Posted on January 17, 2013
Deadline: March 1, 2013 (Letters of Inquiry)

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Accepting Grant Proposals to Strengthen Performing Arts

Through its Fund for National Projects, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation awards a total of up to $1 million in grants each year to support key national projects in the professional nonprofit dance, jazz, presenting and/or theater fields. Specifically, the fund supports projects that strengthen the national infrastructure of the nonprofit performing arts and/or improve conditions for the national community of performing artists in professional nonprofit dance, jazz and theater.

Projects eligible for the grants should engage a broad constituency, occur once (or periodically) rather than annually, and have the potential to significantly impact their respective field. Examples include research projects that assess the national health of professional nonprofit arts groups or of individual professional artists; special national convenings for entire professional nonprofit performing arts fields (beyond traditional national annual conferences); and projects that address unique circumstances that affect an entire professional nonprofit field. Highest priority will be given to projects designed to improve the health of priority performing arts fields and that do not duplicate ongoing efforts or existing services.

The fund expressly does not support the following types of activities: projects by single performing arts entities; ongoing annual conferences; individually produced conferences, performances, or symposia; re-granting programs; translations or commissions of new works; production start-up activities/production costs; arts education; avocational arts activities; capital projects; and endowments.

Complete application and submission guidelines can be found at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation's Web site.

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Link to Complete RFP

Primary Subject: Arts and Culture
Geographic Funding Area: National

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