The Dance Complex to Receive $100,000 Grant 

from the National Endowment for the Arts as part of the American Rescue Plan

We are thrilled to announce that we’ve been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant of $100,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)! This funding will give us the opportunity to deepen our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ll use it to expand our capacity as a staff, fund building restoration and remodels, improve the health and safety of our community, and expand marketing and promotional efforts to encourage attendance and participation. In total, the NEA will award grants totaling $57,750,000 to 567 arts organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Washington, DC. (And we are especially lucky to receive this funding, as only 10% of applicants have been awarded funding.)

“The arts are crucial in helping America’s communities heal, unite, and inspire, as well as essential to our nation’s economic recovery,” said Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, chair of the NEA. “Our nation’s arts sector has been among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Endowment for the Arts’ American Rescue Plan funding will help arts organizations, such as The Dance Complex, rebuild and reopen.”

From the NEA:

“The American Rescue Plan was signed into law in March 2021 when the NEA was provided $135 million for the arts sector. The funding for organizations is the third installment providing more than $57.7 million for arts organizations. In April 2021, the NEA announced $52 million (40 percent) in ARP funding would be allocated to 62 state, jurisdictional, and regional arts organizations for regranting through their respective programs. The second installment in November 2021 allocated $20.2 million to 66 local arts agencies for subgranting to local artists and art organizations.

For more information on the NEA’s American Rescue Plan grants, including the full list of arts organizations funded in this announcement, visit www.arts.gov/COVID-19/the-american-rescue-plan.”