Newark Arts Renewal Grant
Funding Amount
$1,500
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- One-time opportunity
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Eligible organizations
- Applicant Type: Individual artists
Geography
- Residency: Must reside in Newark, New Jersey
Other requirements
- Requirement: Livelihood negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
- Artistic Disciplines: Music, dance, theatre, film, visual arts, literary arts
Overview
Funder: Newark Arts Council (made possible via funding from the New Jersey Arts and Culture Recovery/Renewal Fund)
Geographic Scope: Newark, New Jersey
Address: 17 Academy Street Suite 201, Newark, NJ 07102
Program Overview
A need-based mini-grant program designed to provide financial support to individual artists whose livelihoods have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant is intended to support artists as they continue to create music, dance, theatre, film, visual and literary art projects.
Eligibility
- Applicant Type: Individual artists
- Residency: Must reside in Newark, New Jersey
- Requirement: Livelihood negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic
- Artistic Disciplines: Music, dance, theatre, film, visual arts, literary arts
Funding Support
Made possible with support from:
- New Jersey Arts and Culture Renewal Fund
- Prudential Financial
- City of Newark
- Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
- Victoria Foundation
- Turrell Fund
- Bank of America
- New Jersey State Council on the Arts
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Mellon Foundation
- Hanini Group
- TD Bank
- Bloomberg Philanthropies
- Panasonic
- M&T Bank
- Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
- PSEG
- Individuals, businesses and institutions
Application Status
Applications are currently closed. Check website for future funding cycles.
What Newark Arts Council actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 5
- Total given
- $113K
- Median grant
- $23K
- Range
- $13K–$31K
- By dollars: New Jersey 100%. Top recipient cities: Newark, NJ; West Orange, NJ; Englewood, NJ.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Arts for Kids Inc · West Orange, NJ
Ccf
$31K
Leopard Stripes Production LLC · Newark, NJ
Ccf
$29K
Arts Horizons · Englewood, NJ
Ccf
$23K
Glassroots · Newark, NJ
Ccf
$17K
Teens Steps up Inc · Dunellen, NJ
Ccf
$13K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Arts
- Hardship
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