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Get ready for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant

February 15, 2021

Get ready for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant

Who can apply for the Shuttered Venue Operators (SVO) Grant?

  • • Live venue operators or promoters
  • • Theatrical producers
  • • Live performing arts organization operators
  • • Relevant museum operators, zoos and aquariums who meet specific criteria
  • • Motion picture theater operators
  • • Talent representatives, and
  • • Each business entity owned by an eligible entity that also meets the eligibility requirements

You need to register (with a Dunn and Bradstreet D-U-N-S number) in the U.S. government’s System for Award Management (SAM) to apply.  Start the process today before the program opens.

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- Gita Pullapilly and Aron Gaudet, The Way We Get By and Beneath the Harvest Sky

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- James Khanlarian, Director, The Ghost Trap

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