Our Fall project grants cycle opens on November 17, 2025.
Deadline to submit is January 31, 2026

For information about our Spring grant opportunity, Howard Gilman Performing Artist Residency Cohort, please click here.

Through this competitive process, individual artists, art collectives, and small-budget non-profit organizations are eligible to receive funding for cultural activities made available through the generosity of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts. Staten Island Arts’ grant funding is available for artists who are both Staten Island residents and creating projects on Staten Island during the year grants are issued.

First-time applicants must attend a Project Grants Application Information Session. 

SI Arts Grant Program Guidelines

• DCLA Premier Grants are for first-time applicants, both artists and arts organizations. Individual artists, art groups and nonprofit organizations that have never received a Staten Island Arts project grant may submit requests from $750 to $3,000. 
• DCLA Art Fund Grants support individual artists, unincorporated art collectives that have previously received a Staten Island Arts project grant. Applicants may submit requests from $750 to $5,000.
• NYSCA Encore Grants support Staten Island incorporated 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations that present programming of artistic merit and cultural significance. Applicants may submit requests from $500 to $5,000.
• NYSCA Arts Bring Change (ABC) Regrants support local cultural organizations and/or individual artists working in partnership with K-12 public schools and are focused on the interdisciplinary or integrated study of the arts and non-arts subjects. Awards in this category will not exceed $2,500.
• SU-CASA: A community engagement program placing artists in residence at senior centers.

Not sure what grant to apply for? Potential applicants should review our What Grant Should I Apply For Flowchart

• Applications for the 2026 cycle will be made available November 17, 2025.
• Submission deadline will be January 31, 2026.
• Applicants must be Staten Island residents or Staten Island-based nonprofit organizations.
• All applications are digital and must be submitted through our grants portal; no paper applications or hard copy work samples will be accepted.
• All artistic cultural disciplines— humanities and cultural studies, digital and interactive media, literary, performing, and visual arts, crafts, and folk arts —are considered.
• All grant-funded projects must be completed and presented to the public within the calendar year they are awarded.

First-time applicants are required to attend an application information session. We encourage anyone who has not applied recently (over 2 years) to attend as well. At the session, you will learn about our online application system, and we will review the entire application process.

• Most sessions take place on Zoom
• Must RSVP, Zoom link will be emailed the day of the session
• Sessions are approximately 90 minutes

2026 information session schedule:

Saturday December 6, 2pm
Location: Zoom
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Monday December 15, 6:30pm
Location: SI Arts Office, 25 Hyatt Street, 2nd Flood, Suite 200
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Saturday December 20, 2pm
Location: Zoom
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Monday January 5, 6:30pm
Location: Zoom
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Saturday January 10, 2pm
Location: SI Arts Office, 25 Hyatt Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 200
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Thursday January 15, 6:30pm
Location: Zoom
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Saturday January 17, 2pm
Location: Zoom
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First-time applicants are required to attend an application information session. We encourage anyone who has not applied recently (over 2 years) to attend as well. At the session, you will learn about our online application system, and we will review the entire ABC Regrant application.

• Session will be recorded
• Session is approximately 90 minutes
• You will be asked to provide your name to access the recording which counts as your “attendance”

2026 information session recording will be made available soon!

First-time applicants are required to attend an application information session. We encourage anyone who has not applied recently (over 2 years) to attend as well. At the session, you will learn about our online application system, and we will review the entire SU CASA application.

• Session will be held on Zoom
• Must RSVP, Zoom link will be emailed the day of the session
• Session is approximately 90 minutes

2026 information session:

Tuesday December 9, 6:30pm
Location: Zoom
RSVP

First-time applicants are required to attend an application information session. At the session, you will learn about our online application system, and we will review the entire application process.

• The session will be held on Zoom
• Session is approximately 30 minutes

2026 information session will be announced in the Spring.