Woods Charitable Fund
ARTS & CULTURE
City of Lincoln, Department of Parks and Recreation $20,000
To build a time wall in Trago Park expressing and memorializing the Malone neighborhood African American community's history prior to and during the 1960's Civil Rights Movement
Flatwater Shakespeare Company $20,000
First payment of a two-year $30,000 grant to support the Artistic Director and Managing Director positions of this organization that inspires and informs Nebraska audiences and students through Shakespeare theatre productions
Friends of Arts Are Basic $20,000
First payment of a two-year $40,000 grant for capacity building and agency partnering efforts to help sustain this organization providing K-12 afterschool programming and teacher training with emphasis in multiculturalism and the arts
Friends of Haydon, Inc. $14,500
First payment of a two-year $29,500 renewal grant for an Education Coordinator to work with Haydon Art Center's volunteer educators and community partners to develop and lead an ongoing series of art education projects primarily for the underserved K-8 students of Lincoln's Community Learning Centers, housed in Lincoln's public schools
Lincoln Arts Council $20,450
For support of Community Partnerships for the Arts, a capacity building project offering professional resources, technical assistance and training to help strengthen local arts organizations and artists
Lincoln Municipal Band Association, Inc. $20,000
Toward a feasibility study to evaluate the technical, economic, organizational and community aspects of this organization's plan to construct a new band shell in Antelope Park
Lincoln Orchestra Association dba Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra $30,000
For administrative, marketing and fundraising staff support to help further this organization working to broaden appreciation of and support for orchestral music
Lux Center for the Arts $15,000
To develop and implement a new mobile art outreach program serving low income children and senior citizens
Nebraska Humanities Council $20,000
Second payment of a $25,000 grant toward technological improvements including online updates and a new information system for tracking its fundraising activities
The Loft at the Mill $22,000
Third-year support of the Business Manager position to oversee the fundraising efforts of this organization that serves as a community-wide center for the arts
UNL-Department of Art and Art History $5,000
Second payment of a $10,000 grant toward the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Art and Art History Department's efforts in providing free art lessons and community arts projects to Lincoln Public Schools students, including instruction by visiting artists of national prominence
UNL-International Quilt Study Center $45,000
Second payment of a $93,600 two-year grant toward an Education and Outreach Coordinator to support public programming and educational activities during the organization's first and second years of operation in a new facility
UNL-Lied Center for Performing Arts $25,000
Toward the production of Loop Divers, an original performance work that integrates dance, theatre and interactive media and the company's interaction with diverse community constituents, including schools and cultural centers
TOTAL ARTS & CULTURE $276,950
Woods Charitable Fund  •  PO Box 81309  •  Lincoln, Nebraska 68501
info@woodscharitable.org  •  (402) 436-5971  •  Fax (402) 742-0123