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Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

General Operating Micro-grant for Small Arts & Cultural Nonprofits

$2,500

Amount

Cash

Sep 11, 2026

Deadline

Past due

New York

Geography

Regional

Grant

Type

Foundation

Arts, Culture & Humanities

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About this grant

Provides general operating micro-grants to small arts and cultural nonprofit organizations to execute immediate programming. Awards are available to organizations with less than one full-time staff member and an operating budget under $500,000. Each of the nine Western New York counties receives a minimum of two micro-grants, with applications reviewed by external evaluators who are artists and arts administrators.

What you get

General operating micro-grant of up to $2,500
Funding to execute immediate programming

How to apply

Eligibility

Must be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Arts and culture must be the organization's core mission
Operating budget of no more than $500,000 in the most recent fiscal year
Must have less than one full-time staff member
Must be located in the eight counties of Western New York or Monroe County

The funder

To connect people, ideas and resources to improve lives in Western New York.

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