2026 Community Engagement Grants (CEG)
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2026 Community Engagement Grants
Deadline: November 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST
Since 1982, the Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA) has offered Community Engagement Grants (CEG) to enrich the cultural life of the borough by supporting high-quality community-based arts projects in all disciplines, genres, and styles.
For this grants program, “community” is defined as:
A geographic area;
A cultural, social, racial, or socio-economic demographic;
An artistic community.
The program is for Bronx-based artists who are not applying directly to the supporting and who are also: individual artists, unincorporated artist collectives or ensembles, or nonprofit organizations with an art mission or program.
We fund projects via three Funds. Our new process allows you to apply for all three Funds at once:
Arts Fund (AF), supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA). (AF) grants are open to individual artists, unincorporated artist collectives or ensembles, and nonprofit organizations with an annual budget under $100,000.
Community Arts (CA), supported by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Statewide Community Regrants (SCR) program. CA grants are open to individual artists with a fiscal sponsor, unincorporated artist collectives or ensembles with a fiscal sponsor, and nonprofit organizations.
New Work (NW), also supported by the NYSCA SCR program. NW grants are open to individual artists who generate new work.
Applicants will be considered for the maximum grant amount possible based on request amount and eligibility. The maximum will not exceed $12,500*.
New Work grants of up to $5,000
Arts Fund grants of up to $5,000
Community Arts grants of up to $7,500
*Please note that BCA's CEGs are funded by two separate funders:
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) funds AF.
The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) funds CA and NW.
For more information, see complete guidelines here.