ARTSGREENSBORO ANNOUNCES RELIEF GRANTS
Greensboro, NC (April 7, 2021) -- ArtsGreensboro has announced that twenty organizations have been awarded Relief Grants to help organizations recover and plan for post-pandemic openings. The grants were funded through the ArtsFund and other reserve dollars.
This funding provides additional relief dollars as organizations provide online and in-person programming and support post-pandemic live program planning. Grants range from $20,000 to $9,000 and are unrestricted.
The review panel included Andre Minkins, Creator of the National Black Theater Festival + Consultant for national touring Theater and Associate Professor, WSSU, Cynthia Deis, Triangle Arts Education Director, Ignacio Barron Viela, Executive Director Billings Symphony, Tamaki Onishi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, MPA/Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management Programs, Stephanie Moore, Executive Director, Center for Craft, and Nancy Doll, Executive Director (retired), Weatherspoon Art Museum, and ArtsGreensboro Board Member.
Jeff Carlson, Executive Director at Bel Canto commented, “ArtsGreensboro’s relief funding is exceptionally important in this moment – they are essential to bridging the revenue gap caused by the pandemic. The funds from this grant provide invaluable resources to reinvent our programming, address issues of access and equity, strengthen existing community partnerships, and seek out new strategic collaborations.”
ArtsGreensboro Relief Grantees:
African American Atelier, Inc.
Bel Canto Company
Carolina Theatre of Greensboro, Inc
Center for Visual Artists (The CVA)
Community Theatre of Greensboro
Creative Aging Network-NC
Dance Project, Inc
Eastern Music Festival, Inc.
Elsewhere
Forge Greensboro
Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art
Greensboro Ballet
Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc.
Greensboro Literary Organization
Greensboro Opera
Music for a Great Space
North Carolina Folk Festival
Piedmont Blues Preservation Society
The Music Academy of North Carolina
Triad Stage
As part of the application process, grantees provided data on the financial impact of COVID-19. The snapshot from twenty-four organizations was stunning but, unfortunately, not unexpected. The table below represents less than one-third of the arts sector in Guilford County and amplifies the arts' economic impact in our community.
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FISCAL YEAR 2020 ECONOMIC IMPACT DATA (N = 24)*
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DATA
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TOTALS
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Lost taxable income in 2020 compared to 2019
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(3,668,497)
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Lost nontaxable income in 2020 compared to 2019
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(5,053,699)
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Decrease in audiences from 2019
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599,829
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2020 FTEs
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78
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2019 FTEs
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134
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Lost FTEs
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(57)
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Number of artist contracts in 2019
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1,777
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Number of artist contracts canceled in 2020
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894
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IMPACT
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TOTALS
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State taxes lost
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(174,254)
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Local taxes lost
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(73,370)
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Total lost tax revenue
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(247,624)
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Decrease in total revenues
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(8,722,197)
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Lost Spending from audiences @$22/
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(13,196,238)
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Lost wages @ average $18/hour
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(2,122,286)
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Lost income to contracted artists @$150/
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(134,100)
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TOTAL for N = 24
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(24,422,444)
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* Data provided by organizations applying for Relief Grants
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For comparison, the same twenty-four organizations data from 2019:
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FISCAL YEAR 2019 ECONOMIC IMPACT DATA (N = 24; AUDIENCE = 564,575) ^
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Organizational Impact
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Audience Impact
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Total
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Expenditures
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12,839,561
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16,275,636
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29,115,197
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FTEs generated
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478
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426
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904
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Household income generated
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10,391,334
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9,086,525
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19,477,859
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Local government revenue
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483,924
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727,846
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1,211,770
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State government revenue
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707,718
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1,034,968
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1,742,686
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Total
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24,423,015
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27,125,401
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51,548,416
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^ Using Americans for the Arts Economic Prosperity 5 Calculator, expenditure and audience data provided by organizations
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