Grants Coordinators; .R.T

The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York), a leading service and advocacy organization for New York City’s more than 400 nonprofit theatres, seeks a Grants Coordinator to support the Programs Department in managing A.R.T./New York’s grant-making programs in support of our organizational vision and goals. We believe that our core values of Opportunity, Innovation, Community, Empowerment,Justice and Equity are enhanced when we create a workplace as well as a community that is diverse, equitable and inclusive.

A.R.T./New York’s 400+ member theatre companies – from Pregones/PRTT in the Bronx, to Lincoln Center Theater, to National Black Theatre in Harlem, to Theater Breaking Through Barriers, Target Margin Theater in Brooklyn and Pan Asian Repertory Theatre - are the heart of the organization. A.R.T./New York provides subsidized office and rehearsal space at Spaces@520 in midtown Manhattan and South Oxford Space in Fort Greene, Brooklyn;

subsidized performance space at the A.R.T./New York Theatres; funding through grant and loan programs; training through workshops and peer round tables; and convenings for the field with a special focus on the needs of small nonprofit theatres. These programs, along with advocacy efforts, have positioned A.R.T./New York as a thought-leader in the New York theatre community and the arts citywide.

A.R.T./New York is launching a number of new initiatives in grant-making and education programs designed to address the needs of the field, including Diversifying Our Organizations, an effort to strengthen and diversify nonprofit theatres and their boards through cohort-based education and field research; Access A.R.T./New York, a program designed to educate the field and create access for artists, administrators, and audience members with disabilities;

and Body Autonomy, a new set of programs and partnerships that strive to end harassment in the theatre profession. A.R.T./New York was recently selected by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to administer its New York Theatre Program, which provides critical multi-year funding to 36 theatre companies.

A.R.T./New York currently administers five grant programs: the Nancy Quinn Fund, the NYSCA/A.R.T./New York Creative Opportunity Fund (a statewide theatre regrant program), the Creative Space Grant, the Norman Bel Geddes and Edith Lutyens Design Enhancement Fund, and the Andrew W. Mellon New York Theater Program (more information about these grant programs can be found here ), in addition to two rolling micro-grants as part of the Access A.R.T./New York and Body Autonomy programs.

A.R.T./New York’s grant-making process prioritizes a significant amount of technical assistance and opportunities for support on the front and back end of the application process including in-person and online info sessions, the opportunity for a staff member to provide comments on an applicant’s draft of their narrative and/or budget prior to the grant deadline, and the opportunity for all applicants to receive panel feedback following the grant notifications.

The Grants Coordinator will work closely with the Director of Programs on the planning, administration, and execution of A.R.T./New York grant programs as well as providing administrative support for the department. This position will report to the Director of Programs and work closely with the full programs department, communications, and development staff.

Include but are not limited to:

• Coordinate and implement A.R.T./New York’s five grant programs including maintaining the grants calendar, building grant application forms and notification emails, and generally ensuring an alignment of A.R.T./New York’s values and mission with its grant programs.
• Recruit and manage grant panelists for each of A.R.T./New York’s grant programs, including distributing log in information to grant portal, drafting and sending contracts, and providing pre-panel training.
• Support member theatres and artists through the application process including providing technical support in using our website and grant administration software, scheduling and facilitating info…