Regranting Programs
The Foundation extends the reach of its grantmaking through grants to service organizations that make grants in turn to a wide variety of smaller arts organizations.
Creation and Production
- Alliance of Resident Theatres
- Creative Space Grant Program – Supports rehearsal space subsidies for New York City-based theater companies
- New York Theater Program – Strengthens and supports theatres across all five boroughs through meaningful general operating grants
- Alternate Roots
- Partners in Action – Supports collaboration between artists and non-arts partners to create work that furthers social justice
- Artistic Assistance – Professional and project development support for Southern artists
- Chamber Music America
- Classical Commissioning Program – Support for commissions of new chamber works for small ensembles
- Dance/NYC
- Rehearsal Space Subsidy Program – Support for affordable, high-quality rehearsal space for dance makers
- First Peoples Fund – Creation and development support for First Peoples artists and culture bearers
- MAP Fund – Creation and production support for experimental and cross-cultural work
- National Association of Latino Arts and Culture
- Fund for the Arts – Creation and development support for Latino artists and art organizations
- National New Play Network
- Rolling World Premieres – Support for multiple theaters to mount the same new play within a 12-month period
- National Performance Network
- Creation and Development Fund – Support for creation and development of new work through national co-commissioning partnerships
- Network of Ensemble Theaters
- Travel and Exchange Network – Support for an artist-to-artist travel and exchange network
- New England Foundation for the Arts
- National Dance Project – Support for developing and touring dance projects
- National Theater Project – Support for developing and touring devised theater projects
- New Music USA
- Music Alive – Orchestral residencies for composers
- Western Arts Alliance
- Advancing Indigenous Performance Program – Support for indigenous performing artists and touring networks
Travel and Cultural Exchange
- New Works Exploration Grants – Travel support to attend performances or workshops of new American work
- Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
- USArtists International – Travel subsidy for US artists invited to perform at international events
- Theatre Communications Group
- Global Connections – Support for international artistic collaborations
Professional Development
- Alternate Roots
- Artistic Assistance – Professional and project development support for Southern artists
- ArtEquity – Supports facilitator training to build meaningful discourse on issues of inclusion, equity, and the role of art makers
- First Peoples Fund – Professional development support for First Peoples artists and culture bearers
- League of American Orchestras
- Regranting program for diversity, equity, and inclusion consultancies for American orchestras – Look out for additional information on this recently supported program
- National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures
- Intercultural Leadership Institute – A year-long intensive leadership program for artists, culture bearers, and other arts professionals
- Pangea World Theater
- National Institute for Directing and Ensemble Creation – Training for the next generation of directors and ensemble leaders in an environment emphasizing non-Western techniques and social justice
- Sphinx
- National Alliance for Audition Support – Support for under-represented musicians to develop their audition skills
- South Arts
- Dance Touring Initiative – Professional development support to enhance the presentation of modern dance and contemporary ballet for presenters and audiences
- Jazz Road – Support for jazz artists throughout the United States
- Theatre Communications Group
- The Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Institute – Support for peer-learning cohorts of not-for-profit professional theatres through a multi-year curriculum to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion at the personal, organizational, and field-wide levels
- Leadership U(niversity) – Support for professional development opportunities for emerging and mid-career leaders
Other Funding Opportunities
- Academy of American Poets
- Support for City and State Poets Laureate – Look out for additional information on this recently supported program
- ALIPH: International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas – Support for cultural heritage threatened or damaged by armed conflict
- National Trust for Historic Preservation
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund – Support for the preservation of historic sites, museums, and landscape projects representing African American cultural heritage
- New York Community Trust
- Mosaic Network and Fund – Multi-year flexible grants alongside other strategies to support the organizational capacity of African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American (ALAANA) arts groups in New York City
- Nonprofit Finance Fund
- Zero-interest loan program – Revolving loan program available to Mellon performing arts grantees
- Opera America
- Co-Production Loan Fund – No-interest, no-fee loans to professional company members to facilitate co-production partnerships with other companies