A more than $36,000 CARES Act grant from the State Department of Administration may just help keep the lights on at the Janesville Performing Arts Center.

Executive Director Nate Burkart says earned revenue at JPAC is down about 90% this fiscal year due to the pandemic.

Funded by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act and administered through the Department of Administration, the COVID-19 Live Music and Entertainment Venue Grant Program provides grant funding to live entertainment and large meeting venue operators whose facilities have been negatively affected by COVID-19.

Almost 100 theaters and venues across the state received grants totaling $15 million.