What Staten Island Arts does

Staten Island Arts is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts council founded in 1992 and headquartered at 25 Hyatt St., Staten Island, NY. Originally established as the Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI) by working artists and arts administrators, the organization holds the publicly designated role of local arts council for Richmond County, making it the franchised intermediary that channels public arts funding into the borough. The organization distributes grants to individual artists, collectives, nonprofit organizations, K-12 schools, and senior centers through a portfolio of programs including DCLA Premier Grants ($750–$3,000 for first-time applicants), DCLA Art Fund Grants ($750–$5,000 for returning applicants), NYSCA Encore Grants ($500–$5,000 for 501(c)(3) nonprofits), NYSCA Arts Bring Change Regrants (up to $2,500 for K-12 partnerships), SU-CASA Community Arts Residencies ($4,500 artist fee plus $1,000 supplies for senior center programs), Howard Gilman PARC Grants for performing artists, and NYSCA Creative Intervention Grants. Under Deputy Director Gena Mimozo's tenure, the Regrant program reached its largest scale in organizational history at over $260,000 annually.

The organization's technology footprint is modest and operational rather than product-oriented: it uses a third-party online grant portal (grantinterface.com) for application submission and management, supplemented by a community events platform called CultureCalendar with weekly email digest subscriptions, and standard social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) for outreach. Beyond grantmaking, Staten Island Arts runs Arts Education, Re:Discovery (a monthly community dialogue series), Our Space (an equity-focused artist-support program), and the Staten Island Seisiún Irish folk music series (10+ years). Distribution is event-driven: the organization runs information sessions, administers community panel reviews, and partners with venues including Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Maker Park, Hub17, and Conference House Park. Revenue mechanics are public-grant dependent — primarily NYC Department of Cultural Affairs allocations (DCLA Premier, Art Fund, SU-CASA) and New York State Council on the Arts funding (NYSCA Encore, ABC, Creative Intervention, PARC) — supplemented by foundation support (Staten Island Foundation, Investors Foundation) and individual donations via GiveLively. The organization is led by Executive Director Jamaine T. Smith (appointed to lead the organization), Deputy Director Gena Mimozo, and Grants and Programs Coordinator Theresa Figueroa, governed by a five-member Board of Directors.

Name

Staten Island Arts

Legal name

Staten Island Arts

Website

https://statenislandarts.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Staten Island Arts is the designated 501(c)(3) local arts council for Richmond County, NYC, founded in 1992. It redistributes public arts funding from NYC DCLA and NYSCA to individual artists, nonprofits, schools, and senior centers on Staten Island through competitive grant programs and community arts initiatives.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Arts Council Grant Administration

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Art, Arts Councils & Grantmaking Programs (BPAGAHAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Arts, Culture & Humanities Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAJ), Cultural Centers & Community Cultural Organizations (BPAGAHAD), Arts Education & Community Arts Programs (BPAGAHAC)

Keywords

• Arts grant funding
• Community arts regrant
• Local arts council
• Artist residency programs
• Cultural funding administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Staten Island

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Arts Funding Regrants: Staten Island Arts serves as a local arts council (regrantor) that receives public funding from NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts, then redistributes these funds to local artists and organizations through competitive grant programs. Funding categories include DCLA Premier Grants, DCLA Art Fund Grants, NYSCA Encore Grants, NYSCA Creative Intervention Grants, and Howard Gilman Performing Artist Residency Cohort Grants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Staten Island Arts operates as the publicly designated local arts council for Richmond County (Staten Island), redistributing competitive grant funding sourced from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts to individual artists, art collectives, nonprofit organizations, K-12 schools, and senior centers. Beyond regranting, it runs community cultural programs (CultureCalendar, Arts Education, Re: Discovery, Our Space) and provides technical, financial, and marketing resources to local cultural producers.

Product overview

Staten Island Arts is a non-profit arts council serving Richmond County (Staten Island), NY. The organization operates a portfolio of grant programs including DCLA Premier Grants, DCLA Art Fund Grants, NYSCA Encore Grants, NYSCA Arts Bring Change Regrants, SU-CASA Residencies, Howard Gilman PARC Grants, and NYSCA Creative Intervention Grants. Beyond grants, the organization offers programs such as CultureCalendar (a community events listing), Arts Education, Re: Discovery, and Our Space. The organization does not offer a technology product but provides funding, resources, and programming to support local artists and cultural organizations.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DCLA Premier Grants Competitive grants for first-time applicants including individual artists and arts organizations that have never received a Staten Island Arts project grant. Funding ranges from $750 to $3,000 per award. Funded through NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.
• DCLA Art Fund Grants Competitive grants supporting individual artists and unincorporated art collectives that have previously received a Staten Island Arts project grant. Funding ranges from $750 to $5,000 per award. Funded through NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.
• NYSCA Encore Grants Competitive grants supporting Staten Island incorporated 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations presenting programming of artistic merit and cultural significance. Funding ranges from $500 to $5,000 per award. Funded through New York State Council on the Arts.
• NYSCA Arts Bring Change (ABC) Regrants Competitive regrants supporting local cultural organizations and individual artists partnering with K-12 public schools on interdisciplinary arts study. Awards up to $2,500 per partnership. Funded through New York State Council on the Arts.
• SU-CASA Community Arts Residencies Community engagement program placing artists in residence at senior centers on Staten Island. Each residency provides a $4,500 artist fee plus $1,000 for supplies. Funded by NYC Council and jointly administered by NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and NYC Department for the Aging.
• Howard Gilman Performing Artist Residency Cohort (PARC) Grants Grants for individual performing artists across dance, theater, and music, supporting traditional practices to contemporary performance at any career stage.
• NYSCA Creative Intervention Grants Competitive grants supporting individual artists creating new work designed around creative interventions that bring awareness to matters affecting their neighborhoods. Funded through New York State Council on the Arts.
• CultureCalendar Community-driven cultural events and opportunities list focused on Staten Island, with a weekly email digest subscription available for cultural producers and community members.
• Arts Education Program Program increasing arts education in the community through Arts Education grants, professional development for teaching artists, and special projects supporting the belief that the arts are central to teaching and learning.
• Re: Discovery Monthly series inviting Staten Islanders to share their perspectives on the island through the lens of arts and culture.
• Our Space Artist-centered program designed to meet the individual and collective needs of Staten Island artists who have been historically under-resourced and overlooked based on race, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability, economic disadvantage, and refugee/immigration status.

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Design Trust for Public SpacemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Collaborated on the Future Culture: Connecting Staten Island's Waterfront study (2014), which synthesized information from multiple sources to expand understanding of cultural development opportunities on the North Shore.
• Cornell UniversitymajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2014Research partner for the Future Culture study that analyzed cultural landscape, development projects, and opportunities for Staten Island's waterfront communities.
• Hunter College Urban Policy & Planning StudiomajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2010Collaborated on the Art Hill: St. George Sustainable Cultural District Plan (2010), developing a vision for cultural stakeholders and creative producers on the North Shore.
• NYC Department of TransportationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStaff member Gena Mimozo participates in the Art Advisory Committee for NYC Department of Transportation, representing Staten Island Arts in citywide community engagement.
• NYC Department of Cultural AffairscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStaff member Gena Mimozo participates in the Percent for Art Committee, contributing to public art policy decisions.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Arts Westchester: Westchester County's designated local arts council providing regrant services, technical assistance, and cultural programming across a single county geography—directly analogous to Staten Island Arts' single-county (Richmond) mandate. Operates NYSCA-funded community regrant programs with similar multi-category structures.
• Lower Manhattan Cultural Council: Manhattan-based arts council providing grants, residencies, and programming support to NYC artists. While more focused on residencies than Staten Island Arts, it operates as a fellow NYC DCLA and NYSCA-funded cultural intermediary with significant overlap in serving individual artists and small organizations through competitive grant programs.
• Brooklyn Arts Council: Brooklyn's local arts council operating the same regrant model—receiving DCLA and NYSCA funding to redistribute grants to Brooklyn-based artists, collectives, and nonprofits. Operates identical programmatic categories (Premier, Art Fund, Encore) and serves as the most direct functional peer within the NYC borough arts council system.
• Bronx Council on the Arts: Bronx's local arts council distributing DCLA and NYSCA regrant funds to Bronx-based artists, collectives, and nonprofits. Operates the same fundamental regrant model with parallel programs (Premier Grants, Art Fund, Encore) and serves as one of the five borough arts councils sharing the same statewide regrant framework.
• Queens Council on the Arts: Queens' designated local arts council, also a NYSCA Statewide Community Regrant partner and DCLA regrantor serving Queens-based artists and cultural organizations. Operates an analogous multi-program grant portfolio and community review panel structure for a different NYC borough.

Broad incumbents

• New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA): Statewide arts organization providing grants, fiscal sponsorship, and professional development to artists across New York. Broader scope than Staten Island Arts (statewide vs. single borough) and different model (fiscal sponsorship vs. regranting), but serves overlapping individual artist and nonprofit segments with related funding mechanisms.

Regional players

• Flushing Town Hall: Queens-based cultural center providing arts programming, residencies, and community engagement in a specific NYC neighborhood. While not a regrantor, it shares comparable programming scope (performances, arts education, community events) and serves a similar diverse urban community demographic.
• Arts Mid-Hudson: Mid-Hudson region's designated NYSCA Statewide Community Regrant partner operating a multi-county regrant program. Comparable organizational structure and funding mechanisms to Staten Island Arts, but serves a multi-county upstate region rather than a single NYC borough.

Emerging players

• Indie Theatre Fund: NYC-based nonprofit providing grants to independent theatre artists, partially overlapping with Staten Island Arts' Howard Gilman PARC grants for performing artists. Niche funding organization serving a segment of Staten Island Arts' broader artist constituency through a more specialized theatre-focused lens.

Others

• Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island: Listed as an alternate name; this is the same entity. Included only to flag the historical name continuity of the organization itself.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/statenarts
• Facebookfacebook.com/StatenArts
• Instagraminstagram.com/statenarts
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/statenislandarts

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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