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

The Bessies

$20,000 for general operating support over two years

Grant issued in 2019

Dance

Manhattan

The Flea Theater

$150,000 for general operating support over two years

Grant issued in 2019

Theatre

Manhattan

BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance

$100,000 for general operating support over two years

Grant issued in 2019

Dance

Bronx

The Jazz Gallery

$100,000 for general operating support over two years

Grant issued in 2019

Music

Manhattan

The New York Musical Festival

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

Grant issued in 2019

Theatre

The Shed

$50,000 to support the Open Call program

Grant issued in 2019

Multidisciplinary

Manhattan

The Sol Project

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

Grant issued in 2019

Theatre

Manhattan

Theater Mitu

$20,000 for general operating support

Grant issued in 2019

Theatre

Brooklyn

Theatre Communications Group

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

Grant issued in 2019

Theatre

Manhattan

Baryshnikov Arts

$200,000 for general operating support

Grant issued in 2019

Multidisciplinary

Manhattan

Waterwell

$20,000 to support the Fleet Week Follies project

Grant issued in 2019

Theatre

Manhattan

Bedlam

$70,000 for general operating support over two years

Grant issued in 2019

Theatre

Manhattan

Big Dance Theater

$20,000 for general operating support

Grant issued in 2019

Dance

Brooklyn

A Better Jamaica

$10,000 to support the Jamaica Dance Festival

Grant issued in 2019

Dance

Queens

BRIC

$250,000 to support a challenge grant for the BRIC Forever Fund

Grant issued in 2019

Multidisciplinary

Brooklyn

Camille A. Brown & Dancers

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

Grant issued in 2019

Dance

Queens

Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute

$25,000 to support the AfriBembé Festival and the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Concert

Grant issued in 2019

Multidisciplinary

Manhattan

City Parks Foundation

$150,000 to support SummerStage over two years

Grant issued in 2019

Multidisciplinary

Staten Island

Clubbed Thumb

$80,000 for general operating support over two years

Grant issued in 2019

Theatre

Manhattan

Dance/NYC

$75,000 for general operating support

Grant issued in 2019

Dance

Manhattan

Dorrance Dance

$70,000 for general operating support over two years

Grant issued in 2019

Dance

Manhattan

All For One Theater

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

Grant issued in 2019

Theatre

Manhattan

En Garde Arts

$20,000 for the development and premiere of Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes)

Grant issued in 2019

Theatre

Brooklyn

ETHEL

$20,000 for general operating support

Grant issued in 2019

Music

Manhattan

Fiasco Theater

$60,000 for general operating support over two years

Grant issued in 2019

Theatre

Brooklyn

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