2026 Grantees

  • Think! Chinatown receives support for both A Chinatown Swing Dance Under the Stars as well as a Lindy hop lesson series for the local community.

  • Bryce Rogers and Kent Williams receive support for A Social at Meserole-- a Lindy Hop house party now in its third year of existence.

  • Svetlana Shmulyian receives a second year of support to improve band pay, provide beginner Lindy Hop lessons, and to purchase a sound system for her ongoing weekly Back Room Speakeasy Sessions.

  • Sean Vitale receives support to produce two workshops on Body Care for Dancers.

  • Jumpin Entertainment receives support for the free weekly dance series Central Park Swings.

  • Grey Cooper receives support to produce a zine as a snapshot of the NYC swing world, via Community Interviews in Lindy Hop.

  • Jessica Noble receives support to produce DanceStory, a new research program series surfacing Lindy Hop and Solo Jazz materials held in NYC libraries and archives.

  • Double Troubles, NYC's original "ambidancetrous" community performance group, receives support to revive itself after a years-long hiatus.

  • Frim Fram Jam receives a second year of support for its ongoing weekly swing dance social. The Frim Fram Jam has been running for over 20 years.

  • Amy Winn receives support for Get To Know George Gee, a panel discussion and social dance event presenting George Gee's extensive history as a bandleader in the NYC Lindy Hop scene.

  • Gotham Jazz Festival receives support to integrate Lindy Hop more fully into its day-long festival.

  • Prohibition Productions receives support for upcoming Lindy Hop events at the Intrepid Museum and Rockaway Beach.

  • Java Street Community Garden receives support to host Java Jazz, a new Lindy Hop social event series in an accessible outdoor garden in Greenpoint.

  • Columbia University Swing Dance Club receives critical support to continue educational Lindy Hop programming for University community members.

  • Ronald Jones receives support to produce a Lindy Hop social event with live music, with a focus on outreach to Black youth.

  • Hells Kitchen Kilowatts receives support for their ongoing performance and educational programming across the five boroughs.

  • AJ Howard receives support for Let's Go Lindy Weekend, a low-cost Lindy exchange weekend.

  • ArtSpectrum receives support for a Lindy Hop Community Experience in partnership with NYC arts organizations.

  • The Harlem Swing Dance Society receives support to provide a Lindy Hop summer program for students in Harlem.

  • Rebecca Lloyd-Jones receives a second year of support for Lindy Lab, a Lindy Hop practice session series.

  • Midtown Swings receives a second year of support to produce two Weekend Social Dance events with live music.

  • Margaret Batiuchok receives support to offer Four Master Classes where she can share her embodied knowledge of Lindy Hop and Vernacular Jazz.

  • Grey Cooper receives support to produce Midtown Swings: Pride Edition, a live-band weekend dance social.

  • New York Lindy Exchange receives a second year of support to produce its 2026 weekend event, including social dances, workshops, and impact recognition.

  • NYC Swings receives support for the production of their Community Roundup, a weekly social media post compiling Lindy Hop and Solo Jazz dance opportunities in NYC.

  • Rose Broderick receives support to produce the first NYC Switchfest, a one-day event dedicated to switch dancing in Lindy Hop

  • Amy Winn receives support for the NYC Vintage Train Swing and Jazz Festival, a beloved annual holiday dance event.

  • Queer Swing Dance NYC receives support for quarterly swing dance events, and to build out their organizational structure.

  • Samantha Pincus receives support to produce Solo Summit, a day-long event promoting Solo Jazz content creation in NYC.

  • Swing Remix receives a second year of support for monthly social swing dance events with live music.

  • Brooke McDaniel receives support for a low-cost Technique and Movement Fundamentals class series for the Lindy Hop community.

  • Dance Project Connect receives a second year of support for a school Residency Program, providing Lindy Hop education to K-8 students.

  • Johnny Schlender receives support to produce The Jazz Jam, a new comunity practice series centered around Solo Jazz.

  • This Week In Swing NYC receives support for its ongoing web publication of social Lindy Hop events in NYC.

  • Derrick León Washington receives a second year of support for two events in the new dance and educational series Urban Stomp Live: All Dancing Allowed.

  • Elena Valencia receives a second year of support to provide low-cost, weekly, beginner- and intermediate-level Vernacular Jazz Dance Class Series.

2025 Grantees

  • Swing Remix, in operation since 2007, receives support to continue hosting monthly social swing dance parties with live music in Manhattan.

  •  Derrick León Washington receives support for Urban Stomp Curators Club: The Lindy Hop Sessions, which will provide exclusive behind-the-scenes explorations of rare objects and interactive dance sessions connected to the iconic art forms of swing music and Lindy Hop in New York City.

  • Svetlana Shmulyian receives support to provide free introductory swing dance lessons and a partial subsidy for the band artist fee during her ongoing Speakeasy Sessions residency on Monday nights at the Back Room Speakeasy on the Lower East Side.

  • Rahat Bathija receives support to host a social dance party in partnership with the NYC & NY State Parks Department in Queens.

  • Frim Fram Jam, considered “home” to many in the NYC swing dance community, has been the go-to spot for Lindy Hop since 2001: featuring free intro lessons and dancing to DJed and live music every Thursday night.

  • Adrian Miranda receives support to produce a new narrative dance film featuring NYC Lindy Hoppers.

  • Lindy Lab receives support to host weekly practice sessions for NYC Lindy Hop community members.

  • Harlem Swings receives support for a celebration of Frankie Manning’s birthday, World Lindy Hop Day, as well as youth Lindy Hop educational programming in Harlem.

  • Project Connect receives support to continue engaging NYC K-12 students with Lindy Hop through classes and educational performances.

  • Elena Valencia receives support to host a series of workshops educating NYC Lindy Hoppers in historic Vernacular Jazz line dances.

  • New York Lindy Exchange receives support for its annual festival with classes, performances, and social dances that celebrate NYC's historic and present-day Lindy Hop community.

  • Swing With Us NYC will receive support to host monthly social dances in Harlem, NYC the historic birthplace of Lindy Hop.

  • Midtown Swings receives support to provide live music at two evenings of their weekly social swing dance parties.

  • New York Swings, directed by Gaby Cook, receives support for rehearsals and creative incubation time in anticipation of touring performances featuring some of NYC Lindy Hop's brightest talents.

  • Big City Lindy Buskers receives support to provide free outdoor jazz sessions with live music and professional swing dance performances.

  • Living Lindy Legends Project, created by Bobby White, receives support to film and publish interviews with living legends of Lindy Hop.