These UES Museums, Venues Got $40M In 'Save Our Stages' Grants

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — The Met, the 92nd Street Y and more than a dozen other Upper East Side organizations have gotten emergency relief grants from the federal government, according to a recent update — though other venues may still be waiting.

Nearly $40 million have gone to Upper East Side 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.

On the Upper East Side, three recognizable places received the maximum $10 million grant: the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the 92nd Street Y. Behind them at $4.8 million was the Park Avenue Armory, trailed by the Asia Society at $1.4 million.

Near the bottom of the list, meanwhile, were some smaller organizations like Musica Viva, a choir based at All Souls Church on Lexington Avenue, which received $54,600, and the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, which got about $24,800.

But some prominent names are absent from the list. The Frick Collection, which opened its temporary home on Madison Avenue in March, has not received any funding; it did not immediately respond to questions about whether it had applied for grants.

The Jewish Museum on Fifth Avenue also does not appear, but a spokesperson told Patch that it did not apply for funds because it did not meet the criteria.

Here's the full list of Shuttered Venue Operators Grant recipients on the Upper East Side:

• Metropolitan Museum of Art: $10,000,000
• The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation: $10,000,000
• The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association (92nd Street Y): $10,000,000
• Seventh Regiment Armory Conservancy, Inc. (Park Avenue Armory): $4,800,773
• The Asia Society: $1,434,803
• City Parks Foundation Inc.: $1,301,109
• Downsound USA, Inc: $500,107
• BiCoastal Productions LLC: $330,368
• Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Inc.: $300,964
• Parsons Dance Foundation, Inc.: $266,260
• Ukrainian Institute of America: $203,809
• Hemsing Associates, Inc.: $169,435
• Clarion Music Society: $157,524
• The Cherry Lane Alternative, Inc.: $152,285
• Musica Sacra of New York, Inc.: $97,714
• Red Carpet Kids, LLC: $81,700
• Elisa Wagner ICP Corp.: $57,160
• Musica Viva Inc: $54,602
• Brasil Summerfest Inc.: $39,444
• DOWNSTAGE ENTERTAINMENT LLC: $24,865
• Park Avenue Chamber Symphony: $24,759