Bronx Recognizes its Own (BRIO)
Funding Amount
Up to $5,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Eligible organizations
- Individual Bronx-based artists
Other requirements
- Must demonstrate proficiency, knowledge, and intense practice in their chosen artform
Overview
For over 36 years, BCA's BRIO Award has recognized artists from a wide range of creative disciplines who demonstrate proficiency, knowledge, and intense practice in their chosen artform. BRIO provides direct support to individual Bronx artists who create works in the literary, media, visual, and performing arts.
Geographic Scope: Bronx-based
Eligible Applicants:
- Individual Bronx-based artists
- Must demonstrate proficiency, knowledge, and intense practice in their chosen artform
Artistic Disciplines:
- Literary Arts
- Media Arts
- Visual Arts
- Performing Arts
Awardee Diversity: Artists who have received a BRIO award represent the vast diversity of Bronx residents, inclusive of all ethnicities, ages, and genders.
Required Service Component: Artists for Community Enrichment (ACE)
- One-time public service activity required of all BRIO recipients
- Must be completed within one year of receiving the award
- Provides artists with additional visibility
- Demonstrates to the Bronx community the wealth of artistic talent available in the borough
Supported By: New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Greater New York Arts Development Fund
How to Apply
Application Process
Guidelines available in English and Spanish (2025 Guidelines and Instructivos también están disponibles en español).
Visual Arts Disciplines
BRIO recognizes artists working in the following visual arts disciplines:
- Photography
- Painting
- Printmaking
- Mixed Media
- Installation Art
- and other visual arts disciplines
Other Disciplines
- Performing Arts: Acting, Choreography, Vocal Music, Music Composition
- Media Arts: Experimental Film/Video
- Literary Arts: Poetry, Screenwriting
What The Bronx Council on the Arts Incorporated actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 22
- Total given
- $303K
- Median grant
- $10K
- Range
- $7,000–$30K
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 27% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance
Cult.vision & dance
$30K
Davalois Fearon Dance Company Inc
Cult.vision & dance
$30K
Anna & Kitty Inc
Cultural vision fund
$23K
Cotc NYC LLC
Cultural vision fund
$23K
Orchestra of the Bronx Inc
Arts fund, com. arts
$20K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Arts
- Visual artists
- Creative writing
- Performing arts
- Journalism
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