all-years Grant Recipients

Amherst College

Amherst, MA

Amount granted: $2,000

Grant year: 1977

Grant category: Historic Preservation

 

Keep the Emily Dickinson Homestead Open

Amigos De Las Americas

Belmont, MA

Amount granted: $2,500

Grant year: 1973

Grant category: Education

 

Immunization Project, Training Volunteers

Anatolia College

Thessaloniki, Greece

Amount granted: $2,661

Grant year: 1973

Grant category: Education

 

Video Tape Equipment to Teach English in Greece

Anatolia College

Thessaloniki, Greece

Amount granted: $3,000

Grant year: 1976

Grant category: Education

 

Remodeling the Art Room

Andromeda, Inc.

Washington, DC

Amount granted: $1,000

Grant year: 1977

Grant category:

 

Mental Health Services for Spanish in Wash. D.C.

Anseye Pou Ayiti (APA)

Haiti

Amount granted: $35,000

Grant year: 2024

Grant categories: Education, Human Services

 

$35,000 grant to support the Coaching Institute’s inaugural cohort.

Anseye Pou Ayiti (APA) was launched in 2014 to build a movement of local civic leaders to create a Haitian education system fueled by collective leadership and community development. Through its fellowship programming, APA is equipping civic leaders with the knowledge and skills necessary for transformational teaching and local leadership. Program activities include immersion training, professional development workshops, individualized coaching, and community activities. Teacher leaders learn student-centered, context-specific teaching techniques and ways to amplify student success beyond classroom instruction.

www.anseyepouayiti.org/en

Apollo Theater

New York, NY

Amount granted: $20,000

Grant year: 2016

Grant categories: Historic Preservation, Visual Arts and Music

 

To support its Teen Takeover program for high school students.

Apollo Theater’s mission is to preserve and develop the Theater through world class live performances and education programs that: 1) honor the influence and advance the contributions of African-American artists; and 2) advance emerging creative voices across cultural and artistic media.  Funds will be used support its annual Teen Takeover program for high school students, which is an evening of performances “for teens, by teens.”

Apollo Theater

New York, NY

Amount granted: $20,000

Grant year: 2017

Grant categories: Education, Human Services

 

To support the expansion of the Young Producer’s Club and Teen Takeover program.

The Apollo Young Producers Club was first formed in 2015 for the alumni of the High School Internship Program. Program participants who have “graduated” from the internship are eligible to continue to meet at the Apollo every month under the continued supervision of the Apollo Theater Academy Education Manager to further their education about technical theater and arts management. The Young Producers Club allows previous interns to continue their education at Apollo by working on events throughout the year, including the Teen Takeover and Mainstage concerts, and Community Programs.

Apollo Theater

New York, NY

Amount granted: $50,000

Grant year: 2020

Grant categories: Education, Visual Arts and Music

 

To support the Pathways Program, which includes apprentice and internships programs for underserved youth in the arts, production and arts administration.  

The Apollo Theater is one of the most legendary and influential cultural forces in America.  Its mission is to preserve and develop the Theater through world class live performances and education programs that: 1) honor the influence and advance the contributions of African-American artists; and 2) advance emerging creative voices across cultural and artistic media. Since it opened 86 years ago, the Apollo remains a leading arts organization in NYC, a community anchor and economic driver for Harlem, a global touch point for African American culture, and one of the world’s most well-known, enduring and well-recognized brands.