1999 Grant Awards: Planning & Stabilization
Some details of the projects listed below are subject to change,
contingent upon prior Endowment approval.
Grants With Activity Primarily In One State
18th Street Arts Complex
Santa Monica, CA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support development of a long-range strategic plan. Funds will provide assistance for consultants' fees and administrative support.
Abilene Cultural Affairs Council
Abilene, TX
$60,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support the Cultural Foundation, an endowment, for the Abilene Cultural Affairs Council. The establishment of this endowment is intended to benefit artists and arts organizations in Abilene and 48 surrounding rural communities.
Alabama Symphonic Association, Inc.
Birmingham, AL
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the augmentation of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra's endowment. This 1999-2001 stabilization project will increase the Orchestra's endowment fund to benefit the base salary of its musicians.
Alberta Bair Theater Corporation
Billings, MT
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support organizational planning and stabilization. The project will include professional consulting services and staff support to review the mission of the Alberta Bair Theater and plan the most appropriate governance, programming and staffing for the Theater as it matures.
Alliance for Artists' Communities
Portland, OR
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support a strategic planning project for the field of artists' communities across the United States. This project builds on a broad research project that identifies and analyzes program structures and management practices in the field of artists' communities.
Alliance of New York State Arts Councils, Inc.
Mattituck, NY
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support the implementation of a statewide technology program. The project will expand the Alliance's capacity to effectively deliver services to its membership that is comprised of nearly 150 arts councils, arts centers, discipline-based arts organizations, and arts professionals from throughout the 62 counties of New York State.
American Music Theater Festival, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Musical Theater
To support the establishment of an endowment and the creation of a cash reserve. The American Music Theater Festival will use endowment and cash reserve funds to enhance its institutional stability and commitment to emerging as well as established artists.
American Opera Projects, Inc.
New York, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support development and production of marketing materials and improvement of administrative capacity during 1999-2000. The goals of the project will be accomplished through acquisition of hardware and software upgrades, and enhancement of sound and amplification capacities and in-house recording systems of the American Opera Project's Center for New Opera and Music Theater.
Arden Theatre Company
Philadelphia, PA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the purchase of production equipment earmarked for a new and second performance space in preparation for the initiation of the Greenhouse Project. The Greenhouse Project is an artistic and marketing initiative designed to generate increased earned income through partnerships with arts groups throughout the region.
Arizona Opera Company
Phoenix, AZ
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support the company's long range plan during 1999-2001. A consultant will be hired to restructure the organization and to develop a five-year plan that will assess the financial health, strengths, and weaknesses of the company.
Art Re Grup, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a comprehensive planning process. The project will entail a complete organizational assessment, the development of a strategic five-year plan, and a feasibility study for the purchase of its facility.
Artists Space, Inc.
New York, NY
$71,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support augmentation of an endowment. The project will be a component of a $1.5 million campaign during the organization's 25th anniversary year.
Arts & Business Council of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support four components of the Arts Marketing Center. The four programs are the Audience Development Training & Granting Program, the Basic Workshop Series, the Information Services, and the Resource Library.
Arts and Culture Commission of Contra Costa County
Martinez, CA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support planning associated with the development of a comprehensive Commission and County cultural plan. The scope of the plan will be regional, taking into consideration the needs of the diverse cultural communities within Contra Costa County.
Arts Council of Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City, OK
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support a stabilization project for the Stage Center performing arts facility. The project entails providing Stage Center with the computer technology capable of generating and tracking a collective database to be used in marketing for the Center and participating theater companies.
Atlantic Center for the Arts, Inc.
New Smyrna Beach, FL
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support augmentation of an endowment. An augmented endowment will help assure the organization's long-term stability, providing income for operating expenses and special projects, such as scholarships for artists to be in residence at the Center.
Atlantic Theater Company
New York, NY
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation of a cash reserve. Funds will support programming costs.
Bilingual Foundation of the Arts, Inc. (Fundacion Bilingue de las Artes)
Los Angeles, CA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation of a cash reserve. The funds will be used to encourage earned income through extended programming and enhanced outreach activities.
Bismarck-Mandan Orchestral Association
Bismarck, ND
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the augmentation of the Bismarck-Mandan Orchestral Association's endowment fund. This 1999-2001 stabilization project, with a target of raising at least $150,000, will result in improve the quality of the Orchestra, provide its professional musicians opportunities to coach other musicians and students, and increase educational programming.
Bronx Museum of the Arts
Bronx, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a planning process designed to increase audience participation in the museum's exhibition and education programs. Additional project activities include a clarification of the museum's mission and an increase in earned income.
Carver Development Board
San Antonio, TX
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support the Board's ability to provide governance, financial strength and marketing expertise to the benefit of the Carver Community Cultural Center. The project is focused on developing the Board's marketing, institutional development and organizational governance capacities.
Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Art
Buffalo, NY
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the establishment of a cash reserve. Additional project activities will include establishing a staff position to oversee marketing, publications, and a Web site; enhancing earned income opportunities; and updating computer equipment and staff training.
Chinese Cultural Productions
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the creation of a three-year strategic plan. Prepared with the assistance of a consultant, the plan will guide the organization through the year 2002.
City of San Jose, California
San Jose, CA
$90,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support the San Jose Arts Incubator. The Incubator is a comprehensive technical assistance program to develop and sustain approximately 25 arts organizations that reflect San Jose's multi-cultural and developing arts organizations.
Community Music School of Springfield, Inc.
Springfield, MA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the establishment of an endowment fund. Through this 1999-2000 stabilization project, the Community Music School of Springfield will raise funds toward an overall goal of $400,000 for an endowment fund to be used for its Scholarship and Need-Based Tuition Assistance Program.
Corporation of Yaddo
Saratoga Springs, NY
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support augmentation of an endowment. Through the Centennial Fund Campaign, Yaddo plans to increase its endowment to a level adequate to sustain the organization for a long-term future.
Court Theatre Fund
Chicago, IL
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support a marketing campaign to create a new regional and national identity for the theatre, and an upgrade of computer service and box office capabilities. Project costs include fees for public relations and marketing consultants, salaries for marketing staff, and expenses for the upgrade of box-office computers and phone systems.
Creative Time, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support implementation of a strategic plan designed to cultivate artists and audiences by raising the profile of the organization. Strategies include marketing to targeted audiences, improving promotional materials, conducting focus groups, and streamlining databases.
DanceWorks, Inc. (Pentacle)
New York, NY
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support establishment of a new resource called the Help Desk that will provide technical assistance to choreographers and small dance companies. These services will be targeted to the needs of emerging artists and companies that do not have access to a broad range of information on organizational structure, financial development, board development, or booking.
Dieu Donne Papermill, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a strategic planning process during the organization's 25th anniversary year. The project will focus on three primary areas: increasing earned income from studio programs, developing new sources of contributed income, and securing a long-term facility.
Double Edge Theatre Productions, Inc.
Ashfield, MA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the planning of the theater's artistic and administrative reorganization. Project costs include fees for a consultant for strategic planning and development initiatives.
Early Music America, Inc.
Cleveland, OH
$10,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the establishment of a cash reserve. Early Music America, in 1999-2000, plans to raise a $60,000 reserve fund to stabilize its financial base, allowing it more flexibility in managing its resources and providing programs and projects which help stabilize the American early music field.
Emmanuel Music, Inc.
Boston, MA
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a planning project. During 1999-2000, Emmanuel Music requires technical assistance to develop and write a three-year plan for stabilizing its organization, with an emphasis on staff and board development.
En Garde Arts, Inc.
New York, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support a comprehensive planning initiative to evaluate and redefine the overall mission of the organization. Costs include fees for a planning consultant to identify key issues and develop a new organizational mission.
First Stage Milwaukee, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the costs of enhancing marketing and audience development capabilities through the upgrade and integration of company databases into one networked relational database. Costs include computer training expenses for staff, and fees for a computer consultant.
FotoFest, Inc.
Houston, TX
$12,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a strategic planning process. The project's goals are to stabilize the organization's management and funding, improve the integration of its arts and education programs, and define future directions in programming.
Genesee Valley Arts Foundation, Inc.
Rochester, NY
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the establishment of an endowment. The endowment will help to further the theater's mission and enhance artistic programming.
Heart of the Beast Theatre
Minneapolis, MN
$46,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the planning and implementation of a stabilization initiative designed to secure increased earned and contributed income. Project costs include fees for a strategic planning consultant, a marketing consultant, and a consultant that will address board development.
Honolulu Theatre for Youth
Honolulu, HI
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation of a cash reserve. The campaign is designed to increase earned income through enhanced artistic programming and long-term contributed income through the establishment of an extended donor base.
Institute for Spanish Arts (Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco)
Santa Fe, NM
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support a cash reserve for the Institute of Spanish Arts that will provide financial support for the company's touring and performance activities. Establishment of a cash reserve will allow the company to enhance its national presence and to increase its education and workshop activity.
International Theatrical Arts Society
Dallas, TX
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support the purchase, installation and use of box office ticketing software, to support computer hardware, for conversion of records, and for staff training. The project will allow the Society to enhance its marketing capabilities for audience expansion, and increase its ticketing services to other nonprofits.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Inc.
Boston, MA
$200,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the augmentation of an endowment. The project will be a final piece of The Second Century Fund, a $25 million capital campaign that includes $13 million for the endowment.
Jomandi Productions, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support fees for consultants, travel and salary costs for the theater's general manager during the planning and implementation of the theater's artistic and administrative reorganization. The project is designed to evaluate existing artistic programs, develop a national board, and design a feasibility study to consider acquisition of an operating facility.
Jump-Start Performance Company
San Antonio, TX
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the establishment of a cash reserve. To coincide with Jump-Start Performance Company's fifteenth anniversary, funds will be used to expand the existing donor base, and increase earned income to secure long-term fiscal stability.
Kalamazoo Arts Council, Inc.
Kalamazoo, MI
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support the Arts Management Services program. This program provides consulting, technical assistance, informational publications, workshops, and arts management scholarships to artists and approximately 80 arts organizations in the Kalamazoo area.
Kentucky Opera
Louisville, KY
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support the development of a long-range strategic plan during 1999-2001. The plan will evaluate the current operations of Kentucky Opera, assessing organizational strengths and weaknesses, and will develop long-range plans as the company begins the expansion of its institutional development under new leadership.
Kenyon College (Kenyon Review)
Gambier, OH
$60,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the augmentation of an endowment for The Kenyon Review, a literary magazine founded in 1939 by poet John Crowe Ransom.
Los Angeles Master Chorale Association
Los Angeles, CA
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a planning project. During 1999-2000, the Los Angeles Master Chorale is undertaking a planning process to prepare for the organization's move to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Maine Arts Sponsors Association
Augusta, ME
$18,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support a planning project. This process will examine ways to maximize the use of limited human resources and diminishing of state arts agency dollars in the delivery of services to Maine Arts Sponsors' 155 rural members.
Mexic-Arte
Austin, TX
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support the implementation phase of a planning process. The project will involve the hiring of consultants who will provide technical assistance and training for the staff and board so that they may implement the goals outlined in the organization's master plan.
Michigan Association of Community Arts Agencies
Farmington Hills, MI
$40,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support the Regional Service Delivery Network. The Michigan Association of Community Arts Agencies (MACAA) will assess and prioritize the needs of community arts and cultural organizations in all 83 Michigan counties through focus groups convened in 12 statewide regions.
Mind-Builders Creative Arts Co., Inc.
Bronx, NY
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support a marketing plan to expand the number of participants in classes and at performances. The plan will include strategies for increasing public awareness, revenues and overall appreciation of the institution.
Montana State University (Shakespeare in the Parks)
Bozeman, MT
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support fees for consultants, administrative salaries and travel for planning an endowment campaign for Shakespeare in the Parks. Project goals include the acquisition of an advisory board to identify prospective individual and corporate donors.
National Association of Artists' Organizations, Inc.
Washington, DC
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the NAAO National Conference in 1999. This conference reflects one of NAAO's core services of convening representatives of artists' organizations and other arts leaders from all regions of the country to address issues of common concern.
National Foundation for Jewish Culture
New York, NY
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support the establishment of an endowment. The endowment will be used to strengthen operations, including major arts programming and arts services across the United States.
Nebraska Arts Council (Consortium)
Omaha, NE
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Local Arts Agency
To support financial planning and technical assistance in order to facilitate endowment campaign development for a consortium of ten small to medium-sized Nebraska arts organizations. This project will assist these organizations in undertaking financial assessment in order to continue building operational capacity, and to develop or expand existing endowments.
New Museum of Contemporary Art
New York, NY
$85,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support augmentation of an endowment. The project will be a component of a $6 million capital campaign aimed at broadening the museum's base of private funding and strengthening its administrative structure to support programs in its renovated facility.
New York City Ballet, Inc.
New York, NY
$200,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support the New York City Ballet's 50th anniversary endowment campaign. Funds from the endowment will help maintain the company's high level of artistry, preserve existing ballets by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, commission new ballets, expand audiences, and document and preserve its legacy.
New York City Opera, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support creation of The Virtual Opera House, an interactive Web site in 1999- 2000. The Virtual Opera House will employ cutting-edge technologies to market tickets and expose young audiences to the opera form.
Next Theatre Company
Evanston, IL
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the implementation of The Next Step, a marketing and strategic plan designed to increase income through audience development. The project will support salary costs for an audience development coordinator and expenses for Internet design and maintenance.
Opera Memphis, Inc.
Memphis, TN
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support the creation of a cash reserve during 1999-2000. The building of a cash reserve will allow Opera Memphis to replace an existing bank line of credit, resulting in substantial savings in annual interest charges.
Orchestral Association (Civic Orchestra of Chicago)
Chicago, IL
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a recruitment initiative by the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, an independent component of the Orchestral Association. This project will provide a corps of ethnically diverse musicians with training for auditions in professional symphony orchestras across the United States.
Oregon Center for the Photographic Arts, Inc. (Blue Sky Gallery)
Portland, OR
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a comprehensive planning process for Blue Sky Gallery. The project will entail an assessment of the organization's structure, operations, and financial challenges to enable the organization to fulfill its mission in the future.
Organization for Northern Anchorage, AK Development
Anchorage, AK
$18,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support a feasibility study to research, analyze and develop strategies for a capital campaign to purchase a permanent facility. Organization for Northern Anchorage, AK Development wishes to purchase the municipally owned Grandview Gardens Cultural Center which it has occupied since 1991.
Performance Space 122, Inc.
New York, NY
$75,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support marketing initiatives that will expand audiences and increase earned income to stabilize the organization. The project involves targeted marketing, expanded reach, increased visibility, heightened advertising, and a new membership campaign.
Philadelphia Dance Company, Inc. (Fiscal Agent for International Association of Blacks in Dance)
Philadelphia, PA
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support a planning process for the International Association of Blacks in Dance that will identify new sources of revenue and additional services for member companies. The Association now serves over 140 members and provides assistance to newly formed companies, choreographers, students, and universities.
Pilchuck Glass School
Seattle, WA
$12,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a long-range planning process. The project will result in a comprehensive five-year plan that will enable the school to continue its leadership role in the international glass art community.
Pilobolus, Inc.
Washington Depot, CT
$18,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support a comprehensive planning effort that will review key administrative and financial functions for Pilobolus. Strengthening the company's unique artistic vision and structure and ensuring its viability in the next millennium will be the focus of the planning process.
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support Pittsburgh Ballet's endowment fund campaign that will provide sustained artistic growth from enhanced resources. Funds from the endowment will be used to commission new ballets, provide adequate rehearsal and performance space, and ensure the company's ability to provide excellent education and performance services to the Pittsburgh region.
Playwrights Horizons, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the implementation of Stage Two, the second phase of a three-year marketing initiative. The Stage Two initiative is designed to increase earned income through audience retention and acquisition.
Poetry Flash
Berkeley, CA
$9,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support the development of a strategic business plan for Poetry Flash, a free tabloid literary magazine and comprehensive events calendar for California and the West. The strategic plan will address the organization's editorial and production functions, its circulation and marketing, and its financial controls.
Poets & Writers, Inc.
New York, NY
$70,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Literature
To support a national marketing campaign for the professional journal, Poets & Writers. Poets & Writers will undertake a 900,000-piece direct mail campaign targeting members of Associated Writing Programs, The Loft, and Poets House; and readers of magazines such as Ploughshares, Granta, Lingua Franca, Mississippi Review, and Calyx.
Project for Public Spaces, Inc.
New York, NY
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Design
To support a strategic planning process. The project will explore issues of programming and board governance in order to broaden the organization's impact, better serve its constituency, and strengthen its fund raising capacity.
Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$65,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the establishment of a cash reserve. The project will allow the Society to commit funds for the commissioning of new work, site-specific installations, publications, and education programs in their early stages of development and fund raising.
River City Brass Band, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the establishment of a cash reserve. The River City Brass Band, during 1999-2001, will augment the reserve to promote the goals of advancing the organization nationally and regionally.
Riverside Symphony, Inc.
New York, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the establishment of a cash reserve. During 1999-2001, the Riverside Symphony plans to create a cash reserve fund to improve the organization's cash flow management and stabilize its operational base.
Roulette Intermedium, Inc. (Consortium)
New York, NY
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support a consortium with Open Channels, Inc. (a.k.a. Dixon Place) to develop a plan to identify and design new space. The project will include planning for architectural and engineering studies, shared governance, and management as well as a project manager to oversee the facilities renovation.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum)
Piscataway, NJ
$70,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support an endowment campaign. The museum's $10 million campaign will be an integral part of Rutgers University's $350 million, five-year capital campaign.
S. U. Theatre Corporation (Syracuse Stage Theater Company)
Syracuse, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the continuation of a marketing initiative to increase earned income and diversify audiences. The project will allow for workshop facilitators and a computer upgrade.
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society
St. Paul, MN
$200,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the establishment of an endowment fund. During 1999, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society plans to meet its current endowment campaign goals to ensure artistic excellence and financial security over the long term.
Seven Stages, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the creation of a cash reserve. The cash reserve will be used to offset fluctuations in earned and contributed income.
Shakespeare & Company, Inc.
Lenox, MA
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the augmentation of an existing cash reserve. Additional project costs include fees for consultants to consider the expansion of performance venues, and a facility-needs assessment.
Shakespeare Theatre
Washington, DC
$125,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the establishment of an endowment. The permanent endowment will provide a base of support for artistic programming and will help secure organizational stability.
Shawn McConneloug and Her Orchestra
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Dance
To support development of a five-year plan for Shawn McConneloug and Her Orchestra. The plan will focus on the needs of a small arts organization as its administrative capacity grows to support artistic development.
Site Santa Fe
Santa Fe, NM
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the planning phase of an endowment campaign. The project will involve technical assistance in developing new sources of income for ongoing programming.
South Bend Symphony Orchestra Association, Inc.
South Bend, IN
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the establishment of a cash reserve. The South Bend Symphony Orchestra plans to establish a cash reserve fund as part of its Vision 2001 goals.
Southern Theater Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support marketing initiatives designed to increase additional streams of earned income. The project includes expanded advertising and more effective use of direct mail techniques.
St. Louis Black Repertory Company, Inc.
St. Louis, MO
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support a stabilization initiative to increase earned income through audience development to sustain artistic and organizational stability. The project will include the hiring of an audience services manager, and an upgrade of the computer system.
St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Inc.
New York, NY
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the establishment of a cash reserve. During 1999-2001, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble will complete its 25th Anniversary Campaign to ensure financial stability.
Syracuse Children's Chorus, Inc.
Camillus, NY
$10,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support a marketing project by the Syracuse Children's Chorus. During 1999-2000, Syracuse Children's Chorus plans to expand its marketing/public relations position and efforts to increase audiences, community and regional awareness, and future financial stability.
Tacoma Art Museum
Tacoma, WA
$75,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the establishment of an endowment. The $5 million overall endowment goal is part of a $25 million capital campaign that will enable the museum to expand to a facility twice the size of its current building and will help support exhibitions and public programming.
Thread Waxing Space
New York, NY
$15,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a planning process that will focus on audience and board development and new fund raising initiatives. Building on recent self-assessments, a consultant will assist the organization in identifying critical areas of structural development.
Toledo Orchestra Association, Inc. (Toledo Symphony)
Toledo, OH
$25,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Music
To support the establishment of an endowment fund. During 1999-2000, the Toledo Orchestra Association, known as the Toledo Symphony, will conduct an endowment campaign to generate new giving.
University of Miami (Lowe Art Museum)
Coral Gables, FL
$72,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the establishment of an endowment. The project, which is part of an overall $4 million endowment campaign, is timed to coincide with the museum's 50th anniversary and will support programming in a newly renovated and expanded facility.
University of Oregon (Museum of Art)
Eugene, OR
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the establishment of an endowment. The overall $1 million endowment campaign is part of a $13 million capital campaign to support restoration of the existing museum building and an expanded facility for the museum's collections of Asian art and its educational activities.
Utah Opera Company
Salt Lake City, UT
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Opera
To support the purchase, installation and implementation of a new management information system including inventory, accounting, and fund raising hardware and software during 1999 2000. A new management information system will allow the company to strengthen its institutional capacity by using a common information system throughout, thus eliminating multiple entries of data in an assortment of different systems.
Victoria Regional Museum Association, Inc.
Victoria, TX
$7,500
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the development of a five-year plan. The project will be conducted by a consultant who will organize a citywide survey and town hall meetings in order to develop information for the formulation of the plan based on the mission of the museum.
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Sweet Briar, VA
$80,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Multidisciplinary
To support augmentation of an endowment and cash reserve. The enhanced endowment will give a measure of stability to the Center's program of support for creative artists; the cash reserve will help the Center create a cushion during periods of reduced cash flow.
Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation
San Francisco, CA
$17,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support the development of a plan for increased professional development activities and a comprehensive market survey of the touring and presenting field in the West. The planning component will produce a standardized curriculum of sequential learning and will assess the scope and needs of the Western touring and presenting field.
WGBH Educational Foundation
Boston, MA
$200,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Media Arts
To support the creation of an endowment fund restricted to the arts, which would enable WGBH the flexibility to explore and develop innovative ways to deliver arts programming through television, radio, and new media to a larger and more diverse audience.
Williams College (Museum of Art)
Williamstown, MA
$30,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support a planning process of institutional assessment in preparation for the Museum's 75th anniversary in 2001. The project's goal is to examine the institution's effectiveness with audiences of the future and to create specific strategies to implement the museum's mission during the 21st century.
Williamstown Art Conservation Center, Inc.
Williamstown, MA
$80,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Museum
To support the augmentation of an endowment. The project will be part of a three-year capital campaign to raise approximately $2 million for expansion of the center's existing facility and $400,000 for increasing its endowment to a total of $2 million.
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Vienna, VA
$100,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Presenting
To support the augmentation of the Wolf Trap Foundation endowment. An increased endowment will help Wolf Trap respond, for instance, to local and national demand for leadership in presenting the performing arts and arts in education.
Women's Project and Productions, Inc.
New York, NY
$35,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the Visibility and Theatre Use Project, and new marketing activities to increase earned income through audience development and space rentals. The stabilization project will help prepare the organization for operations in its new facility.
World Monuments Fund, Inc.
New York, NY
$120,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Design
To support the augmentation of an endowment and a cash reserve. The project is part of a $5 million capital campaign to support the Fund's conservation projects, as well as its educational programs, publications, and training activities.
Yale University (Yale Repertory Theatre)
New Haven, CT
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Theater
To support the establishment of an endowment. Endowment funds will be used to strengthen the theater's artistic and educational initiatives and to enhance support for artists.
Young Aspirations/Young Artists, Inc.
New Orleans, LA
$20,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Visual Arts
To support a year-long planning process to evaluate the organization's achievements of the past ten years and create a plan for the future. The goal of the project is to develop time management and structural management skills that will improve productivity.
Young Audiences of Massachusetts, Inc.
Cambridge, MA
$50,000
DISCIPLINE/FIELD: Arts Education
To support The Fund for Young Audiences, an endowment campaign. Earnings from this endowment will support continuing programs and will stabilize the organization as it expands operations as articulated in its current strategic plan.
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