Carnegie Hall, Citywide Concert at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse. Photo by Fadi Kheir.

Our Grantees


264+ Organizations Awarded Direct Grants in 2023
$30M+ Grants Program Dollars Awarded in 2023

Grants Awarded by the Howard Gilman Foundation

Manhattan Theatre Club

$50,000 to support The Studio at Stage II Initiative

Grant issued in 2014

Theatre

Manhattan

New Georges

$50,000 for general operating support over two years

Grant issued in 2014

Theatre

Manhattan

OPERA America

$75,000 to support the New York Opera Alliance

Grant issued in 2014

Music

Manhattan

Orchestra of St. Luke's

$250,000 for general operating support and financial stabilization

Grant issued in 2014

Music

Manhattan

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

$200,000 to establish a Board-Designated Reserve Fund

Grant issued in 2014

Music

Manhattan

Signature Theatre

$275,000 for the Signature Ticket Initiative: A Generation of Access

Grant issued in 2014

Theatre

Manhattan

The Joyce Theater

$350,000 to underwrite The Royal Ballet at Lincoln Center and for seasonal programming

Grant issued in 2014

Dance

Manhattan

Brooklyn Academy of Music

$1,000,000 for programming in the Howard Gilman Opera House

Grant issued in 2014

Multidisciplinary

Brooklyn

A.R.T./New York

$75,000 to support core programs and field-wide initiatives

Grant issued in 2014

Theatre

Manhattan

Dance/NYC

$75,000 to support core programs

Grant issued in 2014

Dance

Manhattan

The House Foundation for the Arts

$50,000 to support Ms. Monk’s 50th season in New York

Grant issued in 2014

Music

Manhattan

Mark Morris Dance Group

$250,000 for the New Works and Encore Fund

Grant issued in 2014

Dance

Brooklyn

New York City Center

$100,000 to support the Encores! series and the Fall for Dance Festival

Grant issued in 2014

Multidisciplinary

Manhattan

St. Ann's Warehouse

$250,000 for general operating support and reserve funds

Grant issued in 2014

Theatre

Brooklyn

The Flea Theater

$500,000 for capital construction and operating reserves

Grant issued in 2014

Theatre

Manhattan

The Public Theater

$250,000 to support the Under the Radar Festival over two years

Grant issued in 2014

Theatre

Manhattan

Theatre for a New Audience

$1,000,000 to establish the Howard Gilman Foundation Fund for Classic Drama

Grant issued in 2014

Theatre

Brooklyn

Baryshnikov Arts

$200,000 for programming and capital improvements for the Howard Gilman Performance Space

Grant issued in 2014

Multidisciplinary

Manhattan

Carnegie Hall

$750,000 to support UBUNTU: Music and Arts of South Africa

Grant issued in 2014

Music

Manhattan

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

$500,000 for educational and artistic initiatives

Grant issued in 2014

Dance

Manhattan

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club

$250,000 to support community initiatives and artist residencies

Grant issued in 2014

Theatre

Manhattan

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

$500,000 for a new dance initiative

Grant issued in 2014

Multidisciplinary

Manhattan

Ballet Next

$150,000 to underwrite a resident choreographer and to expand arts education programs

Grant issued in 2014

Dance

Playwrights Horizons

$50,000 for general operating support

Grant issued in 2014

Theatre

Manhattan

Primary Stages

$50,000 for institutional advancement

Grant issued in 2014

Theatre

Manhattan

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