Playwrights Project gratefully acknowledges the following contributions:
Foundation and Corporate Gifts
Anonymous
The Sidney E. Frank Foundation
Gerico's LLC
The Sheila & Jeffrey Lipinsky Family Fund
Samuel I & John Henry Fox Foundation
The Arthur P. & Jeanette G. Pratt Memorial Fund
Qualcomm
Samsung
San Diego Gives
SAY San Diego
Something Good
Urban Pelicon Prebys Foundation
U.S. Bank Foundation
Government Grants
California Arts Council
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties
City of San Diego Commission for Arts & Culture's Organizational Support Program
San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health and Human Services
County of Sandiego District Attorney's Office Community Grant Program
National Endowment for the Arts
Individuals
Individual Giving ~ Special Recognition
Jenny Finklestein
Sheila & Jeffrey Lipinsky
Annie Weisman & Bill Macomber
Dramaturg Level ~ Individual Gifts of $1,000+
Karl Achterkirchen
Molly & Chuck Brazell
Patricia Choquet*
Will & Lynn Cooper
Alice & Doug Diamond
William & Patricia Fredericks
Judy & Bill Garrett
Patricia & Norman Gillespie
William B. Guthrie
Jill Hall
Sarah Price-Keating & Brian Keating^
Katie Keller
Lisa & Steve Kradjian
Kathy & Lee Krevat (in memory of Manny Krevat)
Melissa Ladner
KM McNeel
Karen Ladner & Todd Stone
Holly Smith Jones
Ron & Susan Styn
Ann Radosevich
Teofla & Gerald Rich
Alison Witelaw & Gil Cooke
Designer Level ~ Individual Gifts of $500+
Lisa Balderston
Michael & Claudia Ehrenfeld
Susan Gembrowski
Alison Howry
Osborn L. Hurston
Anna C. Lewis^
Nate McCay
Jodyne Roseman^
Julie & Jay Sarno ^
Roy Sekigahama
Vanoli Chander & Vaishnav Srinivas
Maureen Steiner
Gene Summ
Sylvia Tiersten (Schlesinger Family Trust)
Susan Walter & Steven Van Wormer
Actor Level ~ Individual Gifts of $100+
Ann Briggs Addo
Bonnie Broussard
Colin Brown
Linda Canada
James Carr*
Linda Castro
Ishita & Pranav Dayal
Ahmed Kenyata Dents
Allison & Jacob Gardenswartz
Victoria, Sara, Liam, & Danny Hamilton
Karen Hartman & Todd London
Jerry & Ingrid Hoffmeister
Ann Hornby, MD
Judy Price Lewis & Marshall Lewis
Peter Louch
Mary & Alfred Manaster
Michael & Joanne Midgley
Sheryl North
Jenafer Ralls
Diane Ratigan
Patricia Rose
Deborah & Beeb Salzer
Ron & Rosemary Santoni
Jamie Smith Carr
Colleen & Brian Ster
Gail Stevens
Gil Cooke & Alison Whitelaw
Lise Zondler
Playwrights Circle ~ Individual Gifts under $100
Anonymous
Gavin Cook
Claire Dippel
Marion Eggersten
Merryl Goldberg
Georgia T. Gomez-Ibanez
Lynn Hofflund
Antonio Johnson
George & Dee Kirazian
Glenn Lambert
Michele Lyons
Neda Morakabati
Allison Newlee
Robert May & D. Candis Paule
James & Cathy Potter
William Purves
Frank Kensaku Saragosa
Gabriella Sosa
Lynne Spittle
Suzanne & Kurt Whitman
James Zahradka
* Gift in Memory of David A. Carr
^ Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego
Grants Corner
Playwrights Project thanks our donors for their support. We are pleased to announce these recent grants:
Qualcomm Foundation supports our in-school playwriting programs for at risk youth, including programs in low income neighborhoods, Juvenile Court and Community Schools, juvenile hall and pregnant minors programs.
The James Irvine Foundation for its generosity and vision. The multi-year grant, awarded in 2013, continues to support new play development with the following adult populations:
- Adults who experienced foster care (Telling Stories)
- Mexican-American immigrants (Border Lines)
- Active military and veterans (About Face)
- Incarcerated and former inmates (Out of the Yard)
The Sidney E. Frank Foundation awarded Playwrights Project grants in support of our Write On! standards-based playwriting program conducted in schools throughout San Diego County.
The Tippett Foundation awarded Playwrights Project a grant in support of our education programs for youth.
Mandell Weiss Charitable Trust, a local leader in philanthropy for the arts, has again provided underwriting for Plays by Young Writers, which was produced at The Old Globe in Balboa Park.
Support from state and local agencies has a large impact on our programming:
National Endowment for the Arts: An Arts Education: Art Works grant is supporting playwriting residencies for underserved populations in San Diego schools, including programs for students in juvenile court schools, pregnant minors, homeless teens and English language learners. Matching funds are required. Your support is welcome.
The San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture continues to provide the most critical support to the arts community by providing general operating support.
The California Arts Council, through its Artists in Schools program, awarded us a matching grant, supporting playwriting residencies at Creative, Performing and Media Arts Middle School this year. We also received funding through the new JUMP StArts program, which supports quality arts education and artists-in-residence programs for at-risk youth within the juvenile justice system. The CAC is primarily supported by the sale of Arts License Plates. Do you have one on your car?
Additionally, in partnership with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the California Arts Council has contracted with several organizations throughout the state to provide rehabilitative arts services in state correctional facilities. Playwrights Project is partnering with one of those organizations, William James Association, to provide playwriting to inmates at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility and the California State Prison, Centinela.
