FY 2018 Grants
LINCOLN CENTER
$120,000 | Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inc.
David Finckel, Co-Artistic Director
Wu Han, Co-Artistic Director
Suzanne Davidson, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$115,000 | Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc.
Wynton Marsalis, Managing and Artistic Director
Greg Scholl, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$80,000 | Juilliard School
Evan Yionoulis, Richard Rodgers Director of the Juilliard Drama Division
Support of the 2018-2019 fourth-year performances
$60,000 | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
Jane Moss, Artistic Director
Support of the 2018 Mostly Mozart Festival
$130,000 | New York City Ballet, Inc.
Peter Martins, Ballet Master in Chief
Katherine E. Brown, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$200,000 | New York Philharmonic (Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc.)
Jaap van Zweden, Music Director
Deborah Borda, President & CEO
Support of the 2018 production of "The Art of Andriessen"
$50,000 | New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations)
Patrick Hoffman, Director
Support for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (TOFT) in Fiscal Year 2018
$30,000 | School of American Ballet, Inc.
Carrie W. Hinrichs, Executive Director
Kay Mazzo, Co-Chairman of Faculty
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$75,000 | Vivian Beaumont Theater, Inc.
Andre Bishop, Producing Artistic Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
DANCE
$10,000 | Abraham in Motion (Kyle Abraham Abraham in Motion)
Kyle Abraham, Artistic Director
Joe Stackell, Executive Director
General operating support for the 2018-2019 NYC season
$45,000 | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.)
Robert Battle, Artistic Director
Bennett Rink, Executive Director
Support of the 2018-2019 60th Anniversary Season
$10,000 | Armitage Gone! Dance (Armitage Foundation Ltd.)
Karole Armitage, Artistic Director
Chelsea Keys, Manager
Support of the FY19 season
$15,000 | Ballet Hispanico of New York
Eduardo Vilaro, Artistic Director & CEO
Support of the FY18 New York City season and flood recovery
$10,000 | Dance/NYC (Dance Service New York City, Inc.)
Lane Harwell, Executive Director
General operating support for 2018 season activities
$20,000 | Danspace Project, Inc.
Judy Hussie-Taylor, Executive Director
Support of the FY18 season
$10,000 | Doug Varone and Dancers
Doug Varone, Artistic Director
Janice Shapiro, Executive Director
General operating support for the FY2019 NYC season
$10,000 | Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation Inc.
Jonah Bokaer, Choreographer/Founder
General operating support for FY16-17 New York City season
$100,000 | Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.
Linda Shelton, Executive Director
Support of NYC-based company productions during the 2017-2018 season
$50,000 | Mark Morris Dance Group (Discalced, Inc.)
Mark Morris, Artistic Director
Nancy Umanoff, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$15,000 | Martha Graham Dance Company (Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc.)
LaRue Allen, Executive Director
Janet Eilber, Artistic Director
Support of the 2019 NYC season
$10,000 | Noche Flamenca Inc.
Martin Santangelo, Artistic Director
Soledad Barrio, Choreographer & Dancer
Sharon Levy, Executive Director
Support of the FY18 New York City season
$10,000 | Parsons Dance Foundation, Inc.
David Parsons, Artistic Director
General operating support for the 2017-2018 New York City season
$50,000 | Paul Taylor's Modern American Dance (Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.)
Paul Taylor, Artistic Director
John Tomlinson, Executive Director
Support of the 2018 Lincoln Center season
$10,000 | Streb Lab for Action Mechanics (Streb, Inc.)
Elizabeth Streb, Action Architect
Cathy Einhorn, Co- Executive Director
Susan Meyers, Co- Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$5,000 | Susan Marshall & Company (Dance Continuum, Inc.)
Susan Marshall, Artistic Director
Jeremy Olson, Executive Director
Support of the FY18 NYC season
$15,000 | Trisha Brown Company, Inc.
Barbara Dufty, Executive Director
Support of the 2018 NYC season
MUSIC
$12,500 | 92nd Street Y (Young Men’s & Young Women’s Hebrew Association)
Hannah Arie-Gaifman, Director, Tisch Center for the Arts
Support of the 2018-2019 season
$15,000 | Afro Latin Jazz Alliance of New York, Inc.
Arturo O'Farrill, Artistic Director
Marietta Ulacia, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 performance season
$10,000 | American Composers Orchestra Inc.
Ed Yim, President & CEO
George Manahan, Music Director
General operating support for the 2018-19 New York City season
$15,000 | Bang on a Can, Inc.
Michael Gordon, Artistic Director
David Lang, Artistic Director
Julia Wolfe, Artistic Director
Support for 2018 season activities
$20,000 | Bargemusic, Ltd.
Mark Peskanov, President, Executive & Artistic Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$200,000 | Carnegie Hall Corporation
Clive Gillinson, Executive and Artistic Director
Support of the 2018-2019 season
$7,500 | Da Capo Chamber Players, Inc.
Patricia Spencer, Flutist
Support of the 2017-2018 New York City season
$10,000 | Early Music Foundation, Inc.
Frederick Renz, Founding Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$12,500 | Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center (Elaine Kaufman Cultural Center - Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance)
Lydia Kontos, Executive Director
Amy Roberts Frawley, Managing Director of Merkin Concert Hall
Support of Merkin Concert Hall's 2017-2018 season
$10,000 | Ethels Foundation for the Arts, Inc
Ralph Ferris, Co- Artistic Director
Dorothy Lawson, Co- Artistic Director
Karen Jenkins, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$15,000 | International Contemporary Ensemble Foundation, Inc.
Rebekah Heller, Co-Artistic Director and Bassoonist
Ross Karre, Co-Artistic Director and Percussionist
William McDaniel, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 NYC season
$10,000 | The Knights (Music Forward, Inc.)
Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director
Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Director
Shruti Adhar, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$15,000 | Miller Theatre at Columbia University (Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York)
Melissa Smey, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$10,000 | Music at the Anthology, Inc.
Du Yun, Artistic Director
Todd Tarantino, Executive Director
Philip Glass, Executive Director
Support of the 2018-2019 season
$10,000 | Music Before 1800, Inc.
Louise Basbas, Director
General operating support for the 2017-2018 concert series
$5,000 | Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, Inc.
Christopher London, President
General operating support for the 2018 season
$15,000 | New York Festival of Song, Inc.
Steven Blier, Artistic Director
Michael Barrett, Associate Artistic Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$35,000 | Orchestra of St. Luke's (St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Inc.)
James Roe, President & Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$30,000 | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
Alexander Scheirle, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$15,000 | Riverside Symphony, Inc.
Anthony Korf, Artistic Director and Composer-In-Residence
George Rothman, Music Director and Conductor
General operating support for the 2017-2018 season
$15,000 | Roulette Intermedium, Inc.
James S. Staley, Artistic Director / Producer
Support for the 2017-2018 season
$7,500 | So Percussion Inc.
Jason Treuting, Founding Member
Adam Sliwinski, Member
Josh Quillen, Member
Eric Cha-Beach, Member
Support of the 2018-2019 NYC season
$10,000 | Tenet NYC Inc.
Jolie Greenfield, Artistic Director
Support of the 2018-19 season
$10,000 | World Music Institute
Gaby Sappington, Executive Director
Manuel Bagorro, Artistic Director
Support of the 2018-2019 season
OPERA
$10,000 | Beth Morrison Projects
Beth Morrison, President and Creative Producer
General operating support for the 2017-2018 season
$10,000 | Bronx Opera Company, Inc.
Michael Spierman, Artistic Director
General operating support of the 2018 New York City season
PERFORMANCE ART
$10,000 | Meredith Monk / House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
Meredith Monk, Artistic Director
Support of the 2017-2018 performance season
$10,000 | Pick Up Performance Company, Inc.
David Gordon, Co-Director
Ain Gordon, Co-Director
Alyce Dissette, Producing Director
Support for the PUPCo's Fiscal 2017-2018 programming season
PRESENTERS
$30,000 | Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc.
Jonelle Procope, President & Chief Executive Officer
Kamilah Forbes, Executive Producer
Support of the 2017-2018 performing arts season
$10,000 | Asia Society
Rachel Cooper, Director, Global Arts and Special Cultural Initiatives
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$15,000 | Baryshnikov Arts Center, Inc.
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Artistic Director
Georgiana Pickett, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$10,000 | BRIC
Jack Walsh, Vice-President of Performing Arts
Rachel Chanoff, Artistic Director, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn Festival
Support of the 2018 BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
$200,000 | Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc.
Katy Clark, President
Joseph Melillo, Executive Producer
Support of the 2018-2019 season
$15,000 | Center for Traditional Music and Dance Inc.
Peter I. Rushefsky, Executive Director
General operating support for the 2018 NYC season
$10,000 | Dixon Place (Open Channels, Inc.)
Ellie Covan, founding Artistic Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$10,000 | Flushing Town Hall
Ellen Kodadek, Executive and Artistic Director
Support of the 2018-2019 Performing Arts Program
$20,000 | Harlem Stage (Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.)
Patricia Cruz, Executive Director
Support of the FY18 season
$20,000 | HERE (Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art Ltd.)
Kristin Marting, Founding Artistic Director
Kim Whitener, Executive Director
General operating support for the 2018-2019 season
$10,000 | Japan Society, Inc.
Yoko Shioya, Artistic Director
Support of the 2018-2019 Performing Arts season
$15,000 | The Kitchen (Haleakala, Inc.)
Tim Griffin, Executive Director and Chief Curator
General operating support for the FY2018 season
$10,000 | Metropolitan Museum of Art
Limor Tomer, general manager of concerts and lectures
Support of the 2017-2018 Free with Museum Admission (FWMA) performance programs
$50,000 | New York City Center, Inc.
Arlene Schuler, president & CEO
Support for the 2018 Encores! season and the 15th Anniversary of the Fall for Dance Festival
$15,000 | New York Live Arts Inc.
Bill T. Jones, Artistic Director
Kim Cullen, Managing Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$50,000 | Park Avenue Armory
Rebeccca Robertson, Founding President & Executive Producer
Support of the 2018-2019 season
$20,000 | Performance Space 122 Inc.
Jenny Schlenzka, Executive Artistic Director
General operating support for the 2017-2018 season
$15,000 | Roulette Intermedium Inc.
James S. Staley, Director and Co-Founder
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$40,000 | St. Ann's Warehouse Inc.
Susan Feldman, Artistic Director
General operating support for the 2017-2018 season
$15,000 | Symphony Space, Inc.
Kathy Landau, Executive Director
Andrew Byrne, Artistic Director
General operating support for the 2017-2018 season
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT
$12,500 | Concert Artists Guild, Inc.
Richard S. Weinert, President
General operating support for the 2017-2018 New York City season
$25,000 | Manhattan School of Music
Donna Vaughn, Artistic Director of opera programs
Support of two productions in the 2018-2019 season
$25,000 | Mannes College of Music (The New School)
Joseph Colaneri, Artistic Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season Opera Program
$10,000 | New Dramatists Inc.
Emily F. Morse, Artistic Director
Joel K. Ruark, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season of Playwrights' Lab
$10,000 | New York Youth Symphony
Michael Repper, Music Director
Shauna Quill, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$12,500 | Young Concert Artists Inc.
Mark Hayman, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
SPECIAL PROJECTS
$30,000 | Alliance of Resident Theatres
Virginia P. Louloudes, Executive Director
Support of the FY18 season
$2,500 | Grantmakers in the Arts
Eddie Torres, President & CEO
2018 GIA Funding Partner Support
THEATRE
$25,000 | Atlantic Theater Company
Neil Pepe, Artistic Director
Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$10,000 | Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
Dr. Indira Etwaroo, Executive Director, RestorationART
Support of the 2018-2019 season
$12,500 | Classic Stage Company
John Doyle, Artistic Director
Support for the 2017-18 season
$10,000 | Elevator Repair Service Theater
John Collins, Artistic Director and Founder
Ariana Smart Truman, Producing Director
Support of the FY18 season
$5,000 | Ensemble Studio Theatre Inc.
William Cardon, Artistic Director
Sarah McLellan, Executive Director
General operating support of the 2017-2018 season
$10,000 | Flea Theater, Inc.
Niegel Smith, Artistic Director
Carol Ostrow, Producing Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$10,000 | Irish Reperatory Theatre Company Inc.
Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director
Ciarran O'Reilly, Producing Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$20,000 | La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, Inc.
Mia Yoo, Artistic Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$5,000 | Mabou Mines Development Foundation
Sharon Fogarty, Co-Artistic director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$5,000 | Manhattan Class Company, Inc.
Robert LuPone, Co-Artistic Director
Bernard Telsey, Co-Artistic Director
William Cantler, Co-Artistic Director
Blake West, Executive Director
Support of the FY2018 season
$40,000 | Manhattan Theatre Club, Inc.
Lynn Meadow, Artistic Director
Barry Grove, Executive Director
Support of the Artistic Development Program during the 2017-2018 season
$10,000 | Ma-Yi Theater Company (Ma-Yi Filipino Theatre Ensemble Inc.)
Ralph B. Pena, Producing Artistic Director
Jorge Z. Ortoll, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$10,000 | Mint Theater Company, Inc.
Jonathan Bank, Producing Artistic Director
Support of the FY18 season
$35,000 | New 42nd Street Inc.
Cora Cahan, President
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$10,000 | New Ohio Theatre (Soho Think Tank)
Robert Lyons, founding Artistic Director
Marc Stuart Weiss, Producing Director
General operating support for the 2018-2019 season
$35,000 | New York Theatre Workshop, Inc.
James C. Nicola, Artistic Director
Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$10,000 | Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Tisa Chang, Artistic Producing Director
General operating support for the 2018-2019 season
$10,000 | Ping Chong and Company (Fiji Theater Company Inc.)
Ping Chong, Artistic Director
Bruce Allardice, Executive Director
General operating support for the 2018-2019 NYC season
$35,000 | Playwrights Horizons, Inc.
Tim Sanford, Artistic Director
Leslie Marcus, Managing Director
General operating support for the 2017-2018 season
$15,000 | Pregones Theater (Pregones Puerto Rican Traveling Theater Inc.)
Rosalba Rolon, Artistic Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$10,000 | Primary Stages Company, Inc.
Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director
Shane D. Hudson, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$75,000 | Public Theater (New York Shakespeare Festival)
Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director
Patrick Willingham, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-18 season
$10,000 | Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (Rattlestick Productions Inc.)
Daniella Topol, Artistic Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$15,000 | Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.
Todd Haimes, Artistic Director / CEO
Julia C. Levy, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 sason
$25,000 | Second Stage Theatre Inc.
Carole Rothman, Artistic Director
Casey Reitz, Executive Director
Support of the 2018-2019 40th Anniversary season
$35,000 | Signature Theatre Company Inc
Paige Evans, Artistic Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$25,000 | Soho Repertory Theatre, Inc
Sarah Benson, Artistic Director
Cynthia Flowers, Executive Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$55,000 | Spanish Theatre Repertory Company
Robert Weber Frederico, Executive Producer
Rene Buch, founding Artistic Director
Support of the 2018 50th anniversary season
$10,000 | Target Margin Theater Inc.
David Herskovits, Artistic Director
Support for the 2017-18 season
$30,000 | Theatre for a New Audience
Jeffrey Horowitz, Founding Artistic Director
Dorothy Ryan, Managing Director
Support of the 2017-2018 season
$12,500 | Vineyard Theatre
Doug Aibel, Artistic Director
Suzanne Appel, Managing Director
General operating support for the 2017-2018 season
$15,000 | Wooster Group, Inc.
Elizabeth LeCompte, Director
Cynthia Hedstrom, Executive Producer
Support of FY18 theater activities