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12 funders with a record of paying for “playwright”
Where the money went The Mcknight Foundation → Playwrights' Center Inc: $2.3M across 16 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Emerson College: $1.7M across 2 grants, latest 2024 John S and James L Knight Foundation → The Playwrights Center Inc: $1.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Shubert Foundation Inc → Playwrights Horizons Inc: $1.3M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc → Playwrights Horizons Inc: $655K across 5 grants, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Larissa Fasthorse: $500K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Jerome Foundation Inc → Playwrights' Center: $298K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Flea Theatre Playwrights Fund → Flea Theatre Playwrights: $175K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Richenthal Foundation → Playwrights Horizons: $115K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Tow Foundation Inc → Atlantic Theater Company: $98K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Virginia B Toulmin Charitable → New York Theatre Workshop Inc: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Lucille Lortel Foundation Inc → Playwrights Preview Production Ltd: $24K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The Classical Theatre of Harlem Inc: $477K across 1 grant, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Annie Baker: $375K across 3 grants, latest 2022 The Shubert Foundation Inc → Playwrights' Center Inc: $285K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc → Rattlestick Playwrights Theater: $135K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Flea Theatre Playwrights Fund → Playwrights Horizons: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2025 The Tow Foundation Inc → Civilians Inc: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Jerome Foundation Inc → Playwrights Horizons: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Richenthal Foundation → Dramatists Guild Foundation: $53K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Virginia B Toulmin Charitable → Signature Theatre: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023 John S and James L Knight Foundation → Stacey Rose: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Lucille Lortel Foundation Inc → Playwrights Horizons: $14K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Women's Project and Productions Inc: $473K across 1 grant, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Dominique Morisseau: $375K across 3 grants, latest 2022 The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc → Playwrights Realm the: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Shubert Foundation Inc → Playwrights Center Inc: $110K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Tow Foundation Inc → Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art Ltd: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Virginia B Toulmin Charitable → The Public Theater: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Flea Theatre Playwrights Fund → Keen Company: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Jerome Foundation Inc → National Black Theatre: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Richenthal Foundation → The Dramatists Guild Fund Inc: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Lucille Lortel Foundation Inc → The Playwrights Realm: $12K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Theater Mu Inc: $388K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Mosaic Theater Company of Dc: $383K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Lookingglass Theatre Company: $379K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → La Mama Experimental Theatre Club Inc: $353K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The District Theatre Inc: $350K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Artists Repertory Theatre: $321K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Cara Ma Theatre Co: $310K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → The Illusion Theater and School Inc: $292K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Rattlestick Productions Inc: $267K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Crowded Fire Theater: $242K across 1 grant, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Larissa Fasthorse: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Branden Jacobs Jenkins: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2021 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Dominique Morisseau Keys: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2023 John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated) → Branden Jacobsjenkins: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Tow Foundation Inc → New Group Inc: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Tow Foundation Inc → The Womens Project & Productions: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Tow Foundation Inc → The Flea Theater Inc: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Tow Foundation Inc → The Bushwick Starr Inc: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Tow Foundation Inc → Teatro Circulo Ltd: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Tow Foundation Inc → Soho Repertory Theatre Inc: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Tow Foundation Inc → Ars Nova Theater I Inc: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Tow Foundation Inc → Vineyard Theater and Workshop Center Inc: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Tow Foundation Inc → Page Seventy-Three Productions Inc: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Tow Foundation Inc → New York Shakespeare Festival: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Tow Foundation Inc → Ma-Yi Filipino Theatre Ensemble Inc: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Shubert Foundation Inc → The Playwrights Realm Inc: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc → Playwrights Realm Inc: $61K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc → Playwrights Realm Inc the: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Flea Theatre Playwrights Fund → Signature Theatre Company: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Virginia B Toulmin Charitable → Playwright Horizons: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Shubert Foundation Inc → Playwrights' Preview Productions Ltd: $45K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation: $5.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Andrew W Mellon Foundation $5.9M The Mcknight Foundation: $2.3M on this topic. Open the funder. The Mcknight Foundation $2.3M The Shubert Foundation Inc: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder. The Shubert Foundation Inc $1.8M John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation (Consolidated): $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder. John D and Catherine T Macart… $1.8M John S and James L Knight Foundation: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder. John S and James L Knight Fou… $1.3M The Tow Foundation Inc: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. The Tow Foundation Inc $1.2M The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Howard Gilman Foundation… $1.0M Jerome Foundation Inc: $397K on this topic. Open the funder. Jerome Foundation Inc $397K Flea Theatre Playwrights Fund: $375K on this topic. Open the funder. Flea Theatre Playwrights Fund $375K Virginia B Toulmin Charitable: $200K on this topic. Open the funder. Virginia B Toulmin Charitable $200K Richenthal Foundation: $194K on this topic. Open the funder. Richenthal Foundation $194K The Lucille Lortel Foundation Inc: $49K on this topic. Open the funder. The Lucille Lortel Foundation… $49K Playwrights' Center Inc: received $2.3M on this topic Playwrights' Center Inc $2.3M Playwrights Horizons Inc: received $1.9M on this topic Playwrights Horizons Inc $1.9M Emerson College: received $1.7M on this topic Emerson College $1.7M The Playwrights Center Inc: received $1.3M on this topic The Playwrights Center Inc $1.3M Larissa Fasthorse: received $500K on this topic Larissa Fasthorse $500K The Classical Theatre of Harlem Inc: received $477K on this topic The Classical Theatre of Harlem… $477K Women's Project and Productions Inc: received $473K on this topic Women's Project and Productions… $473K Theater Mu Inc: received $388K on this topic Theater Mu Inc $388K Mosaic Theater Company of Dc: received $383K on this topic Mosaic Theater Company of Dc $383K Lookingglass Theatre Company: received $379K on this topic Lookingglass Theatre Company $379K Annie Baker: received $375K on this topic Annie Baker $375K Dominique Morisseau: received $375K on this topic Dominique Morisseau $375K La Mama Experimental Theatre Club Inc: received $353K on this topic La Mama Experimental Theatre Cl… $353K The District Theatre Inc: received $350K on this topic The District Theatre Inc $350K Artists Repertory Theatre: received $321K on this topic Artists Repertory Theatre $321K Cara Ma Theatre Co: received $310K on this topic Cara Ma Theatre Co $310K Playwrights' Center: received $298K on this topic Playwrights' Center $298K The Illusion Theater and School Inc: received $292K on this topic The Illusion Theater and School… $292K Playwrights' Center Inc: received $285K on this topic Playwrights' Center Inc $285K Rattlestick Productions Inc: received $267K on this topic Rattlestick Productions Inc $267K Crowded Fire Theater: received $242K on this topic Crowded Fire Theater $242K Playwrights Horizons: received $229K on this topic Playwrights Horizons $229K Flea Theatre Playwrights: received $175K on this topic Flea Theatre Playwrights $175K Rattlestick Playwrights Theater: received $135K on this topic Rattlestick Playwrights Theater $135K Larissa Fasthorse: received $125K on this topic Larissa Fasthorse $125K Branden Jacobs Jenkins: received $125K on this topic Branden Jacobs Jenkins $125K Dominique Morisseau Keys: received $125K on this topic Dominique Morisseau Keys $125K Branden Jacobsjenkins: received $125K on this topic Branden Jacobsjenkins $125K Playwrights Realm the: received $120K on this topic Playwrights Realm the $120K Playwrights Center Inc: received $110K on this topic Playwrights Center Inc $110K Atlantic Theater Company: received $98K on this topic Atlantic Theater Company $98K Civilians Inc: received $83K on this topic Civilians Inc $83K Home for Contemporary Theatre and Art Ltd: received $83K on this topic Home for Contemporary Theatre a… $83K New Group Inc: received $83K on this topic New Group Inc $83K The Womens Project & Productions: received $83K on this topic The Womens Project & Productions $83K The Flea Theater Inc: received $83K on this topic The Flea Theater Inc $83K The Bushwick Starr Inc: received $83K on this topic The Bushwick Starr Inc $83K Teatro Circulo Ltd: received $83K on this topic Teatro Circulo Ltd $83K Soho Repertory Theatre Inc: received $83K on this topic Soho Repertory Theatre Inc $83K Ars Nova Theater I Inc: received $83K on this topic Ars Nova Theater I Inc $83K Vineyard Theater and Workshop Center Inc: received $83K on this topic Vineyard Theater and Workshop C… $83K Page Seventy-Three Productions Inc: received $83K on this topic Page Seventy-Three Productions… $83K New York Shakespeare Festival: received $83K on this topic New York Shakespeare Festival $83K Ma-Yi Filipino Theatre Ensemble Inc: received $83K on this topic Ma-Yi Filipino Theatre Ensemble… $83K The Playwrights Realm Inc: received $75K on this topic The Playwrights Realm Inc $75K Playwrights Realm Inc: received $61K on this topic Playwrights Realm Inc $61K Playwrights Realm Inc the: received $60K on this topic Playwrights Realm Inc the $60K Playwrights Horizons: received $60K on this topic Playwrights Horizons $60K Dramatists Guild Foundation: received $53K on this topic Dramatists Guild Foundation $53K New York Theatre Workshop Inc: received $50K on this topic New York Theatre Workshop Inc $50K Signature Theatre: received $50K on this topic Signature Theatre $50K The Public Theater: received $50K on this topic The Public Theater $50K Keen Company: received $50K on this topic Keen Company $50K Signature Theatre Company: received $50K on this topic Signature Theatre Company $50K Playwright Horizons: received $50K on this topic Playwright Horizons $50K Playwrights' Preview Productions Ltd: received $45K on this topic Playwrights' Preview Production… $45K National Black Theatre: received $40K on this topic National Black Theatre $40K The Dramatists Guild Fund Inc: received $26K on this topic The Dramatists Guild Fund Inc $26K Playwrights Preview Production Ltd: received $24K on this topic Playwrights Preview Production… $24K Stacey Rose: received $20K on this topic Stacey Rose $20K The Playwrights Realm: received $12K on this topic The Playwrights Realm $12K 12 funders, 61 recipients, grants matching “playwright” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $160,000 to Playwrights' Center Inc — for the mcknight artist fellowships for playwrights and a visiting playwrights residency program
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Largest: $477,000 to THE CLASSICAL THEATRE OF HARLEM INC — to continue support of playwright betty shamieh's residency for an additional three years through the national playwright residency program
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Largest: $325,000 to PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC — general operating support for theatrical productions and activities
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Largest: $87,500 to Playwrights' Center — support for playwrights in the jerome fellowship, many voices fellowship, and many voices mentorship programs.
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Largest: $82,500 to NEW YORK SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL — playwright residency program
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Largest: $125,000 to Larissa FastHorse — macarthur foundation fellow award - playwright
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Largest: $300,000 to PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS INC — foundation grant - general operating support
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Largest: $100,000 to FLEA THEATRE PLAYWRIGHTS — to support playwrights creating new work in the new york city area to include support for workshops or productions of new plays.
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Largest: $25,000 to PLAYWRIGHT HORIZONS — women's playwright commissioning program
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Largest: $400,000 to THE PLAYWRIGHTS CENTER INC — to enable the playwrights center to relocate to st. pauls creative enterprise zone and expand its programming to support the next generation of playwrights.
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Largest: $5,000 to PLAYWRIGHTS PREVIEW PRODUCTION LTD — unrestricted charitable purposes
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Largest: $10,000 to PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS — support the "campaign for playwrights horizons"
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