2019 Grants Program Awardees

The following organizations were awarded grants in Cycle 1 of 2019:

• A Better Jamaica, Inc.

  $10,000 to support the Jamaica Dance Festival

• All for One

  $20,000 for general operating support and an additional $15,000 challenge grant for financial stabilization

• American Dance Abroad

  $25,000 for New York City artist services

• American Lyric Theater

  $30,000 for general operating support

• Arts for Art

  $20,000 to support the Vision Festival

• BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance

  $100,000 for general operating support over two years

• Baryshnikov Arts Center

  $200,000 for general operating support

• Bedlam

  $70,000 for general operating support over two years

• The Bessies

  $20,000 for general operating support over two years

• Big Dance Theater

  $20,000 for general operating support

• Camille A. Brown & Dancers

  $40,000 for general operating support and an additional $15,000 for financial stabilization

• Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute

  $25,000 to support the Afro Bembe Music Festival and the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Concert

• City Parks Foundation

  $150,000 to support SummerStage over two years

• Clubbed Thumb

  $80,000 for general operating support over two years

• Dance/NYC

  $75,000 for general operating support

• Dorrance Dance

  $70,000 for general operating support over two years

• En Garde Arts

  $20,000 for the development and premiere of Undocumented

• ETHEL’s Foundation for the Arts

  $20,000 for general operating support

• Fiasco Theater

  $60,000 for general operating support over two years

• The Flea Theater

  $150,000 for general operating support over two years

• French Institute Alliance Française

  $40,000 to support the Crossing the Line Festival

• Gallim Dance

  $30,000 for general operating support

• International Contemporary Ensemble

  $27,000 to support racial equity initiatives

• ISSUE Project Room

  $30,000 for general operating support and an additional $40,000 for capital projects

• JACK

  $20,000 for general operating support

• JACK Quartet

  $35,000 for general operating support

• The Jazz Gallery

  $100,000 for general operating support over two years

• Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion

  $75,000 for general operating support and an additional $100,000 challenge grant for cash reserves

• Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

  $100,000 to support the Mostly Mozart Festival

• Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

  $25,000 to support the River to River Festival and an additional $50,000 to support the Arts Center on Governors Island

• Monica Bill Barnes & Company

  $70,000 for general operating support over two years and an additional $10,000 for capacity building

• New Georges

  $50,000 for general operating support

• New Music USA

  $50,000 to support Live Music for Dance and an additional $50,000 for financial stabilization

• New York City Players

  $20,000 for general operating support

• The New York Musical Festival

  $15,000 to support How the Light Gets In: An Evening of New American Micro-Musical Works

• New York Philharmonic

  $125,000 to support the Phil the Hall subsidized ticket initiative

• Noche Flamenca

  $25,000 for general operating support

• On Site Opera

  $20,000 for general operating support

• OPERA America

  $75,000 to support artist services

• Pan Asian Repertory Theatre

  $20,000 to support the production of The Brothers Paranormal

• Park Avenue Armory

  $50,000 for general operating support

• The Shed

  $50,000 to support the Open Call program

• SITI Company

  $25,000 for general operating support

• The Sol Project

  $100,000 for general operating support over two years and an additional $20,000 for capacity building

• Tectonic Theater Project

  $50,000 for general operating support and an additional $25,000 challenge grant for cash reserves

• Theater Mitu

  $20,000 for general operating support

• Theatre Communications Group

  $75,000 for general operating support and $50,000 to support the Rising Leaders of Color program over two years

• Waterwell

  $20,000 to support the Fleet Week Follies project

The following organizations were awarded grants in Cycle 2 of 2019:

• 14th Street Y

  $25,000 to support the Theater at the 14th Street Y programming

• 651 ARTS

  $75,000 for general operating support

• 92Y Harkness Dance Center

  $50,000 to support the Artist in Residence Program over two years

• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

  $125,000 to support new and revived works

• American Classical Orchestra

  $25,000 for general operating support

• American Tap Dance Foundation

  $25,000 for artist and performance support

• Ars Nova

  $200,000 for general operating support over two years

• BAX

  $35,000 to support artist and company residencies

• Beth Morrison Projects

  $100,000 for general operating support over two years and an additional $20,000 for strategic planning

• The Billie Holiday Theatre for Social Justice

  $75,000 for general operating support

• BRIC*

  $250,000 challenge grant for the BRIC Forever Fund

• Brooklyn Academy of Music

  $700,000 to support Howard Gilman Opera House and site-specific programming

• Brooklyn Youth Chorus

  $50,000 to support she is called over two years

• Carnegie Hall

  $150,000 to support Carnegie Hall Citywide and an additional $50,000 to support the Angélique Kidjo Perspectives Series

• Center for Performance Research

  $35,000 for general operating support

• Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

  $50,000 to support new music programming

• The Chocolate Factory Theater

  $35,000 for general operating support

• The Civilians

  $35,000 for general operating support and an additional $15,000 challenge grant for the Producers Fund

• Classic Stage Company

  $75,000 for general operating support

• The Classical Theatre of Harlem

  $100,000 for general operating support

• Danspace Project

  $130,000 for general operating support over two years

• Doug Varone and Dancers

  $35,000 for general operating support

• Elisa Monte Dance

  $10,000 for general operating support and an additional $20,000 for financial stabilization

• Ensemble Studio Theatre

  $120,000 for general operating support over two years

• Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana

  $40,000 for general operating support

• Gibney Dance

  $500,000 for general operating support over two years

• Gotham Early Music Scene

  $25,000 for general operating support

• Harlem Stage

  $100,000 for general operating support and an additional $40,000 for financial stabilization

• HERE

  $65,000 for general operating support and an additional $25,000 for the PROTOTYPE Festival

• House Foundation for the Arts

  $25,000 for general operating support

• International Association of Blacks in Dance

  $25,000 to support the 2020 Annual International Conference & Festival

• International Contemporary Ensemble

  $160,000 for general operating support over two years

• Irish Arts Center

  $50,000 for general operating support

• Jazz Foundation of America

  $20,000 to support the Gig Fund and NYC Public Performances

• José Limón Dance Foundation

  $50,000 for general operating support and an additional $75,000 for the 75th Anniversary Campaign

• Keen Company

  $20,000 for general operating support

• The Kitchen

  $130,000 for general operating support over two years

• Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College

  $140,000 to support the CUNY Dance Initiative over two years

• The Lark

  $150,000 for general operating support over two years

• La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

  $300,000 for general operating support over two years

• League of American Orchestras

  $50,000 for general operating support

• Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

  $20,000 for general operating support

• Lincoln Center Theater

  $300,000 to support LCT3 over two years

• Mabou Mines

  $30,000 for general operating support

• Mark Morris Dance Group

  $300,000 for general operating support over two years

• MCC Theater

  $300,000 for general operating support over two years

• The Metropolitan Opera

  $25,000 to support the Opening Night Relay

• Miller Theatre

  $15,000 for the world premiere of Desire

• Mint Theater Company

  $100,000 for general operating support over two years

• National Alliance for Musical Theatre

  $40,000 for general operating support over two years

• National Sawdust

  $75,000 for general operating support

• The New 42nd Street

  $100,000 to support New Victory Theater programming

• New York City Ballet

  $75,000 to support equity initiatives

• New York City Center

  $250,000 to support dance programming

• New York City Children’s Theater

  $70,000 for general operating support over two years

• New York Public Radio

  $200,000 to support WQXR over two years

• New York Theatre Workshop

  $300,000 for general operating support over two years

• Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

  $175,000 for general operating support

• Pentacle

  $100,000 for general operating support over two years

• People’s Theatre Project

  $20,000 to support PTP Company project development

• Ping Chong + Company

  $70,000 for general operating support over two years

• The Play Company

  $30,000 for general operating support

• The Playwrights Realm*

  $10,000 to support the Radical Parent-Inclusion Project

• Pregones Theater/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater

  $150,000 for general operating support over two years

• Primary Stages

  $55,000 for general operating support

• Queens Theatre

  $50,000 for general operating support and an additional $30,000 for capital support

• Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

  $60,000 for general operating support

• Red Bull Theater

  $80,000 for general operating support over two years and an additional $35,000 for a working capital fund

• Second Stage Theatre

  $150,000 to support the Affordable Ticket Initiative

• Signature Theatre

  $250,000 to support the Signature Ticket Initiative

• Skirball Center for the Performing Arts

  $50,000 to support the presenting season over two years

• Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden

  $20,000 to support the PASS Residency Program Development

• Sō Percussion

  $35,000 for general operating support

• Soho Rep.

  $75,000 for general operating support

• St. Ann’s Warehouse

  $400,000 for general operating support over two years and an additional $40,000 for 40th Anniversary Activities

• Stephen Petronio Dance Company

  $35,000 for general operating support

• Symphony Space

  $50,000 to support music programming

• Talea Ensemble

  $20,000 for general operating support

• The Tank

  $30,000 for general operating support

• the TEAM

  $50,000 for general operating support over two years

• Teatro Círculo

  $20,000 for general operating support

• Theatre Development Fund

  $50,000 to support dance programming and an additional $30,000 to support the Building Dance Audiences Project

• Transport Group Theatre Company

  $20,000 for general operating support

• Trisha Brown Dance Company

  $50,000 for general operating support

• Vineyard Theatre

  $75,000 for general operating support and an additional $100,000 for capital support

• The Wooster Group

  $50,000 for general operating support

• World Music Institute

  $35,000 for general operating support

• WP Theater

  $100,000 for general operating support over two years and an additional $35,000 for capital support

• Young People’s Chorus of New York City

  $50,000 for general operating support over two years

• ZviDance

  $20,000 to support the MAIM project

 

 

The 2019 White Oak Dance Residency was awarded to Dance Heginbotham and Urban Bush Women.

 

 

*The following organizations were awarded two-year grants in 2018:

• American Composers Orchestra

• Apollo Theater

• ArtsPool

• Atlantic Theater Company

• Ballet Hispánico

• BRIC

• Buglisi Dance Theatre

• Center for Traditional Music and Dance

• Elevator Repair Service

• The Field

• Flushing Town Hall

• The Jerome Robbins Foundation

• The Joyce Theater

• The Knights

• Manhattan Theatre Club

• MasterVoices

• Ma-Yi Theater Company

• Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

• Movement Research

• National Black Theatre

• New Dramatists

• The New Group

• Orchestra of St. Luke’s

• Page 73 Productions

• Paul Taylor American Modern Dance

• Performance Space New York

• Playwrights Horizons

• The Playwrights Realm

• The Public Theater

• Repertorio Español

• Roulette

• Roundabout Theatre Company

• Target Margin Theater

• Working Theater