Exchange Grants - How to Apply

Lead Applicant Details

Primary Contact Person
Primary Email
Primary Phone
Primary Mailing Address

Organizational History & Mission:

Provide a brief history, mission statement, and/or overview of your work. This is a chance to tell the panelists about your artistic methodology, performance traditions, aesthetics, how you make decisions, and some background on your work. 

Website

Year Founded

Annual Income
Total organizational income from most the recently completed fiscal year.

Annual Expenses
Total organizational expenses from most the recently completed fiscal year.

Financial Notes
If applicable, provide additional details about Annual Income and Annual Expenses such as factors contributing to a deficit, useful contextual information, etc.

Number of paid full-time and part-time staff
Size of Ensemble

Partnership Information

Partner Profile:
Name of organization or individual
Contact person (Partners who are individuals may skip this field)
Email
Phone
Website

Organizational History & Mission/Individual Bio:
Provide a brief history, mission statement, and/or overview of your work. This is a chance to tell the panelists about your artistic methodology, performance traditions, aesthetics, how you make decisions, and some background on your work.

Organization Details (Partners who are individuals may skip this section)

Year Founded

Annual Income
Total organizational income from most the recently completed fiscal year.

Annual Expenses
Total organizational expenses from most the recently completed fiscal year.

Financial Notes
If applicable, provide additional details about Annual Income and Annual Expenses such as factors contributing to a deficit, useful contextual information, etc.

Number of paid full-time and part-time staff
Size of Ensemble

Narrative

Project Summary:
Summarize your project in a sentence or two.

Project Goal:
What is the main focus of the exchange? (Understanding that projects may have multiple components, select the most applicable.)

A) Artistic or technical/production exploration
B) Administrative development/exchange

Project Description:
• Provide a description of the proposed project, including detailed information about what skills/techniques will be shared and/or what specific explorations, projects or creations each partner will undertake.

• Provide a rationale from the applicant for choosing to partner with this/these organization(s) or individual(s). Please keep in mind that grants are awarded based on the quality of the relationship building. You should address the planning, potential learning for you/your partner, issues/practices to be explored through this existing connection, and why it is critical to your artistic or ensemble practice at this moment and how this exchange may provide potential benefit to the larger field through shared relevant learning.

Collaborative History:
Briefly summarize the history of the relationship between the applicants, including prior co-creations, touring exchanges, collaborations, or other interactions (both remote/digital and in person).

Project Schedule:
Provide a detailed activity plan and schedule, including project start and end dates.

Project Outcomes:
• Looking ahead, what impact might this exchange have on each partner? If the project is exploratory, how will this connection support your practice in the long term? Exploration is an appropriate outcome in itself, but we also want to hear how that exploration will serve your practice going forward. We would also like to get a sense of how this exchange may have an impact on the larger ensemble community once findings are shared through field learning.

• How might grant funds increase organizational financial stability?

Community Engagement:
Describe how you will engage your, and your partner’s, communities in sharing the project.  NOTE: If the main goal of the project is an administrative development/exchange, you may omit this section.

Equity/Diversity/Inclusion:

How does your work, your ensemble/organization (if applicable), and/or your proposed activities reflect NET’s values of equity and inclusion? Please read NET’s Equity in Funding Statement and NET’s Accountability Statement to inform your response. How are you currently addressing systemic inequities or incorporating anti-racism, anti-oppression practices into your work -- and/or how you are challenging yourselves to move forward in these areas?

Budget

Use this budget template to list the requested grant amount and detail your project expenses and income; include budget notes to identify how you determined these amounts.

Save your budget as a PDF file with your name/ensemble name in the filename to upload.

Need help? Email netten@ensembletheaters.net to set up a time to talk by phone.

Partnership Letter

Each project partner should provide a separate signed letter affirming that they have read and agree to the proposal. This letter is also an opportunity for partners to communicate their passion and interest for participating in the proposed activities, beyond what is included in the application.

Letters must be submitted as PDF documents, either on letterhead or as a copy of an original email from the project partner’s email address. Letters should be limited to one page. For applicants that are organizations, the signatory must be an organizational official with the authority to commit their company to the proposed partnership.