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Arts, Culture, Humanities Grants Made in 2015

Adirondack Experience Blue Mountain Lake, NY

$30,000Payment Date: 7/31/2015

American Ballet Theatre New York, NY

$27,500Payment Date: 6/30/2015

Carolina Ballet, Inc. Raleigh, NC

$25,000Payment Date: 11/30/2015

For: Continued program and audience development in the City of Durham locale

Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc. Durham, NC

$30,000Payment Date: 6/30/2015

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum New York, NY

$25,000Payment Date: 7/31/2015

Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Easton, PA

$45,000Payment Date: 12/23/2015

Durham Symphony Incorporated Durham, NC

$18,500Payment Date: 2/27/2015

For: Young Artists Competition and concert-$6,000; free classical concert with KidZnotes at Emily Krzyzewski Center-$2,500; Hillsborough Pops Concert-$10,000

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts Wilkes-Barre, PA

$150,000Payment Date: 4/13/2015

First Night Morris, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$10,000Payment Date: 6/30/2015

Gettysburg Foundation Gettysburg, PA

$30,000Payment Date: 3/31/2015

Toward completion of the restoration of the barn at the George Spangler Farm

Historic Hillsborough Commission Hillsborough, NC

$10,000Payment Date: 3/31/2015

Toward the Community Heritage Education Initiative at the Burwell School Historic Site

International Swimming Hall of Fame, Inc. Ft. Lauderdale, FL

$60,000Payment Date: 1/30/2015

Lincoln Center Theater New York, NY

$35,000Payment Date: 1/30/2015

This grant comprised our total support through 2016

Macculloch Hall Historical Museum Morristown, NJ

$30,000Payment Date: 12/23/2015

Mayo Performing Arts Center Morristown, NJ

$100,000Payment Date: 9/14/2015

Morris Arts Morristown, NJ

$50,000Payment Date: 12/23/2015

Museum of Arts and Design New York, NY

$30,000Payment Date: 1/30/2015

National Constitution Center Philadelphia, PA

$75,000Payment Date: 11/30/2015

Toward support of the Freedom Rising program

New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation Newark, NJ

$20,000Payment Date: 1/30/2015

New Jersey Theatre Alliance Allenhurst, NJ

$40,000Payment Date: 1/30/2015

This grant comprised our total support through 2016

New York City Ballet, Inc. New York, NY

$15,000Payment Date: 5/29/2015

Newark Public Radio, Inc./WBGO Newark, NJ

$15,000Payment Date: 4/30/2015

Paper Mill Playhouse Millburn, NJ

$80,000Payment Date: 12/11/2015

Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc. New York, NY

$45,000Payment Date: 4/30/2015

State Theatre Center for the Arts, Inc. Easton, PA

$100,000Payment Date: 12/11/2015

The American Museum of Natural History New York, NY

$20,000Payment Date: 5/29/2015

The Franklin Institute Philadelphia, PA

$15,000Payment Date: 5/29/2015

The Growing Stage, The Children’s Theatre of New Jersey Netcong, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 2/27/2015

Toward replacement of existing dimmer system-$5,000

The Morgan Library & Museum New York, NY

$10,000Payment Date: 1/30/2015

The Morris Museum, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$50,000Payment Date: 12/23/2015

The Museum of Modern Art New York, NY

$15,000Payment Date: 10/30/2015

The Newark Museum of Art Newark, NJ

$70,000Payment Date: 12/23/2015

The Sarah P. Duke Gardens Durham, NC

$334,000Payment Date: 9/14/2015

Toward the expansion of the Doris Duke Center at Sarah P. Duke Gardens, specifically Kirby-Horton Hall additions and renovations-$334,000 in 2015, $333,000 in 2016 and 2017

The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey Florham Park, NJ

$125,000Payment Date: 9/14/2015

The Violet Festival Dolgeville, NY

$3,500Payment Date: 3/31/2015

For: The Violet Festival in Dolgeville, NY

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/PlayMakers Repertory Company Chapel Hill, NC

$15,000Payment Date: 5/29/2015

For: Playmakers Repertory Company-toward education and outreach programs

Washington Association of New Jersey Morristown, NJ

$30,000Payment Date: 11/30/2015

Weatherspoon Art Museum Greensboro, NC

$10,000Payment Date: 9/30/2015

For: Overall program support in 2016 celebrating the 75th Anniversary

Writers Theatre of NJ Madison, NJ

$25,000Payment Date: 2/27/2015
Program Area Total: $1,843,500