The City and County of San Francisco is seeking applications for its Live Music and Entertainment Venue Grant.
Sponsoring Agency: City and County of San Francisco
Type of Fund: Grant
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/05/2021
Size of the Fund: Less than USD $50,000
The City and County of San Francisco is seeking applications for its Live Music and Entertainment Venue Grant.
Funding Information
o Get a grant for at least $10,000 for your local venue to stay in business.
o You can use the grants to pay for rent, mortgage, payroll, unsecured property taxes, insurance or utility costs.
Grant Requirements
Your business must have had a Place of Entertainment (POE) permit on February 25, 2020. You also must maintain that POE permit.
Operations
• The principal function of your business must be offering live entertainment, meaning that you have:
o Performance and audience spaces
o Sound system
o Lighting system
Frequent live entertainment
• Before February 25, 2020, you must have provided live entertainment 16 or more days a month on average or every day you were open to the public.
• You must commit to reopen, when possible, with live entertainment on 16 or more days per month on average or on every day you are open to the public.
Marketing
You also must market performances at your venue with specific performers identified by name.
Ownership
Your business cannot be owned, managed, or exclusively booked by a publicly traded company.
Priority Criteria
• Been in operation for 15 years
• Registered on the City Legacy Business Registry
• Have a maximum occupancy of less than 1,000 people on your Place of Assembly permit from the Fire Department
• Be located in and contribute to a Cultural District
• Be in imminent danger of closing
Imminent danger of closing means that you would have to close permanently within 90 days.
More information at: https://sf.gov/apply-live-music-and-entertainment-venue-grant
