The largest municipal arts funder in the United States, DCLA distributes grants to over 1,000 cultural nonprofits, oversees the 34 Cultural Institutions Group organizations (like the Met, the Bronx Zoo, and Lincoln Center), and funds cultural programming in every borough. Nearly every museum, theater, zoo, botanical garden, and arts nonprofit you visit in NYC gets some funding through DCLA. The agency's grants support the cultural ecosystem that makes NYC a global arts capital and provides free or affordable programming in every neighborhood.
Spending
$285.9M
4,520 transactions →
Payroll
$4.3M
1,329 pay records →
Budget (Adopted)
$299.7M
$108.8M spent
Avg Salary
$73.0K
across 1,329 records
Did You Know
DCLA is the largest municipal arts funder in the entire country, and the 34 Cultural Institutions Group organizations it supports sit on city-owned land and have a combined operating budget of $1.47 billion -- dwarfing the city's direct cultural spending.
| NEW YORK CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION | $43.4M |
| NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP | $30.2M |
| METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | $26.1M |
| NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL | $17.8M |
| THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $14.5M |
| ASSOCIATE ARTS PROGRAMS SPECIALIST | 316 staff | $71.9K avg |
| COMMUNITY ASSOCIATE | 301 staff | $8.7K avg |
| COMMUNITY COORDINATOR | 248 staff | $74.6K avg |
| ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (CULTURAL AFFAIRS) |
| 76 staff |
| $147.4K avg |
| EXECUTIVE AGENCY COUNSEL | 38 staff | $151.4K avg |
Headcount
Only about 60-80 staff -- one of the smallest city agencies by headcount, because it functions primarily as a grant-making body
Who It Serves
Every New Yorker who visits a museum, attends a performance, or participates in community arts programming -- plus the artists and cultural workers who make it happen
Category
Culture & Libraries