Morgan Fund 2017 Grantees
28 dance and theatre organizations receive funds to support high quality performing arts for the community
January 23, 2018
By Lauren Domino, Philanthropic Advisor
The Morgan Fund, a family foundation at Seattle Foundation, is proud to announce 28 recipients for the 2017 Puget Sound Initiative grant cycle. This initiative provides funding for dance and theatre organizations located in Western Washington, Central Washington and the Greater Portland area.
Demonstrating the high demand for arts funding, the Morgan Fund received 115 proposals requesting more than $1 million. The fund is awarding $255,800 total in amounts ranging from $1,800 to $15,000, to support a wide range of projects, from the purchase of technical equipment to strategic planning efforts.
The Morgan Fund is dedicated to helping dance and theatre organizations thrive so that our region can enjoy high caliber performing arts. The next round of funding for the Puget Sound Initiative is expected to have a deadline in the fall of 2018. Please visit www.themorganfund.com for the most up-to-date information.
2017 Puget Sound Initiative grantees:
18th & Union
A Contemporary Theatre - ACT
The Seagull Project
ACT 1 Theatre
Ballard HS Performing Arts Booster Club
Base
Book-It Repertory Theatre
Café Nordo/Ripple Production
Seattle Musical Theatre
Cornish College of the Arts
DAIPANbutoh Collective
Edmonds Driftwood Players
Happenstance Theater
Moisture Festival
SANCA (School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts)
Seattle Children's Theatre
Seattle Repertory Theatre
Seattle Shakespeare
Showtunes Theatre Company
Spectrum Dance Theater
Stone Soup Theatre
Tacoma Little Theatre
Tacoma Musical Playhouse
The 5th Avenue Theatre
Theatre Off Jackson
Theatre Puget Sound
Village Theatre
Washington Center for the Performing Arts
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