Grants

In building A.R.T./New York’s grantmaking programs, we work towards the following goals:

• Provide a streamlined application process to limit the burden on small theaters to apply for funding.
• Create opportunities for multiple input on scoring and knowledge-sharing in the evaluation process by utilizing a peer panel with nominations open to the public.
• Provide robust technical assistance during and following the application process so applicants can submit the strongest possible applications to a funding program.
• Make our applications, technical assistance, and all other grantmaking programs accessible to artists and administrators with disabilities. 
• Reflect and respect the myriad of possible ways to be a theatre company, and center the company’s reflection of its needs, opportunities, and challenges instead of providing a “one size fits all” model.
• Talk explicitly about historical and current under-resourcing of communities and artists due to racial, economic, disability, and sexual identity and/or geographic location, and actively work to address these inequities. This includes holding space for discussions of bias and anti-racism and anti-oppression training, ensuring panels and funding dockets reflect the demography of New York City and State, and interrogating ideas around artistic quality/excellence, community service, and professionalism in non-profit arts management in the creation of funding programs, applications, and panelist discussion and scoring.