Contractor Role
Founder Assessment & Due Diligence Lead
A part-time, independent contractor role at the heart of the Trump Kennedy Center's national cultural renewal initiative — evaluating the next generation of American arts and cultural enterprises.
Revival Generation 2.0 is the Trump Kennedy Center's flagship national grant initiative — providing $100,000 to $1,000,000 in non-dilutive funding to cultural enterprises, artists, academies, festivals, and educators across the country.
The Senior Program Evaluator is the first substantive human contact between the program and the applicants who deserve to be funded. You assess founders, identify serious organizations from the noise, flag risk, and help shape the selection recommendations that determine who gets a seat at the table.
This is not a paper-pushing role. It requires judgment, cultural literacy, institutional seriousness, and the confidence to make hard calls — and explain them clearly.
Compensation is a standard rate applied consistently across all administrators and evaluators at this stage of the program.
Earned monthly, paid on a quarterly schedule. Compensation reflects the part-time, flexible nature of the engagement and the contractor's autonomy over their own schedule and workflow.
Payments are reliable, on schedule, and disbursed every quarter. No invoicing ambiguity — the cadence is fixed and consistent for the duration of the contract term.
This is a standard rate applied across all administrators and evaluators at this stage of the program. The rate is non-negotiable. Contractors are responsible for their own tax obligations as independent contractors.
This role sits at the center of the Revival Generation review process. You will work closely with the Program Director and provide the evaluative judgment that shapes grant recommendations.
This is not a nine-to-five. Grant cycles, interviews, and committee reviews drive the cadence. Between cycles, you own your schedule entirely.
You are not reviewing paperwork. You are assessing founders, shaping the program's selections, and contributing to decisions that have real cultural and institutional stakes.
The Trump Kennedy Center is a federally chartered national institution. The Revival Generation program is its flagship renewal initiative. This role puts you at the center of it.
Excellence, heritage, civic formation, and cultural renewal. If these aren't abstract ideas to you — they're convictions — this role will feel like a fit.
Finalists are brought to Washington for presentations and deliberation. As an evaluator, you participate in those convenings and the networks they create.
The initial term runs 18–24 months through the Kennedy Center renovation period. Strong evaluators will be considered for extended engagement as the program scales.
We're looking for someone who evaluates with conviction, not just process. If you have the cultural literacy, institutional judgment, and the seriousness of purpose to assess the next generation of American arts enterprises — we want to hear from you.
"I know the number is tight. I also know you didn't get into this for the check — you got into it because doors opened and you walked through them. I'm asking you to walk through this one."
— Matt Floca, Director, Revival Generation ProgramConfidential · Rolling Basis · Independent Contractor Agreement to Follow
This contractor offer is confidential and intended solely for the recipient. The Trump Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is a federally chartered institution established by Congress under Public Law 88-260 (1964). Independent contractors are responsible for their own tax obligations. A formal contractor agreement will be provided upon acceptance. Program Director: Jordan LaSalle. Executive Director: Matt Floca. Executive Sponsor: Richard Grenell.