These Harlem Venues, Museums Got $6M In 'Save Our Stages' Grants

HARLEM, NY — The Apollo, Dance Theatre of Harlem and more than two dozen other Harlem organizations have gotten emergency relief grants from the federal government, according to a recent update — though other venues may still be waiting.

About $5.7 million have gone to Harlem establishments as part of the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant — a component of last December's stimulus package also known as Save Our Stages.

Though the $16 billion program has been a lifeline to many venues that lost out on months of revenue during the pandemic, it was also plagued by an initially slow rollout. As of Monday, just $7.6 billion had been distributed, leaving lots of money left to be claimed, according to a report by the Small Business Administration.

In Harlem, no institutions received the maximum $10 million grant. The biggest winner, at $1.3 million, was the Apollo Theater Foundation, followed by the Dance Theatre of Harlem at $1.2 million.

Most neighborhood recipients were smaller organizations, like The Movement Theatre Company on West 127th Street, which got $95,000, or the Room 623 speakeasy on West 119th Street.

But some prominent names are absent from the list. The Studio Museum in Harlem has not received any funding; nor has El Museo del Barrio on Fifth Avenue.

Neither museum immediately responded to questions about whether they had applied for grants.

Here's the full list of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant recipients in Harlem:

• The Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc.: $1,295,222
• Dance Theatre of Harlem Inc: $1,238,281
• Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc.: $514,789
• 4 Artist Management LLC: $457,273
• Park Avenue Artists: $231,481
• Jazz Management Group, LLC: $191,790
• Martian Entertainment LLC: $178,095
• Lucky Lai Productions, Inc.: $177,600
• Museum of the City of New York, Inc.: $170,990
• City College Center for the Arts: $151,647
• Jose Limon Dance Foundation, Inc: $118,926
• Off Broadway Touring, LLC: $117,684
• The National Black Theatre Workshop: $111,855
• The Mama Foundation for the Arts, Inc.: $102,786
• The Movement Theatre Company, Inc.: $95,394
• Remedy Arts LLC: $90,955
• Menage Works Inc: $86,580
• York Productions Inc: $72,112
• E Monte Motion Inc. (EMERGE125): $62,417
• IAM Artist Management LLC (Bella Moxi): $57,784
• AnimalHouse LLC DBA AXH LLC: $51,776
• Annette E Alvarez: $38,400
• DANYMU PRODUCTIONS, INC.: $32,013
• Harlem Film House Inc.: $24,975
• East of Harlem, Limited Liability Company (Room 623): $18,661
• Insignia Artists Management: $15,369
• Mount Olympus LLC: $10,125
• National Queer Theater: $4,252