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line Grant Records were last updated on 09/04/2010
Search found 65 grants totaling $15,832,600 to 60 organization(s)
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   Approval Date: 2008
   Program Areas: arts & culture
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ARTS & CULTURE
11th Hour Theatre Company
Philadelphia, PA 19128

Date: 04/30/2008 Duration: 8 months
Grant amount: $33,000
Priority: Robust Cultural Community
Objective: Strengthen Core Programs/Administration
Toward general operating expenses for its fiscal 2008 season including administrative and actor salaries and marketing expenses.
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Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195

Date: 02/25/2008 Duration: 19 months
Grant amount: $275,000
Priority: Robust Cultural Community
Objective: Preserve/Promote Assets
Toward developing a master plan to address the fundamental needs of its physical plant, and toward a pilot lobby exhibit that showcases a variety of natural history objects that have been in storage, in keeping with museum best practices.
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Act II Playhouse, Ltd.
Ambler, PA 19002

Date: 03/31/2008 Duration: 12 months
Grant amount: $82,500
Priority: Robust Cultural Community
Objective: Strengthen Core Programs/Administration
Toward radio and print marketing initiatives; Web, computer and telephone upgrades; and increased hearing assistance technology.
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American Academy in Rome
New York, NY 10022

Date: 11/17/2008 Duration: 61 months
Grant amount: $128,250
Priority: Robust Cultural Community
Objective: Support for Artists
For Affiliated Fellowships for ten artists and scholars from five cultural institutions in the Philadelphia region to pursue independent work or research while in six-week residencies.
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American Association of Museums
Washington, DC 20005

Date: 06/30/2008 Duration: 11 months
Grant amount: $100,000
Priority: Strategic Opportunities
Objective: Regional Advancement
Toward the American Association of Museums' annual meeting, to be held in Philadelphia from April 30 to May 4, 2009 and hosted by the Please Touch Museum.
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American Composers Forum
St. Paul, MN 55101

Date: 11/17/2008 Duration: 32 months
Grant amount: $423,489
Priority: Robust Cultural Community
Objective: Support for Artists
To its Philadelphia Chapter, toward operations and ongoing programs in fiscal 2009, 2010, and 2011 that support the career development of local composers.
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American Philosophical Society
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3387

Date: 02/25/2008 Duration: 31 months
Grant amount: $247,500
Priority: Robust Cultural Community
Objective: Create/Present High-Quality Work
Toward planning and implementing "Dialogues with Darwin," an 18-month exhibition marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of "On the Origin of Species".
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Artspace Projects, Inc.
Minneapolis, MN 55401

Date: 04/23/2008 Duration: 6 months
Grant amount: $75,000
Priority: Strategic Opportunities
Objective: Regional Advancement
For evaluating the feasibility of 1) developing one or more large-scale arts facility projects in Philadelphia and 2) establishing a regional office in the city.
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Association of Children's Museums
Washington, DC 20005

Date: 04/22/2008 Duration: 12 months
Grant amount: $50,000
Priority: Strategic Opportunities
Objective: Regional Advancement
Toward its 2009 annual conference, InterActivity, to be held in Philadelphia from April 28 to 30 and hosted by the Please Touch Museum.
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Atwater Kent Museum
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Date: 06/30/2008 Duration: 36 months
Grant amount: $718,095
Priority: Robust Cultural Community
Objective: Strengthen Core Programs/Administration
Toward retaining consultants and hiring annual giving and marketing staff to implement a major gifts initiative and a re-branding/marketing campaign tied to the renovation and reopening of the Museum in 2010.
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BalletX
Philadelphia, PA 19110-2713

Date: 11/17/2008 Duration: 8 months
Grant amount: $82,500
Priority: Robust Cultural Community
Objective: Strengthen Core Programs/Administration
Toward its programs and operations in fiscal 2009.
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Barnes Foundation
Merion, PA 19066

Date: 06/30/2008 Duration: 6 months
Grant amount: $100,000
Priority: Robust Cultural Community
Objective: Strengthen Core Programs/Administration
Toward building its fundraising capacity as the institution prepares for its move to Philadelphia
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Chorus America Association of Professional Vocal Ensembles
Washington, DC 20005

Date: 02/25/2008 Duration: 16 months
Grant amount: $166,650
Priority: Strategic Opportunities
Objective: Regional Advancement
Toward the 2009 Chorus America conference, to be held in Philadelphia from June 9 through 13, 2009, hosted by the Philadelphia Singers.
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Civil War and Underground Railroad Museum of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Date: 06/30/2008 Duration: 24 months
Grant amount: $82,500
Priority: Robust Cultural Community
Objective: Preserve/Promote Assets
Toward moving and storing its collections as the museum prepares to move to its new location in the First Bank of the United States building.
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Clay Studio
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Date: 11/17/2008 Duration: 19 months
Grant amount: $250,000
Priority: Strategic Opportunities
Objective: Regional Advancement
Toward a regional exhibition program to be held as part of the 2010 annual conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, taking place in Philadelphia.
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