Foundation Support
Grants from foundations directly support Arena’s dedication to the production, presentation, development and study of American Work through annual support of main stage productions, the American Voices New Play Institute and Arena’s Community Engagement division that annually addresses the arts education needs of more than 20,000 underserved school-aged children from around the greater Washington, DC area.
Depending on a foundation’s funding priorities, grants can be given for general operating expenses or earmarked for a particular annual or campaign initiative.
Arena would be happy to explore any of those opportunities with you to create a proposal that would best fit the priorities and needs of both the foundation and Arena Stage. To begin that conversation, please contact Julia Suszynski, Foundation Relations Manager at 202-600-4031 or jsuszynski@arenastage.org.
Possible Grants
- General Operating
- Production Sponsorship
- Named space in the Mead Center for American Theater
- Education and Community Programs
Arena Stage is proud to thank the following foundations and government agencies who have helped to support Arena's work on stage and in the community with their generous support:
OVATION CIRCLE
The Andrew W. Mellon FoundationNational Capital Arts & Cultural Affairs Program/
U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities
The Shubert Foundation
FOUNDER'S CIRCLE
Paul M. Angell Family FoundationDiane & Norman Bernstein Foundation
Edgerton Foundation
The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
BENEFACTOR'S CIRCLE
MetLife FoundationNational Endowment for the Arts
The Howard & Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation
Margaret Abell Powell Fund
Share Fund of The Community Foundation for the
National Capital Region
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
Abramson Family FoundationTheodore H. Barth Foundation, Inc.
The Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
Weissberg Foundation
Bob Woodruff Foundation
PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE
The Meredith FoundationThe Dallas Morse Coors Foundation
for the Performing Arts
Alice Shaver Foundation
PRODUCER'S CIRCLE
AnonymousDorothy G. Bender Foundation
Corina Higginson Trust
The Kiplinger Foundation
Prince Charitable Trusts
Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation
Venable Foundation
DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE
Dimick FoundationFriends of Southwest D.C.
The Stephen A. & Diana L. Goldberg Foundation
Mark and Carol Hyman Fund
The Anthony F. Lucas-Spindletop Foundation
Playwright's Circle
Mars FoundationKey
- Ovation Circle $100,000 and above
- Founder's Circle $50,000-$99,999
- Benefactor's Circle $25,000-$49,999
- Leadership Circle $15,000-$24,999
- President's Circle $10,000-$$14,999
- Producer's Circle $5,000-$9,999
- Director's Circle $2,500-$4,999
- Playwright's Circle $1,500-$2,499
- Star's Circle $1,000-$1,499
