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Arts, Culture, Humanities Grants Made in 2017

Adirondack Experience Blue Mountain Lake, NY

$20,000Payment Date: 11/30/2017

American Ballet Theatre New York, NY

$10,000Payment Date: 6/30/2017

Carolina Ballet, Inc. Raleigh, NC

$15,000Payment Date: 11/30/2017

Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc. Durham, NC

$30,000Payment Date: 5/31/2017

Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Easton, PA

$25,000Payment Date: 12/22/2017

For: Support of activities related to the operation of the National Canal Museum

Durham Symphony Incorporated Durham, NC

$12,000Payment Date: 3/31/2017

For: Young Artists Competition and concert-$3,000; free classical concert with KidZnotes at Emily Krzyzewski Center-$2,500; Hillsborough Pops Concert-$6,500

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

$140,000Payment Date: 4/28/2017

First Night Morris, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$10,000Payment Date: 7/31/2017

Historic Hillsborough Commission Hillsborough, NC

$7,500Payment Date: 11/30/2017

Lincoln Center Theater New York, NY

$15,000Payment Date: 1/31/2017

Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre Wilkes-Barre, PA

$20,000Payment Date: 12/22/2017

For: One-time support toward a challenge grant to renovate the Little Theatre Building

Macculloch Hall Historical Museum Morristown, NJ

$27,500Payment Date: 6/30/2017

Mayo Performing Arts Center Morristown, NJ

$100,000Payment Date: 9/15/2017

Morris Arts Morristown, NJ

$45,000Payment Date: 11/30/2017

Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union Mt. Vernon, VA

$39,000Payment Date: 6/30/2017

Toward the acquisition of the Washington to the Marquis de Chastellux letter of May 10, 1783 highlighting philanthropy and benevolence

National Constitution Center Philadelphia, PA

$67,500Payment Date: 12/22/2017

Toward support of the Freedom Rising program

New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation Newark, NJ

$20,000Payment Date: 1/31/2017

New Jersey Theatre Alliance Allenhurst, NJ

$20,000Payment Date: 1/31/2017

Newark Public Radio, Inc./WBGO Newark, NJ

$5,000Payment Date: 9/29/2017

Paper Mill Playhouse Millburn, NJ

$70,000Payment Date: 11/30/2017

Roundabout Theatre Company, Inc. New York, NY

$25,000Payment Date: 5/31/2017

Salisbury Historical Society Salisbury Center, NY

$4,000Payment Date: 8/31/2017

Toward the replacement of the roof at the rear of the 1805 Frisbie House

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

$85,000Payment Date: 12/11/2017

The Discovery Orchestra, Inc. Summit, NJ

$10,000Payment Date: 8/31/2017

In honor of Sandra Brown Sherman

The Frick Collection New York, NY

$10,000Payment Date: 1/31/2017

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

$25,000Payment Date: 2/28/2017

The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY

$10,000Payment Date: 1/31/2017

The Morris Museum, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$40,000Payment Date: 6/30/2017

The Newark Museum of Art Newark, NJ

$50,000Payment Date: 11/30/2017

The Sarah P. Duke Gardens Durham, NC

$333,000Payment Date: 9/14/2017

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

$115,000Payment Date: 9/15/2017

The Violet Festival Dolgeville, NY

$4,000Payment Date: 3/31/2017

For: The Violet Festival in Dolgeville, NY

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

$10,000Payment Date: 5/31/2017

For: Playmakers Repertory Company-toward education and outreach programs

Writers Theatre of NJ Madison, NJ

$20,000Payment Date: 8/31/2017
Program Area Total: $1,439,500