Grants

A key part of the Performing Arts Readiness project’s support to organizations is through the provision of Institutional Emergency Preparedness Grants and Network Grants.

Guidelines and application instructions will be announced in early Spring of 2023 for a new series of grants. Please join the PAR mailing list to receive updates as details of these new grants are released.

Descriptions of the grants awarded by the PAR project from 2017-2022 are below:

Institutional Emergency Preparedness Planning Grants:
In 2020, grants of up to $7250 were awarded to 48 performing arts organizations for the creation of individual institutional emergency preparedness or Continuity of Operations (CoOP) plans.

Network Grants:
Grants of between $5,000 - $25,000 each were awarded for projects to support both the development of new or emerging disaster preparedness networks that include performing arts and culture organizations, and the expansion of existing networks to increase participation among performing arts organizations.

In 2020, these Networks received Network grants from the PAR Project:

During 2017-2019, these organizations received grants to expand existing emergency networks:

During 2017-2019, these organizations received grants to start new emergency networks:

During 2020, these performing arts organizations received emergency preparedness planning grants:

During 2017-2019, these performing arts organizations received emergency preparedness planning grants: