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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 […]
2023 Food Grants to 141 Organizations Top $2.8 Million
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS awarded a record $2,827,500 in grants to 141 food service and meal delivery programs across the country in 2023, the product of the appeals made across Broadway, Off-Broadway and by national tours during Red Bucket fall fundraising and from the 2022 year-end campaign. The annual grants were awarded February 2, 2023, […]
Billy Porter Strikes a Pose as 2022 Legends Ornament
The 2022 addition to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ Broadway Legends ornament series is “the most beautiful thing in the world,” an ornament capturing extraordinary Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award-winning icon Billy Porter. Porter joins Julie Andrews, Carol Burnett, Carol Channing, Glenn Close, Harvey Fierstein, Angela Lansbury, Patti LuPone, Audra McDonald, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters, Chita […]
Emergency Grants Sent to 5 Food Banks in Hurricane-Ravaged Florida
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS sent $250,000 in emergency grants, made in the name of the Broadway community, to five food banks helping Florida residents who continue to recover and rebuild from the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Ian. These grants, awarded October 19, 2022, include $150,000 to Feeding Florida, a network of 12 food banks […]
$250,000 Emergency Grant Awarded for Hurricane Fiona Relief in Puerto Rico
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS awarded a $250,000 emergency grant on September 28, 2022, to immediately assist the people of Puerto Rico, who continue to be plagued by island-wide power outages, water shortages and other catastrophes caused by Hurricane Fiona earlier in the month. Broadway Cares is making the emergency grant to the Hispanic Federation on […]
National Grants Restored to Pre-Pandemic Levels
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS awarded $2,135,000 to 262 social service providers earlier this month. After two COVID-affected years, the grant amounts supplied to these organizations restored annual funding to the pre-pandemic levels of 2019. These social service organizations provide essential resources for their clients in the form of direct services, emergency assistance, harm reduction services […]