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 Scott Tomlinson, Campaign Director at 202-600-4020 or by emailing to stomlinson@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
Doris Duke Charitable FoundationThe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
National Capital Arts & Cultural Affairs Program/
U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
The Shubert Foundation
FOUNDER'S CIRCLE
The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationBENEFACTOR'S CIRCLE
Paul M. Angell Family FoundationTheodore H. Barth Foundation, Inc.
Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation
The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
Edgerton Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
The Howard & Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
The Max & Victoria Dreyfus FoundationWeissberg Foundation
Bob Woodruff Foundation
PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE
The Community Foundation forthe National Capital Region
The Dallas Morse Coors Foundation
for the Performing Arts
Prince Charitable Trusts
Share Fund of The Community Foundation
for the National Capital Region
Alice Shaver Foundation
PRODUCER'S CIRCLE
Clark-Winchcole FoundationCorina Higginson Trust
Kiplinger Foundation
George Preston Marshall Foundation
The Meredith Foundation
Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation
DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE
The Anthony F. Lucas-Spindletop FoundationMars Foundation
Playwright's Circle
Friends of Southwest DCKey
- 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
