CounterPulse
For General Operating Support
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Amount$240,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/11/2013
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
Each year, CounterPULSE produces hundreds of multidisciplinary performances at its ninety-seat venue in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood, reaching an audience of more than 14,000 people. The organization annually supports hundreds of emerging artists, who are engaged in the creation of cutting-edge and contemporary performance, with a suite of programs and services that include the commission and production of new work, fiscal sponsorship, and subsidized rehearsal and performance space. During the grant period, CounterPULSE plans to implement its new strategic plan (created with support from the Hewlett Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program) by increasing support for artists in residence, expanding curated performance seasons, and growing its fundraising capacity in pursuit of a new building.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.counterpulse.org
Address
80 Turk Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for the 2021 Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions for Folk and Traditional Arts
The Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions initiative marked the foundation’s 50the anniversary by supporting the creation and premiere of 50 exceptional works of performing arts. This grant provides supplemental support for CounterPulse to develop and present the Indian folk opera “Princess Nautanki” in partnership with lead artist Devendra Sharma and the fiscally sponsored project, Devendra Sharma’s Nautanki Folk Opera Ensemble.
for general operating support
CounterPulse supports emerging artists and cultural innovators engaged in the creation of cutting-edge and contemporary performance artists. The organization commissions and produces new work, provides fiscal sponsorship services, and subsidizes rehearsal and performance space for a community of 1,000 artists that largely identify as part of BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and/or disabled communities. In a typical year, CounterPulse performances and classes engage more than 15,000 audience and community members at its 10,000-square-foot facility in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. This grant advances the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.
