Providing grants, programs, and services to the artists and audiences of Tompkins County for 30 years

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All CAP's Grants

CAP has grant programs for Tompkins County artists, and not-for-profits!

 

CAP's Grant Programs

(All 2025 grant cycles are closed)
 

2025 GRANTS FOR ARTS PROGRAMS
     Due: Sunday, January 19, 2025, 8pm

2025 ARTIST IN COMMUNITY GRANT
     Due: Friday, January 17, 2025, 8pm

2025 ARTS EDUCATION GRANT 
     Due: Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 8pm

2025 STATEGIC OPPORTUNITY STIPEND (SOS)   
     Due: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 8pm for opportunities from February 2025 to January 2026.
     NOTE: There will not be a 2nd round of this grant. This is it for 2025!

2025 ARTS & CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT (ACOD)
    Due: Next cycle end of 2026 for 2027, 2028 grants
 


Free Grant Workshops


LIVE - REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Register for any of the Live Workshops HERE

- Thursday, November 7, 6:00 - 7:30pm: CAP ArtSpace on the Commons
- Wednesday, December 18, 5:30 - 6:45pm, Ulysses Philomathic Library, Trumansburg

ZOOM  - REGISTRATION REQUIRED

- Monday, October 28, 6:00 to 7:30pm   (Register HERE)
- Thursday, November 14, 6:00 to 7:30pm   (Register HERE)
- Sunday, November 24, 5:30pm to 7:00pm   (Register HERE)
- Thursday, December 19, 6:00 to 7:30pm   (Register HERE)
 

Watch a Grant Writing Workshop Recording

Recorded version of workshop HERE
00:00 - Intro & About CAP
03:27 - About grants in general
9:36 - About CAP's grants
21:37 - Grant Writing Advice


PDF Grant Advice Handout

This is a PDF of the slide show from the above workshop. It can stand alone, but watching the recorded workshop (or attending a workshop) provices alot more information. Here is a compressed version - 4 slides to a page.


Before You Begin - READ THE GUIDELINES:
Questions, Advice, Draft Review (anytime!)
 

First, read the guidelines carefully. It is also a REALLY GOOD IDEA to contact the Grant Director - Robin Schwartz - with your ideas if you have not applied in the past to see whether you fit the guidelines or for advice about which grant to apply for. For those who have applied before, it's still a good idea. Everyone is welcome to send a draft for Robin to review and possibly make suggestions to help your request rise to the top of the pile.  Even a day before the deadline is acceptable, but you'll get more feedback at least a week before. programs@artspartner.org     

                                                   

 

2025 Grants for Arts Programs (GAP)
 

FOR:
Public arts events in Tompkins County that can include performances (theatre, music, dance), visual art exhibitions, literary events (fiction, poetry, spoken word, creative non-fiction) and artistic films. 

(Image: Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers under the direction of Baruch Whitehead)

CAP and FUNDERS MISSION:
The GAP Grant is part of New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Statewide Community Regrant (SCR) program, along with our Artist in Community Grant, and our Arts Education Grant. SCR makes exemplary arts programming available to geographically, ethnically, and racially diverse segments of the State's population, and to support the continued development of local cultural resources responsive to community cultural needs. 

WHO CAN APPLY:
* Tompkins County not-for-profits. (Note: organizations applying directly to NYSCA can not apply.)
* Municipalities or Tribal Nations
* Individual artists (or groups) using a Tompkins County not-for-profit as fiscal sponsor. 

ABOUT:
* GAP grants are awarded to Tompkins County not-for-profits such as libraries, arts organizations, towns, villages, community centers, and the like, or to Tompkins County individuals or groups using a not-for-profit fiscal sponsor.
* Grants are for professional quality arts projects and events.
* Funded projects must be open to, acccessible and promoted to the general public of Tompkins County.
* Preference is given to requests that fill community needs and reach diverse cultures and communities in Tompkins County.
* The maximum request and award for GAP is $5,000. The max request and award for all three NYSCA grants (GAP, Arts Ed, Artist in Community Grant) for one entity is $5,000
* Applicants can apply for costs directly associated with the project: artist fees, promotion, marketing, space rental, technical asisstance.

DUE DATES FOR 2025 FUNDING:
Due: Sunday, January 19, 2025, 8pm

GRANT MATERIALS:
If you can not open the application (doc) or budget (excel), try opening them in google docs or sheets. If that doesn't work, email programs@artspartner.org
GAP GUIDELINES PDF HERE (Please read carefully)
GAP APPLICATION DOC HERE
GAP BUDGET FORM EXCEL HERE

PAST GRANTEES:
Page Link HERE

FINAL REPORTS: 
Due 30 days after completion of project or by 12/15/24 at the latest.
GAP Grant Final Report HERE

 

2025 Artist in Community Grant (AICG)
 

FOR:
Tompkins County artists to share their work in an immersive way with a local community of their choosing. 

(Image: Ithaca Mural and Southside Community Center mural project)

WHO CAN APPLY:
Tompkins County Artists 

ABOUT:
The Artist in Community Grant supports Tompkins County artists who work with communities in an immersive and impactful way. Community participation size is a consideration. The maximum request and award is $3,000. The maximum request and award for one entitly for all three NYSCA grants (GAP, Arts Ed, Artist in Community Grant) is $5,000.

FUNDERS:
The Artist in Community Grant is part of New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Statewide Community Regrant (SCR) program, along with our GAP Grant, and our Arts Education Grant. SCR makes exemplary arts programming available to geographically, ethnically, and racially diverse segments of the State's population, and to support the continued development of local cultural resources responsive to community cultural needs. 

DUE DATES FOR 2025 FUNDING:
Due: Friday, January 17, 2025, 8pm

GRANT MATERIALS:
If you can not open the application (doc), try opening in google docs or sheets. If that doesn't work, email programs@artspartner.org
Artist in Comm Grant GUIDELINES PDF (Please read carefully) HERE
Artist in Comm Grant APPLICATION FORM DOC HERE
 

PAST GRANTEES:
Find Page Link HERE

2024 FINAL REPORTS:  
Due 30 days after completion of project or by 12/15/24 at the latest.
Google Form for Artist in Community Grant Final Report HERE

 

 2025 Arts Education Grant 
 

FOR:
Artist residencies in K-12 public schools, after school programs, or closed student groups at community organizations

WHO CAN APPLY:
Tompkins County Artists
Tompkins County Arts Organizations, Municipalities, Cultural Organizations

ABOUT:
Weaving the arts into K-12 core curriculum. as well as teaching youth new artistic skills and abilities, is at the core of this Arts Education grant.  Art instruction (visual, dance, music, theatre, literary…) helps children with the development of motor skills, language skills, social skills, decision-making, creative problem solving, inventiveness.
Arts Education funds are designed to assist artists in developing and implementing artist residencies in school during the school day, or after. The grant can also fund K-12 education in closed groups at cultural organizations or community centers. Artists need to meet with the same group of students at least 3 times to teach them an art form. The students must also create something from their own imaginations as part of this residency. Partnerships with non-art teachers is required for in-school programs and residencies must be in regular classrooms and not for students self selected or appointed.  The maximum request and award is $5,000. The max request and award for all three NYSCA grants (GAP, Arts Ed, Artist in Community Grant) for one entity is $5,000

FUNDERS:
The Arts Education Grant is part of New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Statewide Community Regrant (SCR) program, along with our Artist in Community Grant, and our GAP Grant. SCR makes exemplary arts programming available to geographically, ethnically, and racially diverse segments of the State's population, and to support the continued development of local cultural resources responsive to community cultural needs. 

DUE DATES FOR 2025 FUNDING:
Due: Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 8pm

GRANT MATERIALS:
If you can not open the application (doc) or budget (excel), try opening them in google docs or sheets. If that doesn't work, email programs@artspartner.org
Arts Ed Grant GUIDELINES PDF (Please read carefully) HERE
Arts Ed APPLICATION FORM DOC HERE
Arts Ed BUDGET FORM EXCEL HERE

PAST GRANTEES:
Page Link HERE

2024 FINAL REPORTS:  
Due 30 days after completion of project or by 12/15/24 at the latest.
Google Form for Arts Education Final Report HERE

 

2025 Strategic Opportunity Stipend (SOS)
 

FOR:
Funding for individual artist's career opportunities worldwide

(Image: Stringpuller puppets creator Linda Wingerter)

WHO CAN APPLY:

Tompkins County Artists
(Note: Arts Organizations can not apply and are encourged to apply for our other grant programs.)

ABOUT:
Strategic Opportunity Stipends (SOS) is a grant opportunity funded by a private foundation and CAP donor fundraising which gives Tompkins County artists with a consistent record of producing art the opportunity to take advantage of a very specific and strategic opportunity that will take their career to the next level. 

DUE DATE:
Due: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 8pm for opportunities from February 2025 to January 2026.
     NOTE: There will not be a 2nd round of this grant. This is it for 2025!

APPLY:  
If you can not open the application (doc) or budget (excel), try opening them in google docs or sheets. If that doesn't work, email programs@artspartner.org
SOS GUIDELINES PDF HERE
SOS APPLICATION DOC HERE
(if you can't open a .doc, send an email to info@artspartner.org and we'll send you a google doc)

2024 GRANTEES:
Page Link HERE

2024 and 2025 FINAL REPORTS: 
Due 30 days after completion of project. 
Google Form for January Round 1 2024 SOS awards HERE
Google Form for September Round 2 2024 SOS awards HERE

Google Form for 2025 HERE

 

 

Arts & Cultural Organizational Development (ACOD) 

Contact: Megan Barber - Executive Director, Community Arts Partnership
607-273-5072, director@artspartner.org

The ACOD grant is on a two-year cycle. The 2025 & 2026 cycle is closed. Pre-applicant forms for 2027 & 2028 will be due in October  2026.  Organizations that meet the eligibility criteria in the pre-application will be invited to submit full applications, which will be due in December 2026.

ACOD grants support organizations that enhance Tompkins County’s brand as an artistic and cultural destination. ACOD grants provide general operating support to local public museums and performing/visual arts organizations.

Organizations interested in applying may contact Community Arts Partnership at director@artspartner.org. Grant guidelines and application instructions will be available at www.tompkinscountyny.gov/tourism/grants


 

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CAP's NYSCA Grants are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.