These Harlem Venues, Museums Got $6M In 'Save Our Stages' Grants

Harlem NY

30 July, 2021

1:38 PM

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HARLEM, NY — The Apollo, Dance Theatre of Harlem and more than two dozen other Harlem organizations have gotten emergency relief grants from the federal government, according to a recent update — though other venues may still be waiting. About $5.7 million have gone to Harlem establishments as part of the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant — a component of last December's stimulus package also known as Save Our Stages. Though the $16 billion program has been a lifeline to many venues that lost out on months of revenue during the pandemic, it was also plagued by an initially slow rollout. As of Monday, just $7.6 billion had been distributed, leaving lots of money left to be claimed, according to a report by the Small Business Administration. In Harlem, no institutions received the maximum $10 million grant. The biggest winner, at $1.3 million, was the Apollo Theater Foundation, followed by the Dance Theatre of Harlem at $1.2 million. Most neighborhood recipients were smaller organizations, like The Movement Theatre Company on West 127th Street, which got $95,000, or the Room 623 speakeasy on West 119th Street. But some prominent names are absent from the list. The Studio Museum in Harlem has not received any funding; nor has El Museo del Barrio on Fifth Avenue. Neither museum immediately responded to questions about whether they had applied for grants. Here's the full list of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant recipients in Harlem: The Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc.: $1,295,222Dance Theatre of Harlem Inc: $1,238,281Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc.: $514,7894 Artist Management LLC: $457,273Park Avenue Artists: $231,481Jazz Management Group, LLC: $191,790Martian Entertainment LLC: $178,095Lucky Lai Productions, Inc.: $177,600Museum of the City of New York, Inc.: $170,990City College Center for the Arts: $151,647Jose Limon Dance Foundation, Inc: $118,926Off Broadway Touring, LLC: $117,684The National Black Theatre Workshop: $111,855The Mama Foundation for the Arts, Inc.: $102,786The Movement Theatre Company, Inc.: $95,394Remedy Arts LLC: $90,955Menage Works Inc: $86,580York Productions Inc: $72,112E Monte Motion Inc. (EMERGE125): $62,417IAM Artist Management LLC (Bella Moxi): $57,784AnimalHouse LLC DBA AXH LLC: $51,776Annette E Alvarez: $38,400DANYMU PRODUCTIONS, INC.: $32,013Harlem Film House Inc.: $24,975East of Harlem, Limited Liability Company (Room 623): $18,661Insignia Artists Management: $15,369Mount Olympus LLC: $10,125National Queer Theater: $4,252