Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    Direct Service and COVID Recovery for the Cultural Community. At the beginning of the pandemic in March we launched an online survey to determine what the roadblocks to accessing aid programs were for many musicians and members of the cultural community. That determine what the roadblocks to accessing aid programs were for many musicians and members of the cultural community. That survey got several hundred responses and we got a small grant to develop our own aid program. With that program we used existing community networks partner organizations and an online applications to find members of the cultural community most in need of assistance. Once we got contact information we spoke with each individual over the phone distributed a small amount of financial assistance and then worked to connect them to additional services including grant programs assistance filing unemployment food banks distribution rental assistance programs and mental health services. In 2020 we assisted over 400 unique individuals. As a part of this work we also coordinated with other culture serving organizations participating in weekly meetings to determine how to best direct our resources; as well as led the musician subcommittee of the reopen every venue safely initiative.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $164.7K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    Develop and Advocate for 'Culture Friendly' Policies and Procedures. This year our major focus was on outdoor live entertainment. Throughout the year we convened focus groups met with city departments talked with venue owners and helped craft policies that provided for safe neighborhood friendly outdoor spaces for live music which were crucial sources of income during the pandemic. In addition we worked with the city's Health Department to develop a reasonable series of regulations for porch concerts and worked with a coalition of culture serving organizations to provide feedback to the city's economic development plan for the cultural economy.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $43.4K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    Organizing Empowering and Educating the Cultural Community. We once again held a series of teach-ins-virtual due to COVID concerns-around engaging with City Government; current cultural initiatives being undertaken or proposed by the City of New Orleans; and about the City's economic development plan for the cultural community. We also continued our work building bridges between street performers and law enforcement as well as protecting performers legal rights and provided assistance to venues and other small businesses as they tried to navigate ever changing rules and regulations developed to mitigate the risk from COVID-19.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $28.9K