Arts + Culture 

• NY4CA – A living list of low-to-no-cost cultural offerings across NYC, compiled by Lucy at NY4CA.
• The Laundromat Project – Community art projects centering Black and brown voices in everyday NYC spaces.
• Creative Time – Public art and justice-driven cultural initiatives, including queer and abolitionist collaborations.
• Culture Push: An arts and social justice organization that commissions public art, artist residencies, and community projects addressing racial justice, abolition, housing, and civic engagement through collaborative cultural work.
  
• BRIC Arts Media – Free and low-cost cultural programming including performance, media arts, and youth programs in Brooklyn.
• Recess Art A Brooklyn-based nonprofit supporting artists through exhibitions, free public programs, residencies, and Assembly
  
• Arts Business Collaborative – Provides fiscal sponsorship and capacity-building for BIPOC-led creative projects.
• Queer Art – Provides mentorship, exhibitions, and grant opportunities for LGBTQ+ artists.
• THE SHED: Open Call – Commissions emerging NYC-based artists of all disciplines with an emphasis on equity and experimentation.
• WOW Café Theatre – East Village grassroots feminist theatre run on anarchist principles by and for women & trans folks, especially women of color, with free-to-attend experimental shows and performances
• New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) – Offers fellowships, emergency grants, and discipline-specific awards. Many are open to queer, trans, and nonbinary artists based in NYC.
• Queer|Art Mentorship + Grant Programs – Annual fellowship, grant cycles, and project funds supporting LGBTQ+ artists in NYC across disciplines.
• Leeway Foundation – Art & Change Grants – Funds queer and trans artists engaging in social change in the NYC/Philly area. Especially accessible to emerging and grassroots creatives.