Arts, Council on the
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Mission
The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is an Executive agency with a primary mission of preserving the State's cultural resources and expanding access to the performing and fine arts. NYSCA strives to achieve its mission largely through its core grant-making activity, through which the agency awards grants to approximately 2,500 arts organizations each year.
Organization and Staffing
The Council on the Arts is headed by a Chair and a Vice Chair and consists of 21 members nominated to five-year terms by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The Council’s staff, located in New York City, have expertise in the major artistic disciplines (including dance, theater, and music) and provide advisory services and financial assistance to New York’s arts community.
Budget Highlights
The FY 2024 Executive Budget recommends $48.0 million in total funding for NYSCA, which is less than the FY 2023 Enacted Budget primarily due to non-recurring appropriations for pandemic recovery assistance.
The Executive Budget funding level includes $5.3 million for agency operations, with a workforce of 29 FTEs, and $42.7 million, or level support, for NYSCA's core competitive grant-making activity.
For more information on this agency's budget recommendations located in the Executive Budget Briefing Book, click on the following link:
Briefing Book – Education and Arts (PDF)
Program Highlights
Approximately 90 percent of NYSCA's total funding supports grants to not-for-profit arts and cultural organizations. The remainder is used for the administration of the agency's grant program and the statewide promotion and development of artistic and cultural programs. NYSCA annually awards approximately 2,500 arts grants, largely used to subsidize the operating costs of not-for-profit arts organizations, including but not limited to symphony orchestras, museums, dance companies, and theatres. Arts grants generally range from $2,500 to $135,000 based on the size and scope of the project.
In FY 2024, NYSCA will award more than $40 million in competitive grants to not-for-profit arts and cultural organizations. NYSCA will also continue to award capital grants as part of the New York State Regional Economic and Community Assistance Program in partnership with the Empire State Development Corporation, a $100 million multiyear opportunity to support arts and cultural institutions across the State that are undertaking impactful, large-scale capital improvement projects.
| Category | Available FY 2023 |
Appropriations Recommended FY 2024 |
Change From FY 2023 |
Reappropriations Recommended FY 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Operations | 5,180,000 | 5,262,000 | 82,000 | 550,000 |
| Aid To Localities | 94,514,000 | 42,764,000 | (51,750,000) | 99,671,000 |
| Capital Projects | 10,000,000 | 0 | (10,000,000) | 10,000,000 |
| Total | 109,694,000 | 48,026,000 | (61,668,000) | 110,221,000 |
| Program | FY 2023 Estimated FTEs 03/31/23 |
FY 2024 Estimated FTEs 03/31/24 |
FTE Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administration | |||
| General Fund | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| Total | 29 | 29 | 0 |
| Fund Type | Available FY 2023 |
Recommended FY 2024 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Fund | 4,780,000 | 4,862,000 | 82,000 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Federal | 400,000 | 400,000 | 0 |
| Total | 5,180,000 | 5,262,000 | 82,000 |
| Program | Available FY 2023 |
Recommended FY 2024 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Administration | |||
| General Fund | 4,780,000 | 4,862,000 | 82,000 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Federal | 400,000 | 400,000 | 0 |
| Total | 5,180,000 | 5,262,000 | 82,000 |
| Program | Total | Personal Service Regular (Annual Salaried) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | Amount | Change | |
| Administration | 3,058,000 | 82,000 | 3,057,000 | 82,000 |
| Total | 3,058,000 | 82,000 | 3,057,000 | 82,000 |
| Program | Temporary Service (Nonannual Salaried) |
Holiday/Overtime Pay | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | Amount | Change | |
| Administration | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 |
| Program | Total | Supplies and Materials | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | Amount | Change | |
| Administration | 1,804,000 | 0 | 53,000 | 0 |
| Total | 1,804,000 | 0 | 53,000 | 0 |
| Program | Travel | Contractual Services | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | Amount | Change | |
| Administration | 189,000 | 0 | 1,508,000 | 0 |
| Total | 189,000 | 0 | 1,508,000 | 0 |
| Program | Equipment | |
|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | |
| Administration | 54,000 | 0 |
| Total | 54,000 | 0 |
| Program | Total | Nonpersonal Service | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | Change | Amount | Change | |
| Administration | 400,000 | 0 | 400,000 | 0 |
| Total | 400,000 | 0 | 400,000 | 0 |
| Fund Type | Available FY 2023 |
Recommended FY 2024 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Fund | 92,605,000 | 40,855,000 | (51,750,000) |
| Special Revenue Funds - Federal | 1,413,000 | 1,413,000 | 0 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 496,000 | 496,000 | 0 |
| Total | 94,514,000 | 42,764,000 | (51,750,000) |
| Program | Available FY 2023 |
Recommended FY 2024 |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Cultural Organization Recovery Grant | |||
| General Fund | 50,000,000 | 0 | (50,000,000) |
| Council on the Arts Program | |||
| General Fund | 42,385,000 | 40,635,000 | (1,750,000) |
| Special Revenue Funds - Federal | 1,413,000 | 1,413,000 | 0 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 496,000 | 496,000 | 0 |
| Empire State Performing Arts Center Corporation | |||
| General Fund | 220,000 | 220,000 | 0 |
| Total | 94,514,000 | 42,764,000 | (51,750,000) |
| Comprehensive Construction Program | Available FY 2023 |
Recommended FY 2024 |
Change | Reappropriations FY 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regional Arts and Cultural Councils Program | ||||
| Capital Projects Fund - Authority Bonds | 10,000,000 | 0 | (10,000,000) | 10,000,000 |
| Total | 10,000,000 | 0 | (10,000,000) | 10,000,000 |
Note: Most recent estimates as of 02/01/2023