NEW YORK CITY — The Shubert Foundation has awarded a record total of $30 million to 533 not-for-profit performing arts organizations across the United States. Two thousand nineteen marks the 38th consecutive year that the Foundation has increased its giving. “Our longstanding practice of providing help in the form of general operating support remains unchanged. We are convinced that talented artists and administrators are best able to decide how to use the funds we grant,” said Michael I. Sovern, The Shubert Foundation’s President.  

The Shubert Foundation is especially interested in providing support to professional resident theatre and dance companies that develop and produce new American work. “Every organization receiving a 2018 Foundation grant has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to the performing arts,” said The Shubert Foundation’s Chairman, Philip J. Smith. “We want to help lift some of the financial burden so that the companies we support are able to focus on producing thought-provoking, relevant work for the widest possible audience.”

The Shubert Foundation is one the nation’s largest funders dedicated to unrestricted support for not-for-profit theatres, dance companies, professional theatre training programs, and related service agencies. Ranging from $10,000 to $325,000, the grants benefit a broad spectrum of arts organizations, from large to small, covering a wide range of locations, from urban to rural.

"The Shubert Foundation's deep commitment to the nonprofit theatre is the reason New York City is the theatre capital of the world. Our work truly wouldn't be possible without their general operating support. They make June the best month of the year!" said Ginny LouLoudes, Executive Director of A.R.T./New York.

For more information on this Shubert Foundation announcement, visit http://www.shubertfoundation.org.

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Nathalie Thomas Media and Outreach Coordinator The Alliance of Resident Theatres New York, 520 Eight Ave, Suite 319, New York, NY 10018 [email protected] 212-244-6667 x230

Bill Evans Director of Media Relations The Shubert Organization 225 West 44th Street New York, NY 10036 212-944-3780 [email protected]

NEW YORK CITY—National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2019. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $25,000 to A.R.T./New York Member Services. Art Works is the Arts Endowment’s principal grantmaking program. The agency received 1,592 Art Works applications for this round of grantmaking, and will award 977 grants in this category.

“These awards, reaching every corner of the United States, are a testament to the artistic richness and diversity in our country,” said Mary Anne Carter, acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. “Organizations such as A.R.T./New York are giving people in their community the opportunity to learn, create, and be inspired.”

A.R.T./New York's Member Services provide our more than 405 New York City-based nonprofit theatre member companies with the resources they need to build more sustainable companies and continue producing their diverse and innovative work for the American theatrical canon. Our services include free professional development workshops, long-term consultancies with industry experts, peer-to-peer roundtables, an annual internship fair that offers staffing support, and a growing suite of diversity, equity, and inclusion programming.

"There are thousands of organizations that exist solely because of their first grant from the NEA. A.R.T./New York is a proud member of this group and we are so grateful for their continued support of our work," said Ginny Louloudes, Executive Director of A.R.T./New York. 

For more information on this National Endowment for the Arts grant announcement, visit arts.gov/news.

 
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