New York State statute lists restrictions on the types of activities and expenditures NYSCA is allowed to support. The Council is unable or unlikely to fund the following.

Major expenditures for the establishment of new organizations

Accumulated deficits

Debt reductions

Programs of public universities (CUNY or SUNY) or of New York State agencies or departments

Programs of public school districts or their components or affiliates

Operating expenses or fellowships at professional training schools that are not open to the general public

Activities restricted to an organization's membership (funded activities must be open to the general public and promoted as such)

Programs that are essentially recreational, rehabilitational, or therapeutic

Operating expenses of privately owned facilities, such as homes or studios

Requests that are greater than an organization's total operating expenses minus total operating income

Those components of an organization's budget that are not directed toward programs in New York State

Competitions or contests

Out-of-state travel expenses

Hospitality or entertainment costs for receptions, performance or museum openings, or fundraising benefits

Four-request Limit

Applicant organizations are limited to four grant requests to the Council. Each ongoing multi-year grant counts as one request. The following are exempt from the four-request limit.

Capital Projects (Architecture, Planning and Design Program)

Independent Projects
(Architecture, Planning and Design Program)

Composer Commissions (Individual Artist Program)

Theatre Commissions (Individual Artist Program)

Film, Media and New Technology Production
(Individual Artist Program)

Commissions (Dance Program)

Folk Arts Apprenticeships (Folk Arts Program)

Translation (Literature Program)

Regrants, including Decentralization

Fiscal sponsorship of individuals or organizations