COVID-19 Relief Funding
Patrons follow COVID-19 protocols for Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Arts Complex - Jonathan Phillips Photography
COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDING
Denver's creative industries have been deeply impacted by COVID-19. Since 2020, DAV has worked on a number of relief efforts for independent artists and small, non- or for-profit creative businesses, venues or organizations residing and/or operating in the City and County of Denver. Funding came out of our own budget and in collaboration with City agencies, and other national and local cultural institutions.
Here is a snapshot of allocated relief funding over the past few years:
- $574K from DAV
- $2M of Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act federal funds
- $1.49M in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) federal funds repurposed as the Venue Reactivation Program to make it easier for nonprofits to produce events at city- owned venues. Funds applied directly against operational costs typically billed back to the producers/promoters
- $500K of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) federal funds from The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for small and mid-size non-profit arts organizations
- $460K of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) federal funds contributed to Denver Music Advancement Fund
- $150K of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) federal funds contributed to Denver Economic Development & Opportunity’s Neighborhood Activation Program
- $850K of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) federal funds used to subsidize arts and cultural events held in city-owned venues
Recipients of Federal Funds
2020 Denver CARES Venue Relief Fund
7th Circle Music Collective
Aztlan Theater
Buntport Theater
Cervantes' Masterpiece Ballroom
CPRD Theatre
Daniels Hall
Denver Turnverein Dance Center
EL MERENDERO
Fort Greene Bar Denver
Globe Hall
Heal Denver
Hi-Dive
Levitt Pavilion Denver
Lincoln's Roadhouse
Lost Lake Denver
Mercury Cafe
Monkey Barrel
Ophelia's Electric Soapbox
Rhinoceropolis
RISE Comedy
Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts
Roxy on Broadway
Sie FilmCenter
Streets of London
Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center
Tennyson's Tap
The Black Box
The Bug Theatre
The Clocktower Cabaret
The Oriental Theater
X Bar/Glow Lounge
2021 Denver CARES Arts & Culture Restart & Recovery Fund
Animal Handmade
Art + Craft
ArtistiCO Inc.
Ashley Joon
Augustana Arts Inc
Ballet Ariel
Black American West Museum & Heritage Center
Boulder Community Broadcast Association, Inc.
Breaking Barriers
Buntport Theater
Casa Milagro Youth Solutions
CBCA
Chance Multimedia
CherryArts
City Park Jazz
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance
Clocktower Entertainment
CMDance
Colectiva
Colorado Black Arts Festival
Colorado Chamber Players, Inc.
Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts
Colorado Hebrew Chorale
Colorado Music Hall of Fame
Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestras
Creative Strategies for Change
DazzleJazz, Inc.
DeadRoom Comedy Productions LLC
Denver Biennial of the Americas Corp.
Denver Brass, Inc.
Denver Children's Choir
Denver History Tours
Denver March Powwow, Inc.
Denver Philharmonic Orchestra
Denver Sister Cities International.
Denver Young Artists Orchestra Association
Denver's Art District on Santa Fe
DocuWest Film Festival
East Theatre Company
Ethan Herrold Photography, Inc.
Forney Museum of Transportation
Futuristic Films, Inc.
Glenn Ross Photo
Historic Denver's Molly Brown House Museum
Hope Tank
Ivey Productions LLC
JMF Corporation
Kaitlin Green Tattoo
Kayla Marque
Kim Robards Dance, Inc.
Knew Conscious Collective, Inc.
Latino Cultural Arts Center
Leon Gallery
Levitt Pavilion Denver
Life is Dope DBGA The Plug Agency
Ligature Creative Group LLC
Live at Jacks Entertainment
Tomorrow Maker Studios
Monkey Barrel
Museo de las Americas
Nashville Tavern Corporation
New Cottage Arts
Nikki Pike
No Easy Props, Inc.
NU-World Contemporary Danse Theatre
Phamaly Theatre Company
PlatteForum
Presenting Denver
Renaissance Mind LLC
Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts
SeifhauS LLC
Slam Nuba
SOL Vida
Sphere Ensemble
Studio Detourn
Su Teatro, Inc.
Swallow Hill Music Association
The Armory
The Art Garage
The Gift of Jazz
The Word
Think 360 Arts Complete Education
Transforming Creatives
Union Hall
Visionbox Studio
Warm Cookies of the Revolution
Wonderbound
Words To Power
Youth on Record
2022 ARPA Venue Reactivation Program
ArtistiCo
CHSAA
CMDance
Colorado Ballet
Colorado Public Television
Colorado Symphony
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Denver Digerati
Denver Film Society
Opera Colorado
Rocky Mountain Public Media
2022 Denver Arts & Venues Recovery Fund - a partnership with the NEA and ARPA
Access Gallery
Art from Ashes Inc.
ArtistiCO Inc.
Augustana Arts Inc
Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado
Black American West Museum & Heritage Center
Centro Cultural Mexicano
Cherry Creek Theatre Company
City Park Jazz
CMDance
Colorado Chamber Players, Inc.
Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts
Colorado Music Hall of Fame
Colorado Photographic Arts Center, inc
Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestras
Davis Contemporary Dance Company
Denver Children's Choir
Denver Digerati
Denver Documentary Society
Denver March Powwow, Inc.
Denver Young Artists Orchestra Association
Denver's Art District Santa Fe
Four Mile Historic Park, Inc.
Harmony: A Colorado chorale
Historic Elitch Gardens Theatre Foundation
Innervision
Kim Robards Dance, Inc.
Latino Cultural Arts Center
Leon Co
Museo de las Americas
New Cottage Arts Inc.
RiNo Gives Back
St. Martin's Chamber Choir
The Word, A Storytelling Sanctuary
Think 360 Arts for Learning
Transforming Creatives
University of Denver
Visionbox Studio Theatre
2023-2024 ARPA Cultural Partner Activation Program
Alexis Newton & Marisol Villagomez
ArtistiCO, Inc.
Artists Amongst Us, Inc.
Band of Toughs: a theatre collaboratory
Center for Critical & Cultural Theory
Centro Cultural Mexicano
Colorado Ballet
Colorado High School Activities Association
Colorado Public Television, Inc.
Colorado Symphony Association
Creative Integration Initiative, ltd.
dance2b, LLC
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Denver Film Society
Denver March Powwow, Inc.
Denver Philharmonic Orchestra
East End Arts District Association
Feel the Beat Corp.
Grameen Foundation USA
Healthy Denver, Inc.
Inside the Orchestra
Japanese Arts Network, LLC
Latino Cultural Arts Center
Mike Broemmel
Phenomenal Women, Inc.
Rocky Mountain Arts Association
The Denver Brass, Inc.
Visionbox Studio (Theatre)
Youth Seen