The Action Plan

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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
Strategy CExplore changes to the Department of Cultural Affairs' grant programs to offer more flexible and multi-year supportActions
Strategy DImprove cultural access for historically marginalized groups of artists, audiences, and cultural workersActions
Strategy EFund energy expenses at cultural organizations, and provide technical support to organizations to lower their environmental impactActions
Strategy FLeverage private resources to advance funding equityActions
Strategy GSupport more opportunities for temporary and permanent art in public spaceActions
Objective 2Cultivate inclusive practices in the cultural sector Objective 3Strengthen connections between the cultural sector and government Objective 4Address the affordability crisis for the cultural community Objective 5Provide high quality arts education for all New York City public school students

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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