Thank you for a successful year!

We are reaching new heights and are grateful to the following individuals and organizations who have contributed to the success of the National Performance Network and the Visual Artists Network.

In FY10 NPN received contributions from . . .

Tamara Alvarado in memory of Manual Alvarado * the Annenberg Foundation * Anonymous Donor * Stephanie Atkins * Babette Beaullieu and Becky Valls * Willie Birch * Rebecca Blunk * Erin Boberg Doughton * the Booth Heritage Foundation * Henriette Browers and John Malpede * Teodoro Castellano * Yolanda Cesta Cursach in honor of Josefina Cursach Montilla de Cesta * Jane Comfort * Mary Len Costa * the CrossCurrents Foundation * Cumberland County Playhouse * D’Lo * Kathie de Nobriga * Bill Doolin * Elizabeth Doud * Nancy Dozier Murray * Laura Faure * Sabrina Franzheim * Nicole Garneau * Claudia Garofalo * Molly Gochman * Thomas Guralnick * Cherice Harrison Nelson * Deborah Hay * Aimee Hayes * Heidi Howard * Gayle Isa * Maria-Rosario Jackson * Rosemary Johnson * Thomas L. Keller * Lorraine Kobular * Katherine Kramer * Miranda Lash * James Lawton * the Looker Foundation * Rick Lowe * Arnie Malina * Mariquita Masterson * Victoria Meek * Wesley Montgomery * Tanya Mote * Jeffery Mount * Ed Noonan * Molly O’Connor Kemp * Echo Olander * Cynthia Oliver * On The Boards * Jorge Ortoll * Myrna Packer and Art Bridgman * Aaron Paley * Philip Palmedo * Jason Patterson * Frances Pearson in memory of Dr. Neal Pearson * Jordan Peimer * Carla Perlo * Renata Petroni * Peter Prinz * Marquez Rhyne * Elizabeth Roth * Mildred Ruiz * Ann Schnieders Kaufman * Nick Slie * Tigertail Productions * Maurice Turner * Huong Vu * MK Wegmann * Thérèse Wegmann * Mimi Zarsky and Mathew Schwarzman * and the Zeitoun Foundation

Learn more about some of NPN’s funders…

NPN continues to receive generous support from the MetLife Foundation to support the NPN Community Fund. The funds will be used to support two cycles of the Community Fund which subsidizes activities that expand upon an NPN Performance Residency or Creation Fund by deepening relationships between NPN Partners, artists, and communities.

MetLife Foundation was established by MetLife to continue the company’s long tradition of corporate contributions and community involvement. The Foundation supports programs that improve education, promote health, encourage parental involvement and family engagement, help revitalize neighborhoods and stress accessibility and inclusion. Recognizing the vital role the arts play in building communities and educating young people, the Foundation contributes to arts and cultural organizations across the United States, with an emphasis on increasing opportunities for young people, reaching broad audiences through inclusive programming, and making arts more accessible for all people. For more information about the Foundation, please visit its Web site at www.metlife.org.  

 The National Performance Network is honored to announce that it has received a core support grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Support for National Organizations Initiative.  In November 2007, DDCF awarded core support grants totaling $5 million to eight national organizations. In addition to NPN, our colleagues who also received this prestigious support include:  Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Chamber Music America, Creative Capital Foundation, Dance/USA, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, Nonprofit Finance Fund and the Theatre Communications Group.

The mission of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is to improve the quality of people’s lives through grants supporting the performing arts, environmental conservation, medical research and the prevention of child maltreatment, and through preservation of the cultural and environmental legacy of Doris Duke’s properties.

We are very grateful to the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for this valuable funding opportunity which was designed to support national arts organizations who play a critical role in the dance, jazz, presenting and/or theatre fields.

The Louisiana Division of the Arts in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council is the catalyst for participation, education, development and promotion of excellence in the arts. It is the responsibility of the Division to support established arts institutions, nurture both emerging arts organizations and our overall cultural economy, assist individual artists, encourage the expansion of audiences and stimulate public participation in the arts in Louisiana.

as of March 12, 2010

If you would like to add your name to the list of supporters of contemporary performance work, please click on the "Donate Now" button on NPN’s home page and you will be linked to Ground Springs’ secure site. It’s an easy way to give to the National Performance Network.