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From Executive Director Tom Viola

While there’s much for us all to process today, make time to embrace and support each other. Today and every day, we must lift each other up and continue fighting for those whose voices are marginalized or silenced – the women and people of color in our lives, the LGBTQ+ community, the underserved whom we […]

Emergency Grants Help Those Facing Devastation from Hurricanes Helene and Milton

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced October 23, 2024, that it has awarded, fueled by the theater community’s generosity, $300,000 in emergency grants to nine food banks and community service organizations actively helping residents from Florida to North Carolina recover and rebuild from the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Eight local organizations, which […]

Executive Director Tom Viola Announces Retirement at End of 2024

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Executive Director Tom Viola will retire from the nonprofit at the end of 2024, ending a 36-year tenure that saw the organization persevere through two pandemics and emerge as one of the most impactful fundraising and grant-making organizations in the country. Current Broadway Cares Director of Development Danny Whitman, who’s been […]

Theater Community Shares Joy and Support Through Spring Fundraising Competition

Audiences’ generosity shared in #RedBuckets across 45 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring shows is being transformed into tangible, lifesaving help as the 2024 Spring Fundraising Competition topped $4,702,394. The theater community – those onstage, offstage and in the audience – rallied together to raise the spectacular total across six weeks of dedicated fundraising. This support […]

Humanitarian Grants Help Four Aid Organizations Addressing Trauma in Israel

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced a total of $400,000 in emergency grants to four organizations providing on-the-ground support in Israel to civilians affected by trauma, assault and mental health emergencies, as part of the organization’s 25-year tradition of providing humanitarian support in times of crisis. These emergency grants follow $400,000 awarded earlier to Doctors of […]

2024 Food Grants Deliver Record Support to 146 Organizations Nationwide

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS awarded a record $2.83 million in grants to 146 food service and meal delivery programs across the country on February 15, 2024. These critical grants are the direct result of the generosity of the theater community and audiences across Broadway, Off-Broadway and by national tours during #RedBuckets fall fundraising. These 2024 […]