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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 […]
Remembering Chita Rivera, Dear Friend and Broadway Cares Trustee
Chita Rivera was a legendary talent and a dear friend to all lucky enough and blessed to share the stage with her. But beyond her brilliance in the spotlight, she was a fierce advocate, a beloved “mama bear” not to be trifled with when it came to those she welcomed into her sweet, kind and fiery […]
On-the-Ground Humanitarian Organizations in Gaza Receive $400,000 in Critical Grants
As Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS embarks on its 2024 grant-making, the philanthropic heart of Broadway announced $400,000 in emergency grants to organizations providing immediate, on-the-ground support to people in desperate need amid the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and across the Middle East. These Broadway Cares grants, shared January 8, 2024, consist of two $200,000 awards […]
Chita Rivera’s “Aurora” Joins Broadway Legends Ornament Collection
Add the aura of Aurora from Kiss of the Spider Woman to your hearth and home with an iridescent homage to Chita Rivera and her Tony Award-winning performance as she becomes the 16th ornament in Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ Broadway Legends series. The collectable ornament features Rivera in a luminous blue dress, adorned with a […]
$1 Million Emergency Grant Helps Those Hardest Hit by Entertainment Industry Strikes
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced on October 23, 2023, a $1 million emergency grant, made in the name of the Broadway community, to the Entertainment Community Fund to provide immediate assistance and services for entertainment professionals affected by the SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America strikes. These essential funds arrive after Broadway Cares’ first weekend […]
Statement about Humanitarian Crisis in Israel and Gaza
From Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS: “The current heartbreaking humanitarian crisis in Israel and Gaza, started by the deplorable terrorist acts of Hamas against the citizens of Israel, tears at our hearts. Broadway Cares joins the Broadway community in decrying this remorseless and senseless loss of life and unequivocally condemns the violence perpetrated. We hold dear […]
Maui Food Bank Receives $50,000 Emergency Grant to Help Hawaii Wildfire Victims
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS announced a $50,000 emergency grant, made in the name of the Broadway community, to the Maui Food Bank in Hawaii to provide immediate relief for those suffering from cataclysmic wildfires that destroyed the historic coastal town of Lahaina on the island of Maui. This emergency grant on August 17, 2023, will […]
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