Playwrights Horizons staff member Benjamin Weisman and Artistic Director Tim Sanford with Laura Pels of the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater and 2018/19 season playwrights Halley Feiffer and Tori Sampson

Playwrights Horizons staff member Benjamin Weisman and Artistic Director Tim Sanford with Laura Pels of the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater and 2018/19 season playwrights Halley Feiffer and Tori Sampson

Christine O’Donnell of the Seth Sprague Educational & Charitable Foundation with David Volin and Playwrights Horizons staff member Susan Ferziger

Christine O’Donnell of the Seth Sprague Educational & Charitable Foundation with David Volin and Playwrights Horizons staff member Susan Ferziger

Director Anne Kauffman with Alton Murray of Con Edison

Director Anne Kauffman with Alton Murray of Con Edison

Playwrights Horizons Board Chair Judith O. Rubin with Janet and Fred Plotkin of the Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation

Playwrights Horizons Board Chair Judith O. Rubin with Janet and Fred Plotkin of the Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation

 
Ways to Give

Institutional Support

Donations from foundations, corporations, and government agencies provide essential support for Playwrights Horizons' activities, including productions, play development, audience access programs, and professional theater training for young arts professionals. Institutional supporters of Playwrights Horizons receive many benefits, such as complimentary tickets, discounts for employees, and public recognition.

For more information, please contact Susan Ferziger, Associate Director, Institutional Giving and Campaign, at 212 564 1235 x3142 or  sferziger@phnyc.org.

Special thanks to the following foundations, corporations, government agencies, and elected officials for their extraordinary support of Playwrights Horizons:

HEROES ($100,000+)

The Shubert Foundation

New York Department of Cultural AffairsHoward Gilman Foundation

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

J.L. Greene Arts Access Fund in
The New York Community Trust   

City Council

The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust

The MacMillan Family Foundation

CHAMPIONS ($25,000 – $99,999)

Citi
Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
Davis Polk & Wardwell
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.
John and Robyn Horn Foundation
The Laurents/Hatcher Foundation
Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater
The Marc Haas Foundation
The Richenthal Foundation
RWS Foundation
The Scherman Foundation
Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation
The SHS Foundation
Seth Sprague Educational & Charitable Foundation
Stavros Niarchos Foundation
Tiger Baron Foundation
Venturous Theater Fund 
Vivace Foundation
Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation
WarnerMedia

LEADERS ($10,000 - $24,999)

21st Century ILGWU Heritage Fund
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Charina Foundation, Inc.
Con Edison
Frederic R. Coudert Foundation
EY
Horizon Media
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
Carl Jacobs Foundation
The Carter Fund
Joseph & Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts
Jerome Foundation
The Ralph & Ricky Lauren Family Foundation, Inc.
The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation
Proskauer Rose LLP
Rosenthal Family Foundation/Nancy Stephens & Rick Rosenthal
S&P Global
Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Foundation
The Tobin Theatre Arts Fund
Spingold Foundation
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
The Wilke Family Foundation

PARTNERS ($5,000 – $9,999)

The Theodore H. Barth Foundation, Inc.
The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust
Green Curtain Productions
Marta Heflin Foundation
Bertha & Isaac Liberman Foundation
The Liman Foundation
Morgan Stanley
NYSCA/TDF TAP Plus
The New York Community Trust
PricewaterhouseCoopers
The Jerome Robbins Foundation
The Geraldine Stutz Trust

BENEFACTORS ($2,500 – $4,999)

First Republic Bank
Jujamcyn Theaters
National Alliance for Musical Theatre's Innovation & Exploration Grant
Ropes & Gray

DONORS ($500 –$2,499)

Actors' Equity Foundation
Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York
Amazon Smile
The Betsy and Alan Cohn Foundation, Inc.
Crosswicks Foundation, LTD.
Dewitt Stern Group, Inc.
Lutz & Carr, CPA's LLP
Lucille Lortel Foundation
Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation

Playwrights Horizons is a recipient of support from The Leading National Theaters Program, a joint initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.


Government Support

National Endowment for the Arts
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs CreateNYC 
     Disability Forward Fund
New York City Council at the request of Speaker Adrienne Adams
      and Council Members Erik Bottcher and Carlina Rivera
New York State Council on the Arts with the support of
     Governor Kathy Houchul and the New York State Legislature


List current as of August 14, 2023. Includes supporters of the Annual Gala Benefit.

Photos by Chasi Annexy and Jeff Prout.

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