Grantee Database
FICTIONAL ARTISTS CONTEMPORARY THEATRE SAN FRANCISO – FACTSF
Grant Year
2023-24
Grant Program
General Operating Support
Award Amount
$54,998.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, FACT/SF will increase the reach, impact, accessibility, and sustainability of our organization by hiring a Development and Communications Coordinator at 8 hours/week, expanding our Operations Manager role from 15 hours/week to 20 hours/week, expanding our Artistic Director role from 20 hours/week to 25 hours/week, and hiring Gravity Access Services to help us identify and implement improvements regarding accessibility.
FACT/SF currently pays a living hourly wage of $30/hour to our employees, contractors, artists applying to our programs, and dancers auditioning for work, with an expected raise to $31/hour in 2024 and $32/hour in 2025. FACT/SF also provides our employees with a 401k match and commuter benefits. This grant ($30,000 each year for two years) would cover 82% of this proposal. Committed individual donors will cover the remaining 18%.
Organization Summary
FACT/SF is a San Francisco-based contemporary dance company founded in 2008 by Charles Slender-White. FACT/SF consists of three components: Fieldwork, Education, and Original Creations by Slender-White.
Fieldwork provides support and opportunity for artists through a number of programs including Fiscal Sponsorship, Production Support Grants, and annual Winter Dance Salons and Summer Dance Festivals. Fieldwork is curated via an open application process where all applicants are paid $30/hour to apply. FACT/SF is one of two arts organizations in the US that pays artists to apply for programs. We do this because we recognize applications as artist labor, and believe labor should be compensated.
Our Education arm provides contemporary dance classes and workshops for advanced and professional dancers from all over North America. FACT/SF holds an annual Summer Dance Lab (since 2013) and Winter Dance Lab (since 2019), and hosts regular Countertechnique classes throughout the year. Slender-White is one of 58 Countertechnique Teachers worldwide, and he has been offering Countertechnique classes and workshops at home and abroad since 2012.
Slender-White also regularly produces his own choreography with FACT/SF–usually 1-2 new works each season. Since its founding, FACT/SF has created 48 original works and given more than 420 performances.
FACT/SF has toured across California, and to Oregon, Washington, and North Carolina. FACT/SF has also toured throughout the Balkans and Russia on behalf of the US Department of State. On average, each of our new creations engages and compensates 10-12 artists and technicians. Ticket sales are always offered on a sliding scale, with a ‘no one turned away’ policy ensuring economic access for all.
FACT/SF produced art throughout the pandemic – providing paid work for our dancers and sharing our art with audiences throughout California, the US, and abroad.
Support from the CAC allows us to continue our important and multifaceted work.
Organization
FACT/SF
Address
80 TURK ST
SAN FRANCISCO
94102-2808
County
San Francisco
Region
Bay Area – San Francisco
Phone
(415) 349-0771
Congressional District
CA-11
State Assembly District
District 17
State Senate District
District 11
