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Objective 1Increase equitable funding and support for culture, especially in historically underserved communities
Strategy AIncrease the City's funding for cultural organizations, especially those in historically underserved neighborhoodsActions
Action 1Set 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
Action 2Directed 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
Action 3Launched 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
Action 4Increased 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
Action 5Increased funding to all 1,033 recipients of DCLA's CDF grants, with larger, proportional increases for small organizations.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $4M
Action 6Allocated 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
Action 7Increased 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
Action 8Designated 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
Action 9Provided 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
Action 10Allocated $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
Action 11Increased 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
Action 12Increased 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
Action 13Allocated $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
Action 14Provided 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
Action 15Increased 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
Action 16Provided 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
Action 17Increased funding to all 977 recipients of DCLA's CDF grants, with larger, proportional increases for small organizations.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $5M
Occurrence: One-time
Action 18Increased 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
Action 19Increased 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
Action 20Provided funding to the City's three library systems to develop cultural programs designed to reach new audiences.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $255K
Occurrence: One-time
Strategy BIncrease funding for individual artists, especially those from underrepresented communitiesActions
Action 1Launched 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
Action 2Provided 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
Action 3Allocated 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
Action 4Allocated $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
Action 5Provided technical assistance to help underrepresented artists apply for Percent for Art public art commissions in low-income neighborhoods.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 6Provided 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
Action 7Launched 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
Strategy CExplore changes to the Department of Cultural Affairs' grant programs to offer more flexible and multi-year supportActions
Action 1Made 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
Action 2Worked 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
Action 3Reduced 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
Action 4Hosted 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
Action 5Created 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
Action 6Extended 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
Action 7Increased 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
Strategy DImprove cultural access for historically marginalized groups of artists, audiences, and cultural workersActions
Action 1Awarded additional funding to 51 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: 2022 | $510K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 2Awarded 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
Action 3Administered $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
Action 4Administered $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
Action 5Funded 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
Action 6Provided $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
Action 7Administered $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
Action 8Administered $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
Action 9Administered $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
Action 10Awarded 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
Action 11Renewed 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
Action 12Continued funding Culture Pass with the City's 3 library systems, which distributed passes to library patrons, enabling New Yorkers to visit cultural institutions and participate in programs for free.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $100K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 13Provided $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
Action 14Administered $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
Action 15Administered $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
Action 16Renewed 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
Action 17Funded 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
Action 18Awarded 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.
Action 19Administered $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
Action 20Administered $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
Action 21Funded 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
Action 22Launched Culture Pass with the City's 3 library systems, which distributed over 65,000 passes to library patrons, enabling 160,000 New Yorkers to visit 50 cultural institutions and participate in over 100 programs for free.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $106K
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 23Increased 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
Action 24Launched 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
Action 25Administered $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
Action 26Set 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
Action 27Launched 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
Action 28Facilitated, in partnership with the Department for the Aging, and the New York Community Trust, Lifetime Arts, The Brookdale Center on Aging at Hunter College, and LiveON NY, professional development workshops aimed at providing individual artists and organizations tools to deliver creative aging programs to low-income seniors.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Multi-year
Action 29Designed, in partnership with Age-Friendly New York and the National Center for Creative Aging, Building Creativity for Arts and Culture, an online resource guide that increases visibility for older adult programs at cultural organizations across the city.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: One-time
Action 30Administered $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
Action 31Administered $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
Action 32Administered $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
Strategy EFund energy expenses at cultural organizations, and provide technical support to organizations to lower their environmental impactActions
Action 1Funded 28 capital projects at cultural organizations across the City to help reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $41.726M
Occurrence: One-time
Action 2Provided 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
Action 3Provided technical assistance to help Materials for the Arts & 15 CIG members secure over $5.25 million in FY 21 funding from the Department of Citywide Administrative Services for 54 energy-saving retrofit projects with a projected annual total carbon reduction of 1,944 metric tons.
Action 4Funded capital projects at 9 cultural organizations across the City to help reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $15.6M
Occurrence: One-time
Action 5Funded four capital projects at cultural organizations across the City to help reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $9.5M
Occurrence: One-time
Action 6Provided technical assistance to help 14 CIG members secure over $3.2 million in FY 20 funding from the Department of Citywide Administrative Services for 43 energy-saving retrofit projects with a projected annual total carbon reduction of 1,630 metric tons.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: One-time
Action 7Set 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
Action 8Hired DCLA’s first Director of Energy and Sustainability to provide CIG members guidance on accessing resources and funding to reduce their energy consumption.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Strategy FLeverage private resources to advance funding equityActions
Action 1Organized two meetings, in partnership with the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) and Americans for the Arts (AFTA), on how private philanthropy can contribute to board development for cultural organizations.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: One-time
Strategy GSupport more opportunities for temporary and permanent art in public spaceActions
Action 1Completed, in partnership with ArtBridge and New York City Housing Authority, 50 temporary public art installations amplifying the stories, cultures, talents, and histories of NYC's public housing residents as a part of Bridging the Divide exhibition. The project is funded by City Artist Corps, a $25 million program created by DCLA and the Mayor's Office to provide relief to New York's arts community and reinvigorate arts and culture as part of the City's recovery from the pandemic.
Fiscal Year: 2022
Occurrence: One-time
Action 2Launched the Public Art as Community Engagement (PACE) pilot program utilizing artist-led temporary art, convenings, and interventions as tools for deeper engagement around public art projects. The first conversation series explored the history and legacy of the Lyons family.
Fiscal Year: 2022
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 3Launched the City's Open Culture program, which permits outdoor cultural exhibitions and performances on designated city streets, providing stages for artists and cultural groups in all five boroughs during the COVID19 pandemic.
Fiscal Year: 2021
Occurrence: One-time
Action 4Initiated 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
Action 5Supported five temporary art installations on sidewalk sheds and construction fences as part of the City Canvas pilot in collaboration with the Department of Buildings.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: Multi-year
Action 6Announced 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
Action 7Collaborated 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
Action 8Installed "Unity,"  a new permanent, public artwork by Artist Hank Willis Thomas in downtown Brooklyn
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $284K
Occurrence: Completed
Action 9Commissioned 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
Action 10Initiated four new Public Artists in Residence (PAIRs) within the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Department for the Aging, the Department for Records and Information Services, and the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, to develop creative solutions to pressing civic challenges.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $120K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 11Launched City Canvas, a two-year initiative that permits the installation of art on temporary construction structures to improve the pedestrian streetscape and offer more opportunities for artists to present work.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: Multi-year
Action 12Announced 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
Action 13Initiated four new Public Artists in Residence (PAIRs) projects with the Mayor's Office to End Gender Based Violence, NYC Commission on Human Rights, the Department of Probation, and Department of Correction, to develop creative solutions to pressing civic challenges.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $120K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 14Passed legislation to increase budget for Percent for Art projects for the first time since the law was established in 1982, to allow for larger commissions of permanent art and more artists per project.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 15Dedicated $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
Objective 2Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sector
Strategy AEncourage affirmative and inclusive employment and programmatic policies among DCLA granteesActions
Action 1Required 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
Action 2Presented "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.
Action 3Approved 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
Action 4Released, 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.
Action 5Required all CIGs to submit action-oriented diversity, equity, and inclusion plans with measurable goals by April 2019.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 6Conducted, 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
Action 7Added 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
Action 8Launched 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
Action 9Convened, in partnership with Future Works Institute and the Ford Foundation, 300+ cultural organizations for trainings on unconscious bias.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: One-time
Action 10Co-hosted, with the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, workshops for the NYC: ATWORK initiative for members of the CIG and CDF grantees to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities in the cultural sector.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: One-time
Strategy BExpand pathways to and advancement in careers in arts and culture for students from underrepresented communitiesActions
Action 1Placed over 100 undergraduate CUNY students in paid internships with organizations remotely during the  COVID-19 pandemic.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $600K
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 2Placed over 100 undergraduate CUNY students in paid internships at 45 cultural organizations through CUNY Cultural Corps.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $600K
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 3Placed 130 undergraduate CUNY students in paid internships at 63 cultural organizations through CUNY Cultural Corps.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $500K
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 4Launched two new CreateNYC: Leadership Accelerator cohorts for 52 diverse, emerging cultural leaders.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $133.8K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 5Presented, in partnership with the Workers Institute at Cornell University, a three-part series of professional development and networking seminars to over 200 early-career arts and entertainment workers.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: One-time
Action 6Placed 127 undergraduate CUNY students in paid internships at 62 cultural organizations through CUNY Cultural Corps.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $500K
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 7Launched CreateNYC: Leadership Accelerator, in partnership with CUNY School of Professional Studies, to offer free, equity-centered professional development to 26 diverse, emerging cultural leaders.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $240K
Occurrence: One-time
Strategy CCultivate inclusive employment policies within the Department of Cultural Affairs Actions
Action 1Established a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee for DCLA employees to improve workplace policies and practices.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 2Hired 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
Objective 3Strengthen connections between the cultural sector and government
Strategy ACreate opportunities for dialogue and partnership between the City and cultural organizations to address the needs of diverse communitiesActions
Action 1Released 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.
Action 2Recruited over 50 cultural organizations to offer free membership and discount benefits to New Yorkers of all immigration status via the IDNYC identification card in its fifth year of implementation.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 3Launched the Arts and Civics Fund, in partnership with the Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, DemocracyNYC, the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, and the Mayor's Office of Strategic Partnerships, to promote civic learning and discourse among NYC youth through the arts.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $25K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 4Recruited 43 cultural organizations to offer free membership benefits to New Yorkers of all immigration status via the IDNYC identification card.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 5Convened, in partnership with the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, Artspace Sanctuary, and No Longer Empty, over 250 arts professionals for "What Can We Do? Immigration Summit for Cultural Organizations" to discuss immigrant rights in the culture sector.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: One-time
Action 6Invited the public to discuss critical issues in arts and culture through the ongoing series, "Office Hours with the Commissioner.”
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 7Engaged over 1,000 youth ages 10-20 through Step It Up, a program led by the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) in collaboration with cultural organizations, which offered performing arts experiences as a means to build community leadership capacity.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $150K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 8Recruited 44 cultural organizations to offer free membership benefits to New Yorkers of all immigration status via the IDNYC identification card.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Strategy BInclude arts and culture in the City’s neighborhood and resiliency planningActions
Action 1Provided recommendations and engaged cultural stakeholders for the Envision SoHo/NoHo report, led by the Department of City Planning, Manhattan Borough President office and City Council to address pressing challenges in these neighborhoods.
Action 2Participated, for the first time, in public engagements about arts and culture in neighborhood rezoning with communities including Soho/Noho, Downtown Far Rockaway, Brownsville, Gowanus, Bushwick, and Long Island City.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 3Awarded $95,000 to El Museo del Barrio to implement arts and culture recommendations from the East Harlem Neighborhood Plan.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $95K
Occurrence: One-time
Strategy CLeverage Cultural Affairs' support to open new pathways to other public funding and resourcesActions
Action 1Launched 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
Action 2Materials for the Arts offered high end and casual clothing donated by the film, media and entertainment industry to the Administration for Children's Services (ACS), asylum seekers in NYC, and children and families in shelters.
Fiscal Year: 2022
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 3Materials for the Arts partnered with the DOE's Office of Sustainability to collect items no longer needed at schools, to prevent them from going into landfill, and offered the items to others schools in need.
Fiscal Year: 2022
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 4Materials for the Arts offered additional free field trips to Title I schools in the 5 boroughs to promote Creative Reuse and environmental sustainability to NYC DOE schools.
Fiscal Year: 2022
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 5In support of the City's larger pandemic response, arranged special donations of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as well as household and arts supplies for city agencies such as DOE's Regional Enrichment Centers, NYC Parks and Recreation, Health + Hospitals, Administration of Children Services, and Department of Homeless Services.
Fiscal Year: 2021
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 6While the warehouse was closed to the public due to the pandemic, MFTA continued to provide limited access to MFTA donated materials through newly created services such as "Curbside Pickup" and "Personal Shopper."
Fiscal Year: 2021
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 7Continued the Mayor's Grant for Cultural Impact, which awarded $500,000 to ten new and expanded partnerships between cultural organizations and municipal agencies designed to use arts and culture to reach underserved and vulnerable New Yorkers.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $500K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 8Partnered with American for the Arts and SMU DataArts to survey and analyze the impact of COVID-19 on the City's nonprofit cultural sector. Results from this survey will help inform relief and advocacy efforts for New York City’s diverse cultural sector.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: One-time
Action 9Co-hosted, with the Department of Education, a training workshop introducing organizations to the process of contracting with public schools to deliver cultural services.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: One-time
Action 10Expanded the Mayor's Grant for Cultural Impact, which awarded $500,000 to ten new and expanded partnerships between cultural organizations and municipal agencies designed to use arts and culture to reach underserved and vulnerable New Yorkers.  
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $500K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 11Arranged 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
Action 12Facilitated 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
Action 13Launched the Mayor's Grant for Cultural Impact, which awarded $350,000 to seven innovative partnerships between cultural organizations and municipal agencies designed to use arts and culture to reach underserved and vulnerable New Yorkers.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $350K
Occurrence: One-time
Strategy DUse existing communication channels to promote nonprofit and for profit cultural offeringsActions
Action 1For the first time, offered a virtual walkthrough of MFTA's Artist in Residence exhibition, presenting Tijay Mohammend.
Fiscal Year: 2021
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 2Partnered with NYC & Company and the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment to launch Virtual NYC Curator Collections, an online portal showcasing a diverse array of current virtual programming curated by the City’s leading cultural voices.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 3Modified Material for the Arts' Third Thursday and gallery programs to offer online artist talks and virtual gallery experiences, as a response to the Covid-19 outbreak. MFTA will continue to make programming accessible online to support those that are unable to physically come to the warehouse. 
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 4Created a 3D virtual tour of Materials for the Arts allowing users to take a self-guided tour of the MFTA warehouse, classrooms, gallery, and artist studio. 
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 5Launched a monthly e-newsletter to share the latest on DCLA’s programs and funding opportunities with a readership of over 4,000 subscribers.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Strategy EHelp artists and cultural organizations navigate government rules, regulations, and permitting for working in public spaces
Objective 4Address the affordability crisis for the cultural community
Strategy ASupport living wages for artists and cultural workers
Strategy BPreserve and develop long-term affordable artist workspace and housingActions
Action 1Convened, in partnership with NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development, a roundtable with more than 30 cultural stakeholders to share best practices and building design guidelines to inform the City's development of affordable live/work spaces for artists.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: One-time
Action 2Allocated $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
Action 3Released a Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI), in partnership with NYC Economic Development Corporation, to identify cultural organizations able to develop and operate affordable artist workspaces as part of the Affordable Real Estate for Artists initiative (AREA).
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 4Launched Studio in the Park, a program of the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, in partnership with ArtBuilt and the Queens Museum, which provided artists with a 150-square-foot mobile studio space in a historically under-resourced NYC public park, to carry out a community-engaged art project over 6 weeks.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $150K
Occurrence: One-time
Strategy CPromote the inclusion of cultural facilities in City-led developments Actions
Action 1Selected 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
Action 2Selected, in partnership with the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, three Brooklyn-based cultural organizations to operate a 20,000-plus square foot multi-discipline facility in a City-led affordable housing project in Brownsville.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: One-time
Strategy DSupport alternative models for artists and cultural organizations to acquire and operate affordable property and share resources
Strategy EWork toward safe and open environments for artist-run, DIY, and alternative spacesActions
Action 1Hired City's first Senior Executive Director of Nightlife at the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, to serve as a central point of contact between City agencies, residents, and the nightlife sector, and to promote a safe and vibrant nightlife economy beneficial to all New Yorkers.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Objective 5Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school students
Strategy AStrengthen high quality, diverse, and sequential art, culture, and science education for every child in New York City public schools from pre-K through 12th gradeActions
Action 1Set 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
Action 2Hired 73 new full-time certified art teachers to provide comprehensive arts instruction to NYC public school students.
Fiscal Year: 2022
Occurrence: One-time
Action 3Increased arts education funding for public schools by $124 million from the previous year to $553 million total.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $553M
Occurrence: One-time
Action 4 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
Action 5 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
Action 6Administered $541,000 through City Council's Art A Catalyst for Change initiative to 14 organizations to provide arts-based programs in public schools with the objective of reducing gun violence in communities.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $541K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 7Continued 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: 2021 | $10K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 8Funded 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
Action 9Administered $459,850 through City Council's Art A Catalyst for Change initiative to 14 organizations to provide arts-based programs in public schools with the objective of reducing gun violence in communities.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $459.85K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 10Provided over 269 passes through the Culture Pass program, for school administrators to experience diverse offerings from 18 arts and cultural orgnaizations across the City at significantly discounted rates, and bring them back to their school communities for teachers, students, and families.
Fiscal Year: 2021
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 11Completed a pilot to support 12 common branch elementary school arts teachers in District 31 (Staten Island) to take supplementary coursework through CUNY to earn a supplemental certification in the arts.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $26K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 12Developed “Considerations for Blended and Remote Learning in the Arts” that provided guidance to school leaders and teachers to safely delivering arts instruction and strategies for effective instructionin remote and blended learning.
Fiscal Year: 2021
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 13Hired 7 new full-time certified art teachers to provide comprehensive arts instruction to NYC public school students.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: One-time
Action 14Increased arts education funding for public schools by $13 million from the previous year to $460 million total.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $460M
Occurrence: One-time
Action 15Launched 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
Action 16Launched 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
Action 17Funded 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
Action 18Launched the Materials for the Arts Online Education Center to provide teachers and students access to art-infused projects, lesson plans, and online field trips, while learning remotely. The resources were designed for students ranging from Pre-K through 12th grade with content from multiple subject areas.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 19Administered 469,000 through City Council's Art A Catalyst for Change initiative to 14 organizations to provide arts-based programs in public schools with the objective of reducing gun violence in communities.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $469K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 20Provided 1,349 school administrators an opportunity to experience diverse offerings from 22 arts and cultural organizations across the City at significantly discounted rates, and bring them back to their school communities for teachers, students, and families through the Culture Pass Program for School Leaders.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 21Hired 12 full-time new certified arts teachers, to provide comprehensive arts instruction to NYC public school students.
Fiscal Year: 2019
Occurrence: One-time
Action 22Increased arts education funding for public schools by $14 million from the previous year to $447 million total.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $416M
Occurrence: One-time
Action 23Administered $730,000 through City Council's Art A Catalyst for Change initiative to 17 organizations to provide arts-based programs in public schools with the objective of reducing gun violence in communities.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $730K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 24Began 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
Action 25Funded 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
Action 26Funded a second year of PreK Create, offering 1,244 educators and site directors a professional development program and toolkits to provide arts-rich learning and play experiences for Pre-K students.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $956.554K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 27Administered $730,000 through City Council's Art A Catalyst for Change initiative through 40 allocations to provide arts-based programs in public schools with the objective of reducing gun violence in communities.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $730K
Occurrence: One-time
Action 28Hired 67 new full-time certified art teachers to provide comprehensive arts instruction to NYC public school students.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: One-time
Action 29Increased arts education spending for public schools by $17 million from the previous year to $433 million total.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $433M
Occurrence: One-time
Strategy BExpand access to arts education for Multilingual Learners and students with disabilities, including professional development for educators and teaching artistsActions
Action 1Arts 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
Action 2Expanded a pilot for Multilingual Learners and Arts supporting visual arts and music learning.
Fiscal Year: 2022 | $50K
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 3Continued and expanded a professional learning series to support arts teachers in association with the Compendium for Arts and Students with Disabilities.
Action 4Continued and expanded a professional learning series to support arts teachers in association with the 2017 Compendium for Arts and Students with Disabilities.
Action 5Expanded a pilot for Multilingual Learners and Arts (District 10/Bronx) supporting visual arts and music learning.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $25K
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 6Provided Arts Partnership Grants to 180 schools directly to work with 53 cultural organizations for 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.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $1.08M
Occurrence: One-time
Action 7Expanded Multilingual Learners and the Arts, a pilot to support 8 schools in District 10 in the Bronx by deepening visual arts and music learning in conjunction with language acquisition.
Action 8Awarded 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.
Action 9Developed a professional learning series to support arts teachers in association with the 2017 Compendium for Arts and Students with Disabilities.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 10Launched a pilot for Multilingual Learners and Arts (District 10/Bronx) based on learnings from the 2017 Compendium for Arts and Students with Disabilities.
Fiscal Year: 2018
Occurrence: Ongoing
Strategy CConnect DOE schools to local cultural organizations to bring culturally resonant and culturally responsive STEAM curricula to studentsActions
Action 1Hosted 500 middle and high school students for an overnight experience at the American Museum of Natural History to tour exhibits and learn about ancient Egyptian culture, organized by the Department of Youth and Community Development.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $60K
Occurrence: One-time
Strategy DCoordinate cross-agency efforts to expand free and affordable after-school arts and cultural programs citywideActions
Action 1Administered $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
Action 2Administered $12.6 million through City Council's Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) initiative, which supported 150 organizations to provide free cultural after-school programs.
Fiscal Year: 2021 | $12.6M
Occurrence: One-time
Action 3Administered $14.7 million through City Council's Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) initiative, which supported 737 free cultural after-school programs.
Fiscal Year: 2020 | $14.74M
Occurrence: One-time
Action 4Awarded the Center for Architecture (CFA) a three-year Department of Youth and Community Development contract to work with youth from after-school programs to learn about their neighborhoods from artistic, urban design, and historical perspectives.
Fiscal Year: 20182019 | $300K
Occurrence: Multi-year
Action 5Administered $15.3 million through City Council's Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) initiative, which supported 765 free cultural after-school programs.
Fiscal Year: 2019 | $15.3M
Occurrence: One-time
Action 6Administered $13.26 million through City Council's Cultural After School Adventures (CASA) initiative, which supported 663 free cultural after-school programs.
Fiscal Year: 2018 | $13.26M
Occurrence: Multi-year
Strategy EBuild 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 modelsActions
Action 1Redesigned onsite professional development program for educators to be available through online learning and grab-and-go material kits, as a response to the Covid-19 outbreak.
Fiscal Year: 2020
Occurrence: Ongoing
Action 2Partnered 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

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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