The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) deadline to submit an application for New York City not-for-profit arts and cultural organizations was Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at 5:00 PM (ET). Thank you to all who submitted.
Notification of the outcome of the FY24 CDF application process has been sent to all applicants. Please log in to the CDF web portal and click “View/Download” section of your FY24 CDF Grant Tile, accessible via the Dashboard in the DCLA portal, to access your FY24 CDF notification documents.
The Fiscal 2024 funding requirements for all CDF grantees is available; please download this PDF for instructions on returning your grant agreement, and other compliance requirements. Please log in to your account via the CDF web portal and upload all documents via the “Payment Checklist” section of your FY24 CDF Grant Tile. All required FY24 CDF Grant Materials must be submitted as soon as possible, and no later than March 1, 2024.
Applications for Fiscal Year 2025 will launch in early 2024. Please refer to this page for updates.
DCLA will consider proposals in every cultural discipline and from every area of New York City for services that take place within the five boroughs and within the City’s Fiscal Year 2024 (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024).
All proposals must represent a cultural activity of recognized quality that is accessible to the public. Funded services can be as different as the organizations providing them, but they will all have a common commitment to cultural public service and public participation in the arts.
Eligible organizations will:
The following entities are not eligible to receive CDF funds:
To receive funds, grantees must be compliant with annual State and Federal filing requirements for nonprofit organizations, including New York State Charities Bureau filings.
Review the FY24 CDF materials below before submitting your application:
Download and complete the templates below if our Guidelines indicate that you’re required to upload them to your online application.
You may use the FY24 Worksheets below for preparing your CDF Application while offline. These worksheets are optional tools. You are not required to use them, and they are not a replacement for the online application. You must submit your CDF application and supplementary materials through our online portal.
For questions about the CDF guidelines, instructions or application content, contact your organization’s program officer directly via email. New applicants, who do not have a program officer, may contact the Department of Cultural Affairs’ Program Services Help Desk at cdfhelpdesk@culture.nyc.gov. New applicants will be assigned a program officer after the application period closes.
If you are experiencing technical issues with the CDF application form, submit the IT support form.
After reviewing the resources provided above, we strongly encourage all applicants to attend a CDF application webinar. These tutorials give applicants the opportunity to ask questions of DCLA staff and prepare a competitive CDF application. Each webinar will feature the same presentation, and is expected to last approximately 90 minutes including Q&A.
The first FY24 CDF Application Webinar has been recorded, captioned, and made available for viewing.
For questions regarding accessibility or requests for an accommodation, please contact Sara Cobb, DCLA’s Disability Service Facilitator, at disabilityfacilitator@culture.nyc.gov.
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