§ 2-02 Applicant Eligibility.
RCNY § 2-02
(a)To be eligible for an award pursuant to 58 RCNY § 2-07, the applicant must: (1) Be a nonprofit arts or cultural organization or a nonprofit organization that includes an arts or culture component as part of its mission; (2) Demonstrate successful delivery of arts and cultural services in New York City for the two consecutive years immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the applicant is applying for CDF funds; (3) Be based in New York city, as determined by the organization’s address identified on internal revenue service (“IRS”) Form 990, IRS § 501(c)(3) letter, and other publicly available information; (4) Demonstrate administrative and programmatic operations within one or more of the five boroughs; (5) Possess a unique Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN); (6) Be certified as tax exempt under IRS Code § 501(c)(3), or be an incorporated nonprofit that uses a Department-approved, New York state incorporated, tax-exempt fiscal sponsor, provided that only nonprofit organizations may be eligible, regardless of whether they use a fiscal sponsor; (7) Be incorporated in New York state as a nonprofit organization at least three years prior to the fiscal year for which the applicant is applying for CDF funds; and (8) Be in compliance with the most recent annual state and federal filing requirements for nonprofit organizations, including New York State Charities Bureau filings.
(b)The following entities are not eligible applicants: (1) Unincorporated individual artists or artist collectives; (2) Limited liability companies, public benefit corporations, limited partnerships; (3) Parent-teacher associations and related organizations; (4) Nonprofit organizations without IRS § 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status that do not utilize an eligible fiscal sponsor; (5) Nonprofit organizations with chapters, offices, branches, or general activity in New York city but that are administratively based outside of New York city; (6) Members of the Department’s Cultural Institutions Group; (7) Programs administered by New York city, New York state, or federal agencies; (8) Branches of, or program of or administered by, the New York Public Library system, the Brooklyn Public Library system, or the Queens Public Library system; (9) Degree-granting institutions, including schools, colleges, and universities, provided, however, that organizations affiliated with such institutions that are independently incorporated nonprofits and meet all other application criteria set forth in subdivision (a) of this section may be eligible and should contact the Department for further guidance; (10) Applicants without a history of providing services in arts and culture as well as related income and expenses in the last two years; and (11) Applicants that have previously received CDF funds but have failed to comply with the Department’s grant reporting requirements at any time in the past five fiscal years. (Added City Record 6/12/2024, eff. 6/12/2024)
