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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
ActionInitiated three new Public Artists in Residence (PAIR) projects, in partnership with the Mayor's Office of Housing Recovery Operations, the Mayor's Public Engagement Unit, and the NYC Department of Small Business Services.
Fiscal Year: 2026
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Press Release
Keywords: FundingIndividual artistsPublic Art
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
ActionAnnounced the expansion of the city's Cultural Institutions Group (CIG) with five new members: BRIC, the Bronx Children's Museum, the Louis Armstrong House Museum, the Noble Maritime Collection, and Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater (PRTT). As the largest expansion of the CIG in nearly five decades, these organizations—each operating on city-owned property—will receive substantial subsidies and capital investment from the city in exchange for providing publicly accessible cultural programming for all New Yorkers.”
Fiscal Year: 2026
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: AccessCIGFunding
Objective 4: Address the affordability crisis for the cultural communityStrategy B: Preserve and develop long-term affordable artist workspace and housing
ActionPartnered with NYCEDC to open the L10 Arts and Cultural Center, a 65,000 square-foot City-owned creative and cultural hub for four Brooklyn institutions: including new cinemas and archival space for the Brooklyn Academy of Music; a new branch of the Brooklyn Public Library; a gallery and performance space for the Museum of African Diasporan Art (MoCADA); and rehearsal studios and performance space for 651 ARTS – the organization’s first permanent space.
Fiscal Year: 2024 | $84M
Occurrence: Completed
Links: Press Release
Keywords: AffordabilityArtistsCapitalFundingLibrariesNYCEDC
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
ActionThe Office of the Mayor announced a permanent baseline increase of $45 million to DCLA's budget, the first time the agency’s baseline has received a substantial increase in over a decade. The funding includes $23.5 million for the Cultural Development Fund, and $21.5 million for the Cultural Institutions Group.
Fiscal Year: 2025
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: Press Release
Keywords: CDFCIGFunding
Objective 2: Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sectorStrategy B: Expand pathways to and advancement in careers in arts and culture for students from underrepresented communities
ActionPlaced 196 undergraduate CUNY students in paid internships with cultural organizations through CUNY Cultural Corps.
Fiscal Year: 2022
Occurrence: Ongoing
Keywords: CUNYFundingProfessional DevelopmentWorkforce DiversityYouth
Objective 2: Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sectorStrategy B: Expand pathways to and advancement in careers in arts and culture for students from underrepresented communities
ActionPlaced 164 undergraduate CUNY students in paid internships at 68 cultural organizations through CUNY Cultural Corps.
Fiscal Year: 2024
Occurrence: Ongoing
Keywords: CUNYFundingProfessional DevelopmentWorkforce DiversityYouth
Objective 2: Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sectorStrategy B: Expand pathways to and advancement in careers in arts and culture for students from underrepresented communities
ActionPlaced over 160 undergraduate CUNY students in paid internships with cultural organizations through CUNY Cultural Corps.
Fiscal Year: 2023
Occurrence: Ongoing
Keywords: CUNYFundingProfessional DevelopmentWorkforce DiversityYouth
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 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
ActionSet aside 20% of $350 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Academic Recovery funding for schools to increase arts education for students' academic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. This $70 million supported arts education residencies, teacher professional development, supplies/materials/equipment, and student arts programs in every NYCDOE school.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $70M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationCOVID-19DOEFundingProfessional 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
Action Continued a pilot serving children birth to 2 years old and their families at selected NYCEEC, NYCHA, and Head Start sites, leveraging creative arts experiences for parents, family members, and their youngest children.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $40K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEFundingYouth
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
Action Funded a sixth year of PreK Create, offering 200 educators and site directors a virtual professional development program to provide arts-rich learning and play experiences for Pre-K and 3K students.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $674K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEFundingProfessional DevelopmentYouth
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 50 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: 2022 | $500K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Press Release
Keywords: AccessCDFDisability InclusionFunding
Objective 5: Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school studentsStrategy D: Coordinate cross-agency efforts to expand free and affordable after-school arts and cultural programs citywide
ActionAdministered $14.9 million through City Council's Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) initiative, which supported 158 organizations to provide free cultural after-school programs.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $14.9M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Press Release
Keywords: Arts EducationCouncil InitiativesFundingYouth
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 $2.8M through City Council's SU-CASA initiative, which supported virtual arts engagement programming for older adults across the City.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $2.8M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Press Release
Keywords: AccessCouncil InitiativesCreative AgingFunding
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 $5.5 million through City Council's Coalition of Theaters of Color, which supported 65 organizations run by and serving people of color to improve access to culture for historically marginalized communities.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $5.5M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Press Release
Keywords: AccessCouncil InitiativesFunding
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
ActionFunded 24 capital projects at cultural organizations across the City to improve the physical accessibility of their facilities.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $14.364M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: AccessibilityCapitalFunding
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 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
ActionFunded a reduced fifth year of PreK Create, offering 200 educators and site directors a virtual professional development program to provide arts-rich learning and play experiences for Pre-K and 3K students.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $240K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEFundingProfessional DevelopmentYouth
Objective 2: Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sectorStrategy B: Expand pathways to and advancement in careers in arts and culture for students from underrepresented communities
ActionPlaced over 100 undergraduate CUNY students in paid internships with organizations remotely during the  COVID-19 pandemic.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $600K
Occurrence: Ongoing
Keywords: CUNYFundingProfessional DevelopmentWorkforce DiversityYouth
Objective 1: Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communitiesStrategy E: Fund energy expenses at cultural organizations, and provide technical support to organizations to lower their environmental impact
ActionProvided technical assistance to help 21 CIG members secure over $18 million in FY 21 funding for capital improvements from the Department of Citywide Administrative Services for 69 energy-saving retrofit projects with a projected annual total carbon reduction of 4,265 metric tons.
Fiscal Year: 2021
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: DCASEnergyFundingTechnical Assistance
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
ActionInitiated four new Public Artists in Residence (PAIR) projects, in partnership with the newly-established Civic Engagement Commission, the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, and the NYC Commission on Human Rights.
Fiscal Year: 2021
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: COVID-19FundingIndividual artists
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 New York City Artist Corps, a $25 million program that provided local artists with relief funds in exchange for cultural programming that engaged New Yorkers and supported the City's COVID-19 recovery across the first boroughs.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $25M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: COVID-19FundingIndividual artistsPublic Art
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
ActionProvided $750,000 to support programming at 25 arts education organizations and to support the Arts Educator Emergency Relief Fund from New York City Arts in Education Roundtable, which awarded 340 unrestricted grants of $1,000 each. DCLA’s COVID-19 impact survey found that greatest loss of artistic employment comes from arts education organizations.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $750K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: Arts EducationCOVID-19Funding
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 $660,000 through City Council's SU-CASA initiative, which supported virtual arts engagement programming for older adults across the City.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $660K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Press Release
Keywords: AccessCouncil InitiativesCreative AgingFunding
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 $3.55 million through City Council's Coalition of Theaters of Color, which supported 50 organizations run by and serving people of color to improve access to culture for historically marginalized communities.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $3.549999M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Press Release
Keywords: AccessCouncil InitiativesFunding
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 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 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 a pilot serving 12 children (0-2 years old) and their families at selected NYCEEC, NYCHA, and Head Start sites that provided creative arts experiences for parents, family members, and their youngest children.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $10K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEEducationFundingProfessional 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
ActionFunded a fourth year of PreK Create, offering 200 educators and site directors a professional development program to provide arts-rich learning and play experiences for Pre-K and 3K students.tr
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $613.118K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEEducationFundingProfessional DevelopmentYouth
Objective 4: Address the affordability crisis for the cultural communityStrategy C: Promote the inclusion of cultural facilities in City-led developments
ActionSelected and provided funding to transform long-vacant historic DeGraw Firehouse into a brand new music education center for the Noel Pointer Foundation, a Brooklyn-based youth music education nonprofit."
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $6.5M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Press Release
Keywords: CapitalFundingNeighborhood Development
Objective 2: Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sectorStrategy B: Expand pathways to and advancement in careers in arts and culture for students from underrepresented communities
ActionPlaced over 100 undergraduate CUNY students in paid internships at 45 cultural organizations through CUNY Cultural Corps.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $600K
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: CUNYFundingProfessional DevelopmentWorkforce DiversityYouth
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
ActionProvided $1 million through the local arts councils for City Council's SU-CASA initiative, which supported 102 distinct arts residencies for older adults at senior centers across the City.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $1.02M
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: AccessCouncil InitiativesCreative AgingFunding
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
ActionFunded capital projects at 8 cultural organizations across the City to improve the physical accessibility of their facilities.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $15.5M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: AccessibilityCapitalDisability InclusionFunding
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
ActionAllocated another $2 million from the Women's Fund for Media, Music and Theatre by the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment's to help 94 film and theater projects led by artists who identify as women or coming from a female perspective reach completion.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $2M
Occurrence: Multi-year
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: ArtistsFundingMOME
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 3: Strengthen connections between the cultural sector and governmentStrategy A: Create opportunities for dialogue and partnership between the City and cultural organizations to address the needs of diverse communities
ActionReleased Arts and Cultural Inventories for Bushwick, Far Rockaway, and Morissania through the Building Community Capacity program, where community-based development organizations and cultural nonprofits collaborated to survey arts and culture engagement as reported by neighborhood residents.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $249K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: Capacity BuildingFundingNeighborhood DevelopmentTechnical Assistance
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 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 $5.9 million through City Council's Cultural Immigrant Initiative, which supported 264 cultural organizations with programs serving immigrant communities and/or relating to topics of immigration.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $5.865M
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: AccessCouncil InitiativesFundingImmigrants
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 D: Improve cultural access for historically marginalized groups of artists, audiences, and cultural workers
ActionLaunched the Disability Forward Fund, which supported 22 cultural programs committed to serving artists, cultural workers, and audiences with disabilities.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $640K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: AccessDisability InclusionFunding
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
ActionIncreased support for the Language Access Fund by 85% from the previous year across 72 organizations with non-English cultural programming, including American Sign Language, and for projects serving Multilingual Learners in NYC public schools.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $365K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: AccessFundingImmigrants
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
ActionLaunched the Language Access Fund, which supported 32 organizations with non-English cultural programming, including American Sign Language, and for projects serving Multilingual Learners in NYC public schools.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $197.5K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: AccessFundingImmigrants
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
ActionFunded eight capital projects at cultural organizations across the City to improve the physical accessibility of their facilities.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $10.1M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: AccessibilityCapitalFunding
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 D: Improve cultural access for historically marginalized groups of artists, audiences, and cultural workers
ActionAdministered $6.4 million through City Council's Cultural Immigrant Initiative, which supported 182 cultural organizations with programs serving immigrant communities and/or relating to topics of immigration.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $6.375M
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: AccessCouncil InitiativesFundingImmigrants
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 $2 million through City Council's Coalition of Theaters of Color, which supported 44 theater organizations run by and serving people of color to improve access to culture for historically marginalized communities.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $2M
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: AccessCouncil InitiativesFunding
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 $2 million through City Council's Coalition of Theaters of Color, which supported 44 organizations run by and serving people of color to improve access to culture for historically marginalized communities.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $2M
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: AccessCouncil InitiativesFunding
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 $2.5 million through City Council's SU-CASA initiative, which supported 107 distinct arts residencies for older adults at senior centers across the City.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $2.55M
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: AccessCouncil InitiativesCreative AgingFunding
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 $3.3 million through City Council's SU-CASA initiative, which supported 67 distinct arts residencies for older adults at senior centers across the City.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $3.315M
Occurrence: One-time
Keywords: AccessCouncil InitiativesCreative AgingFunding
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
ActionIncreased outreach to educate more New Yorkers about cultural funding opportunities via promoting DCLA information sessions on the NYC.gov calendar.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: Website
Keywords: AccessCommunicationsFunding
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
ActionSet an annual spending goal of $2.2 million to improve physical accessibility at cultural organizations through eligible capital projects starting with the FY 19 budget cycle.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: AccessibilityCapitalFunding
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 funding and technical assistance to community-based development and cultural organizations in Bushwick, Far Rockaway, and Morrisania for cultural asset mapping and community visioning workshops as part of DCLA's Building Community Capacity initiative.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $700K
Occurrence: Multi-year
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: FundingNeighborhood DevelopmentTechnical Assistance
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 E: Fund energy expenses at cultural organizations, and provide technical support to organizations to lower their environmental impact
ActionSet an annual spending goal of $5 million to help organizations reduce their greenhouse gas emissions through eligible capital projects starting with the FY 19 budget cycle.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: WebsitePress Release
Keywords: CapitalEnergyFundingSustainability
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
ActionFacilitated NYC's submissions to the National Endowment for the Art's annual Our Town grant program, to encourage cultural organizations to compete for available federal funding to support local creative placemaking.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Links: Website
Keywords: Funding
Objective 4: Address the affordability crisis for the cultural communityStrategy B: Preserve and develop long-term affordable artist workspace and housing
ActionAllocated $13.9 million in capital funding for the development of 209 units of affordable artist workspaces across NYC.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $13.9M
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: AffordabilityArtistsCapitalFunding
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
ActionFunded a third year of PreK Create, offering 2,088 additional educators and site directors a professional development program to provide arts-rich learning and play experiences for Pre-K students.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $996.217K
Occurrence: One-time
Links: Website
Keywords: Arts EducationDOEFundingProfessional DevelopmentYouth

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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