Playwrights Foundation
For Executive Coaching, Strategic Planning, And Board Development
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Amount$45,000
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Program
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Date Awarded4/10/2020
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Term18.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Strategies
Overview
Playwrights Foundation is a development center for new plays that provides artist residencies, staged readings, an annual playwright’s festival, and co-production partnerships that help develop the careers of early-and mid-career playwrights. Its programs serve approximately 65 playwrights and 3,000 audience members each year. Support for executive coaching, strategic planning, and board development will assist this 46-year-old service organization through a transformational period, and ensure its longevity as a dynamic and healthy home for playwrights, benefitting both local and national communities.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.playwrightsfoundation.org
Address
1616 Sixteenth Street, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA, 94103-5164, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Playwrights Foundation supports contemporary playwrights by helping them to develop and present new plays. Its programs include artist residencies, public readings, a biennial Bay Area Playwrights Festival, and coproduction partnerships. Its programs serve early- and mid-career playwrights, bridge the gap between play development and production, and help to create a more inclusive theatrical landscape. Across the history of the organization, the foundation has served well over 500 playwrights. Support of Playwrights Foundation aligns with the Performing Arts Program’s Artists strategy.
for executive coaching, strategic planning, and board development
Playwrights Foundation is a development center for new plays that provides artist residencies, staged readings, an annual playwright’s festival, and co-production partnerships that help develop the careers of early-and mid-career playwrights. Its programs serve approximately 65 playwrights and 3,000 audience members each year. Support for executive coaching, strategic planning, and board development will assist this 46-year-old service organization through a transformational period, and ensure its longevity as a dynamic and healthy home for playwrights, benefitting both local and national communities.
