Props to NYT

Or to their charitable Foundation, at least.

Twenty-five not-for-profit theatres received a total of $82,000 in grant money awarded by The New York Times Company Foundation Fund for Mid-Size Theatres.

The Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T./New York) administered the awards, which were given to companies with annual operating budgets between $500,000 and $5 million.

Interesting that a $5 million dollar budget still only counts as "mid-size" in this town.

In case you're wondering, a "small" theatre would be one with an annual budget between $100,000 and $500,000. Less than $100,000? Don't ask. Luckily ART/NY runs a separate fund for the "small" group of $150,000 grants, to which the Times Foundation is also contributing, along with its main sponsor, Chase.

And I wonder how many "large"--i.e. over $5 million budgeted--nonprofit theatres there could even be in this city? Lincoln Center, Roundabout, that's two. MTC? Do they count BAM???

Anyway, thankfully the "mid-size" list is impressively inclusive and even extends beyond Manhattan, where those 82 G's will go much further:

• Atlantic Theater Company, Inc.
• Brooklyn Arts Exchange - BAX
• Black Spectrum Theatre Company, Inc.
• Classical Theatre of Harlem, Inc.
• Coney Island USA
• CSC Repertory, LTD
• DiCapo Opera Theatre
• Ensemble Studio Theatre
• The Flea Theater
• HERE Arts Center
• The Irish Repertory Theatre, Inc.
• La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, Inc.
• Mabou Mines Development Foundation, Inc.
• Ma-Yi Theatre Ensemble, Inc.
• MCC Theater
• Mint Theater Company, Inc.
• Ping Chong and Company
• Pregones Theater
• Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre Co.
• Queens Theatre in the Park, Inc.
• Repertorio Espanol
• Thalia Spanish Theatre, Inc.
• Women's Project and Productions
• Wooster Group, Inc.
• Young Playwrights, Inc.

Use it well "middle" children. Use it well.