Scores and Comments

20.c.cf.200.563

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe of Florida, Inc.

Application Details

Proposal TypeCultural Facilities - Renovation
Request Amount
$500,000
Total Score1127.000
Average Score93.917

Panelist Scores

Panelist ScopeOfWork MatchingFunds ProjectImpact Total
Deratany Tim 16 25 37 78
Dickenson Katharine 28 28 35 91
Emilia Maria 30 30 40 100
Fraser Towson 28 27 30 85
Kynes Deborah 30 30 40 100
Lochrie Glenn 28 29 38 95
Mayo Heather 28 30 38 96
McMath Hope 30 29 38 97
Olson Terry 28 29 38 95
Tapia Jason 30 28 40 98
Turrell Nancy 29 27 37 93
Williams Pat 30 29 40 99

Comments

Deratany Tim - Score: 78.000

STRANGE SPENDING PLAN. A/C SYSTEM $475,000, ELECTRIC AND LIGHTING $908,538. 

9,142 sq. ft. new building total cost $4,131,419.00 that is almost $500 per sq. ft.!! extremely high, need to explain.

Dickenson Katharine - Score: 91.000

Very well written grant packed with relevant and interesting information. The free summer drama camps are extraordinary. Most city sponsored Drama Camp's charge close to a hundred dallara a week.

Your Donor Profile if quite good except I think you need to encourage more corporations to give in order for your Donor Profile to be more balanced.

Continue to plan for a sizeable Endowment.

At 97% of your seats sold you are clearly popular with your audience.Impressive revenue.

Emilia Maria - Score: 100.000

Well articulated

Congratulations on using your renovation to serve outreach and educational goals

Clear budget and programing relationship

Assigned project team & staff capacity to execute

Includes Construction Documents

Excellent community support

Hurricane resistance

Creating new jobs

Sustainable choices + ADA+Hearing Loop + Free student Programing

Fraser Towson - Score: 85.000
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Kynes Deborah - Score: 100.000
500,000.00 2011, rented space in warehouse, purchased 2.5 acres, Phase one, historic storage facility renovated to education and outreach Center. Phase two, the warehouse. Seating goes from 168-200.Renovation. Comcast Cable donated 1,000,000.00. great contributors. Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe. human experience through the prism of African American experience. Less than 10 black theatre companies in the country. Sarasota's downtown edge. Stage of Discovery for underserved youth.
Lochrie Glenn - Score: 95.000
Very well written grant with clear need and impact statements.
Google maps shows there are about 5 other theater groups/performance halls in the area, exciting so many in one small area! You have a real "Theater District" growing!
Have the architectural plans for the project been finalized?
Good mention of this project addressing accessibility.
Glad to see the endowment is growing and the theater is debt free and revenue is increasing.
Great details in the Financial Impact statement.
Great letters of support for project, I would have liked letters from those who currently rent the space and those groups who plan on using the space once the project is completed. 
Mayo Heather - Score: 96.000
Well-written application that provided detailed information in all areas evaluated. Widespread local support was demonstrated in letters of support and in donor giving. Very impressed with this organization's growth and community impact. 
McMath Hope - Score: 97.000

An exciting project and an organization that has gone through an inspiring evolution.

Good match mix

Even as a smaller organization love that they have endowment

Very specific, well thought out projected budget impacts

Good support letters, would like to also see example of user/partner/artist support

Olson Terry - Score: 95.000

How will  "A deeper stage with wings" help alleviate the sight line problem? 

I wasn't able to download the video, but went on your website and saw it.  Very inspiring.

Tapia Jason - Score: 98.000
Given the advance level of the construction document drawings a more detailed construction cost estimate froma builder would have been very helpful in evaluating the project's feasibility.
Turrell Nancy - Score: 93.000
The letters of support were nearly identical. Encourage your letter writers to offer a more personalized support statement that will better convey the support they are offering of the project. When they are so generic it leads me to question how tangible the support really is. 
Williams Pat - Score: 99.000
Impressive growth and record of success.