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The Largest Shuttered Venue Operators Grants

The 25 largest Shuttered Venue Operators Grants, from SBA's award file. 280 grantees were awarded exactly $10 million, the program's ceiling, so every row below is a grantee at the cap.

Snapshot 5 July 2022Universe 12,999 grantee-and-state rows ($14.57B across 13,011 award rows)Source SBA SVOG award file

Program ceiling per grantee (280 grantees at the cap)
$10,000,000
Grantees awarded the full $10,000,000 ceiling ($2.80B total)
280
Total SVOG awarded across 12,999 grantee-and-state rows
$14.57B
Next-largest grant below the ceiling (Danish San Juan LLC)
$9,999,999.96

A 280-way tie at the $10,000,000 program cap

Every row in the top-25 table received the exact $10,000,000 program ceiling; ties are ordered alphabetically by SBA’s grantee-name string.

280 grantees hit the $10,000,000 ceiling ($2.80B of the $14.57B program, 19.2%)

How the $14.57B across 12,999 grantee-and-state rows divides between the 280 grantees at the $10 million cap and the other 12,719 rows (as of 5 July 2022).

  • $2.80B280 grantees at the $10,000,000 program ceiling (25 shown alphabetically below)
  • $11.77BOther 12,719 grantee-and-state rows (led by $9,999,999.96)

What the 25 alphabetical $10,000,000 rows look like by venue type

Venue classifications among the first 25 alphabetical grantees tied at $10,000,000 (11 in NY, 3 in TX, 3 in CA, and 1 each in AL, AZ, FL, IL, LA, MA, MI and MN).

  1. 1Live venue operator or promoter11 of the 25 alphabetical ceiling rows shown below11 rows ($10,000,000 each)
  2. 2Museum Operator5 of the 25 rows shown below5 rows ($10,000,000 each)
  3. 3Theatrical producer5 of the 25 rows shown below5 rows ($10,000,000 each)
  4. 4Motion picture theater operator2 of the 25 rows shown below2 rows ($10,000,000 each)
  5. 5Live performing arts organization operator2 of the 25 rows shown below2 rows ($10,000,000 each)
  6. All 280 ceiling grantees tied at $10,000,000: Because the program capped each grantee’s total at $10 million, the 25 rows in this table are the first 25 alphabetically (230 FA LLC - SVOG through Autumn Smile Broadway Limited Liability Company - SVOG). One additional grantee, Danish San Juan Limited Liability Company - SVOG, received $9,999,999.96.

Source: SBA Shuttered Venue Operators Grant awards (DATA_SBA_SVOG-all-awards-2022-07-05.xlsx, as of 5 July 2022).

  1. 1

    230 FA LLC - SVOG

    $10,000,000Tied at program ceiling · 1st of 280 alphabetically
    State
    NY
    Venue type
    Live venue operator or promoter

    First alphabetical row among the 280 grantees awarded the $10,000,000 program maximum.

    Source: SBA SVOG awards (5 Jul 2022)

  2. 2

    313 Presents, LLC - SVOG

    $10,000,000Tied at program ceiling · 2nd of 280 alphabetically
    State
    MI
    Venue type
    Live venue operator or promoter

    Tied at $10,000,000 across initial, reconsideration and supplemental awards.

    Source: SBA SVOG awards (5 Jul 2022)

  3. 3

    ACE SL, LLC - SVOG

    $10,000,000Tied at program ceiling · 3rd of 280 alphabetically
    State
    TX
    Venue type
    Live venue operator or promoter

    SBA appended " - SVOG" to grantee names in the published file; names are reproduced verbatim.

    Source: SBA SVOG awards (5 Jul 2022)

The 25 largest grants

The first 25 alphabetical rows among the 280 grantees awarded $10,000,000 as of 5 July 2022.

Showing 25 of 280 grantees tied at $10,000,000 (out of 12,999 grantee-and-state rows)

As of 5 July 2022

The Largest Shuttered Venue Operators Grants
#Grantee as named by SBAStateVenue typeTotal awardedSource
1230 FA LLC - SVOGNYLive venue operator or promoter$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
2313 Presents, LLC - SVOGMILive venue operator or promoter$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
3ACE SL, LLC - SVOGTXLive venue operator or promoter$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
4Adrienne Arsht Center Trust, Inc. - SVOGFLLive venue operator or promoter$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
5AGDP Holding Inc. - SVOGNYLive venue operator or promoter$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
6Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission - SVOGALMuseum Operator$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
7Alamo City Point, LLC - SVOGNYMotion picture theater operator$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
8Alamo South Lamar, L.P. - SVOGTXMotion picture theater operator$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
9Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. - SVOGNYLive performing arts organization operator$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
10American Artists Limited, Inc. - SVOGMALive venue operator or promoter$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
11American Museum of Natural History - SVOGNYMuseum Operator$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
12And Peggy Tour Limited Liability Company - SVOGNYTheatrical producer$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
13Angelica Tour Limited Liability Company - SVOGNYTheatrical producer$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
14Apex Event Management, LLC - SVOGCALive venue operator or promoter$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
15Aquarium of the Pacific - SVOGCAMuseum Operator$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
16Arizona Center for Nature Conservation - SVOGAZMuseum Operator$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
17Armory Hospitality LLC - SVOGMNLive venue operator or promoter$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
18Arts Center and Theatre of Schenectady, Inc. - SVOGNYLive venue operator or promoter$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
19As Long As There Is Love Limited Liability Company - SVOGNYTheatrical producer$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
20ATG San Antonio, LLC - SVOGTXLive venue operator or promoter$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
21ATG San Francisco, LLC - SVOGCALive venue operator or promoter$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
22Atticus Limited Liability Company - SVOGNYTheatrical producer$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
23Audubon Nature Institute, Inc. - SVOGLAMuseum Operator$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
24Aurora Civic Center Authority - SVOGILLive performing arts organization operator$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)
25Autumn Smile Broadway Limited Liability Company - SVOGNYTheatrical producer$10,000,000SBA SVOG file (5 Jul 2022)

How this list is built

Method & definitions

Unit ranked
the grantee as SBA named it.
Metric
total SVOG awarded, initial plus reconsiderations plus supplemental.
Universe
12,999 grantee-and-state rows covering 12,994 grantee names, $14.57B awarded.
Vintage
SBA award file as of 5 July 2022.

The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program paid theatres, concert halls, cinemas, museums and live-event promoters whose earned revenue collapsed in 2020. SBA published a file of all awards, with the total awarded across the initial grant, reconsiderations and the supplemental round. The file used here is the 5 July 2022 snapshot. This list groups the file's 13,011 rows by grantee name and state, sums the total awarded, and ranks by it. Ties — and at the cap there are many — are broken alphabetically.

What this measures, and what it does not

The program capped a grantee's total at $10 million. 280 grantees were awarded exactly that, and one more came within four cents of it: Danish San Juan Limited Liability Company - SVOG ($9,999,999.96). All 25 rows below are tied at the cap, so the order among them is alphabetical and measures nothing.

SBA appended " - SVOG" to grantee names in this file; the names are reproduced as published, suffix included.

This is a July 2022 snapshot. Later reconsiderations, returns and recaptures are not in it. A grant is a payment on an application SBA approved; it is not a finding about the grantee.

Sources

  1. Archive data page: SBA Shuttered Venue Operators Grant awards
  2. SBA, Shuttered Venue Operators Grant award data, as republished by the PRAC
  3. File: DATA_SBA_SVOG-all-awards-2022-07-05.xlsx (sha256 1666c9036af3ee62…)
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