Dear House and Senate Leaders,

We, the undersigned associations, businesses, and nonprofits represent millions of Americans whose incomes are supported by—or endeavor to be supported by—the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).  

As leaders in the hospitality, tourism, entertainment, music and culture industries, we applaud passage for the Flexibility Act (H.R. 7010) as a much-needed technical fix to the Paycheck Protection Program. There remains urgent need beyond the Flexibility Act to address the ongoing economic crisis for the hardest-hit sectors of the American economy. Our industries—both for-profit and nonprofit—will be among the last to fully reopen. We urge Congress to bridge the significant gap between the start of this crisis and a meaningful return of stable revenue.

The last tranche of PPP loans will soon expire. Without an infusion of new money for PPP borrowers, our country will face yet another wave of unemployment claims as millions of workers whose jobs were preserved through PPP will be laid off or furloughed. To preserve jobs and ready the nation’s economy for a robust recovery, we urge Congress to adopt the following modifications to PPP as soon as possible:

 Increase the maximum allowable loan amount to reflect 24-weeks of payroll, benefits, fixed operating costs, and PPE expenses. We recommend existing PPP borrowers be permitted to apply for additional loans, up to the new maximum loan amount and not to exceed December 31, 2020.
 Expand the eligible borrowers to include all not-for-profit entities, including nonprofits larger than 500 employees.
 Expand the non-payroll fixed costs that are eligible for forgiveness.
 Specify the interaction between the Employee Retention Tax Credit and the PPP loans to ensure borrowers can make use of both types of assistance.
 Ensure that borrowers whose loan proceeds are fully used prior to the end of the covered period are only responsible for maintaining FTE staffing levels and wages through the duration of their loan, not the full 24-week period.

The above provisions will be necessary to protect American workers and ensure the viability of our country’s most-impacted private and nonprofit employers.  

Thank you for your consideration of this request.

651 ARTS
A.I.M (Abraham.In.Motion)
Air Zoo
Alchemical Studios
Alice Austen House
Alley Pond Environmental Center
Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
Amelia Park Children's Museum
American Folk Art museum
American Museum of Natural History
American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA)
APAC
APEC
Apollo Theater
Ars Nova
Art21
Artist Trust
Asian American Arts Alliance
Association of Children's Museums
Association of Science Museum Directors
Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Astoria Performing Arts Center
Audubon Nature Institute
Ballet Tech
Beth Morrison Projects
Binder Park Zoo
Boch Center
Brevard Zoo
BRIC
Broadway Mall Association
Bronx Arts Ensemble
Bronx Children's Museum
Bronx Council on the Arts
Bronx Council on the Arts Inc.
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx River Art Center Inc
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Brooklyn Arts Council
brooklyn ballet
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Brooklyn Creative League
Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens
Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
Buffalo Zoo
Building for Kids Children's Musuem
California Academy of Sciences
Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute
Carnegie Hall
CC Museum of Science & History
Chamber Music America
Cherry Lane Theatre
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association
Chicago Zoological Society/Brookfield Zoo
Children's Museum of Sonoma County
Children’s Museum of the Arts
City Parks Foundation
City Parks Foundation / SummerStage
Classical KING FM
Clay Art Center
Connecticut’s BeardsleyZoo
Cornish College of the Arts
Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island, Inc.
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)
Dallas Zoo
Dance Theatre of Harlem
Dance/NYC
Dancewave
Daniel Lim Consulting
Dia Art Foundation
Dixon Place
Downtown Brooklyn Arts Alliance
Drug Policy Alliance
El Museo del Barrio
Elephant Run District
En Foco, Inc
En Garde Arts
Enotria Wine Imports
Ensemble Studio Theatre
Environmental Centers of Setauket-Smithtown, Inc. d/b/a/ Sweetbriar Nature Center
EPIC Players
Eyebeam Atelier, Inc.
Florida Holocaust Museum
Flushing Town Hall
Fraunces Tavern Museum
Friends of Governors Island
Friends of Rye Nature Center
Friends of the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery
Gallim
Gingold Theatrical Group
Girl Vow
Godwin-Ternbach Museum
Green Guerillas
Green-Wood Historic Fund (at Green-Wood Cemetery)
greenburgh nature center
Harlem Arts Alliance
Harlem Stage
Harvestworks.
Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre
HERE
Hi-ARTS
Historic House Trust of New York City
Historic Richmond Town
Holocaust Museum Houston
Howl Arts Inc.
Ice Theatre of New York
Ice Theatre of New York, Inc.
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
IlluminArt Productions
IndieSpace
Inspire Washington
International Studio & Curatorial Program
Irondale Productions, Inc aka Irondale Ensemble Project
ISSUE Project Room
Jack Arts, Inc.
JACK Music Inc.
Jamaica Center For Arts And Learning
Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet
Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet, Inc.
John G. Shedd Aquarium
Keen Theater Company
Kidcity Children's Museum
Kids Discovery Museum
Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
Lewis Latimer House Museum
Lifestyles
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
Lincoln Park Zoo
Live From Here
Live Source Inc.
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Louis Armstrong House Museum
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Lucille Lortel Theatre Foundation
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Mabou Mines Development Foundation
Manhattan Theatre Club
Manitoga / The Russel Wright Design Center
Mark Morris Dance Group
MCC Theater
Mercury Store
Midori & Friends
Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center
MoMA PS1
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Morris-Jumel Mansion
Mountain Top Arboretum
Movement Research
Moving For Life
Mr.
Ms.
Museum at Eldridge Street
Museum of Arts and Design
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art (MoCADA)
Museum of Jewish Heritage -- A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
Museum of Science and Industry
Museum of the City of New York
Museum of the Moving Image
National Black Theatre, Inc.
National Dance Institute
National Guild for Community Arts Education
National Lighthouse Museum
National Sawdust
National urban fellows
Natural Areas Conservancy
New Dramatists, Inc.
New York Botanical Garden
New York City Arts in Education Roundtable
New York City Ballet
New York City Center
New York City Children's Theater
New York City Hospitality Alliance
New York Foundation for the Arts
New York Hall of Science
New York Live Arts
New York Neo-Futurists
New York Theatre Workshop
New Yorkers for Culture & Arts
NYC Arts in Education Roundtable
Open Source Gallery
P.S. 314 inc.
PEN America
Performa
Performance Space New York
Ping Chong + Company
Pregones Puerto Rican Traveling Theater
Prospect Park Alliance
Queens Botanical Garden
Queens Chamber of Commerce
Queens Museum
Queens Theatre
Recess
Regina Opera Company
Rooted Theater Company
Roulette
Roundabout Theatre
Saint Louis Zoo
San Diego Zoo Global
Santa Barbara Zoo
Sciencenter
Seattle Aquarium
Seattle Opera
Seven Loaves DBA GOH Productions
Signature Theatre
Smack Mellon Studios Inc.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
So Percussion
So Percussion, Inc.
Soho Rep.
Sonnenberg Gardens
South Street Seaport Museum
St. George Theatre Restoration Inc.
Staten Island Children's Museum
Staten Island Museum
Staten Island Zoological Society
Studio in a School Association
Sundog Theatre
Swiss Institute
Symphony Space
Target Margin Theater
Teatown Lake Reservation
TENET Vocal Artists
Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum
The 52nd Street Project
The Actors Fund - The Mark O'Donnell Theater
The Alley Pond Environmental Center
The American Opera Project
The Art Students League
The Artist Co-op
The Arts Students League
The ArtsConnection, Inc.
The Association for the Development of Vocal Artistry and Neighborhood Cultural Enrichment/MORE Opera
The Billie Holiday Theatre
The Brick
The Bronx County Historical Society
The Bushwick Starr
The Center For Fiction
The Civilians
The Clemente Soto Velez Education & Cultural Center (The Clemente)
The Field
The Flea Theater
The Fortune Society
The Indie Theater Fund
The Laundromat Project
The League of Independent Theater
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Opera
The Museum of Flight
The National Arts Club
The New Group
The Noble Maritime Collection
The Shed
The Tank
The Time In Children's Arts Initaitive
The Woodlands Children's Museum
theater et al dba Chocolate Factory Theater
Theatre Development Fund
Theatre for a New Audience
Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center
Town Hall Foundation, Inc.
Town Hall Seattle
Triskelion Arts
Under the Volcano International Inc.
Urban Bush Women
UrbanGlass
Van Cortlandt Park Alliance
viBe Theater Experience
Village Theatre
Voices of Ascension
Weeksville Heritage Center
Wildlife Conservation Society
Winter Jazzfest
Woodland Park Zoo
Works and Process, Inc
WP Theater
Wyckoff House Museum
Yemeni American Merchants Association
Zoological Society of Buffalo Inc.