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# After 7 months of delays, SBA SVOG grants are finally helping to save independent live music
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/after-7-months-of-delays-sba-svog-grants-are-finally-helping-to-save-independent-live-music/
- Published: 2021-07-14T13:53:47.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-14T14:00:23.000Z
- Description: After months of delays, SBA SVOG grants are starting to reach desperate indie music venues, promoters, agents. and managers struggling to recover from the pandemic. The $16 billion US federal. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/07/after-7-months-of-delays-sba-svog-grants-are-fina
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Live & Ticketing, Music Business, NITO, NIVA, SBA, SVOG, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:48

After months of delays, SBA SVOG grants are starting to reach desperate indie music venues, promoters, agents. and managers struggling to recover from the pandemic.

The $16 billion US federal aid package was signed into law almost 7 months ago in December of 2021.

Funds started to trickle out a month ago, but over the last 10-14 days, the pace of awards has picked up significantly. To date, about $5 billion has been awarded to almost 7000 recipients and $3.5 billion has been disbursed.

As of Monday, 14,615 applications had been received in the 2 month period since the application portal opened and 7303 application “Decisions” have been issued.

**Here is the breakdown:**

- 6852 awards have been issued
- 451 Declines have been issued
- 1151 Technical Corrections have been issued
- In the que next are 1677 ready for award, 2804 for decline (many if which will be able to reapply) and 264 that need technical corrections

**Bruce Houghton* is Founder and Editor of [Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/) and [MusicThinkTank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and serves as a Senior Advisor to [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com) which acquired both publications in 2019\. He is Founder and President of the[ Skyline Artists Agency](https://skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and an online professor for the [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com).*