FY 2017 Grants

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LINCOLN CENTER

 

$120,000  | Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Inc.

David Finckel, Co-Artistic Director

Wu Han, Co-Artistic Director

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

$115,000  | Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc.

Wynton Marsalis, Managing and Artistic Director

Greg Scholl, Executive Director

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

$80,000  | Juilliard School

Richard Feldman, acting Drama Division Director

Support of the 2017-2018 fourth-year performances

 

$60,000  | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.

Jane Moss, Artistic Director

Support for the 2017 Mostly Mozart Festival

 

$130,000  | New York City Ballet, Inc.

Peter Martins, Ballet Master in Chief

Katherine E. Brown, Executive Director

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$200,000  | New York Philharmonic (Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Inc.)

Deborah Borda, President and CEO

Support of the 2017 production of "Bernstein's Philharmonic"

 

$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 2017

 

$30,000  | School of American Ballet, Inc.

Carrie W. Hinrichs, Executive Director

Kay Mazzo, Co-Chairman of Faculty

Support for 2016-2017

 

$75,000  | Vivian Beaumont Theater, Inc.

Andre Bishop, Producing Artistic Director

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

DANCE

 

$10,000  | Abraham.In.Motion (Kyle Abraham Abraham in Motion)

Kyle Abraham, Artistic Director

Support of the 2017-2018 season

 

$45,000  | Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc.)

Robert Battle, Artistic Director

Support of the 2017-2018 season

 

$10,000  | Armitage Gone! Dance (Armitage Foundation Ltd.)

Karole Armitage, Artistic Director

Support for the 2017-2018 NYC season

 

$15,000  | Ballet Hispanico of New York

Eduardo Vilaro, Artistic Director & CEO

Support of the FY17 New York season

 

$10,000  | Dance/NYC (Dance Service New York City, Inc.)

Lane Harwell, Executive Director

Support of 2017 season activities

 

$20,000  | Danspace Project, Inc.

Judy Hussie-Taylor, Executive Director

General operating support for FY2017

 

$10,000  | Doug Varone and Dancers

Doug Varone, Artistic Director

General operating support for FY2018

 

$10,000  | Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation Inc.

Jonah Bokaer, Choreographer & Founder

Charles Fabius, Executive Producer

General operating support for FY16-17

 

$7,500  | Jose Limon Dance Foundation

Juan José Escalante, Executive Director

General operating support of FY17

 

$100,000  | Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc.

Linda Shelton, Executive Director

Support for NYC-based company productions during the 2016-2017 season

 

$50,000  | Mark Morris Dance Group (Discalced, Inc.)

Mark Morris, Artistic Director

Nancy Umanoff, Executive Director

Support of the 2016-2017 season

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$15,000  | Martha Graham Dance Company (Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc.)

LaRue Allen, Executive Director

Janet Eilber, Artistic Director

Support of the 2018 New York season

 

$10,000  | Noche Flamenca Inc.

Martin Santangelo, Artistic Director

Soledad Barrio, Choreographer & Dancer

Support for the 2017 season

 

$10,000  | Parsons Dance Foundation, Inc.

David Parsons, Artistic Director

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$50,000  | Paul Taylor's Modern American Dance (Paul Taylor Dance Foundation, Inc.)

Paul Taylor, Artistic Director

John Tomlinson, Executive Director

Support for the 2017 Lincoln Center season of Paul Taylor American Modern Dance

 

$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 2016-2017 NYC season

 

$5,000  | Susan Marshall & Company (Dance Continuum, Inc.)

Susan Marshall, Artistic Director

Jeremy Olson, Executive Director

Support for the 2017 New York City season

 

$15,000  | Trisha Brown Company, Inc.

Barbara Dufty, Executive Director

Support for 2017 New York City activities

 

MUSIC

 

$12,500  | 92nd Street Y (Young Men’s & Young Women’s Hebrew Association)

Hannah Arie-Gaifman, Director, Tisch Center for the Arts

Support for the 2017-2018 season

 

$15,000  | Afro Latin Jazz Alliance of New York, Inc.

Arturo O'Farrill, Artistic Director

Marietta Ulacia, Executive Director

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | American Composers Orchestra Inc.

Ed Yim, president & CEO

General operating support for the 2017 New York City season

 

$15,000  | Bang on a Can, Inc.

Michael Gordon, Artistic Director

David Lang, Artistic Director

Julia Wolfe, Artistic Director

General operating support for the 2017 season

 

$20,000  | Bargemusic, Ltd.

Mark Peskanov, President, Executive & Artistic Director

General operating support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$200,000  | Carnegie Hall Corporation

Clive Gillinson, Executive and Artistic Director

Support of the 2017-2018 season

 

$7,500  | Da Capo Chamber Players, Inc.

Patricia Spencer, Flutist

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | Early Music Foundation, Inc.

Frederick Renz, Founding Director

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$12,500  | Elaine Kaufman Music 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 for the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | Ethel's Foundation for the Arts, Inc.

Ralph Ferris, Co- Artistic Director

Dorothy Lawson, Co- Artistic Director

Karen Jenkins, Executive Director

Support for the 2016-2017 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 for the 2016-2017 season

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$10,000  | The Knights (Music Forward, Inc.)

Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director

Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Director

Shruti Adhar, Executive Director

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

$15,000  | Miller Theatre at Columbia University (Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York)

Melissa Smey, Executive Director

Support for the Miller Theatre 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | Music at the Anthology, Inc.

Todd Tarantino, executive director

Support of the 2017-2018 season

 

$10,000  | Music Before 1800, Inc.

Louise Basbas, Director

General operating support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | National Sawdust

Paola Prestini, Co-Founder and Artistic Director

FY17 concert season

 

$5,000  | Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, Inc.

Christopher London, President

Support for the 2017 season

 

$15,000  | New York Festival of Song, Inc.

Steven Blier, Artistic Director

Michael Barrett, Associate Artistic Director

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$35,000  | Orchestra of St. Luke's (St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Inc.)

James Roe, President & Executive Director

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

$30,000  | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Inc.

Alexander Scheirle, Executive Director

Support of the 2016-2017 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 2016-2017 season

 

$7,500  | So Percussion Inc.

Jason Treuting, Founding Member Musician

Adam Sliwinski, Member Musician

Josh Quillen, Member Musician

Eric Cha-Beach, Member Musician

Support of the 2017-2018 New York concert season

 

$10,000  | Tenet NYC Inc.

Jolie Greenfield, Artistic Director

General operating support for the 2017-2018 season

 

$10,000  | World Music Institute

Gaby Sappington, Executive Director

Support of the 2017-2018 New York City season

 

OPERA

 

$10,000  | Beth Morrison Projects

Beth Morrison, President and Creative Producer

General operating support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | Bronx Opera Company, Inc.

Michael Spierman, Artistic Director

2016-17 Bronx Opera season in NYC

 

PERFORMANCE ART

 

$10,000  | Meredith Monk / House Foundation for the Arts, Inc.

Meredith Monk, Artistic Director

Support of the FY17 season

 

$10,000  | Pick Up Performance Company, Inc.

Alyce Dissette, Producing Director

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

PRESENTERS

 

$30,000  | Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc.

Jonelle Procope, President & Chief Executive Officer

Kamilah Forbes, Executive Producer

Support of the 2016-2017 performing arts season

 

$10,000  | Asia Society

Rachel Cooper, Director, Global Arts and Special Cultural Initiatives

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$15,000  | Baryshnikov Arts Center, Inc.

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Artistic Director

Georgiana Pickett, Executive Director

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | BRIC

Jack Walsh, Executive Producer

Support of the 2017 Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival

 

$200,000  | Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc.

Katy Clark, President

Support of the 2017-2018 season

 

$15,000  | Center for Traditional Music and Dance Inc.

Peter I. Rushefsky, Executive Director

Support for the 2017 season

 

$10,000  | Dixon Place (Open Channels, Inc.)

Ellie Covan, founding Artistic Director

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | Flushing Town Hall

Ellen Kodadek, Executive and Artistic Director

Support of the 2017-2018 Performing Arts Program

 

$20,000  | Harlem Stage (Aaron Davis Hall, Inc.)

Patricia Cruz, Executive Director

General operating support for FY17

 

$20,000  | HERE (Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art Ltd.)

Kristin Marting, Artistic Director

Kim Whitener, Producing Director

Support of the 2017-2018 season

 

$10,000  | Japan Society, Inc.

Yoko Shioya, President & Executive Producer

Support of the 2017-2018 season

 

$15,000  | The Kitchen (Haleakala, Inc.)

Tim Griffin, Executive Director and Chief Curator

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$50,000  | New York City Center, Inc.

Arlene Schuler, president & CEO

Support for the 2017 Encores! season and the 2017 Fall for Dance Festival

 

$50,000  | Park Avenue Armory

Rebecca Robertson, President & Executive Producer

Pierre Audi, President & Executive Producer

General operating support of the 2017-2018 season

 

$20,000  | Performance Space 122 Inc.

Jenny Schlenzka, Executive Artistic Director

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$15,000  | Roulette Intermedium, Inc.

James S. Staley, Artistic Director / Producer

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$40,000  | St. Ann's Warehouse Inc.

Susan Feldman, Artistic Director

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$15,000  | Symphony Space, Inc.

Kathy Landau, Executive Director

Andrew Byrne, Artistic Director

General operating support for the 2016-2017 season

 

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

 

$12,500  | Concert Artists Guild, Inc.

Richard S. Weinert, President

General operating support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$25,000  | Manhattan School of Music

Donna Vaughn, Artistic Director of opera programs

Support for opera program

 

$25,000  | Mannes College of Music (The New School)

Joseph Colaneri, Artistic Director

Support of the Opera Program's 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | New Dramatists Inc.

Emily F. Morse, Artistic Director

Joel K. Ruark, Executive Director

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | New York Youth Symphony

Michael Repper, Music Director

Shauna Quill, Executive Director

General operating support for the 2016-2017 NYC season

 

$12,500  | Young Concert Artists Inc.

Mark Hayman, Executive Director

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

SPECIAL PROJECTS

 

$30,000  | Alliance of Resident Theatres

Virginia P. Louloudes, Executive Director

General operating support for the 2017 season

 

$2,500  | Grantmakers in the Arts

Eddie Torres, President & CEO

2017 Funding Partner Support

 

THEATRE

 

$25,000  | Atlantic Theater Company

Neil Pepe, Artistic Director

Jeffory Lawson, Managing Director

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation

Dr. Indira Etwaroo, Executive Director, RestorationART

General operating support for Arts & Culture Project 2067: Fifty Years Forward

 

$12,500  | Classic Stage Company

John Doyle, Artistic Director

General operating support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | Elevator Repair Service Theater

John Collins, Artistic Director and Founder

Ariana Smart Truman, Producing Director

General operating support for FY18

 

$5,000  | Ensemble Studio Theatre Inc.

William Cardon, Artistic Director

Sarah McLellan, Executive Director

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | Flea Theater Inc.

Niegel Smith, Artistic Director

Carol Ostrow, Producing Director

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | Irish Repertory Theatre Company Inc.

Charlotte Moore, Artistic Director

Ciarran O'Reilly, Producing Director

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

$20,000  | La Mama Experimental Theatre Club, Inc.

Mia Yoo, Artistic Director

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$5,000  | Mabou Mines Development Foundation

Sharon Fogarty, Co-Artistic Director

Support of the 2016-2017 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 2017 season

 

$40,000  | Manhattan Theatre Club

Lynn Meadow, Artistic Director

Barry Grove, Executive Director

Support for the Artistic Development Program during the 2016-2017 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 for the 2016-2017 season

 

$7,500  | Mettawee River Theatre Company

Ralph Lee, Artistic Director

Casey Compton, Managing Director

Support of "Before the Sun and Moon" production

 

$10,000  | Mint Theater Company, Inc.

Jonathan Bank, Producing Artistic Director

Support for FY17

 

$35,000  | New 42nd Street

Cora Cahan, President

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | New Ohio Theatre (Soho Think Tank)

Robert Lyons, founding Artistic Director

General operating support for the 2017-2018 season

 

$50,000  | New York City Center

Arlene Schuler, President & CEO

Support for 2017 Encores! season and 2017 Fall for Dance Festival

 

$35,000  | New York Theatre Workshop, Inc.

James C. Nicola, Artistic Director

Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, Inc.

Tisa Chang, Artistic/Producing Director

General operating support for the 2017-2018 season

 

$10,000  | Ping Chong and Company (Fiji Theater Company Inc.)

Ping Chong, Artistic Director

Support of the 2017-2018 New York City season

 

$35,000  | Playwrights Horizons, Inc.

Tim Sanford, Artistic Director

Leslie Marcus, Managing Director

General operating support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$15,000  | Pregones Theater (Pregones Puerto Rican Traveling Theater Inc.)

Rosalba Rolon, Artistic Director

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | Primary Stages Company, Inc.

Casey Childs, Executive Producer

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

$75,000  | Public Theater (New York Shakespeare Festival)

Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director

Patrick Willingham, Executive Director

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (Rattlestick Productions Inc.)

Daniella Topol, Artistic Director

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$15,000  | Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc.

Todd Haimes, Artistic Director / CEO

Julia C. Levy, Executive Director

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | Saratoga International Theater Institute, Inc.

Anne Bogart, Co-Artistic Director

Michelle Preston, Executive Director

Support for the 2017 NYC production of "Chess Match"

 

$25,000  | Second Stage Theatre Inc.

Carole Rothman, Artistic Director and Co-Founder

Casey Reitz, Executive Director

Support of the 2017-2018 season

 

$35,000  | Signature Theatre Company, Inc.

Paige Evans, Artistic Director

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

$25,000  | Soho Repertory Theatre, Inc.

Sarah Benson, Artistic Director

Cynthia Flowers, Executive Director

General operating support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$55,000  | Spanish Theatre Repertory Company

Robert Weber Frederico, Executive Producer

Rene Buch, founding Artistic Director

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

$10,000  | Target Margin Theater Inc.

David Herskovits, Artistic Director

Support of the 2017 25th Anniversary season

 

$30,000  | Theatre for a New Audience

Jeffrey Horowitz, Founding Artistic Director

Dorothy Ryan, Managing Director

Support of the 2016-2017 season

 

$12,500  | Vineyard Theatre

Doug Aibel, Artistic Director

Suzanne Appel, Managing Director

Support for the 2016-2017 season

 

$15,000  | Wooster Group, Inc.

Elizabeth LeCompte, Director

Cynthia Hedstrom, Executive Producer

Support of the FY2017 season