New Generations Program
Objective #1: Future Leaders
Online Registration
If you are interested in applying for the New Generations Program— Future Leaders and meet the eligibility requirements, the first step is to submit an Online Registration Form (deadline 10/06/2008 at midnight).
Preliminary Proposal
The New Generations Program— Future Leaders preliminary proposal form should be completed after submitting an Online Registration Form. The Preliminary Proposal Form will be available as a downloadable PDF during the application period.
Eligibility Requirements
For requirements and details about each objective, please download the grant guidelines. All applicant theatres must meet the following requirements:
- 501 (c) (3) status
- Location within the US or its territories
- Professional orientation and high artistic standards
- Full-time salaried employment of professional artists and administrators (the proposed mentor must be a full-time employee of the host theatre
- Minimum of three years prior existence as a non-profit professional theatre organization
- History of mounting its own theatre productions within the previous year
- Organizational capacity to implement the projected activity (Adequate financial information documenting financial performance (Applicant theatres are asked to submit adequate annual fiscal information documenting financial performance. While audits are strongly encouraged, 990's will be accepted from theatres with budgets under $500,000)
- Consortiums and educational institutions are not eligible to apply
The New Generations Program is primarily designed to serve producing theatre organizations and not other organizations whose primary mission is audience development, advocacy, or other service-related goals. However, in the Future Leaders objective, the panel will consider applications from non-producing organizations who are actively engaged in the development of new theatrical work and new artists.
Detailed guidelines and the preliminary proposal form for the New Generations Program— Future Leaders will be available as downloadable PDFs in August 2008:
- New Generations Program Guidelines Future Leaders: (Reference only)
- New Generations Program Proposal Future Leaders: (Reference only)
Selection Process
The application process for each round of the New Generations Program lasts seven months. On October 27th, all applicant theatres are required to submit an Online Registration Form, notifying TCG of their intention to submit a proposal. On October 27th, applicant theatres submit a Preliminary Proposal, including a Preliminary Proposal Form; a two-page narrative description of the project and selected information about the theatre. Preliminary Proposals are not accepted from theatres that did not submit an Online Registration Form by the deadline. A preliminary panel, composed of independent national theatre professionals, reviews the proposals and selects a portion of the applicants to submit a final application. Final applications are submitted in March, and another national independent selection panel reviews the applications and chooses recipients. Recipients are notified in late May, and they are announced to the field in July.