NYC Opera Grants: Support for Small-Budget Organizations offer two-year project grants supporting strategic investments in opera organizations based in New York City with budgets below $250,000.

Grant-funded projects may include investments in administrative areas (e.g., marketing, fundraising, production, etc.) or in programming (e.g., productions or other public-facing programs) that will increase the capacity of the organization.

NYC Opera Grants: Support for Small-Budget Organizations are supported by the Howard Gilman Foundation.

Grant Details

Applications for the 2025 NYC Opera Grants have closed.

The guidelines and worksheets below, from the 2025 grants, are provided for reference purposes only. 

Guidelines & Worksheets

• 2025 Guidelines & Application Procedures (PDF)
• Intent to Apply Questions (PDF)
• Application Questions (PDF)

For questions about applications or eligibility, contact us at Grants@operaamerica.org or 646.699.5236.

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