NYC Women’s Fund FAQ

All applicants were notified about the outcome of their application for Cycle 5 via email in October 2024.

No, Cycle 5 of the NYC Women’s Fund is the final cycle of the grant program. There are no plans for additional cycles in the future. We encourage you to visit the NYFA Awards and Grants page for more information on the other grants NYFA offers for which you may be eligible to apply.

All funded projects will receive 50% of the award distribution at the beginning of their contract.

• Media projects will be eligible to receive the next 40% of the award when the project has reached picture lock. Media projects will be eligible to receive the last 10% of funds when the project is completed and they have scheduled a public access date and method. Media projects include the following application categories:
  -Documentary Webisode/Webseries 
  -Documentary Feature
  -Documentary Short
  -Fiction Webisode/Webseries
  -Fiction Feature
  -Fiction Short
• Music projects will be eligible to receive the next 40% of the award when their project has finished recording, or their music video has reached picture lock. Music projects will be eligible to receive the last 10% of funds when the project is completed and they have scheduled a public access date and method.
• Theatre projects staging live, in-person performances will be eligible to receive the last 50% of the award once they’ve contracted a third-party venue and supplied rehearsal dates and a full list of their creative team.
• Theatre projects staging online-only performances will be eligible to receive the next 40% of the award once they’ve supplied rehearsal dates and contracts for all artists involved. Online theatre projects will be eligible for the last 10% of funds at premiere.

Yes.

• Digital Distribution: For all projects distributed digitally, grantees will be required to  include in liner notes and credits on an appropriate page of their websites the following : “With support from: The NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in association with The New York Foundation for the Arts”. Grantees should also include the Made in NY logo.
• Physical Distribution: For all projects distributed in physical form, grantees will be required to include the following phrase in the project’s liner notes: “With support from: The NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in association with The New York Foundation for the Arts”. Grantees should also include the Made in NY logo.
• Social Media: Within the 2-week period following the grant award and the 2-week period following the release of the project, grantees must post a minimum of five (5) social media posts acknowledging the support from The NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre by the City of New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in association with The New York Foundation for the Arts. Please note, this is a minimum of five (5) across various channels, not per channel.

Yes. Funded projects must complete an Interim Report and Final Report, both via Submittable, clearly outlining how the NYC Women’s Fund was used to complete the project along with sharing information on attendance numbers and public access plans or outcomes.

All NYC Women’s Fund applications were reviewed by external Selection Panelists through 3 rounds of review, voting, and elimination, producing a smaller pool for each round. In the first two rounds, panelists review all applications remotely and vote online. A third round of panel discussion was then convened by NYFA, in which panelists met to discuss applications and collectively select the award recipients.