2003 GRANT AWARDS - Organizational Capacity

2003 Grant Awards: Organizational Capacity

Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change, contingent upon prior Endowment approval.

DANCE

Dance/USA
Washington, DC
$100,000
To support professional development services. The project includes the Spring 2003 Council Meeting, Dance/USA on Tour, Dance/BASIC, and the Dance/NYC professional development series.

Pentacle (DanceWorks, Inc.)
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the fifth cycle of an artist mentorship program. The Help Desk provides technical assistance to emerging and mid-career choreographers.

The Field (Performance Zone Inc.)
New York, NY
$15,000
To support a series of workshops and residencies. The project will include the creation of work, group feedback, retreats, a conference and a training program for arts managers.

LITERATURE

Associated Writing Programs
Fairfax, VA
$65,000
To support the production, printing and distribution of The Writer's Chronicle and the AWP Job List, continued development of the AWP Web site, and the 2003 AWP Conference in Chicago, Illinois. AWP will promote the publications and its annual conference through a 200,000-piece direct mail campaign.

Council of Literary Magazines and Presses
New York, NY
$35,000
To support new and enhanced services for independent literary publishers. Scheduled activities include an interactive Web site, a national conference and an updated publication of the Directory of Literary Magazines & Presses.

Poetry Flash
Berkeley, CA
$10,000
To support the Audience Access Project, providing guidance on how to reach target audiences to literary organizations, presenters, publishers and writers in California. The organization will provide outlets for promotion on its Web site and Poetry Flash, a free tabloid of event listings, readings, workshops and calls for submissions.

Poets & Writers, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
To support the publication of Poets & Writers Magazine and the continued development and promotion of the Poets & Writers Web site. Other project activities include seminars, panels, lectures and pamphlets providing writers with practical information on the business of writing.

LOCAL ARTS AGENCIES

Alliance of New York State Arts Councils, Inc.
Mattituck, NY
$40,000
To support the use of technology to deliver services and online learning by building a virtual arts administration portal in New York State. The project will include the continued development of interactive Web-based tools, online course learning and e-monitoring.

Bronx Council on the Arts, Inc.
Bronx, NY
$60,000
To support the Cultural Venture Fund. The program will provide consultants to facilitate the development of arts-related entrepreneurial ventures for Bronx-based arts groups to explore earned income as a new or enhanced source of support.

Broward County Board of County Commissioners
Fort Lauderdale, FL
$18,000
To support the National Arts Stabilization's (NAS) presentation of Managing Change. Arts organizations from throughout the county will participate in this capacity-building program for arts leaders that is part of the NAS executive education series, Leadership in a Changing Environment.

Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation
Chicago, IL
$20,000
To support the Local Arts Network. The program provides statewide support and technical assistance for Illinois' more than 70 local arts agencies.

Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Los Angeles, CA
$42,000
To support an arts marketing workshop and small grant program. The marketing training session will be open to Southern California artists and arts organizations of all genres, and will qualify participants to apply for a marketing implementation grant.

Michigan Association of Community Arts Agencies
Ann Arbor, MI
$55,000
To support a series of statewide conferences focusing on arts management issues and the unveiling of a new Leadership Academy. The programs are designed to expand the scope of the training and technical assistance that MACAA offers to cultural arts organizations in 83 Michigan counties.

National Community Arts Network (United Statewide Community Arts Association)
Columbia, MO
$22,000
To support professional development training opportunities, a mentorship program and travel subsidy for attendance at a national conference. The program is designed to benefit the directors and board members of 37 statewide assemblies.

South Carolina Arts Alliance
Rock Hill, SC
$15,000
To support South Carolina Arts Alliance's (SCAA) Peer Advisory Network (PAN). Through PAN, the SCAA proposes to develop and implement a new accounting service for nonprofit arts organizations, and to provide workshops in financial best-practices to benefit organizations in rural and underserved communities.

South Dakotans for the Arts
Lead, SD
$20,000
To support the Prairie Arts Management Institute. The project will be conducted for the benefit of small and mid-sized organizations from the prairie states of middle America.

Wisconsin Assembly for Local Arts
Madison, WI
$18,000
To support the Organizational Assistance Program. The program will provide targeted technical assistance to strengthen organizational capacity of new and emerging rural and inner-city arts organizations.

MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Alliance of Artists' Communities
Providence, RI
$20,000
To support the development of skills of emerging leaders in the field of artists' communities. This two part initiative will include a peer-mentoring program and two regional meetings.

Artist Trust
Seattle, WA
$15,000
To support the maintenance and expansion of the Information Services program. The project serves artists by collecting and dispensing professional development information and resources to the artists of Washington State.

Arts & Business Council, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
To support the National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP). NAMP services will comprise basic marketing workshops, a national conference and a Web site.

Arts Alive Fort Collins
Fort Collins, CO
$5,000
To support the expansion of business management and professional development services. Four workshops will be offered to local arts organizations in marketing, grantwriting, fundraising and audience diversification.

ArtServe Michigan, Inc.
Southfield, MI
$15,000
To support and expand the Volunteer Services Program. ArtServe will present workshops focusing on the business of being an artist, and will develop online forums, an arts fair and a speakers' bureau.

Asian American Arts Alliance, Inc.
New York, NY
$30,000
To support the Technical Assistance for Organizations (TAO) project. This two-tier program will offer management workshops for 20 small to mid-sized organizations, 20-80 hours of training, consultations, and issue-specific roundtables and forums.

Association of Hispanic Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the Latino Arts Management Training Series (LMTS). This two-tier program will provide arts administrators from 20 small to mid-sized New York City-area arts organizations with training in business planning, financial management, resource development and marketing.

California Lawyers for the Arts, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$40,000
To support the expansion of ArtHouse. The program will provide workshops and Web-based resources on how to develop affordable space for arts organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Southern California.

East Bay Center for the Performing Arts (on behalf of Latino Arts Network of CA)
Richmond, CA
$25,000
To support the Arts and Technology Services program. Consultants will work with 12 mid-sized California cultural centers to integrate digital technologies into their programs and operations.

Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Chicago, IL
$10,000
To support the expansion of pro bono legal and arts mediation services. The project will provide artists and arts organizations in Northern Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin with access to free legal expertise.

National Association of Latino Arts and Culture
San Antonio, TX
$35,000
To support a leadership institute and four regional meetings. This two-part project will provide community-based organizations with capacity building skills, leadership training and technical assistance.

National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
New York, NY
$40,000
To support Project Bridge. This three-part leadership training initiative will include a series of gatherings, a management training institute, and a mentoring and partnership program.

New York Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$55,000
To support the Arts Leadership Initiative. A series of peer-learning groups and workshops, and one on-one coaching sessions will enhance the leadership skills of administrators from small and mid sized arts groups.

Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Philadelphia, PA
$10,000
To support the Cultural Entrepreneurship Center. The center will provide services such as business training, educational programs, publications and peer discussion groups to artists and arts organizations in the greater Philadelphia region.

Resources and Counseling for the Arts
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
To support the Arts Administration Mentorship Program. This statewide program will feature retreats, workshops and networking opportunities.

Society for the Arts in Healthcare
Washington, DC
$10,000
To support a national conference on arts and healing. Transforming Healthcare Through the Arts: Healing Our Patients, Our Communities and Ourselves will offer artists, arts administrators and medical professionals training on the use of the arts in healing environments.

Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
To support the expansion of pro bono and low cost legal services. The program will provide representation, advocacy, and mediation services to artists and arts organizations throughout New York State.

MUSIC

American Composers Forum
St. Paul, MN
$40,000
To support professional development for the chapters of American Composers Forum. During 2003 04, conferences and sessions on board development, unearned income and legal counsel for individual chapter directors and local board members will be available to assist 10 chapters located in cities around the country.

International Association for Jazz Education
Manhattan, KS
$40,000
To support workshops, master classes, panel sessions, artists' fees and production costs during the 30th annual International Association of Jazz Education (IAJE) Conference and Music Festival. The January 2004 conference will be held in New York City.

University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
Fort Worth, TX
$20,000
To support a national conference on occupational safety and injury prevention for musicians, to be hosted jointly by the University of North Texas at Denton and the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth. The goal of the project, using consensus-building methodology, will be the development of an educational module and recommendations for National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) member organizations.

PRESENTING

Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Inc.
Washington, DC
$40,000
To support expansion of professional development programs for the presenting field. Arts Presenters will augment services at the Emerging Leadership Institute and its Winter Institute and Members' Conference, as well as initiate research and program design to address issues of board training.

Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$30,000
To support development of a Web platform to improve the efficiency of the Western Alliance's administration and service provision. Through a database-driven Web site, WAA will make its services more accessible to the field, and expedite communications among its members, staff, arts organizations and performing artists.

THEATER

A.R.T./New York (Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, Inc.)
New York, NY
$40,000
To support the Nancy Quinn Fund and the Theatre Leadership Institute technical assistance programs. The two initiatives provide management-related technical assistance to small and mid-size theater companies nationally.

Assitej-USA, Inc.
Nashville, TN
$20,000
To support the One Theatre World 2003 Symposium. The national event held in Philadelphia, PA in April of 2003, will encourage critical dialogue in the development of professional theatre for young audiences.

League of Chicago Theatres Foundation
Chicago, IL
$40,000
To support the Member Services Expansion Project. Developed with input from more than 130 member theaters, this project will maximize the League's marketing and support services by retooling its Web site, publication and conference.

TCG (Theatre Communications Group, Inc.)
New York, NY
$140,000
To support the 14th Biennial National Conference. The largest national gathering of not-for-profit theater professionals, this conference will celebrate the achievements of the field and explore how theater is changing and evolving today.

Theatre Bay Area
San Francisco, CA
$20,000
To support the development and pilot phase of the Mentoring Initiative. In order to expand the quality and visibility of the Bay Area theater community, this project will craft mentoring partnerships between emerging and established theater companies.

GRANTS AWARDED: 44
TOTAL DOLLARS AWARDED: $1,490,000

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