RI Announces Over 45 Grants Totaling Nearly $3 Million to Small Businesses & Nonprofits
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RI Announces Over 45 Grants Totaling Nearly $3 Million to Small Businesses & Nonprofits
The grants are first-round awards from the Raimondo Administration’s hospitality relief program and business adaptation program.
There is additional funding available for the business adaptation grants; the state is also reviewing applications for an additional $18 million in relief for the hospitality sector.
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Business Adaptation Grant Awards
Rhode Island Commerce announced the first round of business adaptation grants to 31 businesses totaling $1.4 M in funding.
The Business Adaptation Grant Program was designed to assist companies dramatically constrained and significantly impacted by the public health emergency resulting from the COVID 19 pandemic. The program grants were capped at $50,000 per business.
To view the awardees in Round 1, click here.
Hospitality, Arts & Tourism (HArT) Grant Awards
Rhode Island Commerce also announced the first $1.4 M of awards through the state’s hospitality, arts and tourism (HArT) relief program to 17 small businesses and nonprofits.
The competitive grant program aims to prevent the long-term closure of arts, culture, hospitality and tourism businesses and institutions, while also building resiliency, workforce support, and community engagement. The grants announced today are designed to spur economic activity, create safe convening opportunities, and allow increased and accessible artistic and tourist-friendly opportunities. The state is currently reviewing applications for an additional $18 M in grants through this program.
The following organizations have received grants in Round 1:
The Arctic Playhouse, West Warwick ($33,700): Updated technology for development of virtual programming.
AS220, Providence ($19,761): Produce and release 15 online streaming performances through the organization’s AS220 Live Arts program and make the AS220 Dance Studio available for instructors to conduct virtual dance instruction to remote audiences.
Chorus of Westerly ($30,000): Release pre-recorded Chorus of Westerly performances online and (2) create a virtual holiday choral performance composed by choral members.
The Contemporary Theater Company, Wakefield ($33,244.44): A series of virtual productions, including Wakefield Idol and a Christmas Cocktail Cabaret
Everett, Providence ($45,380): A virtual forum related to Black Lives Matter that will involve performance elements; a virtual hour-long holiday comedy special with the Everett’s improv comedy group; a virtual production of the theater performance Good Grief; an online panel on incarceration for community members; and online classes for underserved students in Providence.
Federal Hill Commerce Association, Providence ($350,000): Daytime holiday events between late-November and mid-December and free delivery vouchers for food/goods purchased from 50+ Federal Hill small businesses.
Flickers, Providence ($29,900): Production of a Rhode Island International Film Festival special COVID-themed film festival in December 2020 and a virtual education program for students through the KidsEye Filmmaking Workshop.
Gallery Events LLC, Pawtucket ($1,990): Installing, digitizing, and promoting a virtual reality platform of the Look Who’s Coming to Dinner art exhibition.
Gamm Theater, Warwick ($64,470): A holiday radio broadcast of "It's a Wonderful Life"
The Pawtucket Foundation ($69,000): Install a mural on private property in a key area of downtown.
Preservation Society of Newport County ($74,650): An outdoor holiday light show at The Breakers
Newport Music Festival ($25,877.50): A Christmas Carol Music Radio Program, the production of a Newport Music Festival Podcast, a virtual winter concert, masked pop-up caroling in front of nursing homes, a virtual toy drive for the MLK Community Center, and technology equipment upgrades for remote work/productions.
Rhode Island Museum of Science & Art, Providence ($23,712): Artist/Inventors Foster and Newly Adoptive Families Program
Rhode Island Zoological Society, Providence ($350,000): A drive-through holiday light show (includes a partnership with hotels)
The Talent Factory, North Kingstown ($175,000): Develop a Pop-Up Theater for outdoor performances, dance studios, and youth theatre programs.
TEN31 Productions, Pawtucket ($61,125.37): A year-end dance performance with Metamorphosis Dance Company, which would either be broadcast live or pre-recorded for online streaming.
Trinity Repertory Company, Providence ($175,343.87): An online production of “A Christmas Carol,” additional interactive digital content, and technology investments for virtual programming.
The Steel Yard, Providence ($15,450): Create an outdoor market for local artists to sell goods.