Woods Charitable Fund
ARTS & CULTURE
The Angels Company $2,200
Toward the production of Reviving Ophelia, a theatrical production to raise awareness of the issues facing young women in America today
Flatwater Shakespeare Company $10,000
Final 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
Final 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. $15,000
Final 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
Friends of Lied $5,000
Toward the Nobody’s Perfect Project, performances and workshops related to the story of a child who is hearing impaired, in partnership with the Lied Center for Performing Arts, Lincoln Public Schools, Nebraska Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and the University of Nebraska
Friends of Haymarket Theatre $6,000
General operating support of this group providing professional theater productions and comprehensive theater training for children and young adults
Friends of the Mary Riepma Ross Film Theatre $7,000
For general operating support for this movie theater dedicated to presenting the community with a wide diversity of high quality film and video
Heritage Films $5,000
To complete the editing and production of A Home Out West, a documentary film exploring the homesteading experience on the Great Plains
Lincoln Community Playhouse, Inc. $20,000
Toward the Director of Education & Outreach position to support both existing and new programming that provides theater arts education to children and underserved groups
Nebraska Art Association $8,000
Toward Sheldon Museum of Art’s new Civic Engagement Initiative to provide collaborative programming and to increase engagement of diverse and underserved constituents in addition to the general community
Nebraska Center for the Book $1,500
To expand diversity programming and involvement in its 2009 Nebraska Writers: Cultivating Creativity Nebraska Book Festival
Nebraska Cultural Endowment $20,000
First payment of a three-year $60,000 grant toward administration expenses to conduct the $5 million fundraising campaign for this organization established to provide long-term stability and funding for the arts and humanities in Nebraska
TADA Productions, Inc. $12,500
To expand staff to include a Managing Artistic Director and a Technical Coordinator for this not-for-profit theater company that provides the community with dramatic performances, musical productions and special events
University of Nebraska Foundation $50,000
In partnership with the 2015 Vision Group and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, toward the creation of an Arts and Humanities Center in Lincoln's Haymarket to function as Sheldon Museum of Art’s community annex for exhibits, events and programs
UNL-African American and African Studies Program $5,000
Renewal support for the biannual Black Film Festival at the Mary Riepma Ross Theatre with the theme, Real to Reel: Documenting Empowerment Equality Inclusion, to expose the broader University and the Lincoln-Omaha communities to Africans and African Americans in world cinematic genres
UNL-International Quilt Study Center $25,000
First payment of a two-year $50,000 grant toward the Communications Coordinator position for the implementation of strategic communications to increase the Quilt Museum’s visibility, with a focus on neighborhood and community outreach
UNL-Nebraska Repertory Theatre $15,000
Toward the part-time Director of Community Engagement & Development position to coordinate fundraising and friend-raising activities to ensure long-term sustainability of this organization that offers theatre productions and professional opportunities in Lincoln
TOTAL ARTS & CULTURE $227,200
Woods Charitable Fund  •  PO Box 81309  •  Lincoln, Nebraska 68501
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