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Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionSet aside additional $1.5 million in Mayoral funding for arts education programs. This includes $375K to fund another round of the NYC Arts in Education Roundtable Emergency Relief Grant program, doubling the investment DCLA made in this fund last year as a way to support the hard-hit arts educator community. The remaining funding was used to increase grant support for 91 cultural groups providing arts education services in SIAP and TRIE neighborhoods.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $1.5M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: Arts EducationCDFEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionDirected additional $5.1 million to 645 CDF groups working in underserved communities, including 33 priority neighborhoods established by the City's Task Force of Racial Inclusion and Equity (TIRE), as well as neighborhoods identified by the Social Impact of the Arts Project (SIAP).
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $5.1M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: CDFEquityFunding
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy B: Expand access to arts education for Multilingual Learners and students with disabilities, including professional development for educators and teaching artists
ActionArts Partnership Grants provided direct arts education services to students focused on multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and family engagement. Grants were limited to schools whose grants were cut short due to school closures in March 2020 for Covid-19. Grants were awarded to 180 schools to work with 53 arts and cultural organizations.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $3.163145M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDisability InclusionDOEEquityProfessional DevelopmentYouth
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionLaunched a range of new, equity-based reforms to the Cultural Development Fund (CDF) focused on increasing access to public funding for cultural organizations across the city, including greater recognition of historically marginalized communities, increased minimum grant size, and recruitment of review panelists who reflect the diversity of New York City.
Fiscal Year: 2022
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: CDFEquityFunding
Objective 3: Strengthen connections between the cultural sector and governmentStrategy C: Leverage Cultural Affairs' support to open new pathways to other public funding and resources
ActionLaunched the first-ever MFTA Citywide Tour, distributing free art and office supplies throughout the five boroughs, targeting areas that might have a harder time accessing transportation to MFTA's warehouse in Long Island City.
Fiscal Year: 2022
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: AccessAffordabilityEquityMFTAYouth
Objective 2: Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sectorStrategy A: Encourage affirmative and inclusive employment and programmatic policies among DCLA grantees
ActionPresented "Board Leadership in a Shifting Landscape," a series of virtual technical assistance convening and round table discussions designed to engage participants in conversation about a range of salient issues facing cultural nonprofit boards today.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $8K
Keywords: EquityTechnical AssistanceWorkforce Diversity
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy D: Improve cultural access for historically marginalized groups of artists, audiences, and cultural workers
ActionAdministered $5.6 million through City Council's Cultural Immigrant Initiative, which supported 175 cultural organizations with programs serving immigrant communities and/or relating to topics of immigration.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $5.6M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Press Release
Keywords: AccessCouncil InitiativesEquityFundingImmigrants
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy D: Improve cultural access for historically marginalized groups of artists, audiences, and cultural workers
ActionAwarded additional funding to 33 NYC-based nonprofits as part of the CreateNYC Disability Forward Fund in support of programming that deepen engagement in the arts for people with disabilities as artists, cultural workers, and audience members.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $450K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: AccessCDFDisability InclusionEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy D: Improve cultural access for historically marginalized groups of artists, audiences, and cultural workers
ActionRenewed funding to 33 NYC-based nonprofits as part of the CreateNYC Language Access Fund in support of programming that increases access to arts and culture for those whose primary language is not English (incorporated in their total FY21 CDF grant award amount).
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $704.817K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Press Release
Keywords: AccessCDFEquityFundingImmigrants
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy C: Explore changes to the Department of Cultural Affairs' grant programs to offer more flexible and multi-year support
ActionReduced the matching requirement so that CDF recipients can use City funds to cover up to 75% of a program's cost, and streamlined additional application requirements.
Fiscal Year: 2021
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: CDFEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy C: Explore changes to the Department of Cultural Affairs' grant programs to offer more flexible and multi-year support
ActionWorked with CDF grantees on adjustments to the scope of their proposed programs to allow FY21 City funds to be used for programming, including virtual engagements to accommodate current public health circumstances.
Fiscal Year: 2021
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: CDFEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy C: Explore changes to the Department of Cultural Affairs' grant programs to offer more flexible and multi-year support
ActionMade multi-year awards available to all CDF recipients, providing longer term stability and allowing organizations the ability to plan ahead for funding. Historically, the multi-year grants have only been available to groups with budgets over $250,000 a year.
Fiscal Year: 2021
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: CDFEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionIncreased funding to 619 CDF recipients located in, and committed to supporting, low-income neighborhoods, as recommended by the University of Pennsylvania's Social Impact of the Arts project, as well as those located in areas most affected by COVID-19.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $3M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: CDFEquityFunding
Objective 2: Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sectorStrategy A: Encourage affirmative and inclusive employment and programmatic policies among DCLA grantees
ActionRequired all CIG members to submit to DCLA a detailed progress report on the implementation of their board-approved diversity, equity, and inclusion plans on a biennial basis.
Fiscal Year: 2021
Occurrence: Ongoing
Keywords: CIGEquityWorkforce Diversity
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionAllocated more than $2 million to CIG members with organizational budgets under $20 million and to the Mayor's Grant for Cultural Impact, made possible by a long-term agreement with the Metropolitan Museum of Art to share annual revenue from their new policy to charge mandatory admission to visitors from outside of New York State.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $2.07M
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: CIGEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionDesignated Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn as a member of the Cultural Institutions Group (CIG), becoming the first historic black CIG in Brooklyn to receive this designation. As a member of the CIG, Weeksville receives annual operating and energy support from the city.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: CIGEquityFunding
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy B: Expand access to arts education for Multilingual Learners and students with disabilities, including professional development for educators and teaching artists
ActionAwarded arts partnership grants to 357 schools to work with 96 unique arts and cultural organizations to offer arts education services to students focused on multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and family engagement.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $4.07351M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: AccessAccessibilityArts EducationDisability InclusionDOEEducationEquityFundingLanguage InclusionYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy E: Build in-depth, multi-year partnerships between arts and cultural organizations and the Department of Education to provide training for teachers and administrators and to educate students using experiential and new learning models
ActionPartnered with arts and cultural organizations, through DOE's Office of Arts and Special Projects, to offer culturally relevant professional development to 2,849 certified art teachers, in addition to assigned teachers of the arts that connects dance, moving image, music, theater, and visual arts teachers, Arts Education Liaisons, and students with resources and programs throughout the City.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEEducationEquityProfessional DevelopmentYouth
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
ActionLaunched Accelerated Arts Teacher Certification, a pilot to support 15 common branch elementary school arts teachers in District 31 (Staten Island) to take coursework through CUNY to earn a supplemental certification in the arts.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $60K
Occurrence: Ongoing
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEEducationEquityProfessional DevelopmentYouth
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy G: Support more opportunities for temporary and permanent art in public space
ActionCommissioned Artist Vinnie Bagwell to design a new monument to replace the statue of J. Marion Sims at 103rd Street and Fifth Avenue.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $1M
Occurrence: Multi-year
Links: Press Release
Keywords: EquityMonumentsPercent for ArtPublic Art
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy G: Support more opportunities for temporary and permanent art in public space
ActionInstalled "Unity,"  a new permanent, public artwork by Artist Hank Willis Thomas in downtown Brooklyn
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $284K
Occurrence: Completed
Links: Press Release
Keywords: EquityMonumentsPercent for ArtPublic Art
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy G: Support more opportunities for temporary and permanent art in public space
ActionCollaborated with DOT Art and Marcus Garvey Park Alliance to install Boulevard of African Monarchs, a temporary monument at 116th Street and Adam Clayton Powel Blvd. in Harlem.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: DOTEquityPercent for ArtPublic Art
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy G: Support more opportunities for temporary and permanent art in public space
ActionAnnounced new monument in Central Park to honor the Lyons Family who made extraordinary contributions to New York City.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $1M
Occurrence: Multi-year
Links: Press Release
Keywords: EquityMonumentsPercent for ArtPublic Art
Objective 2: Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sectorStrategy A: Encourage affirmative and inclusive employment and programmatic policies among DCLA grantees
ActionReleased, in partnership with SMU DataArts, a pilot demographic report on the workforce of cultural nonprofits that receive City funding, based on responses from a sample of 65 nonprofit grantee organizations.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: EquityWorkforce Diversity
Objective 2: Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sectorStrategy A: Encourage affirmative and inclusive employment and programmatic policies among DCLA grantees
ActionApproved and required all Boards of Directors of Cultural Institution Group members to adopt and implement diversity, equity, and inclusion plans with measurable goals.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: CIGEquityWorkforce Diversity
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionProvided increased funding to the 18 CIG members with budgets under $12 million to strengthen organizational capacity and programming for underserved audiences.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $1M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: CIGEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy D: Improve cultural access for historically marginalized groups of artists, audiences, and cultural workers
ActionAdministered $6.8 million through City Council's Cultural Immigrant Initiative, which supported 193 cultural organizations with programs serving immigrant communities and/or relating to topics of immigration.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $6.792M
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: AccessCouncil InitiativesEquityFundingImmigrants
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy D: Improve cultural access for historically marginalized groups of artists, audiences, and cultural workers
ActionAdministered $3.5 million through City Council's Coalition of Theaters of Color, which supported 49 organizations run by and serving people of color to improve access to culture for historically marginalized communities.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $3.455M
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: AccessCouncil InitiativesEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy D: Improve cultural access for historically marginalized groups of artists, audiences, and cultural workers
ActionRenewed funding to 19 NYC-based nonprofits as part of the CreateNYC Disability Forward Fund in support of programming that deepen engagement in the arts for people with disabilities as artists, cultural workers, and audience members.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $640K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: AccessDisability InclusionEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy D: Improve cultural access for historically marginalized groups of artists, audiences, and cultural workers
ActionAwarded funding to 36 NYC-based nonprofits as part of the CreateNYC Language Access Fund in support of programming that increases access to arts and culture for those whose primary language is not English.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $725K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: AccessDisability InclusionEquityFundingImmigrantsLanguage Inclusion
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionAllocated $2.1 million to 21 of the smaller Cultural Institutions Group members and to the CreateNYC Language Access Fund, made possible by a long-term agreement with the Metropolitan Museum of Art to share annual revenue from their new policy to charge mandatory admission to visitors from outside of New York State.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $2.1M
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: AccessCIGEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionIncreased general operating funding to all members of the CIG, with a 23.9% increase for smaller institutions and an 14.9% increase for larger institutions.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $10.6M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: CIGEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy C: Explore changes to the Department of Cultural Affairs' grant programs to offer more flexible and multi-year support
ActionHosted virtual CDF application seminar on Zoom to supplement existing in-person seminars to more effectively engage a wider constituency to apply for DCLA's cultural funding.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: CDFEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy B: Increase funding for individual artists, especially those from underrepresented communities
ActionProvided increased funding to individual artists and small organizations through an ongoing regrant program in partnership with local arts councils.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $3.9M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Press Release
Keywords: ArtistsEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionIncreased funding to 632 CDF recipients located in, and committed to supporting, low-income neighborhoods, as recommended by the University of Pennsylvania's Social Impact of the Arts project.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $2.5M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: CDFEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionIncreased funding to all 987 recipients of DCLA's CDF grants, with larger, proportional increases for small organizations.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $9.4M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: CDFEquityFunding
Objective 3: Strengthen connections between the cultural sector and governmentStrategy C: Leverage Cultural Affairs' support to open new pathways to other public funding and resources
ActionArranged the first-ever, offsite materials distribution event for Staten Island schools, by which DCLA's Material for the Arts program delivered two tons of free art materials and school supplies to over 30 public schools in Staten Island’s District #31 to better serve students in the outermost boroughs.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: AccessAffordabilityDOEEducationEquityYouth
Objective 2: Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sectorStrategy A: Encourage affirmative and inclusive employment and programmatic policies among DCLA grantees
ActionConducted, in partnership with SMU DataArts, a cultural workforce demographic survey of 65 cultural organizations that yielded 7,000 responses to set a benchmark understanding of the sector's diversity and inform diversity and inclusion efforts.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $65K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: EquityPhilanthropyWorkforce Diversity
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionProvided increased funding to the 18 CIG members with budgets under $12 million to strengthen organizational capacity and programming for underserved audiences.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $1M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: CIGEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy C: Explore changes to the Department of Cultural Affairs' grant programs to offer more flexible and multi-year support
ActionCreated a fully narrated, closed-captioned CDF application seminar on YouTube to supplement existing in-person seminars to more effectively engage a wider constituency to apply for DCLA's cultural funding.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: AccessCDFEquityFundingTechnical Assistance
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy C: Explore changes to the Department of Cultural Affairs' grant programs to offer more flexible and multi-year support
ActionExtended the FY20 CDF application deadline from 6PM to midnight, and piloted application drop-off satellite locations in all five boroughs, to make the application process more accessible and equitable.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: Website
Keywords: AccessCDFEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy B: Increase funding for individual artists, especially those from underrepresented communities
ActionProvided increased funding to 300 individual artists and 151 small organizations through an ongoing regrant program in partnership with local arts councils.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $2M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: ArtistsEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy B: Increase funding for individual artists, especially those from underrepresented communities
ActionAllocated $1.5 million of the $5 million Women's Film, TV and Theatre Fund by the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment's to help 63 film and theater projects by, for, or about women reach completion.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $1.5M
Occurrence: Multi-year
Links: Website
Keywords: ArtistsEquityFundingMOME
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy B: Increase funding for individual artists, especially those from underrepresented communities
ActionLaunched a $5 million Women’s Film, TV and Theatre Fund by the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment to help film and theater projects by, for, or about women reach completion.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $5M
Occurrence: Multi-year
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: ArtistsEquityFundingMOME
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionAllocated $2.8 million to over 175 cultural organizations in underserved communities, made possible by a long-term agreement with the Metropolitan Museum of Art to share annual revenue from their new policy to charge mandatory admission to visitors from outside of New York State.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $2.8M
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: Press Release
Keywords: EquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionIncreased funding to 628 CDF recipients located in, and committed to supporting, low-income neighborhoods, as recommended by the University of Pennsylvania's Social Impact of the Arts project.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $1.45M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: CDFEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionIncreased funding to 256 CDF recipients located in,and committed to supporting low-income neighborhoods, as recommended by the University of Pennsylvania's Social Impact of the Arts project.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $1.45M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: CDFEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionIncreased funding to all 977 recipients of DCLA's CDF grants, with larger, proportional increases for small organizations.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $5M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: CDFEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy A: Increase the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoods
ActionIncreased general operating funding to all members of the CIG, with a 17.5% increase for smaller institutions and an 8% increase for larger institutions.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $6.5M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: CIGEquityFunding
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy G: Support more opportunities for temporary and permanent art in public space
ActionDedicated $10M to commission new public monuments of historically underrepresented figures over the next four years, in accordance with recommendations from the Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and Markers.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $10M
Occurrence: Multi-year
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: EquityFundingMonumentsPercent for ArtPublic Art
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy G: Support more opportunities for temporary and permanent art in public space
ActionAnnounced seven new monuments to honor women-identified trailblazers who made extraordinary contributions to New York City, as a part of the She Built NYC Initiative.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: Multi-year
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: EquityMonumentsPercent for ArtPublic Art
Objective 2: Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sectorStrategy A: Encourage affirmative and inclusive employment and programmatic policies among DCLA grantees
ActionRequired all CIGs to submit action-oriented diversity, equity, and inclusion plans with measurable goals by April 2019.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: Website
Keywords: CIGEquityWorkforce Diversity
Objective 2: Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sectorStrategy A: Encourage affirmative and inclusive employment and programmatic policies among DCLA grantees
ActionConvened, in partnership with Future Works Institute and the Ford Foundation, 300+ cultural organizations for trainings on unconscious bias.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: EquityPhilanthropyProfessional Development
Objective 2: Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sectorStrategy A: Encourage affirmative and inclusive employment and programmatic policies among DCLA grantees
ActionAdded new questions addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion to the CDF application for consideration in the grant evaluation process along with support and feedback provided for future applicants in seminars.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: Website
Keywords: CDFEquityTechnical AssistanceWorkforce Diversity
Objective 2: Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sectorStrategy A: Encourage affirmative and inclusive employment and programmatic policies among DCLA grantees
ActionLaunched Community Organizing 101: Engagement Tactics for Cultural Organizations, a course that introduced 30 cultural organizations to strategies for sustained engagement with historically marginalized communities.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $61.76K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: AccessCapacity BuildingCUNYEquity
Objective 2: Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sectorStrategy C: Cultivate inclusive employment policies within the Department of Cultural Affairs
ActionEstablished a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee for DCLA employees to improve workplace policies and practices.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Keywords: EquityProfessional DevelopmentWorkforce Diversity
Objective 2: Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sectorStrategy C: Cultivate inclusive employment policies within the Department of Cultural Affairs
ActionHired DCLA's first External Affairs and Disability Inclusion Associate to strengthen engagement and programming focused on disability inclusion within the cultural sector.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Keywords: Disability InclusionEquityWorkforce Diversity
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy A: Strengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th grade
ActionBegan developing a comprehensive arts education strategic plan that will address equitable and sequential, quality arts instruction in New York City public school students from 3K to 12th grade.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: Ongoing
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEEquityYouth

Glossary

Cultural Institutions Group (CIG)

A 34-member group of cultural organizations located on City-owned property and receiving significant capital and operating support from the City.

Cultural Development Fund (CDF)

The Department of Cultural Affairs’ annual grant-making process for New York City's nonprofit arts and cultural organizations.

Fiscal Year (FY)

The New York City budget cycle starts on July 1 of a given year and ends on June 30 of the following year.

One-time

An action that occurred in the stated fiscal year.

Multi-year

An action that was initiated in the stated fiscal year and repeats for a finite number of years.

Ongoing

An action that was initiated in the stated fiscal year and occurs annually without a defined end date.

 
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