The deadline for application is February 1st of any given year.

Download an APPLICATION FORM [word] for Project Grant.

Eligibility

No grants are allocated to individual artists.

• Only nonprofit institutions may submit applications to Etant donnés : The French-American Fund for the Performing Arts. American institutions must demonstrate their 501(c)(3) status granted by the IRS; French organizations must provide proof of equivalent status for eligibility.

• American institutions must be presenting at least one French artist (or legal resident of France for more than five (5) years) in the project submitted or a substantial French-American artistic collaboration. New productions of French classical repertory are only eligible if they involve collaboration with a French director/playwright/other professionals.

• French institutions must be presenting only American productions based on a French text or a substantial French-American collaboration involving at least one American (or permanent resident of the United States) theater professional or playwright in the project submitted.

• When performed in the United States, productions must either be performed in English or in French with subtitles or simultaneous translation; when performed in France, productions must either be performed in French or in English with subtitles or simultaneous translation.

• Nonprofit institutions collaborating on projects should designate one French or American institution to centralize the request. In the case of a festival presenting several productions, the Artistic Committee may decide to award a grant to the organization producing the festival and/or to each production individually. In the case of a tour, each presenter as well as the individual institutions may apply individually to the Fund; the tour must be mentioned in the application.

• Applications for projects which have already begun will be ineligible.

• Only projects whose presentation begins after May 1st of the application year will be eligible.

• The amount of the grant requested cannot exceed 50% of the total budget for the project or the amount of $25,000.

• Applicants may reapply to the Fund for the same project only if the project has developed or changed significantly since the last application.

Application Procedures

Click on Application to download the form
Applications must be received before February 1st of any given year.

Applications must include the following:

• The completed application form.

• A statement describing the institutional context and the artistic content of the project.

• Biography and bibliography of the artist(s) being presented (playwright, directors, actors…)

• A text of the play, with a sample of the translation.

• At least one of the following:
- Photos, CDRom, preferably for PC and/or Mac
- VHS video cassette / DVD

• A comprehensive overall budget, itemizing sources of income and types of expenses in detail.

• A copy of the 501(c)(3) form confirming the nonprofit status for all American applicants, or the equivalent document for French applicants.

• For projects operated under the auspices of a fiscal sponsor, applications must include both the sponsor’s IRS determination letter and written confirmation of the fiscal sponsorship agreement.

• For a production and / or translation, authorization / rights from the author or his / her representative should be requested simultaneously through the SACD (Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques),
E. jean.riviere@sacd.fr
T. 33 1 40 23 45 08
F. 33 1 40 23 45 58

All applicants are asked to prepare their documents in English.
Incomplete applications will not be considered under any circumstances.
FACE and the Fund cannot be held responsible for any damage to or loss of documents or materials submitted with the application.
Materials submitted with the application form will not be returned unless a self-addressed stamped envelope is provided.

Applications are available online or by request at:

• Application forms will be provided, upon written request, to not-for-profit institutions only, at the following address:

Etant donnés: French-American Fund for the Performing Arts
972 Fifth Avenue
NEW YORK, NY 10021

Grants

Once the grants are announced, each grant recipient will be required to sign an agreement with FACE stating all obligations between the two parties.
Grant recipients must also agree to mention the support of
"Etant donnés: The French-American Fund for the Performing Arts, a program of FACE",
on all communications materials related to the project. The Fund’s logo should be included.

Calendar

Members of the Artistic Committee meet every spring of each year. Results are available three weeks after the date of the meeting.

Administrative Staff

Nicole Birmann Bloom
Program Officer (French Embassy)
Tel 212 439 1444
Nicole.BIRMANN@diplomatie.gouv.fr

Ella Marder
Program Coordinator (French Embassy)
T 212 439 1448
Ella.Marder@diplomatie.gouv.fr