CDBG Award Distributions
| Agency | Amount | Project |
| Aalim | $5,000 | rent, utilities, creative director salary, PPE, internet service and technology subscriptions |
| Arts Council Oklahoma City | $24,000 | staff
time, teaching artist pay and other administrative/operational expenses for virtual and in-person art classes to student populations from the following areas: Shidler Elementary; Monroe Elementary; Eugene Field Elementary; Hawthorne Elementary; and Boys and Girls Club @ Memorial Park |
| BLAC, Inc. | $15,000 | arts-integration teacher training at Mary Golda Ross, F. D. Moon MIddle, Star Spencer High, Horace Mann and Cesar Chavez schools |
| Canterbury Voices | $24,000 | cover lost revenue and support arts training at a newly-designated Community HOPE Center in Capitol Hill with Boys & Girls Club |
| Carpenter Square Theatre | $11,000 | online programming, operational expenses and PPE expenses |
| deadCenter Film | $13,000 | staff and technology costs to shift youth educational programming to a virtual format |
| El Sistema | $20,000 | provision of music education in a safe manner with additional staff, instrument and face coverings, increased transportation and technology for virtual instruction |
| KidsAlive! | $20,000 | payment of teaching artists and other expenses related to offering the Kaleidoscope program in a safe manner |
| Lyric Theatre | $24,000 | continued production of Lyric’s Kid’s Clubhouse |
| Metropolitan School of Dance | $19,500 | continued delivery of dance education at the Paige Woodson including payment of teaching artists and staff, PPE and the additional rental costs associated with more scheduled classes with fewer students for social distancing purposes |
| OKC Improv Foundation | $7,000 | purchase of A/V equipment to live-steam improv classes |
| Oklahoma City Ballet | $10,000 | support payroll for teaching artists leading community outreach classes including Dance for Parkison’s and Golden Swans |
| Oklahoma City Girls Arts School | $24,000 | payment to teaching artists to deliver existing curriculum and develop/deliver new curriculum to meet virtual learning needs |
| Oklahoma Museums Association | $4,000 | in support of the “Oklahoma Cultural Community Wellbeing and Self-Care in Response to COVID-19” digital program |
| Oklahoma Shakespeare | $10,000 | covering loss of revenue due to the cancellation of performances and events related to COVID-19 |
| Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition | $15,000 | in support of the distribution of monetary grants and awards to artists in addition to the provision of professional development for artists |
| Oklahomans for the Arts | $4,000 | payroll for staff |
| Opry Heritage Foundation of Oklahoma | $20,000 | in support of the payment of musicians and support staff coordinating concerts |
| Painted Sky Opera | $6,000 | offsetting revenue losses and new expenses related to streaming performances |
| Paseo Artists Association | $10,000 | offsetting loss of income due to cancellation of 2020 Paseo Festival |
| Plaza District Association | $4,500 | payment to artists performing weekly outdoors in the Plaza District |
| Red Earth | $10,000 | general operating expenses as well as expansion of internet and online capabilities for every aspect of programming |
| $300,000 |
