Friday, October 28, 2011
Big Ford grant for Public
Variety: The Public Theater has scored a $2 million grant from the Ford Foundation to put toward the ongoing renovation of the legit company's downtown home, now on track to be completed by summer 2012. Grant was announced Wednesday evening at a Ford Foundation screening of doc "Joe Papp in Five Acts," about the Public's founder. The Public's new lobby will be named after the foundation, a philanthropic grantmaker.
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I think it's great that groups like the Ford Foundation have become so involved in arts philanthropy over the years, and hope that this will inspire more big-name not-for-profits to make similar donations. The public is an amazing theatre, and with what they specifically have in mind to do for NYC, I think it's great that they are getting this grant which will allow them to finish renovating, make their space more welcoming, and keep being a forerunner in off-broadway, maybe encouraging more of their yearly shakespeare in the park audience to check out the work they do downtown.
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