Save Our Granite Stages (SOGS) Round 2 will provide grants to nonprofit and for-profit New Hampshire performing arts venues that seat 1500 or less and performing arts production entities that produce in such venues.
Donor Name: New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (NHSCA)
State: New Hampshire
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 01/27/2023
Size of the Grant: $25,000
Details:
This funding category recognizes that the Granite State’s performing arts venues are among the hardest hit businesses in the COVID-19 pandemic. These cultural hubs are critical to local economies and tax bases as employers, tourism destinations, and revenue generators for neighboring businesses such as restaurants, hotels, and retail. Performing arts venues are a very important part of the state’s creative economy, which is valued at nearly $2.9 billion (2020) by the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Funding Criteria
Funding Criteria Responses to the following criteria will be used by reviewers as part of the eligibility determination process for this program. Additional information about the Funding Criteria can be found at the end of these guidelines.
Quality of arts programming or services
- Applicants must explain how their organization’s ongoing programming is both consistent with their organizational mission and demonstrates creativity and vision;
- Applicants must explain how their organization’s activities contribute to artistic development and benefit the public; and
- Applicants must explain how their organization’s ongoing programs are population/age appropriate and how they benefit underserved populations.
Administrative capacity
- Applicants must assess their organization’s administrative capacity to utilize any award received, including a description of Board and staff qualifications and identifying past successes relative to administering and reporting on grants received (where applicable).
- Impact of Request on New Hampshire’s Arts Work Force or Cultural Ecosystem
- Applicants must explain how funding provided by this program could have a significant and immediate impact on New Hampshire’s arts work force;
- Applicants must explain how funding provided by this program will benefit the organization, such as ability to maintain, follow through on or execute key contracts, improve facility operations, or respond/adapt to the pandemic.
Funding Information
The maximum grant in this category is $25,000, and awards are subject to a pro rata share of the available funding.
Eligibility Criteria
Nonprofit and for-profit New Hampshire performing arts venues that seat 1500 or less, and performing arts production entities that produce in such venues and meet the eligibility requirements listed below:
- Entities must not have received a previous Save Our Granite Stages grant;
- Entities must not have received supplemental grants from the federal SVOG program; Entities must not be majority-owned or controlled by a publicly traded corporation;
- Entities must meet one of the two following definitions:
- “Performing arts venue,” which is defined as a nonprofit or for-profit facility that is primarily engaged in hosting live theatrical presentations, musical, or other arts/cultural events that are seated, ticketed and open to the public; or
- “Performing arts production entity,” which is defined as a nonprofit or for-profit business that is primarily engaged in the production of performing arts in such venues.
- Entities that are venues must have a seating capacity of 1500 or less;
- Entities must be in good standing with the NH Secretary of State;
- Entities must have an independent Board of Directors that meets at least quarterly (nonprofits only);
- Entities must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number with the federal government (we cannot disburse funds without a UEI);
- Entities must be in compliance with any applicable Americans with Disabilities Act requirements;
- Entities must have submitted all required reports on past State Arts Council grants (if applicable); and
- Entities must be in good standing with the State Arts Council.
For more information, visit Save Our Granite Stages Round 2.
