 deal with people I will look at it I will look at it Leslie I'm just folks. I'm just checking the live stream right now to make sure that that works when we eventually do that Later. Yeah, that works Totally works Leslie. I'm just folks. I'm just checking the live stream right now to make sure that that works when we great That test is done. That's gonna go through That's gonna go through Hal runs Vimeo, which we'll go to Hal round. So great We'll be able to get a recording to post for Facebook or one of our or yes I will make sure that this starts record. It should be set on automatic record already, but I will make sure that that happens Once go once we open the house in about 10 minutes So I'm done with my tech check. So anybody everybody's lighting looks great You all look fabulous. Um, and uh, cool. I don't need to look fabulous since I'm not going to be in here So you do Okay, uh, yeah, so I'm good Thank you. Thanks, Ariel. I will look I will also uh, the q and a should also be uh Activated as well. So you'll be able to see questions in there. I will be looking at Facebook as well I'm seeing if any questions come in there and if I do Uh, and I'll occasionally look at how around to other questions rarely come into there And I will drop them into the q and a as I see them Okay, great. And we're expecting one more any a person ellen or billington Who's it is really the point perceived for the q and a on our end And her whole job she was just brought in For two months to deal with a rp stuff. So that's like her thing. She had she The expert answers that we don't know Um, awesome. Just keep an eye out for her because you may need to give her permissions to Do video and stuff are y'all? Yep. Yep. Yep. Absolutely And Leslie and Leonie, have you had a chance to meet my colleague Brandon? Brandon, I feel like I may have seen you on a different webinar or something What never knows It's very possible. I feel like we've done Multiple guidelines webinars in the past but it's nice to meet you Nice to meet you Of how do you see your last name? Greid right Yeah, okay Forget which one of us is introducing everyone. I think it's it's you Leslie Right. All right. I'm gonna I'll drop in the The run of show that Leslie gave us this morning into the chat as well. Hold on I'm gonna put a little pronunciation. So jennifer chang christine gant or gant Christine's not joining. Oh christine is not. Okay, great. Good to know that little update Brandon gride Griner Ian julian williams hyan And then ellen ellen are billington. We'll join us. Hopefully stand here. Okay, beautiful Um, oh, you're gonna you're are you sharing the doc? Oh, all I got. I'm sorry. I don't think I got a doc. I did get an email Oh with the rundown. Yeah, email. That's all right. I will put it into a doc And yeah Leilani and I we have a script that we oh, there it is. Yes. See it. All right So we'll we'll work through those points. We'll open introduce ourselves mentioned caught to confess um, I'll mention a bit about the healing um over hate series and um And briefly say before we introduce your team and then leilani will do land acknowledgement And uh, mahalo to leilani for that and we'll come back and we'll introduce each of you We'll use just your titles because then Because we want to leave as much time for the presentation as possible because you I'm sure you all have incredible bios So with all due respect, please don't read our bags Okay, usually I'm happy with that too, but I but thank you I wanted to mention that and then we'll give you a warm welcome for being with us And we'll just pass a baton on to you the floor will be yours and then I know you'll indicate to us when it's time to transition and leilani and I will Bring ellen or back with us to Lift up the chat answer questions and of course if any of you can answer questions to please do chime in um And then as we get close to our 90 minute mark If there's a lot of questions Certainly, we'll leave about five to seven minutes before the end of the And at 90 minute mark to just come to a close. Thank our funders including the NEA And uh, then we'll be out with our final mahalo anui aloha. Yeah Um and do we want to control our own videos so that when we're not on we'll just We can turn off our video. Yeah, and then when we're announced then we'll turn our video on That's a good idea. So that will you all will be featured once we uh, introduce you I mentioned your names and your um titles Um, then maybe turn your video And my long you want our videos off at the beginning then? Yeah Great And when it comes time to the q&a uh Leslie will you be Well, first of all, how many people do you think have you have registered? Do you have any idea Ariel who how many registered I didn't track that? Yes, I did. Let me just go into zoom find out One moment That'll affect how I would question without paying out. We wanted to Yeah If it's like 10 people we can all step in conversation See webinars Uh, we know we get a lot of viewers when folks can't get away to watch Yeah A lot of you I guess what I well what I'm thinking so the last one I did which was almost a thousand people um, the host this was with after Judd because it was impossible to keep up with the q&a So the hosts at that point just kind of like Picked what she couldn't a lot of them were the same question. Um, so try it So is that the role that you would be doing Leslie just saying to us here's the question you want to ask Yeah, yeah, okay This is uh, there's considerably less than a thousand this time, but uh, There's 25 registered, but then there's always folks who watch on howl round and always folks who watch specifically on on facebook, so I'll have to sort of Be I'll run back and forth from those both those places and see and that's actually not a bad number because um, when you think about it our number of theaters isn't In the hundreds But we've encouraged individual artists to to watch as well or spread the word so just that The theaters they work with or eventually they may run something or be a part of something So we just know it's a good good education too Yeah, um theater mooch who said that they wanted to come today, but they have they have a staff meeting I think Um, so they can't make it but they asked that their the recording would be available so um, and I said yes Let me just text Teya make sure everything's cool And just to um chime in thank you again for Inviting me to this space. I'm very excited to be able to see everyone I'm I'm gonna have to hop off at a probably around four or five or so So if I will not see you at the end of the I don't think there's an after-party equivalent of this so But um, I just wanted to take a take the minute to thank you all and I hope that this is not not the only time I get to see you all Thanks for being with us Jen and taking the time as well. It means a lot to have you here and all To speak directly with our community our leaders Is this social justice work to make this available? Yeah, absolutely Help us to be able to submit strong applications. Yeah That's what we're hoping. It's a very small step, but we're We're trying to take as many of these small steps as as possible right now Great, thank you Great, I am all I'm all set Techwise I'm waiting to hear from Teya from hell round that she used pretty good about getting back to us quickly So we should be all right If people want to take a short break before we go on You have it. I'm going to turn on Um, just the first screen Here's an Eleanor Oh perfect Hi Eleanor Hi, everybody. I'm sorry to be late. I was on the phone with a potential applicant. So thank you for your patience. I apologize about that How's everybody? Hi Thank you Eleanor for being with us I understand that you're our specialist so Um We'll introduce folks, but also when and when when we do feel free to turn your camera on then so folks could see you and then um When we transition to the q&a I'll lay Lonnie and I'll be sure to um, you know kind of call you back up As uh as our specialist. Yeah That sounds great. Thank you And you guys may have already discussed this you all may have already talked about it But do you have both your q&a box open as well as the chat function for people? Okay Okay, because that will just help me to try to navigate between the two in terms of Questions and I'll make sure that the chat is um Should be I'm going to make sure that everybody can use it Uh, do you want me to leave it off during the um presentation and then turn it on for chat um Or But we'll have it on the whole time Here's a question. I know we're going to encourage folks to you know type in Uh, their land acknowledgement where they're zooming in from Okay, so just make it um allow attendees to chat with everyone All right, great. Thank you for that. It's already set up And let me just make sure the q&a is set up Eleanor there's also questions coming out on facebook that Ariel's going to cut and paste I think into our chat before you do Okay Jumping back and forth Great. Thank you guys And is someone going to monitor the chat and sort of throw the questions out? Or do you guys want me to do that to the group? Um, did you already discuss that again? So I should be in like uh No, uh, I have not Leslie, what would you prefer? Oh, I'm happy to come back on bring you back on Eleanor Maybe together we can if there's a lot and the zoom by we can kind of tag team Sure Yeah, great Some of the questions I imagine you'll be able to answer directly Yes, exactly. Hopefully and and it's good maybe that the chat is open to during this session because if there's something that's easy And you all don't feel like it's a distraction I'm happy to go ahead and just quickly answer someone's questions provide them a link whatever Would address them immediately because I know it's nice, you know If you're waiting and waiting to have your question That's awesome. Thank you. Sure thing Awesome. Um, I'm sensing because Leilani and I uh Contacting this way too. If you get offer some information Knowing our community we may also add a little like Question on to that for clarification or knowing the situation some of our folks come from we may Kind of ask Something connected. Yeah, okay great great and stop me too if you have clarification for me If you think I'm not if I'm not hearing something while or understanding then please stop me and and You know, hopefully we want people to you know, we won't be asking them directly So it's hard. You can't tell if someone's typing if they're really getting it. Sometimes it's hard without that Back and forth. I think you know when you're when you're talking to someone in person So please stop me if if you have concerns or anything like that Thank you. Mahala Cool. Um, since it's supposed to start at 3 30, I'm just going to do a share screen um And uh, go ahead and start live streaming And so we should all go off camera, right? Yeah, go ahead and go off camera. I'm gonna do Yeah, Leilani do we see on camera now? Yes, but I yeah, uh, go ahead and go off Go ahead and go off because it still likes three minutes till you guys get a break. Um, okay Let's give him a service Wonderful aloha everyone and welcome to the consortium of Asian American theaters and artists Kata's virtual space where we are in partnership with the wonderful Howl round theater comments for this special summer episode of the healing over hate series Where we are featuring the national endowment for the arts and the american rescue plans grants to organizations program I am Leslie echin. I am honored to serve as kata's board president An aloha kako. My name is leilani chan and I am currently serving as the co-chair for the 2022 kata conference and festival national Asian American theater conference and festival cool Aina pu'u pico pu'u kahuwa return to the source and today we are proud to host this information session With representatives from the national endowment for the arts speaking on the american rescue plan kata's series healing over hate exemplifies our commitment to work in service of our AAPI native indigenous artists and theaters And this includes organizing efforts in coalition with our colleagues our bipak Artists and bipak theaters of color to work towards our collective thrive ability We believe this is a matter of social justice to end the false notion that artists should starve to do their work and have a career And to counter the effects of systemic racism and anti-asian pacific islander native indigenous hate and violence pre-covid and as you know as it has Grossly escalated during this global pandemic And in a moment we will introduce our esteemed NEA team that will help us to be educated when submitting these grant applications To survive and thrive as we hopefully come out of this covet 19 pandemic sooner than later And before we do let us invite you to offer where you are tuning in from Uh, let's take a moment to reflect for ourselves where we are individually And if you would like to put the names of the tribes bands and peoples You are the stewards of the man you are currently on Please do so now in the chat If you do not know but would like to research for the future who the indigenous peoples are of the land you are in Um aerial will be aerial are esteemed Uh kata staff member communications manager and all things Uh all things live internet zuma sphere is aerial um and uh area if you could put the link to The native land acknowledgements in the chat that would be great. Um, I right now am calling from The calling from the land of the kanaka maoli in hawaii. I am in the ahakua of nuu wanu looking out over the poly freeway and punch bowl In honolulu hawaii And as you are typing in your land acknowledgement in the chat It is part of our practice and it may be part of yours To take a moment to acknowledge the respective lands We are gathered on and the native and indigenous peoples past and present who are the stewards of these lands We feel it is important to acknowledge the history of how what we call the united states was created and to name That the oppression and violence experienced by people today is rooted in that history So we challenge ourselves not only to name the peoples the land and history But also ask how are we naming this history in our daily work? How are we developing deep relationships with the native peoples where we live and work? And how are we shifting practices that push against racist policies and ways of being we have inherited and continue to perpetuate Let's continue to reflect and learn in order to create action steps in service of social justice today and beyond mahalo anu mahalo alaylani And mahalo to all of you for tuning in for this special healing over hate episode again the american rescue plans grants to organizations program Where we get to learn from these dear colleagues. So now it is my honor and pleasure To introduce our esteemed representatives from the national endowment for the arts who will guide us through this session So i'd like to welcome jennifer chang the white house liaison and senior advisor to the chief of staff. Hello jen brandon gride Director of presenting and multidisciplinary works and artist communities. Hi brandon And dear greg reiner theater and musical theater director of the performing arts division Hi, welcome greg And ian julian williams theater and musical theater specialist Hi, ian julian and ellenor billington american rescue plan specialist And ellenor will be supporting with the chat and the q&a as we when we eventually transition to that section That section of the program So please give a warm virtual welcome to our guests mahalo anu for being with us Leilani, and i will also support in monitoring the chat as i know Again, we will have questions In due time here So to those tuning in again, we welcome you and invite you to track your questions Because our like i said our presenters will get to those once they Share their presentation and with that To our nea guests the floor is yours. Thank you so much for being with mahalo anu me Thank you so much leslie the warm welcome As leslie mentioned, my name is jen chang. I use she her pronouns And i'm the white house liaison and senior advisor to the chief of staff here at the national endowment for the arts By way of visual description, my grandparents are from mainland china and one side and china by way of hawaii on the other hand On the other side I have dark brown hair dark brown eyes, and i'm about five foot one um And I just really wanted to thank our esteemed partners at kasa and howlround Especially leslie leilani ariel kahai and others many others who did so much work to make this particular gathering a reality And have been supporting the field, especially the an hpi community every single day during this unprecedented time in particular this the Gathering that we're a part of right now as part of the healing over hate series is just Such a strong example of the work that is so important that's happening at this time I think For me personally the combination of providing a space for discussion Reflection along with productive steps to take as well as centering the arts for healing is absolutely critical now Now more than ever So thank you very much to all of our hosts And and thank you to my colleagues at the nea from whom you'll hear many many more detailed detailed descriptions than what i'm about to give but they are extremely In my six months here. I've I've come to learn how Dedicated civil servants they are each and every one of them and thank you very much again to them So before I pass the mic to them, I wanted to briefly speak about what we're hoping to discuss and accomplish today The goal is not only to provide a deep dive into the american rescue plan funding opportunity But in broader strokes to demystify the national endowment for the arts and our application process overall We would love it if you left this meeting knowing that an nea grant is within your reach That you have the technical assistance tools you need For now as well as the contacts and the direct line to each one of us to help you continue the dialogue So if we could go to the next slide It's just a little bit of Of detail about how we got here In addition to our regular annual grants program as part of the american rescue plan the nea will distribute 135 million dollars There are two overarching goals for this funding stream. One of them first is to distribute relief to the field on the second By no means second in priority is to expand access to federal funds for communities that have traditionally been underserved by the government Of the 135 million about 40 percent have been allocated to state and regional arts organizations for rebranding through their own programs So we'll distribute the remaining 60 percent to arts organizations and local arts agencies So that's the part they were going to be speaking about mostly today Funding will be available for general operating support and guidelines are already available on our website If you could go to the next slide wearing my My hat as a representation representative from the biden-harris administration One of the biggest priorities of this administration is advancing equity and access for everyone Especially in this moment when we are trying to help organizations rebuild or recover from economic devastation You'll hear a lot more detail as I mentioned But just a couple of things that we've been thinking about as we've as we've been examining every part of the grant making life cycle first I just really want to reiterate that we want to welcome organizations who haven't previously seen the nea as a resource Alongside our season grantees of all sizes We recognize the process for applying for grants is an investment And we thank you for even taking the time to learn to join this call to learn more We would love for you to think of this as the beginning of a conversation If for some reason you don't you leave this call and you think this opportunity is not Doesn't make sense for you right now We'd love to be in touch with you for future for future opportunities We also know that the nea is only one of a Constellation of federal funding opportunities and so we'd encourage you to look at local state and regional opportunities that that I mentioned before And we to that point we know that the need in the field for everyone on this call is great So this is a both and strategy. There's no limitation to the The different opportunities that you can that you can go for Look at the next slide So this is basically the same information brought down From the theoretical hopefully into a little bit more of how it might apply for you and to other arts organizations And we're hoping to really make this as accessible as possible To those who are new to the agency And also to lay the groundwork for a conversation that That we can build upon in the future And I think I have one more slide Just to put a finer point on the we're here to help Message my my colleagues are kindly hosting bi-weekly zoom q&a sessions in addition to staffing Several different mailing lists that will get answers to all of your questions as you get into this application process the other thing is I Know that again, it's a huge time investment to be able to even start thinking about applying to this and as you As as you start looking I just want to stress that no part of this is meant to be A gasha question no meant no part of it is meant to be punitive. So if you find yourself stumped or overwhelmed or just want to Check in and listen to what other folks are going through I think These first this session is going to answer a lot of questions and would love to see you again at any of our upcoming q&a's So with that I am very excited again to see all of you and I will pass it over to my colleagues Thank you Thank you Jen and hello everyone. So happy to be here I'm Greg Reiner the director of theater and musical theater here at the national down for the arts I we see him pronouns visual description. I have black. I think I have good enough lighting. It doesn't look rain here today Wearing a very coveted black naa national for the arts t-shirt With a blank background mostly behind me and the plant because I'm told that you know plants are very important for using backgrounds So I'm really excited to talk you through some things here today About the american rescue planning grants to organizations and programs Again, we're thrilled that you could join us We especially as Jen said want to welcome anyone who's thinking about applying for grant to the naa for the first time There's going to be lots of time for questions after the presentations So you'll type any questions into the q&a area the body in your screen will get through as many as possible And we'll also share our contact information at the end of today's presentation And this webinar will be archived Um, I believe the howl round website and also via you'll get to either the kata website So if you only remember one thing from this webinar, we hope it's this We understand that applying for federal funding and managing a grant can be a significant undertaking And we strive to ensure that all applicants receive Support they need throughout the process and we really welcome the opportunity to connect directly with you Next slide The national number for the arts is an independent federal Oh, excuse me. I think I had to advance too quick. So Pardon me for that, but um, I will just continue to think the national number the arts is an independent federal agency We provide funding for the arts in all 50 states dc and us territories Each year we award thousands of grants to provide all americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation Check out the grant section of our website arts.gov for listing of our regular grant programs and don't hesitate to reach out with any questions We encourage you to learn about These grant grant programs in addition to what we're going to talk about today And we look forward to supporting you throughout the process and now we'll go to the next slide Thank you, the american rescue plan is designed to fuel the nation's economic recovery from devastating economic and health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic Funds allocated to the NEA in this historic legislation represent a significant commitment to the arts and a recognition of the value of the arts And culture sector to the nation's economy and recovery Next slide Rescue plan funding is available through two separate competitive opportunities Grants to organizations, which will talk about today and grants to local arts agencies for sub grants A special note to any local arts agencies tuning in if you're here If you meet the eligibility requirements, you may apply to the grants organizations program for general operating support Or to the grants for local arts agencies for sub granting but not both next slide The grants to organizations program will be carried out through one-time grants to eligible organizations to support their own operations Unlike other NEA funding programs that offer project-based support Rescue plan funds are intended to support day-to-day business expenses or operating costs and are not specific program opportunities Next slide applicants must be non-profit tax exempt 501c3 us organizations Units of state or local governments or bed really recognized tribal communities or tribes Applicants may include but are not limited to arts organizations local arts agencies arts service organizations and other eligible organizations We do not fund direct grants to individuals The applicant organization must have completed a three-year history of arts programming prior to august 12 2021 And for the purpose of defining eligibility three-year history refers to when an organization began its programming and not when it received or Not when incorporated or received non-profit tax exempt status Programming is not required to have taken place during consecutive years If your programming has just been disrupted due to code there are flexibilities described in the guideline So don't get hung up if you had to suspend your programming over the last year You were probably still eligible Applicants must be up to date with reporting requirements for any previous entry grants So if you always are over to reports make sure you get on that immediately next slide We are committed to diversity equity inclusion and fostering mutual respect for diverse beliefs and values We intend to make awards that will impact a broad constituency We encourage applications from a variety of eligible organizations including Organizations that serve populations that are underserved such as those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by ethnicity economics geography or disability organizations with small and medium-sized budgets organizations from rural and urban communities And organizations that may be applying for federal support through the NEA for the first time And with that I will turn it over to Brandon Thank you, Greg. Uh, hello everyone So I'll just pick up from where you left off Organizations may submit only one application to this program The second exceptions to the one application rule are made only for parent organizations applying on behalf of one Or more separately identifiable and independent components Eligible organizations that received cares act funding from the NEA may apply to this program as long as there are no overlapping costs during the same grant period Eligible local arts agencies may either apply to the rescue plan's grants to local arts agencies for a sub granting program Or to this program for general operating support You may apply to other NEA funding opportunities for which your organization is eligible including grants for arts projects In each case the applications cannot have any overlapping Any overlapping costs during the same grant period And next slide, please You may request a grant amount for $50,000 a hundred thousand dollars or a hundred and fifty thousand dollars Applications will be reviewed and considered for recommendation only at one of these requested amounts Cost share or matching funds are not required We encourage you to select a grant amount that is reflective of your organization's size and internal capacity Applications will be reviewed and considered for recommendation at the requested amount only Whichever amount you choose keep in mind the review criteria when crafting your application to make the best case Your application will be evaluated based on the capacity of your organization to carry out the proposal A grant period of up to two years is allowed and it may start no earlier than january 1st 2022 And next slide. Yeah, thank you Rescue plan funds are intended to support day-to-day business expenses or operating costs and not specific programmatic activities Please read the guidelines carefully for details about what costs we can support Support is limited to any or all of the following Salary support full or partial for one or more staff for one or more staff physicians Rescue plan funds may be used to support existing jobs new jobs or to restore jobs that were furloughed or eliminated due to the pandemic Fees and stipends for artists and or contractual personnel to support the services they provide for specific activities as part of organizational operations Artist fees and stipends should be related to work with a tangible outcome such as performances presentations workshops, and or the creation of artwork facilities costs such as mortgage principal rent and utilities Costs associated associated with health and safety supplies for staff and or visitors and audiences such as personal protective equipment cleaning supplies hand sanitizers, etc and marketing and promotion costs One type of cost isn't preferred over another It's up to your organization to choose why which costs to include To choose which costs to include in the budget and to make the case in the application as to why they are important in relation to the review criteria Think about where the funds may make the most impact for your organization Or fill a gap that is not currently being funded through other sources Next slide, please All applications are reviewed by advisory panels made up of diverse groups of citizens from around the country Panelists will consider the review criteria of artistic excellence and artistic merit including the proposal significance to the mission and core work of the organization The ability to carry out the award as shown by the alignment of the budget and other resources with the goals and requirements of the arp funding opportunity As appropriate the potential to have an immediate impact on the arts workforce And as appropriate the potential to serve and or reach individuals whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by ethnicity economics geography or disability Panel recommendations are shared with the national council on the arts which then makes recommendations to the arts endowment chairman The chairman reviews the council's recommendation and makes the final decision on all grant awards And then we can continue just staying on this slide here So submitting an application is a multi step process For part one you will submit to grants.gov the application for federal domestic assistance Short organization form. This is a brief form that will collect very basic information about your organization For part two, you will fill out the grant application form in the NEA's applicant portal This web form is where you will enter the majority of your application materials such as the proposal description and budget information Grants.gov and the NEA's applicant portal are two separate online systems Uh in the next slide, please So in order to use grants.gov you must first obtain a Dunn's number from Dunn and Bradstreet And then register with the system for award management also known as sam.gov If you are a first time applicant start this process now Allow at least two weeks for your sam.gov registration or renewal You'll also need to ensure that your organization is registered with grants.gov As a reminder sam.gov and grants.gov our federal government systems and registration in both systems is always free The guidelines on our website have links to these sites as well as links to video tutorials to help you get started NEA staff does not have internal access to sam or grants.gov So if you run into technical difficulties with either entity you should reach out to them directly via telephone or email And now I'm going to turn it over to Ian Wonderful. Thank you Brandon Again, folks. My name is Ian Williams. I'm a theater musical theater specialist here at the arts endowment I use he-him pronouns and by way of the visual description I am a black and asian mixed-race man with short cordy hair I'm wearing a blue button-down shirt and I'm in a room with some artwork behind me and some plants as well Going on with the presentation Because we anticipate a large number of applications for this funding opportunity Applications will be submitted in two separate groups one for organizations with legal names beginning with a through l Versus one for organizations with legal names beginning with m through z The different submission windows will not affect the timing of grant review or your organization's ability to receive a grant To determine which group applies to you use your organization's legal name as it appears on the current irs 501c3 status letter or in the official document that identifies your organization as a unit of state or local government Or as a federally recognized tribal community Do not use your organization's popular name if it's different than that name If you are unsure which group to select read the guidelines for some helpful tips or contact us And we'll stay on the slide, please Both the a through l group and the m through z group will have the same part one grants dot gov deadline Which is august 12th of this year However, the part two deadline for the a through l group and the m through z group will be different Group a through l part two of the application submitted through the applicant portal The applicant portal will be open on august 19th The deadline to submit part two is august 25th at 11 59 pm eastern time for group a through l For group m through z the applicant portal will open on august 27th The deadline to submit part two is september 2nd at 11 59 pm eastern time for group m through z Again, please contact us if you are unsure which group to select Next slide, please The american rescue plan grant opportunity guidelines are available on our website at arx.gov To locate the guidelines click the menu button at the top right of our homepage It will be an icon with three horizontal bars and then click on grants Next slide, please Next scroll down to the american rescue plan grants under the heading grants for organizations Next slide, please And then select american rescue plan grants to organizations in the list of options on the left hand side of the screen Next slide, please Carefully read the program description I also encourage everyone to review the other links on the left side of the page For information such as eligibility requirements and application deadlines If you need to reach us click on contacts Next slide, please To access the application instructions go to the how to apply page Part one instructions will walk you through how to submit to grants.gov next slide Part two instructions will walk you through how to submit to the NEA's applicant portal Click on the link to the part two pdf instructions Even though you won't have access to the applicant portal until the dates we mentioned Before each group all the application questions are available now in this pdf So you can prepare your application early The pdf includes instructions for accessing the applicant portal and how to access and retrieve your agency tracking number Which will be used as a password to access the portal next slide, please We encourage you to go through the applicants applicant resources area in the guidelines Technical assistance includes frequently asked questions an applicant checklist a summary of common application mistakes A grant application form tutorial Grants.gov and sam.gov resources instructional videos sign-ups for live Applicant question and answer sessions with our staff and many other items. Please check them out next slide, please The frequently asked questions section on our website covers a lot of ground. We want to highlight a few questions From this section number one Can I apply to the american rescue plan if I have applied for other arts endowment grants this year? Or other federal relief funds such as the shuttered venue operators grant or the paycheck protection program? And the answer is yes, you can However, as brandon mentioned before it's important to remember that you cannot use multiple federal grants to fund the same activities or costs each grant should cover something different and fund something different Additionally, you can't use the american rescue plan or other federal funds in order to meet the matching requirement Of other arts endowment grants programs such as the grants for arts projects program Next question are work samples required for the american rescue plan applications? Answer no, you will not be required to upload work samples or submit other materials Another question rescue plan funds are for specific general operating costs only What is the difference between a project based grant and a general operating grant? And the answer is while rescue plan funds may support work that goes into programmatic activities These grants are not project based in a project based grant All of the cost must relate to the execution of a specific project In operations grant based grants eligible costs are not tied to a specific project For example, you may include staff salaries for your bureau told the team your team that curates As well as artist fees the stipends for teaching artists in your education department Even if these people will not be working together on the same activities similarly fees stipends for artists and other contracted personnel must support the activities in services they provide As part of the organization's operations Next slide please Before we get to your questions, here are a few things to remember If you aren't registered with duns Sam's or grant sam or grant.gov get started now Late applications are not accepted. Be sure that your application is complete and submit it on time Submit part one well in advance of the august 12th deadline to give yourself ample time to resolve any issues Likewise, submit all of your part two materials to the applicant portal well in advance of the deadline The hours of heaviest use are generally 8 p.m. To 11 59 p.m. Eastern time on the day of the deadline So we recommend avoid using the system at that time if possible Each year there are applicants that wait to the last minute and unfortunately they run out of time Next slide please And then finally, uh, we want to get to your questions So enter them into the q&a area at the bottom of your screen Um, if we don't get to your question be sure to reach out to us directly Our contact information is available right now on your screen and the guidelines are also available at hearts.gov Oh, thank you. Ian jillion. Thank you, greg And I think I know jen, uh was maybe going to need to roll off before the end of our session So thank you to jennifer chang and brandon And uh, now I'd also love to invite elinor To the screen and melani when you get a chance to come on back We'd love to field any questions Any thoughts observations you might have or clarification you might need Yes, elinor shall I pass the baton to you? Sure, thank you so much leslie Um, just hello again to everyone My name is elinor and I am working as a specialist for grants management on the american rescue plan I am a white woman. I'm wearing a blue top. I have long brown hair and I am sitting in front of an An uninteresting white wall. I'm sorry. There's nothing behind me Um, but it is the furthest place for my children So it is nice and quiet so that I can spend all my attention on you all To answer your questions and I just want to say before I I begin that I am here to help I will be the individual who is manning the phone lines and also the general inbox for the american rescue plan So please I'm glad to connect with you all this way know that there's a human on the other end of That contact information when you have questions So I will go ahead and also drop our general american rescue plan contact information into the chat So that everybody can see it Um, just in case like leslie said if something isn't answered here We will definitely follow up with you and you can also reach out directly to us So I will do that now and then begin to take questions Beautiful And we do encourage you to reach out. Please don't be in isolation about this Or even have a buddy that you're working on your applications together You know, um keep each other going Please do reach out Eleanor, I do see a question from amber Budgets are accepted It said small to medium. What does that mean exactly? That's a great question And we've had a lot of people ask us, you know, is there a budget threshold? What do you mean by small? What do you mean by medium? And I don't have a direct answer for that because we don't want to prescribe what a small or medium size budget is We know that that really differs depending on the organization And where you are located and so we want to be respectful of that and also give you the opportunity to request an amount that you think is The most effective for your organization based on your overall operating budget And you'll have a chance to tell us why you selected the amount you did and the Proposal narrative. So you'll have the opportunity to say here's why we need this particular money for artist fees Or for staff salary. So you'll have a chance to to tell us why and also to tell us how your request relates to the capacity of your organization to manage the grant Because one of the criteria is organizational capacity Staff members who would be available to work on the project and and that sort of thing. So it's something to keep in mind So we don't have a threshold. There's not a budget amount that would um Make you uh unacceptable, you know Ineligible or kicked out or anything like that. And if you want to ask us specifically Please reach out to me via email or phone and I'll get back to you if you want to have a more detailed conversation Leslie, yes Beautiful thank you. Oh, I just want to share folks if you're looking for me on your screen too I have dark black hair short slips up a little at my soldier length and I'm wearing it kind of a dusty pink sweater and I'm in front of um Some mountains and beautiful water on clink it on me With that Eleanor or maybe greg. I know you have an answer. This is a critical question for us actually as folks of color black indigenous um, because often with grants Because of our size, we're only allowed To apply for a certain amount sometimes foundational or governmental grants are based on the size of our operating budget And it actually keeps us very poor because we don't quite get enough to really recover Even in pre-covid days. So um, do you have any thoughts on that and greg? I think you may have something more to add as well I will add to something and then then dovetail into what you were saying because I think it's super important Leslie um, just to make sure there's no because sometimes that question about the budget size is The way we have expressed it in our FAQ people interpret that to mean We only accept smaller medium-sized budgets and that's not true You can be any size budget and apply the reason we're calling that out is because often as you said about people folks with smaller Medium-sized budgets don't know if they're eligible. They think they might be too small and there's no such thing Particularly in this case because it's not matching funds So to your other point Leslie, I would say and this is part of the thinking of why We didn't say you could only apply for x amount if your budget is x amount And we're letting you all choose the amount was exactly what you're talking about to to be more equitable and so I would say I would I would encourage you if you are Say yours, uh, you're a small and I'll just make up a number and this this is not by it's just maybe a For the sake of a conversation say your budget is a hundred thousand dollars a year If you want to apply for a hundred and fifty thousand dollar for this grant you are eligible to do that what I would encourage you to do is Talk about and some of the things language you even just used Leslie talk about why that amount is important to you and your recovery And rescue from this program and I think you could probably make a compelling case for why that amount line now But make sure you address that And and and assure the panelists, you know, this I don't know who the readers are going to be there They will be selected from readers who have been panelists for us in the last Three or three years, I believe so for example, Leslie you could be Eligible though. I'm not going to put anything more on your plate But I don't have to but I mean and uh, so any it's Just to say it's folks that you will know from the field who have a have an understanding of who you are but I And I'm sorry to be rambling a bit. What I wanted to say was When you address that Make sure you talk about your capacity to because that can be a knee jerk, especially because we expect Maybe five thousand applications for eight hundred um actual funds that we have dollars to give to So make make sure you don't give it panelists any reason to Disqualify you right or to or to rank you down say make make sure you talk about how you do have the capacity Even though you might work small in paper that's a case you can responsibly spend these taxpayer dollars Now leave it at that That's huge. Great. Thank you so much And I hope that that sticks for the duration because that has been a very challenging issue for a long time now So we're kind of breaking the mold with this fantastic Well, let me quickly then start starting out and I'll let someone else talk But I think that's important to because especially because we only have a hundred of these grants or so But we're hoping that people may if they're new to the endowment will apply for a regular grants projects programming Which that deadline will be the next seven will be in february. So you've got plenty of time to work through this Figure it out and make sure you apply again for next time our normal grant program Again, there's no budget minimum or there's no budget minimum Um, the grant size amounts are 10 to 100 thousand dollars And again, we don't tell you that the catch is uh in our normal legislation for regular grants You do have to match them. So if you get a hundred thousand dollar grant You have to match that with a hundred dollars of funds the hundred thousand dollars of funds that you've raised elsewhere That's that's the one little thing that can catch you if you're potentially a smaller organization But we don't tell you what we can apply for as long as you can match it in the in the regular program Beautiful. Eleanor. I see there's some more questions here Is it possible to provide us with phone numbers for the technical professionals for the sam.gov and the grants.gov? Oh, I think that might have gotten the answer then. Okay. It just went away And you're on mute, Eleanor Turn your mic on. Oh, thank you. Thanks, Greg. Sorry. Thank you, Leslie Um, yes, I just answered it while you were typing So it does disappear from the q and a but I um, I believe it was Christina who asked that question So I sent I sent the direct link for grants.gov and I will also send the one for sam.gov And I will also put those in the chat so that everyone can see them I would recommend just having them handy as you're completing this first part of The application and I you know, it's a lot of federal acronyms and it can be really tough So again, we've said it a lot But please reach out to us if you have questions and we can direct you if we can't help you We will direct you to the people who who are able to help you Um, I believe there was another question too about Applying for artist fees that go towards productions and workshops that are a part of core activities And the question was can you know, do these funds support that work and in short the answer is yes, they do You can use arp funds to um pay for artist fees that are doing for artists who are doing ongoing work with your Organization and it may be ongoing work with a specific program and that's okay I know there's some confusion and communication issues I think around Programmatic support and then operational support because this is different for for the arts endowment. So those are very Great questions to continue to bring up Please ask us. We also had a question about fringe benefits too and the question was, you know, if we're able to offer health Insurance to our staff is is this eligible? Can we include that and the answer is yes? Beautiful Eleanor. I see another question says my organization started unofficially mid 2018 We didn't incorporate until may 2019 and got a tax exempt status in june 2019 You mentioned a three-year history of programming that could begin before receiving a tax exempt status in our case Could we count the work in 2018 or does it have to Start from the time of incorporation only this will determine if we meet the minimum three years work history Thank you for the amazing work Thank you for that comment. And yes, you can so you can count the work in 2018 It's okay if that work happened before the incorporation I see another uh Another entry in the q&a. Hi, Eleanor. Is it possible to get further assistance with this? I have been on the site at that link following the directions and unable to locate the form I know this may be basic for some but I have not been able to find it based off of the instructions Yes, I can send you a direct link To the form itself It will be found on grants.gov and that may be part of the confusion So it is really confusing. We have arts.gov, right? And this is the national endowment for the arts website This is where our guidelines are housed. This is where a lot of the things that my colleagues just discussed live The applicant resources are at arts.gov However, for part one of this application you must apply through grants.gov Grants.gov and arts.gov are different Grants.gov is used by anyone who wants to apply to a federal entity for grant funding So if you are applying to the national endowment for the humanities or department of ed or department of defense You would have to use grants.gov. So that is the first step in this process And I believe I think maybe that the form you're looking for is there And there's a link to it from our website, so I can also send you that form directly Christina, please email me at the numbers that we posted in the chat and I'll follow up with you directly. Thanks Everyone please do offer more any any confusion and clarification you'd like any questions I just want to share too For kata, I worked with our dear treasures, Joan Osato and I want to make sure everyone gets on your SAM get your SAM number because Start that process because it does require a notary To sign so you might have to locate that person meet them mask up or you know outdoors to get that Care anything you all want to mention on that because that's kind of that first important step as well I can speak to that a little bit and please for my colleagues at the arts endowment jump into Please It is Leslie. It's a really great point. It can be a little bit of a longer process So you may need to get a dunce number and that's a pretty quick process We have instructions for how to do that on our website It can usually be obtained within the day that you log on to their website to get it But registering with sam.gov can take a little bit longer And they do have a dedicated help desk. I will I will post that information in the chat too They the help desk is really wonderful They have access to sort of the back end of sam.gov which arts endowment staff We don't have that at the NEA. So they are they are the experts, right? They're the place to go because they can look in and see things that we can't if there's an issue Um, but if there if for any reason you're it's not working or you're struggling or you just need like an emotional boost Because sam.gov is difficult which which we get. I mean it is really tough sometimes Then please email us and say look we've been working on this. Is there anything else you recommend? Is there you know any encouragement you could provide or you know just To let us hear your feedback too because yes, we don't control that website But we do control a lot of our own guidelines and and you know, we can we can also shape how we provide technical support in the future So your feedback is really helpful too I don't I don't know if others want to speak to sam.gov Well, um, ellen earth, I think that encouragement to reach out to either sam.gov or grants.gov is really useful They're uh, they're there to help And for those who are familiar with our website and i'm wondering how do I get in contact with sam.gov and grants.gov I know we shared other information in the chat But if you're familiar with our website, it's in the how to apply section under step one under part one And we have those contact numbers and even emails there for you to reach out to those two two agency Our administrative ends of grants.gov and sam.gov But call them. I think that's the best thing to do, especially now that the deadlines are coming up Reach out to them directly As a grantee and a Applicant, I want to just remind everyone do it now Don't wait to the deadline for the sam application because I can't even as a a grantee in the past um, the sam does lapse Um, and you don't want to get caught at the last minute assuming that you're up to date and then find out Oops, I'm not and then have to go through all the rigmarole and I say that from experience. So please do it Awesome, you know, thank you for offering a way to talk to somebody Because we're online doing these things and sometimes you just wish I had a human voice to talk with and Help me, uh, walk through it or move through that process So that's huge to get an actual person on the other line that helps the process I see another question here. It says we were founded in 2011 That only incorporated as a nonprofit and received tax exemption this year We haven't fill filed a form nine Yeah, oh, sorry, we haven't filed a form 990 yet We won't until august will the application require a form 990 auditive financial statements to complete our application No, so not not at this stage. So right now what you will what you will need to have is that that status that you're incorporated So the registration with with irs That paperwork will need to be in place and in order to register with grants.gov and begin this process You will need you'll need to have some of that paperwork in place Also, sam will ask you for some things in real in relationship to your status as a 501c3 is a nonprofit But it will not um those particular forms will not be required from the arts endowment. Does that hope that answers the question There's another question in the chat Are organizations that are run primarily by volunteers eliminate an organization in terms of organizational capacity So I think that is a question about if the organization is primarily run by volunteers. Are they eligible? Yes, they are eligible. Please. Um, uh, thank you so much for your interest in applying Please, you know reach out to us if you have other questions, but that is not uh, it's not a problem I don't know if others or greg any moment else wants to speak to that but we've heard from a lot of individuals who are in that situation or Their organization was not run by volunteers pre-covid and then due to everything that's happened over the last 18 months It's the case now more and more where organizations are being entirely run by volunteers I will dovetail a question I've gotten in another other context about that volunteer, which is if you have gone back to volunteers But you want to bring people back to pay them? You can absolutely right Elmer use this money to bring back Staff that you put on the full time or you know put on the volunteer basis to reload And paying people is great. So that's totally a lot. I wanted to ask a question That's not necessarily it's kind of dovetails on this many of the organizations of color Even pre-covid pre-pandemic We're operating on a two-stream budget because we rely primarily on audiences that are low income. We don't have cease inscribers or you know annual donors So many of our organizations were already underfunded under staff semi volunteer 100 volunteer Is there and I know this is a big question But can't the funding that is coming through this year is phenomenal At least from my organization teeter productions that I know other organizations of color Generally, I have the feeling like this is the way it should always be So is there any conversation about continuing funding? organizations in this way beyond the crisis moment That is a wonderful question and thank you for for speaking it and for um letting it be in the space I appreciate that a lot. I know I won't you know, I know my colleagues at the NEA do too and I um I don't know. I don't know and I don't know what other conversations have been going on at the arts endowment Um in regards to that, but I again, I really we appreciate it. I appreciate that feedback I was taking some notes while you were talking. Um, and so thank you and and I know maybe um Greg or brandon may be able to speak to this more as directors. I'm not sure I don't want to put anyone on the spot, but I do Um, I'm not a part of I'm doing a lot of technical assistance So, um, I'm on the ground a little bit more, but thank you. Lilani. Thank you Sure. And that's a great. That's a really great question and I'll just hop in here briefly So the the lack in the non matching requirement For this grant was specially created for both CARES Act and the ARP funds. I mean, those were all congressional Decisions that were made through that legislation So unfortunately, we don't have any information probably no more information than you would have about any future congressional activity around this However, as I think was mentioned earlier, so many of the practices that we have put in place For ARP to try and engage Greater audiences practices that we're trying to Create more equitable access to federal funding to the NEA some of those practices and processes We're trying to ensure that those continue through our regular funding Measurement through grant funding in our town and in research grants So the good thing is we have we are taking some really strong steps to kind of change our own Culture of being able to engage potential applicants even while we don't have necessarily a say in what congress Determines, so I hope it's not the the best answer, but hopefully Kind of a half a half step there Thank you so much I just want to answer that ask that question because as I'm going to be filling out this application Some of the decisions I'm having to make right now is like, yeah, I get to fund this staff person who's been working half time or volunteer Um, but my concern is if we expand and then don't have that money two years from now I don't want to be laying people off. I want to be able to keep them So that's why I offer I ask that question as long as the conversation has been begun Absolutely Oh, please go ahead Craig. I was gonna say there's sort of two buckets these conversations that we have you know, there's things there are things that we can change as as both staff and appointees Uh, and there's things that congress has to change So the matching is is by congress. So that's that's really almost in your hands and not in our hands as people who talk to Because we don't we don't we're not allowed to have those conversations directly But that's so that's not to put it back on you But that's what people on the field and that's why this particular grant was not matching But as Brandon said, there are a lot of things that we are learning and feedback that we can do They're just policy. So those of both things are super important conversations that we're having Um, but again, it's the most stuff we can't control. You know, what is the whatever that want Chris Things you can't change and things you can't change Absolutely, Greg. What I'm hearing and what came to me was it's up to us to get civically engaged And really press our congress people our elected officials to can now that this pathway is getting carved to keep it open And stay on them to say we're the global majority Our populations are absolutely increasing and we are a workforce and you're employing us Let's help us stay employed and stay healthy so we can continue to grow and generate revenue as well, right? Yeah, create create that that beautiful synergy For a healthy ecology and to be clear is if I am not telling you I'm just giving you the information I'm not as a fed to make sure I don't get in trouble telling you to do anything Just sharing information. No, I appreciate the clarity so we can pick up the ball and run Thank you for that Greg and for all of you. We know we as nonprofits We cannot get behind a specific piece of legislation or the The election of an official, but we can state our needs make them known and advocate for ourselves that way absolutely Beautiful any other questions or comments a great conversation y'all this is what we hope for yeah other clarity Needed questions even there's a little tiny thing. There's no believe me every question Is important someone else might be thinking or asking themselves the same thing While people may be thinking Leslie said okay if I if I say one more thing So we have an applicant resource section on our website that Is excellent. I know my colleagues have referenced it. I'll send you the direct link below too But it has several things depending on you know, how you sort of like to absorb information There's some written FAQs there There are several videos that NEA specialists have recorded that are really great for Breaking down the different portions of the application and kind of walking you through it And you also get to see the staff which I think is um, you know, it can be good to To have a bit more direct interaction. So I'll drop that link Um in the chat here too. I'll just make one one more plug for the resource section. Thank you Now I'll also add um Leslie you said it so wonderfully. Um, sometimes it's good to talk to a person And I I know I reference call sam.gov call grants.gov, but you can also call us If you're on the website and you're having trouble locating something I'm happy to walk people through there are no small questions when it comes to these opportunities So feel free to call us if you want to And I'll also add on to that and I think just I think Greg might have said this earlier that even if if ARP timing Isn't the right timing for your organization to apply This is great timing to begin thinking about the February deadline And and all of the specialists from each of the disciplines are As as Ian's mentioned, Ian Julie mentioned that they're everyone's ready to answer questions Leading into the February leading into the February deadline. So keep that on your radar. I think that's a another important date And we usually have new guidelines that come out in I think late November early December So keep an eye out for that And we revise those guidelines every year. So if there are things you think Whether we can change or not just share them with us because you know like in the early Really the late winter as we all start as a team every year. We look at see what can we change this year And next year is a big year for our guidelines because there's something called the paperwork reduction act Boring government stuff, but it's actually kind of interesting in a weird way It just essentially means that our we can we can take a big dive into the guidelines every I think it's Every three years four years Randomly you might know the exact number anyways every certain amount of years Or we can really take a deep dive into making bigger changes than not just the cosmetic ones next year Is that year my point of sharing that so don't be if you know if anything you want to share with any of us We will put into the big master document for things to talk about And we're going to be starting on that I think in March So get it in early if you've got things you want to change even you know, whether we can or can't we'll certainly consider Beautiful See I'm just curious of the folks who are still able to be on with us You can certainly do it anonymously in the q&a or In the chat how many have either won an nna grant before? Maybe you've applied but you haven't yet received one Or is this your first time applying? I'm just curious if you care to populate Yeah, just where what what's the experience of our community with with the n ea Sometimes leilani and I know of other AAPI theaters or orgs that might have won one It certainly caught has been able to apply and win one Or more than once actually, but um, I'm just curious as we advocate for our AAPI communities How we can keep supporting you beyond today To get your sam.gov your duns or you know, how do we continue this work forward? I don't see any responses yet, but that's okay I wish we had it hand raised. Oh, we do. Do we have a raise hand function? She has received any funding great I know perseverance theater has it's not a specific AAPI theater, but it's certainly becoming very inclusive Um Yeah, I think a number of the theaters and the consortium have Um, which brings up a question for me, you know, so many of the smaller theater collective are not incorporated Are they able to apply with a fiscal receiver? I can speak a little bit to that and Unfortunately, no not not right now. Yeah, um fiscal agents or fiscal receivers not Is not eligible. We are not allowed to accept those applications I will say we've had several people to ask that question though And it's really good for us to hear and to note And and as Greg said, we revise the guidelines every year. So that kind of feedback is is good for us to hear we have It's usually a one organization one application a year Limit, but there are some there are some exceptions So, you know, if people do have questions about the specific, you know, relationship they may have or the setup within a larger institution or Um, or anything along those lines, they can reach out to us and we can even talk more directly about the the particular instance Great. Thank you. Christina has offered something in the q&a Previous NEA grants had to make sure that all 50 states were funded Given that larger states have larger populations and more organizations New York and california tended to suffer. Will these rules apply to the arp grants? I if I'm I can speak to that a little bit. I believe if I'm understanding the question correctly No, you know the the guidelines for this are Artistic excellence and artistic merit for the individual panelists who are looking at the applications and we have I know my colleagues mentioned those criteria Earlier and we have some some explanation of what we mean by that on our website Um, but as far as I'm aware and I don't know if my colleagues on the line can clarify, um, please correct me if if You know differently, but there is not That that stipulation Or requirement, um in this particular case. I know that they That the arts and diamond, you know wants to see a Wide and very diverse range of grants awarded in in many regards and I know geography is a part of that But I'm not aware of any any more strict restrictions And there may be some confusion there just so just to clarify, you know, because we often say we do fund Or organizations in all 50 states and us territories That so that's not what that means is that we do there is a project funded not not for arp But for a regular ransom is a project funded in every single congressional district Um, that's not any kind of criteria. It's just that you know through the course of A thousand plus grants that we make in a normal year. I don't know what the exact number is We do make sure that there is one in every congressional district um, but that Doesn't that's not it that that's a yes and kind of scenario Which is a happy one for us that we actually get one of those In a regular year to make sure that you know, that everyone does get something in their district But that's not um, nobody but that's not it That's not a you won't get it because someone else got it in a specific district But regardless, I don't think that's any kind of That's helpful to know greg is one god of them. I guess they've met their quota. We won't get any, you know Um, that's great to know that it doesn't work like that and I really love knowing that the guidelines change Uh, so it sounds like you're being responsive to communities and feedback Yeah, I'll add something on to the question around the the fiscal sponsorship as well is that while um for a traditional Grants for arts projects grants a non incorporated group Can also can partner with a primary applicant. So A primary applicant who is has does have a 501c3 Status can have a partner in their application process that can be contracted, you know To serve as a as a as a partner within the project So just to also kind of share that that while they can't apply They can be connected to to another project's primary applicant Pardon me if you mentioned this throughout this kind of section of these questions Does that mean fiscal sponsor or receiver or different? It's more incorporated as a partner into the programming into Correct. Yeah, the primary the primary applicant would have to be The the leader of the project and actually Convening that project and implementing that project, but the but they can have partners that are unincorporated And correct me if I'm saying that correctly. I just wanted to add a add something different Maybe I'm hopefully not confusing people more But yes, the the lead applicant does have to be the project Leader, uh, they're not they're not just serving there to facilitate a flow pass through a funds Okay, beautiful Um, and pardon me if I'm saying this incorrectly Tathrow Circulo received a grant several years ago Okay, so Christina has uh that theater has received a grant before we hope you get one this time to to support recovery Great any other thoughts that you all have Uh or questions from of course our viewers If we are winding down, I would say, you know, kind of word of encouragement and reality Check. Yeah, the fact is we've said it again. There is Not nearly enough funds to support everyone who Needs and deserves this opportunity um, so even as we encourage Everyone to apply and more organizations to apply and that in itself demonstrates the need hopefully Um, please don't be discouraged if you don't get it You know, again, we try to make this much simpler than our normal applications for exactly Part of the reason we don't want to add more burden to people out in the field that are already struggling But also if you don't get it, don't let me just I mean, I hope you do get if you don't get it Please don't be discouraged or frustrated. Just talk to us. Make sure you get into the into the Loop for next next year's grants. Um, know that we're here. We want everyone, you know, we could hand it out to everybody we would But we still I don't we I just don't want to want to be discouraged knowing what the odds are, you know And I'll reiterate in our normal for theater and this is just for theater I don't know about our other disciplines granny. You can speak to your discipline We generally do fund about 60 to 65 percent of our applications So know that if you apply for the regular insurance projects, your odds are much better And again, we want to make sure you get funded. You know, uh, Christina Oh words to after Circulo, you know, please do apply again Make sure you call for the we don't do panel feedback for ARP just because there's thousands of applicants but normally we do offer that as a service so We want to talk to you and this I saved from experience when I was writing The grants for a small theater company at one time and I called and got feedback and it was a successful grant the next year And you know, I wish I hadn't been so anxious or scared or intimidated to call in the first place because I probably could You stay up sooner. So again, we're just all, you know, friendly people who really care deeply about the arts and why you succeed so we're here to help you and You know, and we just we so urgently want and know how important it is for the arts field to cover for our artists for our communities And you know as part of healing the nation Beautiful, maybe we can move to a close if we don't have any of your questions or comments in our chat or q&a I want to invite any of the other any I guess Ian Julian, Brandon, Eleanor Any last thoughts you'd like to share I love talking to people from the field again. I'm just going to say call me call us With your questions Because it's the beginning of a great relationship Sometimes practice makes perfect And we want to be able to assist that and facilitate that in the way that we can But let's connect And let's see each other succeed I think Ian Julian said it fast. I don't know if I have anything else to add to that I think it's just it's really we we are happy to be able to provide guidance and Suggestions as folks are looking to apply for for grants. So again, I just second him reach out to reach out to the staff Reach out to the team I agree. Thank you all so much for the opportunity to hear your questions to respond and to be With everyone today. I'm grateful for that and I look forward to hearing from people. So please contact us. Yes Beautiful. Thank you so much. I want to remind our viewers that in Right lower corner of the chat. There's three little dots. You can save the chat So that that information that our dear colleagues here have put in the chat If you haven't already Somehow cut and paste it for yourself You can save that chat and that information is there for you To refer back to it'll it'll upload for you once you close off the zoom Yes, and thank you for oh, thank you for repeating that. Ellen. That's right there um Beautiful. So I think uh, shall we come to a close Lane. Lonnie? Um, well, hello on the way to jennifer. We know rolled off already but um Brandon greg in julian and elinor Thank you. Mahalo on the way for being with us This was such an informative and important session. So our communities are Are educating themselves and have this chance to submit the strongest possible application for the grant and um Mahalo on the way for your support and the support of course our federal government so that we can um survive and recover from this deficit staying global pandemic So we say to our folks tuning in again also Mahalo on the way Please do uh refer to these resources buddy any it's great to hear your voices put a voice To the other end of a phone um also to have seen your faces Uh, so that it feels very personal and humanized. It's not just transactional Um, so please do use those resources that have been shared Again resist isolation Buddy up help each other through us caught the folks are happy to do that with you as well and um Let's get those grants everyone But then i'll pass it to you leilani For our for your portion of the clothes Oh, can you turn on your mic? Yes, I double I double tapped Um, I just wanted to say thank you again to those of you our panelists here today for sharing and doing this workshop Uh, we want to Mahalo to our funders which includes uh, the national endowment for the arts for Two kata the construction of asian-american theaters and artists and we also Are proud to be supported by the doors duke charitable foundation the ford foundation theater communications group the new england foundation for the arts And we also want to mention our partners with howl rounds Theater commons, which has been helping support not only this Workshop this webinar, but also our series that we've been doing over the last year plus The virtual series that we have now been doing as part of kata to maintain our relationships And of course, we want to thank very much our kata individual and organizational members and donors that make this work possible Uh, we want to invite everyone to plan to come to hawaii in may 2022 for the kata confess Which is going to be amazing and one of the main reasons we didn't just do a virtual Conference is because the point of confess is to see each other and be together and also to share the Incredible cultural history here in hawaii and its relationship to theater and the native hawaii and pacific islander theaters here Which will be forming the base of our confess in 2022 So it'll be unlike any other in the past. So please join us and also Go to the kata website and become a member today. You'll get advanced notice of when We will be selling the past festival passes and all other information that we can get we send that to our members first and We look forward to seeing you in person Go ahead. Leslie Great. Thank you. And of course, please please No amount too small. Please donate your support as leilani was saying makes it possible for kata to continue its national leadership To raise our visibility throughout the theater field with programming like today that advocates for equity and justice And advocates for our community's health and well-being through this healing over hate series We're fostering and advocating for our needs and our visibility in the field And of course like leilani mentioned or the 2022 kata confess Make sure that that can happen Um, so again our deepest gratitude to everyone who tuned in And you can find the session on our facebook page on the howl round site as well And please do spread the word to those who were unable to join us That's the beauty of being able to record this And of course as leilani mentioned to i'll say again don't hesitate to visit kata net for updates And we will resume this series this fall I also want to say there is there are national committees that are advocating for our federal support to continue So keep Letting us know your feedback because I carry that Information representing all of you to those committees and to that national work So that we can come out of that out of this pandemic and truly recover and continue and build our communities We are the global majority And therefore we have a lot of work to do to keep building growing and to still be here So thank you everybody for joining today Stay safe. If you haven't already we encourage you to get vaccinated so we can get back to live theater Yay