Margaret Abell Powell Fund
The Margaret Abell Powell Fund:
Awards grants to qualified nonprofits producing classical-ballet and traditional theater in English in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Grants typically do not exceed $20,000.
It is required that grantees use 10 percent of the grant to provide free tickets to students from nearby school districts who would otherwise be unlikely to attend performances.
Grant requests must be from nonprofits operating in:
- The District of Columbia;
- Montgomery, Prince George’s, Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary’s counties in Maryland;
- The City of Alexandria and Arlington County in Virginia.
The Fund will consider applications for:
- Underwriting of specific classical ballet and traditional theater performances;
- Training of local actors, actresses, performers and dancers;
- Staging and choreography of specific pieces; and
- General operating expenses.
The Fund will not consider applications for:
- Consecutive year grants
- 501 (c) (3) organizations that do not have a 509 (a) (1) or (2) status or not included under Section 170(b)(1)(A)(i),(ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) on your IRS Letter
- Organizations that perform, sponsor or promote abortion
- Performances that are not classical ballet and traditional theater;
- Organizations based or performing outside the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area;
- Productions using performers who are not local;
- National touring companies, even those performing in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area;
- Construction or improvement of buildings
HOW TO APPLY:
STEP ONE: Review Requirements & Deadlines.
STEP TWO: You must receive an invitation to apply. If you are eligible, you will be invited by our staff to submit a proposal.
Margaret Abell Powell Fund Grants Awarded:
Classical Ballet:
Traditional Theater:
Classical Ballet & Traditional Theater:
Our Grantees' Mailing Address and Website Address:
Adventure Theatre
7300 MacArthur Blvd
Glen Echo, MD 20812
http://www.adventuretheatre.org/
American Dance Institute, Inc.
1570 E Jefferson Street
Rockville, MD 20852
Amherst College Trustees - Folger Shakespeare Library
201 East Capitol Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
Arena Stage
1101 Sixth St, SW
Washington, DC 20024
http://www.arena-stage.org/about/
Ballet Arts Academy at the Old Waldorf School Inc
P.O. Box 332
Waldorf, MD 20604
http://mazju.tripod.com/index50.html
BalletNova Center for Dance
3443 Carlin Springs Road
Falls Church, Virginia 22041
BlackRock Center for the Arts
12901 Towen Commons Drive
Germantown, MD 20874
http://www.blackrockcenter.org/
Bowen McCauley Dance Inc
2016 N Woodstock Street
Arlington, VA 22207
Building Bridges Across the River, Inc. (THEARC)
1901 Mississippi Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20020
http://www.thearcdc.org/partners/building.asp
CityDance Ensemble, Inc.
5301 Tuckerman Lane
N. Bethesda, MD 20852
Dance Institute of Washington
3400 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20010
http://www.danceinstitute.org/
Ellington Fund
3500 R Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
http://www.ellingtonschool.org/ellington-fund/
Ford's Theatre
511 Tenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20004
Imagination Stage
4908 Auburn Ave
Bethesda, MD 20814
http://www.imaginationstage.org/
John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts
1701 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20566
http://www.kennedy-center.org/
Levine School of Music
2801 Uptown Street NW
Washington, DC 20008
Lumina Studio Theatre, Inc.
620 Pershing Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Maryland Youth Ballet
926 Ellsworth Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20910
http://www.marylandyouthballet.org/
Metropolitan Ballet Theatre, Inc.
10076 Darnestown Road Ste 202
Rockville, MD 20850
Olney Theatre Corporation
2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd
Olney, MD 20832
Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts
1700 Kalorama Rd, NW, Suite 101
Washington, DC 20009
http://www.sitarartscenter.org/
Round House Theatre Inc
4545 East-West Highway
Bethesda, MD 20814
http://www.roundhousetheatre.org/
Shakespeare Theatre Company
516 8th Street NW
Washington, DC 20003
Signature Theatre, Inc.
3806 South Four Mile Drive
Arlington, VA 22206
The Washington Ballet
3515 Wisconsin Ave NW
Washington, DC 20016
http://www.washingtonballet.org/
Universal Ballet Foundation-
dba Kirov Academy of Ballet Washington, DC
4301 Harewood Road NE
Washington, DC 20017
https://www.kirovacademydc.org/
Washington Stage Guild
4018 Argyle Terrace, NW
Washington, DC 20011-5301
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