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Grant Opportunities
The Arts & Cultural Council makes competitive grants to nonprofit organizations, schools and artists in a number of different programs and categories.
Please note that grant programs are offered contingent upon the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester’s receipt of funding. The Arts & Cultural Council reserves the right to cancel the grant programs at any time.
Grants for Organizations:
Decentralization - Organizations
Capacity Building Grants
Grants for Individual Artists:
Decentralization - Individual Artist Projects
Strategic Opportunity Stipends
Grants for School Partnerships:
Education through the Arts
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Decentralization - Organizations
Grants of up to $5,000 are available for nonprofits for arts-related programs that serve Monroe County residents in 2012. Monroe County nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply for Decentralization Grants, which are funded by the New York State Legislature and the New York State Council on the Arts in partnership with the Arts & Cultural Council.
Decentralization (Organization) Forms:
2012 Decentralization (DEC) Grant Guidelines (PDF)
2012 Decentralization (DEC) Grant Application Form (PDF Fillable)
2012 Decentralization (DEC) Budget Form (MS Excel Spreadsheet)
Decentralization (Organizations) Final Report Form - For 2011 Grantees
Applications are due: Thursday, November 3, 2011 by 5:00 PM
Grant Seminar Schedule (DEC - Organizations)
Applicants are encouraged to attend one of the following grant information sessions:
Friday, September 23, 2011, 3:00 p.m.
Monday, September 26, 2011, 12:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 4:00 p.m.
Friday, October 7, 2011, 11:00 a.m.
Grant Seminars will be held at:
Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester
277 N. Goodman Street
Rochester, NY 14607
To register, please call (585) 473-4000.
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Capacity Building Grants
Capacity Building Grants are administered by the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester and funded in partnership with Rochester Area Community Foundation. This program supports 2012 projects that will improve an organization’s management, develop audiences, strengthen fundraising and/or achieve operating efficiencies through shared resources. Applicants must be cultural organizations with budgets of less than $800,000 in Monroe, Wayne, Ontario, Livingston, Genesee or Orleans County.
Capacity Building Grant Forms:
2012 Capacity Building (CBG) Grant Guidelines (PDF)
2012 Capacity Building (CBG) Grant Application Form (PDF Fillable)
2012 Capacity Building (CBG) Budget Form (MS Excel Spreadsheet)
Recommended:Writing Proposals for Capacity Building
Capacity Building Final Report Form - For 2011 Grantees
Applications are due: Thursday, November 3, 2011 by 5:00 PM
Grant Seminar Schedule (Capacity Building)
Applicants are encouraged to attend one of the following grant information sessions:
Friday, September 23, 2011, 3:00 p.m.
Monday, September 26, 2011, 12:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 4:00 p.m.
Friday, October 7, 2011, 11:00 a.m.
Grant Seminars will be held at:
Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester
277 N. Goodman Street
Rochester, NY 14607
To register, please call (585) 473-4000.
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Decentralization - Individual Artists
The Arts & Cultural Council will award three (3) grants of $2,000 each for Individual Artist Projects. These grants are part of the Decentralization program and are funded in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Legislature.
Decentralization - Individual Artist Forms:
2012 Decentralization (DEC) Individual Artist Grants Guidelines (PDF)
2012 Decentralization (DEC) Individual Artist Grants Application Form
(Fillable PDF)
Final Report Form - For 2011 Grantees
Applications are due: November 3, 2011 by 5:00 PM
Grant Seminar Schedule (DEC - Individual Artists)
Applicants are encouraged to attend one of the following grant information sessions:
Monday, September 26, 2011, 10:00 a.m.
Friday, October 7, 2011, 1:00 p.m.
Grant Seminars will be held at:
Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester
277 N. Goodman Street
Rochester, NY 14607
To register, please call (585) 473-4000.
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Strategic Opportunity Stipends (SOS)
Strategic Opportunity Stipends (SOS), a project of the New York Foundation for the Arts working in collaboration with the arts councils and cultural institutions across New York State, is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
SOS grants are designed to help individual artists of all disciplines take advantage of unique opportunities that may significantly benefit their work or career development. Visual, literary, media and performing artists may request support ranging from $200 to $1,500 for specific forthcoming opportunities.
Strategic Opportunity Stipend Form
Strategic Opportunity Stipends 2012 Guidelines and Application (PDF)
Note: New Guidelines and Application Procedure
Applications are due:
September 26, 2011 (for opportunities taking place between November 2011 and October 2012)
April 5, 2012 (for opportunities taking place between June 2012 and October 2012)
For questions, please contact the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester at (585)
473-4000.
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Education through the Arts
The program is designed to encourage artists, teachers, administrators, and parents to collaborate on well-planned partnership programs that involve interdisciplinary art programs in a curriculum. Matching grants up to $5,000 will be made to schools and nonprofit cultural organizations in Monroe County. This program is funded by the New York State Legislature and the New York State Council on the Arts in partnership with the Arts & Cultural Council.
Education through the Arts Forms:
2012 Education through the Arts Grant Guidelines (PDF)
2012 Education through the Arts Grant Application Form (Fillable PDF)
2012 Education through the Arts Budget Form (MS Excel Spreadsheet)
2012 Education through the Arts Budget Instructions (PDF)
Applications are due: November 10, 2011 by 5:00 PM
For questions, please contact the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester at (585)
473-4000.
Final Report Form - 2011 Projects
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Many grants require that you provide the name and/or district number of your state senator and assembly member. Click here for help on finding that information.
Attention Arts Council Grantees: Please click here to download the approved language for acknowledging funding. Contact the Arts Council at (585) 473-4000 for print/web logos.
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