The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) has awarded $250,000 to 25 Black-led member companies throughout the United States. Each company has received an unrestricted INFLUENCERS grant of $10,000 for general operating expenses. IABD awarded the grants as part of its inaugural financial and organizational health program, MOVE: Managing Organizational Vitality and Endurance, which was generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. “This round of grants penetrates to the very root of our communities, where these companies thrive, create, and provide much needed services to their constituencies. These organizations are critical and serve as a lifeline in many communities across the U.S. They are literally saving lives,” said Denise Saunders Thompson, President and CEO of IABD. “IABD is awarding general operating support grants to offer just a bit of relief and funding capital to address any challenges they might be facing. The companies include:
African American Dance Ensemble, Durham, NC
Atlanta Dance Connection, Atlanta, GA
Ballethnic Dance Company, Atlanta, GA
Collage Dance Collective, Memphis, TN
Dance Iquail!, Philadelphia, PA
Danse4Nia Repertory Ensemble, Philadelphia, PA
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Chicago, IL
Diamano Coura West African Dance Co, Oakland, CA
Dimensions Dance Theatre, Oakland, CA
Elisa Monte Dance, New York, NY
Eleone Dance Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, Brooklyn, NY
Garth Fagan Dance, Rochester, NY
Hayiya Dance Theatre, Macon, GA
Iibada Dance Company, Indianapolis, IN
Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre, Auburn, NY
KanKouran West African Dance Co, Washington, DC
Muntu Dance Theatre, Chicago, IL
Robert Moses’ KIN, San Francisco, CA
Spectrum Dance Theatre, Seattle, WA
Step Afrika, Washington, DC
Threads Dance Project, Golden Valley, MN
TU Dance, St. Paul, MN
Urban Bush Women, Brooklyn, NY
Washington Reflections Dance Co, Washington, DC
The COLLECTIVE Cohort, as they are recognized, is participating in a peer-to-peer online learning community that includes technical assistance, financial planning, organizational development strategies and training with the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), as well as relevant and important discussions on issues facing these companies on a day-to-day basis. The COLLECTIVE kicked off its activities in July with an online webinar administered by IABD and NFF. The training includes access to information and tools that will support longevity and strengthen the capacity of these organizations to remain recognized artistic and thought leaders.
In March 2018, IABD received a $2,636,000, multi-year grant award from The Mellon Foundation for Phase II of the organization’s Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative (COHI). In partnership with the Nonprofit Finance Fund, this phase of the COHI program offers capital deployment, financial consultation, and technical assistance to participating IABD member companies. Responding directly to many of the lessons learned from Phase I activities (i.e. site visits, financial diagnostics, educational workshops), it serves as recommended next steps to strengthen IABD, Inc., its member organizations, and by extension, the field of Black dance. The collaborative nature of this program aims to ensure the vitality of the Black dance sector by addressing historic barriers, building parity among Black dance organizations that support and create work with differing aesthetics, and developing new organizational processes and practices for nonprofit arts organizations.
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African American Dance Ensemble, Durham, NC
Atlanta Dance Connection, Atlanta, GA
Ballethnic Dance Company, Atlanta, GA
Collage Dance Collective, Memphis, TN
Dance Iquail!, Philadelphia, PA
Danse4Nia Repertory Ensemble, Philadelphia, PA
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater, Chicago, IL
Diamano Coura West African Dance Co, Oakland, CA
Dimensions Dance Theatre, Oakland, CA
Elisa Monte Dance, New York, NY
Eleone Dance Theatre, Philadelphia, PA
Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, Brooklyn, NY
Garth Fagan Dance, Rochester, NY
Hayiya Dance Theatre, Macon, GA
Iibada Dance Company, Indianapolis, IN
Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre, Auburn, NY
KanKouran West African Dance Co, Washington, DC
Muntu Dance Theatre, Chicago, IL
Robert Moses’ KIN, San Francisco, CA
Spectrum Dance Theatre, Seattle, WA
Step Afrika, Washington, DC
Threads Dance Project, Golden Valley, MN
TU Dance, St. Paul, MN
Urban Bush Women, Brooklyn, NY
Washington Reflections Dance Co, Washington, DC
The COLLECTIVE Cohort, as they are recognized, is participating in a peer-to-peer online learning community that includes technical assistance, financial planning, organizational development strategies and training with the Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), as well as relevant and important discussions on issues facing these companies on a day-to-day basis. The COLLECTIVE kicked off its activities in July with an online webinar administered by IABD and NFF. The training includes access to information and tools that will support longevity and strengthen the capacity of these organizations to remain recognized artistic and thought leaders.
In March 2018, IABD received a $2,636,000, multi-year grant award from The Mellon Foundation for Phase II of the organization’s Comprehensive Organizational Health Initiative (COHI). In partnership with the Nonprofit Finance Fund, this phase of the COHI program offers capital deployment, financial consultation, and technical assistance to participating IABD member companies. Responding directly to many of the lessons learned from Phase I activities (i.e. site visits, financial diagnostics, educational workshops), it serves as recommended next steps to strengthen IABD, Inc., its member organizations, and by extension, the field of Black dance. The collaborative nature of this program aims to ensure the vitality of the Black dance sector by addressing historic barriers, building parity among Black dance organizations that support and create work with differing aesthetics, and developing new organizational processes and practices for nonprofit arts organizations.
For more information click HERE
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