Harkness Foundation for Dance Grant Proposal Guidelines (Download PDF) >
Eligibility
Programs/projects related to dance only will be considered.
EXCLUSIONS
- Endowment funds
- Capital projects
- Private schools (below college level)
- Video/film/book projects
- Outside of New York City
Deadlines
- AUGUST 1 to be considered in our Fall grant cycle
- DECEMBER 1 to be considered in our Winter grant cycle
- APRIL 1 to be considered in our Spring grant cycle
- Deadline time: Proposals must be received by 11:59pm on the deadline date.
- 6-month lead time: Please submit your proposal at least six months in advance of when your program or project is scheduled.
WINTER 2024 GRANT CYCLE
- Proposal deadline for our Winter 2024 grant cycle is December 1st, 2023.
- Calendar Year Funding: Approved grants will be sent in calendar year 2024.
- Fiscal Year Budgeting: If you budget on a fiscal year, this may apply to your FY24 or FY25 season.
Email Submission Process
Please submit your proposal by email. Note: We no longer accept hard copy proposals.
- Subject Line must use this format: HARKNESS 12/1/23 PROPOSAL — ORGANIZATION or ARTIST’S NAME.
- Submission Content: Please include all pieces listed in the next section.
- Submit: Email your proposal materials by attachment to info@harknessfoundation.org.
- Receipt: We will email you confirmation of receipt in reply to your submission. If you do not receive this confirmation by a week after submitting, please follow up promptly with an email to joanf@harknessfoundation.org.
Submission Requirements
File Formats: Please attach to your email the items below as separate files in any format (PDF, Excel, Word); as a zip file; as a single combined pdf; or as a file sharing link (Dropbox, Google Drive, WeTransfer, etc).
All applications should include:
- Your Contact Info: Include your full current company contact information on the front page of your proposal AND in the text of your email:
- Contact name
- Phone
- Permanent company address
- Current mailing address (if different/temporary)
- Please alert us to any contact changes.
- Brief cover letter addressed to Joan Finkelstein, Executive Director, summarizing the amount you are requesting and whether it is for general operating support, ongoing program support, or specific project support.
- Narrative describing your proposed program(s), project, or operation and goals for the grant year (1-2 pages as needed; please be as concise as possible).
- Historical summary of organization or artist’s mission and work (up to 1 page).
- Program/project budget. (Please include both projected expenses and projected income, with contributed income sources itemized and marked ‘received’ or ‘pending’ as appropriate.)
- Organization/Artist annual budget. (Please include both projected expenses and projected income, with contributed income sources itemized and marked ‘received’ or ‘pending’ as appropriate.)
- Copy of IRS 501c3 tax exempt letter. Fiscally sponsored artists should instead include their letter of fiscal sponsorship plus the IRS tax exempt letter of their sponsoring organization.
- List of board members & their affiliation. Fiscally sponsored artists: you do not need to include your fiscal sponsor’s board list.
- Short bios of key artistic personnel.
- Financial statement (last available). If your organization does not engage an auditor, please include your most recent short form 990. Fiscally sponsored artists: you do not need to include the financial statement for the fiscal sponsor organization. We will contact them directly if needed.
- A few representative pieces of support material, such as a performance review, lesson plan, and/or 2 to 3 video samples of representative work via Vimeo or YouTube links.
HARKNESS FOUNDATION CONTACT INFORMATION:
The Harkness Foundation for Dance
145 East 48th Street, Suite 26C
New York, NY 10017-1259
Office phone: (212) 755-5540
Remote Office phone: (646) 436-3730
Office email: info@harknessfoundation.org
Joan Finkelstein, Executive Director: joanf@harknessfoundation.org