All COVID-19 Resources Since 2020

COVID-19 Federal Resources (Chronological Updates)

• 12/5/21 SVOG Reconsideration 2.0 Update
• 11/19/21 SBA Announces Updated Guidance Regarding Applicant Deadlines for COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program
• 11/18/21 Urge Congress to Pass the SOS Extension Act
• 11/10.21 SVOG Update
• 10/21/21 SVOG FAQs Update
• 10/8/21 SVOG, AIE & Research Update
• 10/4/21 IEBA Presentation on SVOG Post-Application, Post-Awardee, and Supplementals
  • 10/4/21 SVOG Double Dipping Tracking Chart
  • 10/4/21 SVOG Tax and Audit Matrix
• Apply for COVID Rent Relief
• 9/15/21 United States Conference of Mayors COVID-19 Relief Resolution and Letter to Congress
• 9/9/21 SVOG, PPP Forgiveness, & Federal Update
• 8/2/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 7/29/21 SVOG, PPP Forgiveness, & Office Hours Update
• 7/28/21 PPP Update
• 7/27/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 7/27/21 SBA Reaches New Milestone Awarding $7.5 Billion in Shuttered Venue Operators Grants to over 10,000 Venues
• 7/22/21 SVOG Update
• 7/21/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 7/20/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 7/19/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 7/13/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 7/9/21 SVOG Eligibility Matrix
• 7/8/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 7/7/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 7/2/21 Legislative, NEA & SVOG Update
• 7/1/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 6/30/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 6/28/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 6/25/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 6/24/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 6/23/21 NEA Announces COVID Recovery Grant Programs for Arts
• 6/23/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 6/22/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 6/21/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 6/18/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 6/17/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 6/16/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 6/15/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 6/14/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 6/11/21 SVOG Daily Update
• 6/10/21 SVOG Daily Update 
• 6/9/21 SVOG Application and Reviewer Update
• 6/3/21 SVOG Application Update
• 5/24/21 SVOG Application Update
• 5/11/21 SVOG Application Update
• 5/7/21 SVOG Application Update
• 4/15/21 IRS Webpage on Employee Retention Credit
• 3/10/21 Press Release Congress Passes the American Rescue Plan
• 3/9/21 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 final consolidated legislation reflecting Senate amendments 
• 3/7/21 Arts Action Fund 2021 COVID Arts Resources Table
• 2/19/21 House Version of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Bill 
• 1/5/21 NEA General Operating Grants in FY21 Omnibus Bill
• 12/22/20 Summary of Arts Federal Funding Opportunities in COVID-19 Supplemental Bill
• 12/21/20 Full Text of the Omnibus and COVID-19 Supplemental Bill Enacted into Law on 12/27/20
• 12/30/20 National Defense Authorization Act on Creative Arts Therapies
• 10/8/20 The CARES Act Table
• 9/10/20 States Approved by FEMA to Pay Extra $300 Unemployment Compensation
• SBA FAQs Regularly Updated FAQs on SVOG Application Information
• SBA FAQs Regularly Updated FAQs on SVOG Post-Application Information
• SBA FAQs Regularly Updated FAQs on SVOG Award Information
• SBA FAQs Regularly Updated FAQs on PPP Loans by SBA and US Treasury
• SBA FAQs Regularly Updated FAQs on PPP Forgiveness by SBA and US Treasury
• SBA FAQs Regularly Updated FAQs on COVID EIDL 
• SBA FAQs Regularly Updated FAQs on COVID EIDL Targeted Advances
• IRS FAQs Regularly Updated FAQs on Employee Retention Tax Credit
• U.S. Treasury FAQs Regularly Updated FAQs on State and Local Block Grants

• IRS Regulation on Eligible Wages for PPP, SVOG, and the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC)

 

Technical Assistance on Federal Economic Aid COVID-19 Resources:

• Zoom Office Hours with Nina (Fridays at 11am ET)
• Book Nina for Your Next Webinar (It's FREE)
• 8/4/22 SBA Webinar on "What to Expect During SVOG Monitoring"
• 7/14/22 SBA Webinar on "Audit Requirements for For-Profit Entities"
• 10/4/21 IEBA Presentation on SVOG Post-Application, Post-Awardee, and Supplementals
  • 10/4/21 SVOG Double Dipping Tracking Chart
  • 10/4/21 SVOG Tax and Audit Matrix
• 9/24/21 Deep Dive: Updated Proskauer Detailed Analysis of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Forgivable Loans
• 8/17/21 Deep Dive: Updated Proskauer Detailed Analysis of Shuttered Venue Operator Grants (SVOG) Program
• 7/15/21 Accountant CPA Meeting Regarding SVOG Awards for Talent Reps and Other Interested Applicants
• 7/12/21 Accountant CPA Meeting Regarding SVOG Awards for Talent Representatives & Other Interested Applicants
• 7/13/21 NEA Applicant Q&A Zoom Sessions: Registration for Local Arts Agencies
• 7/7/21 NEA Applicant Q&A Zoom Sessions: Registration for Local Arts Agencies
• 7/6/21 AAF Webinar: Applying for the New NEA American Rescue Plan Grant Program for Arts and Culture Organizations
• 7/1/21-9/1/21 NEA Applicant Q&A Zoom Sessions: Registration for Direct Grants to Arts & Culture Organizations
• 6/29/21 Applying for the New NEA American Rescue Plan Grant Program for Local Arts Agencies to Subgrant Webinar Slides
• 5/26/21 AAF Webinar: Recorded Webinar of Tapping ARP State and Local Block Grants for the Arts
• Americans for the Arts Tracker on State and Local Arts Groups Tapping ARP Block Grants
• 5/3/21 Economic Impact Payments
• 5/3/21 Shuttered Venues Report Slides
• 4/26/21 SBA Portal: SVOG Application Portal Launches
• 4/23/21 SBA Update: Updated SVOG Application Checklist
• 4/23/21 SBA Update: Updated SVOG User Guide
• 4/23/21 SBA Update: Updated SVOG Cross-Program Eligibility
• 4/15/21 IRS Webpage on Employee Retention Credit
• 3/31/21 South Arts Webinar: American Rescue Plan Webinar Slides presented by Nina Ozlu Tunceli
• 3/30/21 SBA Webinar: Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Overview
• 3/25/21 SBA Update: PPP Application Deadline Extended to May 31, 2021
• 3/24/21 SBA Update: EIDL Loans Repayment Deferred 12 More Months AND Opportunity to Increase Loan Amt
• 3/23/21 IRS Guidance: Exclusion of up to $10,200 per tax filer of unemployment compensation in 2020 and 2021 
• 3/18/21 AAF Webinar: American Rescue Plan Video Recording
• 3/18/21 AAF Webinar: American Rescue Plan Slide Deck

• 3/18/21 SBA Form: 2483-C (3/21) PPP 1^st Draw Self-Employed, Schedule C Tax Filer requesting gross income for the loan calculus and includes the updated SVOG certification.

• 3/18/21 SBA Form: 2483 (3/21) PPP 1^st Draw for all non-schedule C small businesses requesting W2 employee payroll costs for the loan calculus and includes the updates SVOG certification. 

• 3/18/21 SBA Form: 2483-SD-C (3/21) PPP 2^nd Draw, Self-Employed, Schedule C Tax Filer requesting gross income for the loan calculus and includes the updated SVOG certification.

• 3/18/21 SBA Form: 2483-SD (3/21) PPP 2^nd Draw for all non-schedule C small businesses requesting W2 employee payroll costs for the loan calculus and includes the updated SVOG certification.

• 3/16/21 SVOG Eligibility Requirements

• 3/25/21 SBA Tutorial: SVOG Video for Live Performing Arts Org Operators (Note: Law later amended to permit PPP)

• 3/24/21 SBA Tutorial: Uses of SVOG Funds
• 3/16/21 SBA Tutorial: SVOG Video for Museum Operators (Note: Law later amended to permit PPP)
• 3/16/21 SBA Tutorial: SVOG video for Live Venue Operators (Note: Law later amended to permit PPP)
• 3/16/21 SBA Tutorial: SVOG video for Talent Reps (Note: Law later amended to permit PPP)
• 3/16/21 SBA Tutorial: SVOG Video for Motion Picture Theatre Operators (Note: Law later amended to permit PPP)
• 3/4/21 SBA Webinar: Second Webinar on New PPP Rules for Self-Employed Individuals
• 3/3/21 SBA Webinar: First Webinar on New PPP Rules for Self-Employed Individuals
• 3/3/21 NAPAMA Webinar: SVOG Webinar Slides presented by Nina Ozlu Tunceli
• 2/18/21 SBA Webinar: DUNS and SAM.gov Registration Training Video
• 2/9/21 SBA Webinar: Texas SBA Shuttered Venue Operator Grant Program Update
• 2/1/21 SBA Webinar: South Florida SBA Shuttered Venue Operator Grant Program Overview
• 1/29/21 Nina's SVOG Tips
• 1/19/21 SBA Form: 3508-S PPP Forgiveness Shortest Form for loans of ≤$150,000 and the self-employed
• 1/19/21 SBA Form: 3508-EZ PPP Forgiveness "EZ" Form for loans with ≤25% salary cut, but no FTE job reduction
• 1/19/21 SBA Form: 3508 PPP Forgiveness Long Form with >25% salary cut, but all FTE jobs brought back by end of covered period
• 1/15/21 AAF Webinar: New PPP First & Second Draw Loans, EIDL, PUA
  • Learn How to Tap the New COVID-19 Economic Relief Funds for the Arts Slide Deck (Updated 1/21/21)
  • BHFS Sarah Mercer Slide Deck (Updated 1/21/21)
• 1/14/21 SBA Webinar: SBA Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Preliminary Guidelines
• 1/8/21 Repeal of EIDL Advance Deduction Requirement
• 12/18/20 AAF Webinar: PPP Forgiveness Applications and Tax Implications
• 11/18/20 PPP Forgiveness Tax Guidance (Now overwritten by 12/27/20 enacted law)
• 7/6/20 IRS Income Tax Guidelines of CARES Act State and Local Economic Relief Grants
• 6/17/20 AAF Webinar: PPP Loan Forgiveness Application and Flexibility Rules
• 5/29/20 AAF Webinar: PPP Loan Forgiveness
• 5/4/20 AAF Webinar: CARES Act
• 4/8/20 AAF Webinar: How the CARES Act Supports the Arts

 

Resources for ARP State and Local Government Block Grants for Coronavirus Relief:

• U.S. Treasurey Specific Amount of Funds to be Distributed Directly to States, Counties, Metropolitan Cities, and Tribes

• U.S. Treasury Interim Final Rule on Guidance for Use of Funds

• U.S. Treasury FAQs on State and Local Block Grants

• U.S. Treasury Fact Sheet on State and Local Block Grants

• Interpretation of U.S. Treasury Guidelines from a Nonprofit’s Perspective by Together SC

• U.S. Treasury Press Release on $350 billion in ARP Federal Funds for State, Local, and Tribal Governments

 

Research on COVID-19 Impact:

• 7/19/21 SVOG Distribution Map by Americans for the Arts
• 4/2/2021 Why the Arts Matter State by State Arts Factsheets
• Updated Weekly Americans for the Arts: COVID-19 Arts Impact
• Americans for the Arts COVID-19 Impact State by State Factsheets
• SBA Data: Updated Weekly Data and Reports on the Paycheck Protection Program Loan and Forgiveness
• SBA Data: Updated Regularly Data and Reports on the Shuttered Venues Operator Grants (SVOG)
• SBA Data: Updated Regularly Data and Reports on COVID EIDL Targeted Advances and Supplemental Advances
• 2/25/21  Americans for the Arts full page ads on the devastating impact of the pandemic on the cultural sector
• 1/5/21 Calling on Artists & Creative Workers to Share Their COVID-19 Experience 
• 1/4/21  COVID-19’s Impacts on Arts and Culture by Argonne
• 12/1/20 By Every Measure, COVID-19 Continues Its Devastation of the Arts
• 8/11/20 Brookings Institution: Measuring COVID-19's Impact on the Creative Economy
• 5/12/20 CARES Act Funding Tracker

 

COVID-19 Federal Legislative Updates:

• COVID-19 Federal Action Alerts: (Also posted individually below)
  • 3/10/22 Arts Action Fund Legislative Update and News
  • 2/23/22 Important SBA Update Applicable Only to SVOG Grantees
  • 12/22/21 Important Updates for Current Shuttered Venue Operator Grantees (SVOG)
  • 12/5/21 SVOG Reconsideration 2.0 Update
  • 11/18/21 Urge Congress to Pass the SOS Extension Act
  • 11/10.21 SVOG Update
  • 10/21/21 SVOG FAQs Update
  • 10/8/21 SVOG, AIE & Research Update
  • 9/20/21 Shuttered Venues Operator Grants Updated Report
  • 9/9/21 SVOG, PPP Forgiveness, & Federal Update
  • 9/7/21 Shuttered Venues Operator Grants Updated Report
  • 8/2/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 7/29/21 SVOG, PPP Forgiveness, & Office Hours Update
  • 7/28/21 PPP Update
  • 7/27/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 7/27/21 SBA Reaches New Milestone Awarding $7.5 Billion in Shuttered Venue Operators Grants to over 10,000 Venues
  • 7/22/21 SVOG Update
  • 7/21/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 7/20/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 7/19/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 7/13/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 7/8/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 7/7/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 7/2/21 Legislative, NEA & SVOG Update
  • 7/1/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 6/30/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 6/28/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 6/25/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 6/24/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 6/23/21 NEA Announces COVID Recovery Grant Programs for Arts
  • 6/23/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 6/22/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 6/21/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 6/18/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 6/17/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 6/16/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 6/15/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 6/14/21 SVOG Daily Update
  • 6/11/21 SVOG Daily Update

  • 6/10/21 SVOG Daily Update 

  • 6/9/21 SVOG Application Update

  • 6/3/21 SVOG Application Update

  • 5/28/21 Biden Administration Proposes Substantial Budget Increase to the NEA

  • 5/27/21 Webinar Recap & SVOG Update

  • 5/26/21 SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman testifies before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on COVID Relief Programs

  • 5/26/21 SBA Administrator Isabel Guzman testifies before the U.S. House Committee on Small Business on COVID Relief Programs

  • 5/24/21 SVOG Application Update
  • 5/19/21 Tapping ARP State and Local Block Grants for the Arts Webinar
  • 5/11/21 SVOG Application Update
  • 5/7/21 SVOG Application Update
  • 4/23/21 SVOG Portal Update
  • 4/20/21 SVOG Application Portal Upate
  • 4/7/21 SVOG Application Portal Update
  • 3/31/21 2021 Arts Policy Vote 
  • 3/25/21 PPP Application Deadline Extended to May 31, 2021 
  • 3/19/21 SVOG Application Portal Update
  • 3/15/21 American Rescue Plan Update
  • 3/10/21 Press Release Congress Passes the American Rescue Plan
  • 3/7/21 SVOG and American Rescue Plan Bill Update
  • 3/4/21 SVOG and PPP Update
  • 2/22/21 SVO Grants Update
  • 2/19/21 SVO Grants Update
  • 2/19/21 Draft of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 Relief Reconciliation Bill 
  • 2/11/21 COVID-19 Update 
  • 2/9/21 COVID-19 Arts Action Alert
  • 1/22/21 COVID-19 Update
  • 1/14/21 Biden American Rescue Plan
  • 1/12/21 COVID-19 Update
  • 1/8/21 COVID-19 Update
  • 12/22/20 Congress Passes Omnibus, COVID-19 Relief by Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
  • 12/22/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 12/20/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 12/10/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 12/9/20 Highlights of the Proposed Bipartisan Senate COVID-19 Relief Bill
  • 12/3/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 11/20/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 10/9/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 10/2/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 9/30/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 7/31/20 Comparing Proposed Relief Legislation by Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck
  • 7/28/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 7/7/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 7/6/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 6/29/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 6/24/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 6/17/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 5/15/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 4/23/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 4/22/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 3/26/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 3/25/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 3/23/20 COVID-19 Update
  • 3/19/20 COVID-19 Update