Genesee Valley Council on the Arts is one of this year’s Technical Assistance grantees. Their grant of $5,025 will fund an MEP Analysis. The Preservation League of NYS and their program partners at the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) are thrilled to help fund this important work. At its 2025 meeting, an independent panel selected 31 applicants in 20 counties to receive support totaling $347,500. Grants represent both of the League’s signature NYSCA regrants – Preserve New York (PNY) and Technical Assistance Grants (TAG).

Genesee Valley Council on the Arts is proud to announce that it is gearing up for the 2026 round of funding through the Statewide Community Regrant Program, made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. The Statewide Community Regrant Program was developed by the New York State Council on the Arts, in 1977, in response to a mandate by New York’s Legislature that there be a greater local involvement in funding decisions, affecting local non-profit organizations, offering artistic or cultural services and programs, and to ensure New York State’s cultural funding reached every part of the State.

In this episode of The Pink Change Purse, Berta Rivera, Director of Community Programs at Rochester Area Community Foundation, Morgan Hellquist, Executive Director of Genesee Valley Council on the Arts and Host Carol White Llewellyn, Founder of CommuniVision Studio do a deep dive into the importance and impact of the availability of grant funding within communities and how the current administration's cuts are negatively impacting society.