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
Legends and Lore Marker Grants
Does your community have a great piece of folklore that should be shared? Legends & Lore® is designed to promote cultural tourism and commemorate legends and folklore as part of our heritage. Folklore generally encompasses the stories, customs, traditions, and expressive arts and crafts that are passed from one person to another, often from generation to generation. Folklore is the knowledge that people share as members of a group or community. Our collective identities and sense of belonging are the result of shared traditions, stories, customs, and activities.
Link: https://www.wgpfoundation.org/history/legends-lore/
Deadline: October 12, 2026
The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes
Statewide Community Regrants
The 2027 cycle of Statewide Community Regrants (Community Arts, Individual Artist, and Teaching Artist grants) is now open! Read below for more details. Applications are due by 1
Deadline: 11:59pm ET on Friday, December 4, 2026
Link: https://www.earts.org/grants/
Community Arts Regrants
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
Deadline: November 20th 2026
Link: https://www.saratoga-arts.org/Grants
Delaware County Arts Grant
The Roxbury Arts Group is proud to administer the Delaware County Arts Grant, part of the New York Statewide Community Regrant Program funded by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) since 1986.This initiative supports artists and organizations in Delaware County through three funding streams: Community Arts, Creative Learning, and Individual Artist, with awards up to $7,500.
Deadline: Grant Deadline January 23, 2027
Link: https://roxburyartsgroup.org/grants