New Repertory Theatre, in residence at the Arsenal Center for the Arts, is pleased to announce that it has surpassed its goal of raising $75,000 for two challenge grants. In total, New Rep raised over $83,000 in the month of September.
To kick off its fall fundraising efforts and to help ramp up for its 26th Season, Michael McCay (former Board Chair) and Dan Salera (Advisory Council Chair) put forth a challenge grant of $50,000. The Boston Foundation heard about this challenge and offered another $25,000. Both challenge grants were matched dollar-for-dollar.
"New Rep is so thankful to Michael and Dan, The Boston Foundation, its Board and Advisory Council, who raised $40,000 in the quiet phase of this campaign, and for all of its loyal, generous donors who rose to the challenge this month," states Kate Warner, New Rep's Artistic Director. "We are humbled by the support we received and how the community has shown how much they value the important role New Rep plays in bringing quality artistic, educational, and outreach programs to the citizens of Massachusetts."
"My partner Dan and I immediately wanted to play a major role in the growth of New Rep after seeing the World Premiere production of MOBY DICK, AN AMERICAN OPERA," said Michael McCay. "We are so pleased with the results of our challenge grant and that we were able to be instrumental in ensuring the continued financial security of New Rep with this fall fundraising campaign."
New Repertory Theatre presents provocative and intelligent works of both established and emerging playwrights in an intimate setting that involves and engages the audience. New Rep has earned a reputation for dynamic productions that honor the writers and feature talented professional actors from the New England Theatre community as well as guest artists from around the U.S. New Rep has received
Elliot Norton and IRNE Awards for outstanding acting, scenic design, directions, and production. Programming for New Repertory Theatre is supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
The Boston Foundation, Greater Boston's community foundation, is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the nation, with assets of $695 million. In Fiscal Year 2009, the Foundation and its donors made $86 million in grants to nonprofit organizations and received gifts of over $72 million. The Foundation's competitive grantmaking is supported by the Permanent Fund for Boston at the Boston Foundation, which continues to receive gifts and bequests from those who want to ensure that Greater Boston has a permanent endowment. The Boston Foundation also serves as a major civic leader, provider of information, convener, and sponsor of special initiatives designed to address the community's and the region's most pressing challenges. For more information about the Boston Foundation, visit our website, www.tbf.org or call 617-338-1700. Discretionary grants from the Boston Foundation are made possible through a family of funds known as the Permanent Fund for Boston, the Boston Foundation's discretionary endowment, which has allowed the Boston Foundation to make critical grants to support Greater Boston for over 90 years. The Permanent Fund for Boston exists today due to the generosity of donors, often through bequests, enabling the Foundation to meet the most pressing needs of our community. For more information about the Boston Foundation and its grant making, visit
www.tbf.org, or call 617-338-1700.
