Funded with the generous support of the Howard Gilman Foundation, The Little Venue That Could regrant program was created to provide unrestricted general operating support to New York City-based indie theater and dance performance venues with expense budgets under $750,000.
Donor Name: IndieSpace
State: New York
City: New York City
Boroughs: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/26/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
Due to size, fiscal structure, staffing arrangements, and unconventional leasing and ownership structures, these homes for artists are often excluded from city, state, and federal funding and may not meet financial thresholds or stated priorities of private foundations in order to get significant support. Despite this historical absence of consistent financial support and the growing affordability crisis in NYC, small-budget indie theater and dance venues continue to play a critical role in the creative ecosystem by providing artists with affordable performance and presenting space.
Selected grantees will receive:
- Unrestricted grants of $10,000 per year, for two consecutive fiscal years ; and
- Automatic access to IndieSpace’s FREE Advisory and Consulting program, providing access to experts and information throughout the lifetime of your space operation.
Additionally, in order to acknowledge the labor of submitting an application, IndieSpace has also allotted a total of $5,000 to be split and distributed among all eligible and complete applications. The total amount each applicant will receive will be determined once all eligible and complete applications have been counted.
Eligibility Criteria
You are eligible to apply for this grant if:
- Your entity is an indie theater or dance venue with a performance space
- Your venue has at least one space with less than 99 seats
- Your venue has been in operation for at least two fiscal years, including the current fiscal year
- Your organization’s expense budget is $750k or LESS in your last completed fiscal year
- Your venue is no longer closed as a result of Covid and has reopened and is in active use
- Your venue is rented or owned with a signed lease or deed. Please reach out to discuss if you have a non traditional agreement with your landlord.
- Your venue is located within the 5 boroughs of New York City
- Your venue is a 501c3, fiscally sponsored by a 501c3, an S Corp, B Corp, LLC or LLP
- Your venue IS NOT a direct annual Howard Gilman Foundation grantee. Current direct, annual Howard Gilman Foundation grantees are not eligible for this grant. If you are a recipient of other regrants funded by Howard Gilman Foundation, that is fine.Venues who have received funding from IndieSpace through any of our other funding programs are still eligible to apply. NOTE: If your venue is chosen in the lottery, you will not be able to apply for direct, annual funding from the Howard Gilman Foundation during the grant period. The grant period will be determined using your entity’s fiscal year.
For more information, visit IndieSpace.
