Registration deadline: February 22, 2011
Application deadline: April 1, 2011

Grants are available for projects that advance the professional/organizational development of a defined arts constituency or service area. This category supports the delivery of specific service initiatives focusing on long-term developmental objectives of the targeted constituency(ies). Services may include legal and accounting issues, fiscal and organization management, projects that utilize technology to serve the field, professional development for individual artists, and cultural data gathering and analysis that report on the impact of the arts in communities or statewide.

Support is also available toward the costs of creating, marketing, and distributing informational materials (newsletters, brochures, booklets, websites, media, etc.) about arts programs and services that broaden public awareness of community cultural events and to expand participation in those activities by organizations, individual artists, and the general public.

SLP encourages collaboration between two or more organizations within this category.

Application Instructions

Application Narrative Questions

Artistic/Programmatic

1. Program Summary
Briefly describe the proposed service and how it relates to other programs in the organization. Provide a specific timetable for the project.

2. Challenges
What are your key programmatic challenges and how will you overcome them?

3. Audience/Constituency
Describe the constituency to be served and the level of use. Identify methods used to determine the need for this service and outline specific goals of the project related to that need. If applicable, detail the process you will use for selection of participants.

4. Service Delivery
Describe how the organization can effectively deliver these services in terms of technical, administrative, and informational capacity. If a website or listserv is part of the service, how does it support the service(s) and how is it maintained?

Managerial/Fiscal

5. Project Staff
Identify key staff, advisors, and consultants providing the service, summarizing their credentials and roles. If selection of project personnel is pending, describe the process and outline the qualifications of individuals being sought.

6. Finances
Describe any plans, projects, and activities for meeting the expenses of this project. How is your board involved in these efforts?

7. Organizational Development
How do you actively engage board, staff, and the public in organizational planning?

Service to the Public

8. Outreach and Marketing
Outline the outreach plan for the proposed service. Include efforts to reach constituents in under-represented communities. Provide cost or fees associated with the project.

9. Evaluation
Describe methods for ongoing assessment and evaluation. If the proposed project is a one-time event, what are your intended outcomes and how will they be assessed?

Support Materials

10. Support Materials
Please list all of the support materials and/or work samples you are submitting. These materials are critical to your application's assessment.

Support Material

Support material must be postmarked, hand-delivered, or made available online by the application deadline. Please direct them to your appropriate contact at: NYSCA, 175 Varick Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10014 or to ljohnson@nysca.org.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Refer to the Instructions for Work Samples and Support Materials prior to submission.

NYSCA encourages the submission of Web-based Work Samples and Support Material whenever possible.

1. Representative samples of relevant printed materials (2 copies).

2. Sample questionnaires and in-take forms or evaluations of the services.

3. Listing of program participants, if ongoing.

4. Résumés for consultants, facilitators, speakers, etc.

5. Outreach/promotional plan for proposed service.