NAMT's Impact & Exploration Fund

NAMT's Impact & Exploration Fund (formerly the Innovation & Exploration Fund) is designed to help NAMT member theatres pilot new capacity-building programs to advance their missions. Areas of exploration may include (but are not limited to) technology, accessibility, audience development, education and artistic innovation and advancement. By reducing the financial burden, these project grants will allow theatres to take some risks and try new ideas, contributing to the overall growth and health of the field. Whether the projects succeed fully, minimally or not at all, lessons learned will be shared with the entire NAMT membership, leading to opportunities for more innovation and continual growth.
Impact & Exploration (I&E) grants may fund, for example, technology improvements, audience development and inclusion for a specific project, or an artistic project that combines the theatre's producing mission with community engagement. It may also be used for administrative, front-of-house, and other projects that relate to how the business of making theatre is conducted, how our spaces are accessed and navigated, or how overall institutional infrastructure might be strengthened.