All Grantees

From 1995 to 2010, the Alliance awarded a total of $761,609 in 252 grants to 56 individual artists and 105 small arts organizations. Here is a breakdown by program:

TARI (1995-1998)

The Alliance received a multi-year grant from the Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation to launch the Technical Assistance & Regrant Initiative (TARI), allocating cash grants and technical assistance to help stabilize Asian American arts groups in NYC.The Alliance distributed 36 grants ranging from $3,000 to $10,000, totaling $204,789, to the following grantees:

A.R.T.S. Inc. Alibata Arkipelago Asian American Writers' Workshop Center for Korean American Culture Chinese Theatre Workshop Dance Kumikokimoto Folklorico Filipino Four Seas Players Inc. Godzilla Asian American Art Network Gold Mountain Institute for Traditional Shadow Theatre IndUS Arts and Community Service

Kathak Ensemble KAYA Production Kinding Sindaw National Asian American Theatre Company Radio Bandung Saeko Ichinohe and Company, Inc. SAMAR, Inc. (South Asian Magazine For Action and Reflection) School of Hard Knocks Soh Daiko Thingyan White Wave Rising

Chase SMARTS (1998-2001)

Funded by Chase Bank, the Chase SMARTS Regrant Program provided cash grants of $2,000-$3,000 for projects or equipment which support organizational development of Asian American arts groups. Chase SMARTS ran for four years and provided 34 grants totaling $96,400 to the following grantees:

ARTS, Inc. Asian American Arts Centre Asian American Women Artists Alliance Balinese American Dance Bangladeshi Institute Center for Korean American Culture Chinese Center on Long Island Chinese Cultural Programs Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans Dance Kumikokimoto Dansology, Inc. Donna Uchizono Company Folklorico Filipino In Mixed Company Japanese Folk Dance

Kaya/Muae Publishing Kinding Sindaw Ma-Yi Filipino Theatre Muae Publishing (Kaya Press) National Asian American Theatre Company Sachiyo Ito & Company, Inc. Saeko Ichinohe School of Hard Knocks South Asian Women's Creative Collective Thingyan Association Kyaw Tha Hla White Wave Rising Yangtze Repertory Theater of America Yara Arts Group Young Korean American Service and Education (Binari)

SOAR (2002-2008)

The JP Morgan Chase SOAR Regrant Program, a continuation of the previous Chase SMARTS Regrant Program, was dedicated to awarding cash grants to small groups for artistic projects. In seven rounds, SOAR awarded 88 grants ranging from $1,000 to $4,000, totaling $246,020, to the following organizations:

Asian American Arts Centre Asian American Film Lab Asian Cinevision Balinese American Dance Theatre BINARI Blue Pipa, Inc. CAVE Organization Chinese Music Ensemble Chinese Theatre Works, Inc. Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans (CAPA) Creative Music Coalition Crossing Jamaica Avenue Theatre Company Dance Project Sequence Dance Theater of Nepal Danmari./Yass Hakoshima Movement Theatre/ New Jersey Center for Mime Dansology, Inc. Desipina Productions, Inc. Dharma Road Productions Direct Arts East Winds Fluid Motion Theater & Film, Inc. Four Seas Players Gamelan Dharma Swara Garnica Leimay GERALDCASELDANCE

Hawaii Cultural Foundation In Mixed Company Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC) Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York Kathak Ensemble & Friends/CARAVAN Kazuko Hirabayashi Dance Theater Kundiman, Inc. The Kunqu Society Muae Publishing National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO) Pandaville & Ulster County Arts Council Parijat Desai Dance Company Qi Shufang Peking Opera Company Ramos Dance Rattapallax, Inc. Rebudal Dance Group Sachiyo Ito & Company Second Generation Productions Soh Daiko South Asian Womens Creative Collective Thailinks Topaz Arts Trinayan Collective Tze Chun Dance White Wave Rising/Young Soon Kim Dance Company Yin Mei Dance

TAO (2003)

The Alliance partnered with the Rockefeller Foundation to run Technical Assistance for Organizations (TAO), a special one-time regrant initiative awarding nine grants of $8,000, for operational expenses, totaling $72,000, to the following organizations:

Asian American Writers' Workshop
Asian Cinevision
H.T. Chen Dance Company
Lotus Fine Arts
Museum of Chinese in the Americas
New York Chinese Cultural Center
Pan Asian Repertory Theater
Ping Chong & Company
Second Generation

UAI (2006-2010)

With the Urban Artist Initiative (UAI), the Alliance partnered with Harlem Arts Alliance, Association of Hispanic Arts, Queens Council on the Arts, New York Foundation of the Arts, and Bronx Council on the Arts, creating an unprecedented coalition to regrant funds to artists of color. UAI jointly granted over $150,000 for projects and fellowships, with awards ranging from $500 to $2,500. The Alliance alone awarded $91,900 to 56 individual artists in three rounds:

Jae Hi Ahn Jaishri Abichandani Konrad Aderer Golnar Adili Tomie Arai Mari Jaye Blanchard Brian Chamberlain J.P. Chan Mridu Chandra Wah-Ming Chang Jay Chen Carla Ching Cecile Chong Hyemi Cho Ngawang Choephel Ping Chong Catherine Chow Parijat Desai Alvin Eng

Sonjie Feliciano Solomon Sarah Gambito Skowmon Hastanan Yunah Hong Wennie Huang Eunjung Hwang Hong Seon Jang Rich Kiamco Henry Kim Soomi Kim Fay Ku Peilin Kuo Susane Lee Tan Anthony Lin Rudresh K. Mahanthappa Shivani Manghnani Lisselle Mei Prema Murthy Annysa Ng

Derek Nguyen Stephen Nguyen Aya Ogawa Bino Realuyo Kate Rigg Gordon Sasaki Samita Sinha Paul Takeuchi Alexander Tarampi Marian Yalini Thambynayagam Kelly Tsai Kako Ueda Shen Wei Katie Yamasaki Chin Chih Yang Jennifer Yee Bora Yoon Heeseop Yoon

CAI (2007-2009)

With funding from Deutsch Bank, the Alliance created the Chinatown Arts Initiative (CAI) which provided technical assistance and production grants to small performing arts groups who contribute to Chinatown’s cultural life. Through CAI, the Alliance awarded grants ranging from $500 to $2,500 over two years to 25 groups, totaling $50,500:

American Fujian Artist Association Art Resources for Teachers and Students, Inc. (ARTS-Inc) Asian American Arts Centre CBA Culture & Arts Center Chinese American Culture & Art Association Chung Ying Cantonese Opera Association Inc. City Hall Senior Citizens Center/Hamilton Madison House Fine Art Photographic Association of America, Inc. (FAPA of America) Four Seas Players Joycoming Man Chee New York Cantonese Opera Inc. Manhattan Amateus Art & Columbus Music Association Mencius Society for the Arts, Inc. (Wossing Center Inc.)

New York Cantonese Opera Inc. New York Chinatown Senior Citizen Center Chorus Oversea Cantonese Opera Association The Photographic Society of New York Project Open Door Senior Center Renaissance Chinese Opera Society Ruey Yuen Cantonese Opera Association Swallow Dance Group Tong Xiao Ling Chinese Opera Ensemble Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America Yuet Ming Musical Association New York Zhenguo's Beijin Opera House

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