Huntington Arts Council- General Operating Support Grants for Nonprofits

Huntington Arts Council- General Operating Support Grants for Nonprofits

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Huntington Arts Council Inc
Amount: Up to US $40,000
Last Updated: August 04, 2025

Summary

The Huntington Arts Council offers General Operating Support Grants to nonprofit arts organizations in Long Island, aiming to nurture arts and culture. With a focus on organizations with budgets of $400,000 or less, this grant supports those active for three years or more, enhancing community engagement in the arts. The Council plays a vital role in promoting cultural enrichment and sustainability, ensuring that the diverse artistic landscape of Long Island continues to thrive.

Overview

About Us The Huntington Arts Council, a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization, promotes arts and culture generated by Long Island artists to our children and to the general population. We work to enrich the cultural, social and economic life of the community by nurturing the professional development of artists, and by providing timely news and events via Arts Cultural Magazine (reaching 20,000 per issue). Our Arts-in-Education program reaches 35,000 children annually through our partner school districts. We also offer artistic programs and services to our more than 100 cultural organization members who encompass the broad spectrum of arts disciplines. The arts are an important reason why Long Island is increasingly recognized as a great place to live, work and conduct business. The arts generate jobs and wages, millions in annual direct spending, and millions more in terms of indirect spending by people drawn to attend cultural events in our community. The Huntington Arts Council plays a leading role in sustaining the economic benefits of the arts through its promotion of activities and events in our community. The arts create a vibrant, energized, and culturally rich community. Since it was founded in 1963, the Huntington Arts Council has inspired and aided the growth of hundreds of art organizations and individual artists now flourishing across Long Island. The Huntington Arts Council celebrates the diversity of Long Island’s cultural resources through sponsored activities, programs and publications that advocate cultural awareness and education. The Huntington Arts Council is the official arts coordinating agency of the Town of Huntington and serves as the primary regranting agency in Suffolk County for the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). General Operating Support Grants for Nonprofits The Long Island Grants for the Arts, General Operating Support Grant provides funding to non-profit arts organizations for General Operating Support. An arts organization is defined as an organization that provides programming across one or more of the following artistic fields: creative place-making, dance, design, folk and traditional arts, literary arts, multi- disciplinary arts, music, media arts, theater, and visual arts. Grant Priorities Arts and Culture must be a primary focus of the organization’s mission.Organizations with an operating budget of $400,000 or less in their most recently completed fiscal year. Applying organizations must submit their operating budget from the most recently completed fiscal year for panel review.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Long Island Grants for the Arts funds support organizations that: Have been in existence and active for at least 3 years. Demonstrate how their work in the community strengthens and enriches arts & culture in Nassau and Suffolk counties. Organizations with a yearly budget of $400,000 or less. Organizations MUST provide proof of nonprofit status. Organizations MUST have a legal address in Nassau or Suffolk County designated on their IRS determination letter.Direct to NYSCA applicants, regardless of funding status, ARE ELIGIBLE to apply for this grant opportunity.Applicants will be awarded 100% of the grant amount.

Ineligibility

Applicants are NOT required to provide a match of funds, which may be a combination of cash and in-kind contributionsThere is no appeal process for this grant opportunity.