable with the application process. Available Grants: Individual Artist Grant, Arts Education Grant, Community Arts Grant
Link:https://slcartscouncil.org/grants/
Deadline: Friday November 14, 2025
2026 Community Art Regrants
For decades, Saratoga Arts has been proud to serve this region as a New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Statewide Community Regrant (SCR) site, formerly “Decentralization”. Over $1.3 million in funding has been distributed to arts projects in Fulton, Montgomery and Saratoga Counties through our program. We accept applications in the fall of each year for projects designed for the following year. Saratoga Arts offers three separate grant categories each year; Community Arts Grants, Arts Education Grants, and Individual Artist Grants. Each funding category has an individual set of guidelines, funding priorities, and applications. All funding decisions for our grant applications are determined by a panel of community artists and individuals with strong ties to the local arts community.
Link: https://www.saratoga-arts.org/Grants
Deadline: November 21st, 2025
Arts Link Grant Program
The Arts Link Community Regrant Program welcomes applications for funding of high quality artistic and cultural projects which take place in Putnam County in 2026 and are open to the public. Proposals may feature a variety of artistic disciplines including (but not limited to) theatre, dance, visual arts, music, folk arts, literary arts, film and video. Interdisciplinary projects and collaborations are encouraged.
Link: https://putnamartscouncil.com/arts-link-grant-program-overview/
Deadline: Friday, December 5, 2025 by 4pm.
Lower Adirondack Regional Art Council
2026 Community Art Grants
Community Art Grants provide support for art and cultural projects to non-profit organizations, groups, collectives, and artists. LARAC provides financial support to artists and organizations in Warren and Washington County through 3 categories: Project Support, Individual Artist, and Art Education. The purpose of Community Art Grants is to make art accessible to all by bringing all artistic forms to the communities of Warren and Washington County.
Deadline: December 5, 2025
Link: https://www.larac.org/grants
The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes
Community Arts, Teaching Artist, & Individual Artist Grants
The 2026 Round 1 grant cycle is now open! These grants are for applicants from Cattaraugus, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, & Tioga counties.
Community Arts grants support the activities of artists community organizations in service to local residents
Teaching Artist grants support sequential, arts education projects for K-12 students through in-school or after-school projects in schools or community centers.
Individual Artist grants support the creation of new work by individual artists. .
Deadline: December 12, 2025
Link: https://www.earts.org/grants/
Arts Grants For Queens The Queens Community Arts Grant provides support to Queens-based community organizations, groups and collectives to hold arts and cultural projects or activities for the public in Queens to enhance the cultural climate in communities and neighborhoods where they live and operate – to make the arts accessible to all. Grant amount: $1,000 – $7,500 per project.
The Artists in Queens Grant supports individual artists that live in Queens for the creation of new work in a community setting. These grants highlight the role of artists as important members of the community as they enhance the cultural climate in communities and neighborhoods where they live and work. Grant amount: $5,000 per artist
Link: https://www.flushingtownhall.org/arts-grants-for-queens
Deadline: Thursday, December 18th, 2025
The Arts Council for Wyoming County
provides grants in all three categories: Connect (Community Arts), which provide support to community-based organizations, groups, collectives or artists in Wyoming and Allegany counties for arts and cultural projects in their communities. Grants can fund exhibitions, performances, concerts, festivals, demonstrations and workshops, screenings, readings, and more! Mentor (Arts Ed.), designed to support arts education projects in K-12 public schools and after-school settings, and partnerships with community-based organizations (such as senior centers, scouts, clubs, etc.). Elevate (Individual Artists), specifically designed for artists to create new work in their own communities. This opportunity is designed to increase support for artist-initiated activity and highlight the role of artists as important members of the community.
Link: https://artswyco.org/grants/
Deadline: JANUARY 9TH, 2026
Grants for Arts Programs (GAP) along with our Artist in Community Grant (AICG) , and our Arts Education Grant. is part of New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Statewide Community Regrant (SCR) program, SCR makes exemplary arts programming available to geographically, ethnically, and racially diverse segments of the State’s population, and to support the continued development of local cultural resources responsive to community cultural needs.
Deadline: January 2026
Link: https://www.artspartner.org/content/view/CAPGrants.html
State-Wide Community Regrants
Supporting artists and arts organizations that are seeking to creatively engage their communities through projects in the arts in Columbia, Greene, and Schoharie Counties.Grants of up to $5,000 are awarded annually in three project areas: Community Projects, Individual Artist Commissions, and Arts Education projects provided through SCR program of NYSCA.
Link:https://www.createcouncil.org/grants/scr/
Deadline: January 14, 2026
Delaware County Arts Grants
Community Arts grants These grants provide support for arts and cultural projects to community-based organizations, groups, collectives or artists. Community Arts Grant support enables emerging artists and organizations to grow professionally and to enhance the cultural climate in communities and neighborhoods where they live and operate. Creative Learning grants support the role that local cultural organizations and/or individual artists play in engaging K-12 public school students, students in After-School programs, and students of all ages in Community-based Centers in rich artistic learning experiences. Individual Artist grant opportunities represent a “live & work” investment in local artists. An essential element of this funding is the inclusion of the community artist’s project and a reflection of community life, culture, and/or engage local communities.
Link: https://roxburyartsgroup.org/grants
Deadline: January 16, 2026
Community Arts Grants. Independent artists who wish to produce community art projects can work with a non-profit organization in Sullivan County acting as a fiscal sponsor. Individual Artist Fellowships. For 2026, up to six Individual Artist Fellowships (two in the Visual Arts, two in the Literary Arts, and two in Compositional Arts) in the amount of $5,000 each, will be granted. An element of this funding is a community engagement component. The project must engage a segment of the community through a public program such as an exhibition or performance that is open to the public. Arts Education Grants provides funding for 501(c)3 organizations and artists working with a community partner or education center who are producing artistic educational programming in Sullivan County between 1/1/26 – 12/31/26.
Applicants may apply for up to three grants that range from $500 to a maximum total ask of $7,500.
Link: https://delawarevalleyartsalliance.org/artsforsullivan/
2026 Applications open October 15th, 2025