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Spark Prize 2019-2020 Timeline Monday, April 1, 2019: Online Application Opens Thursday, April 18, 2019 3-5PM: In Person Application Clinic* at Brooklyn Community Foundation Tuesday, April 30, 2019 12-1:30PM. Application Clinic Webinar Friday, May 10, 2019: Applications Due at 5:00PM May 2019: Spark Prize Committee Announced June – September 2019: Applications Reviewed by Committee October 2019: 20 Finalists Announced November 19 – December 6, 2019: Finalists Interviews with Committee December 3, 2019: #BrooklynGives on Giving Tuesday January 2020: Five $100,000 Spark Prize Winners Announced February 2020: Spark Breakfast *We will not be able to accommodate individuals who do not RSVP due to limited space capacity. Funding Criteria and Priorities Finalists and Prize Winners will embody the following: Born in Brooklyn: Organizations that have a deep history in Brooklyn and continued commitment to serving the borough. Commitment to Equity: Organizations that…
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The Robin Hood Foundation was created in 1988 to find, fund, and provide technical and management assistance to organizations serving poor New Yorkers. We make grants to poverty-fighting organizations that are direct service providers operating in the five boroughs of New York City. We’re committed to community-based programs in the city’s poorest neighborhoods and we seek organizations that provide comprehensive services and yield measurable results. ELIGIBILITY Potential grantees are screened to determine their effectiveness at serving poor New Yorkers. Robin Hood staff conducts site visits and interviews, analyzes outcomes and financial data, and checks references to ensure that we’re making a sound investment. Robin Hood seeks to fund 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofits in New York City with the following characteristics: A proven track record A…
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Singing for Change empowers people to become more self-sufficient. Singing for Change supports invests in nonprofit organizations that inspire, empower, and equip people to become more self-sufficient. Our grantees encourage personal growth among people who are marginalized. They care about the community as a whole, as well as promote the belief that collectively, people can bring about positive change and sustainable self-sufficiency through connected, diverse communities. Most likely to be considered are organizations that keep their overhead low and collaborate with other groups in their community to find innovative ways of solving a common problem. Singing for Change (aka SFC Charitable Foundation, Inc.) was created by Jimmy Buffett in 1995, and receives one dollar from each ticket Jimmy sells at his shows.…
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WHAT IS YOUR BEST IDEA FOR THE ARTS? The Knight Arts Challenge funds the best ideas that connect people to place and to each other through the arts. In 2019, we’ll open challenges in Akron, Detroit, and Miami, and invite applications from artists and arts organizations in each of these cities. Winners will receive a share of $1 million in Akron, and a share of $2 million in Detroit and Miami. WHO SHOULD APPLY? Anyone can enter the Knight Arts Challenge, whether you’re an individual artist, an artist collective, nonprofit organization or for-profit business. There are just three rules: The idea must be for an arts project. The project must take place in Akron, Detroit or Miami. You must find other funding to match…
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Mission The Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation was established in 1985 as a private foundation to honor its founders, Mr. and Mrs. Adams. The foundation provides grants to charitable organizations primarily to benefit arts, culture, humanities, and education in the Memphis, Miami, and New York City areas. Application deadlines February 15, 2019 for review at a Spring 2019 meeting. Contact information Mailing address: Arthur and Alice Adams Foundation Greeley Square Post Office Box 20459 New York, NY 10001-0459 Contact person: Sangita Karra, Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank, N. A. Phone: 1-609-799-3108 Fax: 1-609-799-4189 Email: [email protected] Program areas Arts, culture, and humanities Education Program limitations The Foundation only considers requests for project sponsorships. The Foundation does not accept requests for general operating, capital campaigns or endowment…
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RAPID RESPONSE FUND FOR MOVEMENT BUILDING The Bay Area and the nation are at a crossroads. Despite historic levels of prosperity, there is rising income and wealth inequality, and increasing poverty. In order to advance racial and economic equity, The San Francisco Foundation believes that those who are most impacted should be at the forefront of efforts to change these disparities. They should have the resources they need to lead campaigns and to take action to improve conditions in their communities. Now, more than ever, movement leaders need to quickly respond to pressing challenges that disproportionately impact low-income people and communities of color. In November of 2016, the foundation launched the Rapid Response Fund for Movement Building with the goal of quickly providing resources…
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Program: New Works Residency Program Discipline: multiple channel audio or video installations, interactive performance systems, data visualization or projects involving hardware hacking, circuit bending or custom built interfaces, as well as projects that use the web. Eligibility: Individual working artists with proposals for new work only; Groups and ensembles are not eligible; Students who are currently enrolled are not eligible; Applicants must reside in the U.S., and recipients from the past 2 years are not eligible. Session: December-September Description: The New Works Residency Program offers commissions of up to $5000 to make a new work in our state of the art digital media facility. The artist works with a project manager, engineer and programmer (if required). Additionally the Jerome Foundation Creative Residency…
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Disciplines: Musicians, Dance Collective Eligibility: Emerging to Professional. Session: 2 weeks (music) 3 weeks (Dance) Description: Every summer, Music Omi invites approximately a dozen musicians — composers and performers from around the globe — to come together for two and a half weeks in a unique collaborative music making residency program. Music Omi encourages its participants to share ideas; perform each other’s works and write music for one another while exploring their own musical vision; and broaden their artistic and cultural horizons. A singular feature of the Music Omi experience is the presentation of public performances during and at the conclusion of the residency, sharing some of their collaborative work with the public. Everyone accepted to Music Omi receives lodging, including a private…
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Disciplines: Performing Arts: “rigorous and wide-ranging artistic investigations that are movement-based, but that may incorporate other disciplines and collaborations”. Eligibility: NYC-based artists. Session: 2 Years Description: Movement Research’s Artist-in-Residence program (AIR) providing commissions, rehearsal space, performances, and related opportunities designed to support the individualized creative process of selected artists. AIR artists are chosen by a rotating artist panel.
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Disciplines: Playwriting, Directing, Choreography, Singing, Dance, Acrobatics, Drama, Music Composers, Film & Video Eligibility: Open to emerging small companies and individual artists, anyone with compelling performance ideas in need of investigation. The program is closed to registered students. Session: 6 months; applications are accepted every other year. Description: Mabou Mines/Suite, established in 1991, is the company’s resident artist program, a laboratory for experiments with performance ideas developed with the particular needs of emerging artists in mind. • Provided: Resident artists receive mentoring, 24/7 access to rehearsal space at the ToRoNaDa Studio, and a modest stipend. A public showing of the work is presented at the conclusion of the residency.
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