2026 Creative Equations Fund Performing Arts
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2026 Creative Equations Fund: Performing Arts
DEADLINE: Nov 07, 2025
*All applications must be submitted online.
Supported by The Howard Gilman Foundation
GRANT AMOUNT: $10K for each Grantee; For Brooklyn-based performing artists and small performing arts organizations dedicating their creativity to social justice and Cultural Heritage Dance Practitioners or Researchers.
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THIS GRANT? To build the capacity of social practice artists and small arts organizations and to amplify models of cultural interventions for justice, as well as to support Dance Diversity by focusing on Cultural Heritage Dance practitioners. Empower Artists. Disrupt Exclusion. Amplify Diversity. Center Cultural Equity.
WHO CAN APPLY?
(1) Performing Artists and Performing Arts Organizations
Performing artists and performing arts organizations with annual operating budgets of up to $250,000. Note: can also include arts-focused work of 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations, collectives, community service groups, senior centers, youth organizations, etc.
- Applicants must be residents of Brooklyn (Kings County) or base their practice/work in Brooklyn and provide proof of Kings County residence or operations.
- Applicants seeking funding for General Operating Support must show at least three years of work history in the social justice issues space of their choosing.
- Applicants can be:
- Individuals. Applying under a fiscal sponsor is optional and will not affect a proposal’s competitiveness. Sponsors must have IRS 501(c)3 nonprofit status and be incorporated within the five boroughs of NYC.
- Small-budget Performing Arts Organizations. 501(c)3 nonprofit arts organization (federal designation), Incorporated non-profit organization (registered with the State as a non-profit), Unincorporated arts group or collective (the group must designate one lead artist or administrator to be an individual applicant and serve as primary contact), Organizations with operating budgets less than $250,000
(2) Cultural Heritage Dancers, Choreographers, and Dance Researchers.
- Applicants must be residents of Brooklyn (Kings County) or base their practice/work in Brooklyn and provide proof of Kings County residence or operations
- Individuals
- 501(c)3 nonprofit arts organization (federal designation)
- Incorporated non-profit organization (state designation)
- Unincorporated arts group or collective (choose one lead artist or administrator to serve as primary contact)
- Organizations with operating budgets over $250,000 are ineligible
- Applying under a fiscal sponsor is optional and will not affect a proposal’s competitiveness. Sponsors must have IRS 501(c)3 nonprofit status and be incorporated within the five boroughs of NYC
PROPOSALS WILL BE CONSIDERED USING THE FOLLOWING:
- Artistic Merit: Communal Meaning; Commitment; Coherence; Technical Skill; Non-Duplication; New Questions/New Idea(s)/Distinct Perspective(s); Quality; and Clarity
- Process: Disruption/Innovation; Resourceful; Sustainable; Connective; Engagement; Community Support; Ability to Complete
- Impact: Stickiness; Equity; Justice; Sustainable; Capacity; Access; Amplification; Community Support; Service; Issue-Based Metric
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