Lincoln Theatre To Receive $100,000 Grant From The National Endowment For The Arts

The Lincoln Theatre has been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic. The Lincoln is recommended to receive $100,000 to support pandemic recovery efforts, and will use these funds to assist with costs for safety and health equipment, utilities, artist fees, and marketing and promotional costs that encourage attendance and participation. In total, the NEA will award grants totaling $57,750,000 to 567 arts organizations in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and Washington, DC.

"Our nation's arts sector has been among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. The National Endowment for the Arts' American Rescue Plan funding will help arts organizations, such as the Lincoln Theatre, rebuild and reopen," said Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, chair of the NEA. "The arts are crucial in helping America's communities heal, unite, and inspire, as well as essential to our nation's economic recovery."

"This funding from the NEA is the boost we need to oxygenate our programs and operations, assisting us in realizing and reimagining our endeavors and what we do well," stated Lincoln Theatre Executive Director Suzan Bradford. "Our survival throughout this pandemic has been about the artists and the audiences, and we will continue those efforts to remain present and relevant moving forward."

The American Rescue Plan was signed into law in March 2021 when the NEA was provided $135 million for the arts sector. The funding for organizations is the third installment providing more than $57.7 million for arts organizations. In April 2021, the NEA announced $52 million (40 percent) in ARP funding would be allocated to 62 state, jurisdictional, and regional arts organizations for regranting through their respective programs. The second installment in November 2021 allocated $20.2 million to 66 local arts agencies for subgranting to local artists and art organizations.

For more information on the NEA's American Rescue Plan grants, including the full list of arts organizations funded in this announcement, visit www.arts.gov/COVID-19/the-american-rescue-plan.