Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
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COVID-19 Fundraiser Helps Theater Community
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS has launched a special online fundraising campaign to create the COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund. This special fund, which launched March 17, 2020, and is administered by The Actors Fund, assists those in the entertainment community – onstage, backstage and behind the scenes – who are facing health care crises and other […]
Update on 2020 Grants Round in April and June
Canceled: Easter Bonnet Competition
The 2020 performances of the Easter Bonnet Competition, scheduled for 4 pm on April 20 and 2:30 pm on April 21 at the Minskoff Theatre, are canceled. It would be our fondest wish for these much-loved performances to occur on schedule. But even in the best of circumstances – and with the sincere interests of […]
2020 Food Grants Fund 135 Vital Organizations
As part of its first grant round of 2020, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS awarded a record $2,317,500 to 135 food pantries, congregate meal and meal delivery programs across the country including in Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. The grants were awarded by a committee made up of actors and stage managers who were integral […]
Australia Wildfire Relief Gets $100,000 in Emergency Grants
As the worst wildfires seen in decades continue to ravage Australia, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, on behalf of all of Broadway, Off-Broadway and the national tours involved in our recent fall fundraising campaign, is awarding $100,000 in emergency grants to help provide immediate assistance to organizations doing vital, lifesaving, on-the-ground work in the region. […]
Parodies and Powerful Song and Dance Illuminate 2019 Red Bucket Follies
Six weeks of enthusiastic fundraising erupted into two extraordinary performances of lighthearted parodies, inspiring calls-to-action and exceptional dance at this year’s Red Bucket Follies. The show, which was performed December 9 and 10, 2019, celebrated the 58 Broadway, Off-Broadway and national touring companies that participated in fall fundraising for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Red […]
Fifth Annual Broadway Run Breaks Fundraising Record
Theater enthusiasts, Broadway stars, industry insiders and passionate supporters ran (or walked) the streets of New York City in this year’s Broadway Run, raising a record-breaking $104,239 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The Broadway Run is a 3.1-mile walk or run through the streets of Manhattan that ends at the famed New York City […]
Emergency Grants Help Four Organizations Battling California Wildfires
As catastrophic wildfires continue to threaten areas of northern California, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, in collaboration with the San Francisco-based Hamilton – And Peggy tour, is sending emergency grants to provide immediate help to four lifesaving organizations in the region. The $25,000 grants, totaling $100,000, will be sent to Community Foundation Sonoma County’s Resilience Fund, […]
Benefit Celebrates 25 Years of Disney on Broadway
Theater’s beloved names and brightest stars joined a sold-out audience in honoring Broadway’s most fantastical anniversary at Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway. The sparkling silver anniversary event on November 4, 2019, raised an astounding $570,426 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Celebrating 25 Magical Years of Disney on Broadway, presented at the […]
33rd Annual Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction Celebrates Broadway Fan in Everyone
From theatrical treasures to selfies with stars, from exclusive auction experiences to coveted signed show posters and Playbills, there was something special for every Broadway fan at the 33rd annual edition of the Broadway Flea Market & Grand Auction on September 22, 2019. The biggest day for Broadway fans featured 56 tables, 62 of […]
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