The company of the Hudson Valley Shakespeare production of THE QUEEN. Photo by Gabe Palacio.
Photo by Hudson Valley Shakespeare/Gabe Palacio
All of our FY2025 opportunities are now CLOSED
NYSCA anticipates releasing our FY 2026 Guidelines for Organizations, Artists, Targeted Opportunities and Regrants & Services in spring 2025.
If you applied for any of the FY2025 Capital Project opportunities, you can expect a decision spring 2025.
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The mission of the New York State Council on the Arts is to foster and advance the full breadth of New York State’s arts, culture, and creativity for all.
The Young People's Chorus of New York City, a NYSCA grantee through our Arts Education Program in performance at the 92nd St. Y. Photo by Stephanie Berger.
In FY2024, NYSCA awarded $46 million in direct support and $32 million for capital projects.
NYSCA will award $82 million for arts and culture organizations and artists and $80 million for capital projects.
Rioult Dance performs Pascal Rioult’s Views of the Fleeting World. In 2018, NYSCA awarded Rioult general operating support through our Dance Program, funding for public school residencies through our Arts Education Program, and support for new theater seating through our Facilities Program. Photo by Basil Childers.
Since the NYSCA Capital Projects Fund began in 2018, the agency has awarded 473 capital grants, totaling $216 million, across all 10 state regions through the support of the Governor and Legislature. In FY24, 69 percent of the awards went to organizations with budgets under $3 million.