THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FUND APPLICATION

Want to produce a short film festival?

Curate a photo exhibition from your journeys around the world?

Showcase your culture through dance and music?

Stage a musical?

Create an arts-related marketing campaign for Columbia's green initiatives?

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Gatsby Overview
Every year, Columbia engineering, medical, economics, and history students showcase their arts to the Columbia community... and every year, we enjoy helping students such as these and from the whole of Columbia bring their projects to life.

Why not try your hand at being the next Spielberg, Leibowitz, Mamet, Lang Lang, or Hopper?

Start now, and give them a run for their money.

  Maybe you’re brainstorming an idea for how to use the arts to build community
  among graduate and undergraduate Columbians?

  Past projects have included radio broadcasts, student television series, film festivals,
  photography exhibitions, musicals, cultural dances, websites and music videos.

  We are always looking for students who can think outside the box and reach all
  Columbians with their creativity.

  For a full list of past recipients and projects, click here.

 

To jump to the eligibility requirements and FAQ, click here. To find out what's new with Gatsby projects and the Arts Initiative, read below:

 

New Initiatives For 2008-2009
The Gatsby Is Going Green!

 

- Alternative Fuels
- CFLs
- Community Gardens
- Drinking Tap Water Rather Than Bottled Water - Setting Computers to Power Save

Green Scene does not take the place of other arts-related Gatsby projects. It is simply an opportunity for you to use the arts and the funds from The Gatsby Charitable Foundation as a way to support green initiatives on campus.  After you read through the Gatsby application guidelines and FAQ, apply online with your proposal on how you would market one of these "Green Initiatives" throughout the University. Your awareness campaign could be a play, a visual arts exhibition, song, dance, short film, or anything artistic that would encourage Columbians to be greener. The Arts Initiative will select the most innovative marketing ideas and give you the funds from The Gatsby Charitable Foundation Student Arts Support Fund to create your campaigns. - After Spring Break, the Arts Initiative will work with the project applicants on how to showcase their campaigns on Earth Day, April 20th, and throughout the remainder of the Spring 2009 semester

Helpful Resources and Links For Green Scene

Office of Environmental Stewardship
Facebook Group
environment@columbia.edu

CoreFoods
CoreFoods@gmail.com

EcoReps
go.green.columbia@gmail.com

Green Umbrella
cugreenumbrella@gmail.com

 

 

If you're interested in applying for a "Green Scene" Gatsby grant, click on the Green Scene box when you fill out the online application! Before you apply, take a look at our guidelines and FAQ below.

 

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Student Arts Support Fund
Guidelines and FAQ

Eligibility:

• You must be a current Columbia student or a group comprised of at least 80% current Columbia students.
• You may apply as an individual student OR as the representative of a student organization.
• Neither you nor any other student involved in the project can receive academic credit from any institution or department for the project.
• The final project must be accessible to all Columbians.
  

Application Guidelines:

• The application is an experience in grant-writing. Please do all your preparation and homework prior to submitting the form. Your application should be as detailed and precise as possible.
• Your application should demonstrate a clear connection to the arts and be open to the Columbia community.
• We strongly encourage multi-disciplinary and/or collaborative projects with other Columbia organizations and schools. Project leaders should reach out to their own colleagues, as well as students from other schools and departments to join in the project. Projects should also reach out to other departments for help with their area of expertise: Columbia Business School students for the marketing of the project, similar interest groups for networking opportunities and shared invite lists.
• The application should provide the full scope of the project: logistics, resources needed, and any details related to the project that have already been confirmed.
• If you are applying for the first time, we encourage an in-person meeting so that we can help you through the process and answer any initial questions or address any issues you may have. Meeting requests should be submitted to cuarts@columbia.edu. Chad Miller, Events and Outreach Coordinator, also holds on-campus office hours every Friday in the Lerner Piano Lounge from 2p-4p. Please email him for an appointment at cam2015@columbia.edu with "Gatsby Request" in the email subject header.
• Students or student groups may receive funding only once per fiscal year (July – June).

Deadlines:

• You must submit your application at least one month prior to your event. Deadlines for applications are the THIRD Monday of each month. Click here for a calendar of deadline dates. (Please note these deadlines are different from those of Green Scene)
  

Budgeting FAQ:

• The answer to the oft-asked "How much can we apply for?" is simply, "No more nor less than you absolutely need." Click here for guidelines of acceptable grant uses.
• The grant should not replace institutional funding (departmental, ABC, SGB, CCSC/ESC/SGA, GSSC, etc.), but rather supplement the total cost of the project.
• If you are requesting funding for a pre-existing project or publication, please explain in your application what new or extended endeavors necessitate a new funding source.
• A complete budget must include line-item accounts of all your projected expenses (and Expense Total), followed by line-item accounts of all your projected income (and Income Total) including ticket sales, grants, and the amount you are requesting from the Arts Initiative. Click here for an example of a budget proposal.
• Funds above $500 must be transferred to a campus account via IDI or a check must be cut for a Columbia University organization. They cannot be transferred to an individual student.
  

To submit your application, click here.

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Thanks to the generous gifts of Lord David and Lady Susie Sainsbury, The Gatsby Charitable Foundation student arts support fund helps support student arts-related events. The guiding spirit of the grant is to inspire the creation of new and non-curricular student artwork and enrich students' endeavors in the arts.

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