The Small Theatres Fund is to support a wide range of theatrical aesthetics, methods of production, and artistic communities throughout the five boroughs, engaging their artists and audiences in meaningful, exciting, and committed creation and production.
Donor Name: Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
State: New York
City: New York City
Borough: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/15/2024
Size of the Grant: Grant awards between $7,500-$10,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Small Theatres Fund aim to fund a group of applicants who reflect the diversity of New York City theatre-making and increase opportunities for theatres and artists who have been historically under-resourced due to barriers associated with racial, economic, disability, gender, and/or sexual identity and/or geographic location.
In partnership with the Howard Gilman Foundation, the New York City Small Theatres Fund is a two-year general operating support grant to New York City-based theatre companies with annual budgets below $250,000.
Funding Information
The fund provides multi-year grant awards between $7,500-$10,000 each year, with a granting period between July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2027.
Eligibility Criteria 
To be eligible for the FY26 Small Theatre Fund, applicants must:

Be a theatre company, organization, or artist collective creating, developing, or presenting theatre for at least two years;

Applicant may be a 501c3, fiscally sponsored, or unincorporated entity that is “non-profit in spirit.”
A.R.T./New York has an expansive definition of “theatre” as a discipline of live performance. If you call your art theatre, then you are eligible to apply for this grant! However, keep in mind as you write your application that a panel of theatre-makers will be evaluating your application for this theatre-based grant.

Have annual expenses totaling $250,000 or less for its most recently completed fiscal year (excluding any regrants or artist relief the theatre may have distributed);
Be primarily producing, developing, or presenting work in the five boroughs of New York City;

Companies that create work in New York City and then tour nationally and internationally are eligible for this grant program.

Not be funded directly by the Howard Gilman Foundation.

For more information, visit Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York.