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Local Funding

Arts Council In Buffalo and Erie County

Last year the Arts Council re-granted over $100,000 to our local arts community with the help of dedicated and knowledgeable staff and volunteers. The Arts Council offers several different funding opportunities for arts organizations and artists:

• Decentralization (DEC) for arts and cultural programming throughout Erie County.
  
• KeyARTS to help arts groups develop new sources of revenue or increase earned income by funding sales and marketing opportunities
  
• SOS (Special Opportunity Stipend) for individual artists.

Erie County

The Erie County Office of Arts, Culture and Tourism provides funds to supplement the general operating budget of cultural organizations in Erie County.

The Erie County Cultural Resources Advisory Board (ECCRAB) will hold its annual Applicant Briefing on May 27, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. at the Mary Seaton Room of Kleinhans Music Hall. At this meeting, Erie County staff and ECCRAB members will review Erie County’s 2010 cultural funding application form, and discuss ECCRAB’s application evaluation process. Application forms will be distributed at the conclusion of the meeting. Interested organizations MUST complete and return the “Intent to Apply” form prior to submission of an application for Erie County funding.

New York State

• Creative Capital Foundation
• New York Foundation for the Arts
  • NYFA Source (database of awards, services and publications)
• New York State Council on the Arts
• NYSCA Funding Programs
• New York State Council for the Humanities
• The Rockefeller Foundation Multi-Arts Production Fund

National

• Foundation Center's Grantmaker Info
• Government Grants
• Grantsmanship Center
• Nathan Cummings Foundation
• National Endowment for the Arts
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• USA Arts Grants

The Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, Erie County, Artvoice, East Hill Foundation, Goodyear Foundation, Hahn Foundation, Hodgson Russ, LLP, HSBC, KeyBank, Knox Foundation, Lamar Advertising, M & T Bank, Progressive Direct Marketing, The Buffalo News, The Buffalo Niagara Partnership, The Summit Federal Credit Union, Rich Products, Time Warner, Univera, Verizon, WBFO FM 88.7, WIVBTV Channel 7, Zeron Foundation, artists, arts organizations, individuals, special events and membership fees.