NYC Opera Grants: Support for Small-Budget Organizations
Funding Amount
US $10,000 - US $30,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Size & budget
- Organizations with annual budgets under $250,000
Overview
These two-year project grants support strategic investments in NYC opera organizations with budgets under $250,000.
Geographic Scope: New York City
Eligibility: NYC opera organizations with annual budgets under $250,000
Project Duration: Two years
What Opera America Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 14
- Total given
- $315K
- Median grant
- $23K
- Range
- $6,375–$48K
- By dollars: California 42%, New York 31%, Massachusetts 17%. Top recipient cities: San Francisco, CA; Brooklyn, NY; Annandale, NY.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 23% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
San Francisco Opera · San Francisco, CA
Commissioning grants
$48K
Fisher Center at Bard College · Annandale, NY
Commissioning grants
$36K
White Snake Projects · Brookline, MA
Civic practice
$30K
Opera Parallele · San Francisco, CA
Civic practice
$30K
Experiments in Opera · Brooklyn, NY
Commissioning grants
$29K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Performing arts
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