1. Has NYSCA announced their FY2024 Grant Opportunities and how do I apply?
2. I am new to NYSCA: How can I prequalify my organization?
4. Are you planning any events or information sessions for the FY2024 application process?
5. I am an arts organization with a public university affiliation; can I apply for NYSCA funding?
8. If we have a multiyear grant, do we have to reapply?
9. I am an individual artist and wish to apply for Support for Artists. Do I need to prequalify?
10. Does NYSCA fund for-profit organizations, businesses or galleries?
1. Has NYSCA announced their FY2024 Grant Opportunities and how do I apply?
We have announced our FY2024 opportunties! You can review all opportunities on our FY2024 Funding Opportunities page. You can subscribe to our mailing list: eepurl.com/SOtF5 for important NYSCA updates.
Our FY2024 application deadline for Support for Organizations, Support for Artists, Support for Targeted Opportunities, and Support for Regrants and Services will be July 13, 2023 at 4PM. Please note that NYSCA will launch an additional Capital Projects Opportunity this fall.
2. I am new to NYSCA: How can I prequalify my organization?
Applicants to NYSCA must go through the NYS “Prequalification” process on the NYS Grants Gateway website. You need to finish before you can apply for a NYS grant.
Getting Prequalified is a two-step process that can start at any time. We recommend you start as soon as possible.
Step 1: Register: MANDATORY that all applicants must prequalify with New York State to receive a grant. We recommend starting this process as SOON AS POSSIBLE.
You can find the registration form, instructions, and related documents on the New York State Grants Management Website at: https://grantsmanagement.ny.gov/register-your-organization.
Step 2: Submit Vault for Review and Prequalify: Log onto the Grants Gateway website (https://grantsgateway.ny.gov/IntelliGrants_NYSGG/login2.aspx) and create and submit a “Document Vault.” You will fill out online forms about your policies and practices and upload key documents. A Prequalification Specialist will review your Vault and either “Prequalify” you or suggest modifications. Find basic instructions and checklists here: https://grantsmanagement.ny.gov/get-prequalified. Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions.
NYSCA and Grants Gateway are not likely to resolve any issues by the application deadline in any Vault submitted less than 7 days before an application deadline.
More resources:
Signup for weekly live webinars with the Grants Gateway team: https://grantsmanagement.ny.gov/live-webinars#registration-and-prequalification.
Email or call Grants Gateway team M-F: (518) 474-5595; [email protected].
Document Vaults in modification, review or open status are not considered Prequalified.
You can watch our webinar on Prequalification here.
You can read our blog on Prequalification here: https://arts.ny.gov/PrequalificationTips
3. Are there any current extensions available in Grants Gateway for Document Vaults for COVID-related delays in uploading IRS990 documents, Financial Statements, or Charities Bureau filings?
No. All extensions available from Grants Gateway have already been applied. Please upload your updated IRS990 document, Audit or equivalent statement, and Char500 filing. You may contact our Prequalification Specialist [email protected] if you have any questions.
4. Are you planning to hold any office hours and webinars for the FY2024 application process?
Yes. Webinars will be recorded if you cannot attend a virtual event. Office hours are not recorded. You can review our FY2024 Opportunity Webinars and presentations here.
Please note: Attending webinars, office hours and contacting NYSCA staff is optional. It has no bearing on the review of an application.
5. I am an arts organization with a public university affiliation; can I apply for NYSCA funding?
Please read the eligibility requirements under the applicable Guidelines. As stated in such Guidelines, additional information is required to determine your eligibility. You should to submit information in accordance with this form as soon as possible prior to the application deadline.
6. My organization is sponsored, but only the sponsor is asked for information about "organization type," 'hours," "number of people served," and "in person and virtual attendance." How do I share this information in the application?
Sponsored organizations may use the "Background" section to provide specific information about themselves.
7. My organization is a university applying for different arts organizations. Am I allowed more than one application?
Yes, you are allowed to sponsor more than one organization. Universities must apply as fiscal sponsors for arts organizations that are open to the public but legally part of the university.
8. If we have a multiyear grant, do we have to reapply?
With a multiyear grant, you do not have to reapply, however, you must check that you are still prequalified. Your prequalification expires every year and your vault requires updated documents. You will not receive notification when your vault expires. Please check your status today by logging in at https://grantsgateway.ny.gov/IntelliGrants_NYSGG/login2.aspx.
9. I am an individual artist and wish to apply for Support for Artists. Do I need to prequalify?
Individuals do not need to prequalify through Grants Gateway. Applications for Support for Artists must be made through a Fiscal Sponsor and the Fiscal Sponsor must be prequalified. All organizations must prequalify.
10. Do you fund for-profit organizations, businesses or galleries?
No. Your organization may receive NYSCA funding if it is:
- A nonprofit organization either incorporated in or registered to do business in New York State, with a location in New York State, and recognized as tax-exempt under the Internal Revenue Code section as a 501(c)3
- A State- or Federally-recognized Native American nation
- A unit of local or federal government in New York State