Annual Report 2004 - Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

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BROADWAY
CARES/
EQUITY
FIGHTS
AIDS
ANNUAL
REPORT
2004
THANK
YOU!
42nd STREET A FEW GOOD MEN DANCIN’ A RAISIN
IN THE SUN AIDA AVENUE Q BEAUTY AND THE
BEAST
BECKETT/ALBEE
BEYOND RECOGNITION
BLUE MAN GROUP BOOBS, THE MUSICAL THE BOY
FROM OZ CABARET CHICAGO DE LA GUARDA
FAME FIDDLER ON THE ROOF FLOWER DRUM SONG
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY THE FULL MONTY GOLDA’S
BALCONY GYPSY HAIRSPRAY I AM MY OWN WIFE
I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
JESUS CHRIST, SUPERSTAR LES MISÉRABLES THE
LION KING LISTEN TO MY HEART LITTLE SHOP OF
HORRORS LYPSINKA MAMMA MIA MENOPAUSE,
THE MUSICAL MORE MOVIN’ OUT NAKED BOYS
SINGING NINE OMINUM GATHERING THE PHANTOM
OF THE OPERA
THE PRODUCERS
RENT THE
RETREAT FROM MOSCOW SARAH, SARAH STOMP
STRICTLY ACADEMIC TABOO TAKE ME OUT THE
THING ABOUT MEN THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
TWENTIETH CENTURY
URINETOWN
THE VIOLET
HOUR WICKED WINTERTIME WONDERFUL TOWN
The Easter Bonnet from the cast of 42nd Street; Five “wild boys” present the Bonnet from Movin’ Out; Nathan Lane makes the audience appeal from the stage of The St. James
as Producers’ costars Matthew Broderick and Angie Schworer look on in support; Idina Menzel sings “Help Is On the Way” to close the Bonnet Competition; Hugh Jackman,
Bernadette Peters, and Harvey Fierstein present the awards at The Gypsy of the Year Competition; just a few of the boys from Broadway Bares; our own Ziegfeld girl, Doris Eaton
Travis, celebrates her 100th birthday on stage at the Bonnet Competition.
b r oa dway c a r e s / e q u i t y f i g h t s a i d s
ANNUAL
REPORT
2004
TABLE OF CONTENTS
how a dollar makes a difference
letter from the president Paul Libin
letter from the executive director Tom Viola
bc/efa grant-making
the actors’ fund of america
national grants program
national grant totals by state
international grants
events
national support
thespian fundraising
bc/efa on ebay
retail outreach
corporate support
broadway delivers!
dancers responding to aids (dra)
classical action: performing arts against aids
the maestro program
the angels campaign
major donors
dra donors
the colleen dewhurst society
financial statements
board of trustees and credits
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Producer Rosie O’Donnell joins the cast of Taboo at Gypsy of the Year; Heather Headley in concert at The New Amsterdam; The Broadway Inspirational Voices;
Joey McIntyre joins his cast in selling signed posters from Wicked at The Broadway Flea Market; the divine Charles Busch as Mame and the divinest Marian Seldes as
his/her sidekick Vera Charles in the reading of Auntie Mame.
table of contents
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B R OA D WAY C A R E S / E Q U I T Y F I G H T S A I D S
HOW A DOLLAR
MAKES A
DIFFERENCE
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the nation’s leading i ndustry-based, nonprofit AIDS
fundraising and grant-making organization. BC/EFA is the ongoing, committed response from
the American theatre community to an urgent worldwide health crisis. By drawing upon the
talents, resources and generosity of this community, BC/EFA raises funds for AIDS-related
causes across the United States. Since its founding in 1988, BC/EFA has raised over $85
million for critically needed services for people with AIDS, HIV or HIV-related illnesses, and
their families.
The fundraising and grant-making success of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the result of tens
of thousands of gestures of generosity that come together as one phenomenal show of support. This is never more apparent than in
the audience appeals done twice a year for two six-week periods by the Broadway, off-Broadway and national touring shows prior to
the annual Gypsy of the Year and Easter Bonnet Competitions. Here is how a single dollar becomes what in 2004 was a record-breaking $6.7*
million campaign.
A theatergoer is moved by the curtain speech made by a member of the cast after the curtain call. In support of BC/EFA or
simply because it was such a thrill to hear the show’s star informally talk to the audience about our work, he or she puts ONE
DOLLAR into the collection buckets manned by other members of the company and BC/EFA volunteers. In an average Broadway
house of 1,800, this means the following:
one generous gesture
the amount raised at one performance
there are 8 performances a week (x 8)
33 other shows are making the same appeal (x 34)
appeals are made for six weeks (x 6)
twice a year (x 2)
$
1
$
1,800
$
14,400
$
489,600
$ 2,937,0600
$ 5,875,200
Audience appeals are the backbone of BC/EFA’s yearly fundraising efforts. Of course, money is raised in other ways: through
direct mail and major donor campaigns, corporate sponsorships, merchandise sales, CareTix and CareCards, as well as from ticket
sales for one-time special events. Together all of these efforts allowed BC/EFA to raise over $13 million in FY 2004. But without a
doubt, the foundation of this success is built on audience appeals – or to be more specific, the thousands of times one person reaches
into pocket or purse and drops $1 in a volunteer’s bucket.
* Note: FY 2004 will forever be known as the “Year of Hugh Jackman in THE BOY FROM OZ.” During both this fiscal year’s GYPSY OF THE
YEAR and EASTER BONNET Competitions, Hugh led his exuberant cast in raising $632,998 and $539,058 during these two six-week periods for a truly grand
total of $1,172,056. This is certainly the most any one show has ever raised in a single year and in no small way accounts for the record-breaking success of this year’s
two appeal periods.
Cast members from The Producers in the lobby of the St. James Theatre; Hugh Jackman led the way as the company of The Boy from Oz raised $1,172,056
for BC/EFA in just one season; scores of cast members and BC/EFA volunteers held buckets like this during two six-week appeal periods;
cast members from Hairspray in the lobby of The Neil Simon.
how a dollar makes a difference
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A LETTER
FROM
THE PRESIDENT
MAY 2005
Dear Friends,
The fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, was another banner year for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The amount of
money raised in support of our cause grew by an unprecedented 27 percent over the previous year – from $10.6 million in 2003 to
$13.6 million this year!
This phenomenal increase in the success of our fundraising efforts solidifies Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids’ position as the
leading industry-based AIDS fundraising and grant-making organization in the United States. More importantly, it provides greater
resources from which we are able to support major social service programs for industry professionals at The Actor’s Fund of America
and distribute to direct service providers at more than 500 AIDS service organizations throughout the country through our National
Grants Program.
Funding cuts in federal programs across the board make the ongoing financial support of Broadway Cares more important than
ever to those organizations on the front lines of providing care for those in need. We take great pride in representing the
commitment of the American theatre community in addressing these needs.
I remain awestruck by the incredible amount of cooperation we receive from countless individuals, corporations and industry
professionals who make our success a reality. In addition to the actors making audience appeals on our behalf, we rely on the
dedication and tireless efforts of stage managers, stagehands, ushers, wardrobe personnel and company managers, to name but a few.
We also count on the philanthropic support of corporations and individuals as well as the continued goodwill of the ticket-buying
public at large who have supported our programs this year.
I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude and congratulations to the BC/EFA trustees and to the entire BC/EFA staff for all of the
dedicated teamwork that went into making 2004 a benchmark year.
We, the board, staff and volunteers of BC/EFA appreciate your taking the time to read about our accomplishments in this report.
I hope you take as much pride as I do in realizing what a tremendous difference we were able to make together!
Sincerely,
Paul Libin
President
Avenue Q’s Stephanie D’Abruzzo and Kate Monster at Nothin’ Like a Dame; Mario Cantone, Billy Porter, and Julie Halston lead the opening of Gypsy of the Year;
Mitchel David Federan as “a rather adult” Peter Allen during The Boy from Oz presentation at Gypsy of the Year; our banner proudly hanging in the house
of the beautiful New Amsterdam Theatre, home of The Easter Bonnet Competition; cast members from The Producers outside the St. James at The Broadway Flea Market.
a letter from the president
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A LETTER
FROM
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MAY 2005
July, 2005
Dear Friends:
I am very happy and proud to report that FY 2004 (October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004) was the most successful year of
fundraising and grant-making in Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ history. If I were an artist – I would work in collage. The staff
around here laughs because soon after an event I like to find the time to put up as they say “another one of his collages” made up of
dozens of event photos of all sizes and all overlapping on the cupboards in the kitchen.
There is something about taking in so much at once - seeing how every piece becomes a part of the whole. How a shot of the biggest,
most colorful scene, when taped next to one of an almost incidental moment (not nearly as bright), creates something new and unique
when seen side-by-side. The blur of images, this smattering of colors becomes in total more than any one shot could by itself. It moves.
I go on like this because, in my heart I know that BC/EFA is at its best, its strongest and its most useful – a collage.
Members of every union and non-union members. Folks who have been in the business for decades, someone who just landed
their first job. Major donors and corporate sponsors as well as the 13-year-old girl from Long Island who sent us a bundle of checks
totaling a couple hundred bucks from her bat mitzvah and the senior citizen in Florida who forwarded a $15 check from the direct
mail appeal and jots shakily on the response card, “I wish it could be more.”
BC/EFA is audience appeals that raise millions from the efforts of over 50 Broadway, off-Broadway, and national touring shows
and the high school drama club teacher who sends us a check for $322 donated in cash by his cast of Our Town.
Stars, writers, directors, choreographers, gypsies, actors and those most dear to my heart, stage managers. All the folks working
behind the scenes, front of house and in the pit who in being willing for six weeks, twice a year to leave the theatre 15 minutes later
than usual make our invaluable audience appeals possible. Producers and theatre owners who “give permission”; press agents who
“ask”; company managers who make it work “within a labyrinth of rules”; concessionaires who “turn a generous blind eye” and
another favorite group, the doormen and women who welcome us, delivering messages, requests and all those signed posters.
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS exists, to quote a masterful writer, because of “each and every one.” It is this blur of
enthusiasm, generosity, good behavior, and idiosyncrasies that is both BC/EFA’s great blessing and subtle strength. What follows are
many facts and figures. Lists, charts and graphs, as well as lots of event pictures and photos of the people and organizations you’ve
helped BC/EFA assist. These are our shared history. Someday, someone will call it our shared legacy.
But don’t be lulled into feeling too good. These are difficult days. The fabric of our social safety net, built of over decades of
bi-partisan political action, is today being deliberately frayed at the same time we find more and more individuals and families across
our nation in crisis and need.
I could write a second letter about those in power who choose to exclude rather than embrace, those eager to demonize others
in order to ensure power from the unquestioning. Those who hoard rather than share, spin rather than tell the truth. Smirk rather
than smile. But that is not for now.
Now, I close simply with this: Thank you. I particularly want to express my deep appreciation to BC/EFA’s Trustees – who watch
our back – and to the BC/EFA staff who make up its muscle and spine. From our major sponsors to each individual donor - for
being a part of BC/EFA’s unique collage you have my heartfelt gratitude. And to more accurately quote the brilliant Charles
Dickens... “God bless us; every one!”
Sincerely,
Tom Viola
Executive Director
Sandra Joseph and Hugh Panara, stars of The Phantom of the Opera, with a most adoptable star of Broadway Barks; Michael McElroy leads the Broadway Inspirational
Voices; cast members from Fiddler on the Roof at The Broadway Flea Market; Christopher Sieber gets “hit on” in front of a full house at The New Amsterdam by Avenue Q ’s
“Rod” – with a hand from Q star John Tartaglia; Isabel Keating and Stephanie J. Block, stars of The Boy From Oz, at the celebrity table at The Broadway Flea Market.
a letter from the executive director
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THE BC/EFA’S
GRANT-MAKING HISTORY
1987-2004
EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS was founded in October 1987 by the Council of Actors’ Equity Association.
Money raised through the efforts of Equity theatre companies across the country was specifically earmarked for The Actors’ Fund
AIDS Initiative. BROADWAY CARES was founded in February 1988 by members of The Producers’ Group. Money raised was
earmarked to be awarded to AIDS service organizations across the country, including Equity Fights AIDS.
In May 1992, BROADWAY CARES and EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS merged to become BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS
AIDS. The Board of Trustees of this newly established not-for-profit fundraising organization assumed the missions of the
previously separate organizations and continues to fund the social service work of The Actors’ Fund and to award grants twice a year
to AIDS and family service organizations nationwide.
Unlike most other nonprofit grant-making organizations, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS must raise every single dollar of
our philanthropic budget each year in order to fulfill our grant-making mission. In turn, BC/EFA works hard to ensure that the
money raised is spent carefully and wisely on programs both at The Actors’ Fund and at hundreds of social service agencies across the
country where these hard-earned dollars can have maximum impact. An impressive 76 cents of every dollar raised by BC/EFA goes
directly towards these causes.
BC/EFA’s grant-making has two emphases. The first is The Actors’ Fund of America. BC/EFA currently supports six major
programs at The Fund, each of which provides social services, case management and emergency financial assistance to entertainment
industry professionals and performing artists who are in crisis or dealing with a variety of problems including HIV/AIDS. The
National Grants Program is our second major grant making effort. Through this program BC/EFA makes grants to hundreds of
community-based AIDS and family service organizations across the country. A detailed description of how we distribute funds and
the programs we support is contained in the following pages.
A HISTORY OF GIVING
ACTORS’ FUND
GRANTS
EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS 1987-may 1992
BROADWAY CARES 1988-may 1992
$
NATIONAL GRANTS
PROGRAMS
2,775,250.00
TOTAL
GRANTS
$
1,067,000.00
$
$
2,775,250.00
1,067,000.00
BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS
may-december 1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
634,000.00
1,654,000.00
1,758,000.00
1,791,000.00
2,010,000.00
2,247,500.00
2,471,000.00
2,700,000.00
2,955,336.00
2,829,500.00
2,732,000.00
3,022,500.00
3,360,500.00
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
771,780.00
1,184,119.00
676,404.00
707,916.00
1,400,549.00
1,342,200.00
1,711,819.00
3,039,841.00
3,033,566.00
3,238,765.00
2,689,676.00
3,115,969.00
4,437,338.00
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
1,405,780.00
2,838,119.00
2,434,404.00
2,498,916.00
3,410,549.00
3,589,700.00
4,182,819.00
5,739,841.00
5,988,902.00
6,068,265.00
5,421,676.00
6,138,469.00
7,797,838.00
$
32,940,586.00
$
28,416,942.00
$
61,357,528.00
BC/EFA GRANT-MAKING TOTAL
1987-2004
the bc/efa grantmaking progam
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THE ACTORS’ FUND
OF AMERICA
The Actors’ Fund of America provides for the welfare of all who earn their living through employment
in the entertainment industry. The stage manager, dancer or theatrical press agent with AIDS and no health insurance, the actor
looking to make a transition into a second career, the retired costume designer having difficulty living on social security and unclear
about his Medicaid benefits, the stage carpenter, company manager or actress facing a crisis around an issue of addiction, the
musician in need of supportive housing – all are part of the entertainment industry and all can find assistance through The Actors’
Fund.
The Actors’ Fund continues the industry tradition of “taking care of its own,” forged more than a century ago when attitudes of
prejudice against people in show business prevailed. The Actors’ Fund served as a catalyst for reducing that discrimination and
integrating theatre professionals into the social, political, and economic aspects of their communities.
Through its partnership with The Actors’ Fund, BC/EFA touches the lives of thousands of entertainment professionals living
with HIV/AIDS, as well as those coping with a variety of other health issues and life challenges.
THE AIDS INITIATIVE
The collaboration between BC/EFA and The Actors’ Fund’s AIDS Initiative is a model for how an industry can respond with
effectiveness and compassion to the AIDS crisis. The AIDS Initiative provides a full spectrum of essential supportive services,
including emergency financial assistance (for basic necessities such as rent, food, health insurance, and non-reimbursable medical
expenses); case management referrals to other sources of community and public assistance, benefits advocacy, vocational retraining,
counseling, and support groups for people with HIV/AIDS and their partners, families, and caregivers.
Of the $3,392,000 awarded to The Actors’ Fund by BC/EFA in 2004, $1,151,335 was distributed as direct financial assistance
to 552 clients living with HIV/AIDS in 22 states through Actors’ Fund offices in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Of this,
$484,373 (42%) was provided for rent payments and $366,293 (32%) for health insurance payments. In addition to underwriting
direct financial assistance, BC/EFA’s total AIDS Initiative grant of $2,100,000 supports personnel, administrative costs, volunteer
needs and other expenses associated with client case management.
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“MY PARTNER AND I WERE BOTH IN THE BUSINESS. WE KEPT HIS ILLNESS A SECRET BECAUSE WE WERE SCARED. AIDS TAKES EVERYTHING
FROM A PERSON – THEIR JOB, THEIR SECURITY, EVEN THEIR HOME.
BUT BC/EFA HELPED TAKE THAT FEAR AWAY AND, THROUGH THE
ACTORS’ FUND AIDS INITIATIVE, GAVE US IMPORTANT INFORMATION
ABOUT OUR RIGHTS, BENEFITS AND OPTIONS THAT MADE DEALING
WITH THE ILLNESS AND ULTIMATELY THE EMOTIONAL PAIN OF LOSING
HIM POSSIBLE TO BEAR.”
ACTORS’ FUND AIDS INITIATIVE CLIENT
“IN MY WILDEST DREAMS, I COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED SUCH AN
OUTSTANDING AND SUPPORTIVE PARTNERSHIP AS BC/EFA AND THE
ACTORS’ FUND AIDS INITIATIVE.”
AIDS INITIATIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BY CATEGORY
RENT
$ 453,302
40%
HEALTH INSURANCE
$ 423,603
34%
UTILITIES AND
LIVING EXPENSES
$ 139,225
12%
PSYCHOTHERAPY
$ 26,630
3%
ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT
$ 24,464
2%
DENTAL
$ 16,641
1%
OTHER
$ 93,144
8%
Changes in the AIDS environment have had a significant impact on clients. The effectiveness of protease inhibitors, available
since 1996, has had major service implications as The AIDS Initiative shifts from helping people with a fatal disease to assisting those
with a chronic, manageable one. In the past, The AIDS Initiative often prepared clients, even asymptomatic ones, for a more
dependent level of functioning – a change that would most likely be imminent for HIV+ individuals. Advances in treatment allow
many to now focus on preparing for independence by helping them build their skills and learn more about the supportive network
that can help them remain highly functional.
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“I AM DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. I HAVE
SPENT MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE IN THE THEATRE AND HAVE FOUND SO
MANY IN THE PROFESSION TO BE COMPASSIONATE AND CARING, EAGER
TO ASSIST IN TIMES OF TROUBLE. YOUR SUPPORT HAS HELPED ME TO
RESTORE MY DIGNITY.”
This change, however, has had a profound effect on the number of clients served by The AIDS Initiative. Over the past ten years,
from 1994–2004, The Actors’ Fund AIDS Initiative has experienced a dramatic decrease in the number of AIDS-related deaths,
from almost 50% of its clients in 1994 to 5% in 2004. While that is encouraging news, the battle is far from over. During this same
time, the number of AIDS Initiative clients has more than doubled from 216 in 1994 to 552 in 2004, including many new clients.
BC/EFA funding represents 70% of The AIDS Initiative’s budget. BC/EFA continues to work closely with The Actors’ Fund to
provide leadership, coalition building, and the fundraising necessary to keep the promise that we will “take care of our own” for as
long as AIDS is with us.
2004 AIDS INITIATIVE CLIENT ENROLLMENT
NUMBER OF CLIENTS
PERCENTAGE
260
190
153
145
53
32
19
47%
34%
28%
26%
10%
6%
3%
27
552
5%
actors’ equity*
sag*
aftra*
non-union
agma-agva
iatse
local 802 musicians
united scenic artists, wardrobe, directors’ guild,
writers’ guild, dramatists’ guild, and ssd&c
total clients in 2004
*based on multiple membership
COMPARISON OF 2003/2004 CLIENT ENROLLMENT
EASTERN
TOTAL CLIENTS
new cases
WESTERN
MIDWEST
TOTAL
2003
2004
2003
2004
2003
2004
2003
2004
387
37
382
38
180
26
151
16
14
4
19
6
581
66
552
60
363
24
363
19
173
7
143
8
14
-
17
2
550
31
523
29
GENDER
male
female
2004 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
EASTERN
WESTERN
MIDWEST
TOTAL
$857,661
$273,918
$19,756
$1,151,335
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PHYLLIS NEWMAN WOMEN’S HEALTH INITIATIVE
The Actors’ Fund established the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative (PNWHI) in 1996 to provide a safety net for women
in the entertainment industry coping with critical health concerns. The Women’s Health Initiative dedicates a range of resources
solely to addressing the health needs and concerns specific to women, providing direct services and financial assistance to many
women who are often without health insurance. In 2004, the Initiative helped 356 clients confront breast, cervical and ovarian
cancers, domestic violence, chemical dependency, mental health concerns, and other conditions.
The comprehensive nature of the Women’s Health Initiative’s case management approach encompasses employment, economic,
and other factors that impact each client’s ability to fight for her health with maximum success. Caseworkers are effective at helping
women deal with difficulties triggered by medical conditions and the subsequent challenges around financial, psychological and
family issues. They also stay involved with clients on an ongoing basis and provide the support and referrals they need to best cope
with these pressing issues. Counselors offer vital assistance in treatment and recovery, applying for benefits, filing insurance claims,
coordinating childcare, and devising financial plans.
Support groups offered by PNWHI provide a place where women can come together to offer and receive support around issues
ranging from managing chronic physical and mental health conditions to aging in the industry, as well as anti-violence and family
issues. The Women’s HIV Outreach and Education Program offers comprehensive services for women in the entertainment industry
concerned about safer sex, HIV, or other sexually transmitted diseases. In addition, the Women’s Health Initiative provides an
extensive resource library, and access to a vast network of women’s healthcare providers, research studies, and other resources.
In 2004, PNWHI clients received social services ranging from case management to individual counseling, to assistance in
applying for benefits and coordinating childcare, and were provided with $219,000 in essential financial assistance. An impressive
227 mammograms and 104 gynecological exams were provided at no charge to women in “in the business” without adequate health
insurance at The Actors’ Fund’s Hirschfeld Free Clinic at The Aurora on West 57th Street and Tenth Avenue. BC/EFA provided
$450,000 to support the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative in fiscal year 2004 – up from $210,500 in 2003.
“HAPPILY THE MAMMOGRAM WAS NEGATIVE. NOW THAT I AM
EMPLOYED, PLEASE ACCEPT THE ENCLOSED AS A DONATION TO HELP
ANOTHER WOMAN HAVE A MAMMOGRAM. THANK YOU FOR FUNDING
SUCH A WONDERFUL SERVICE. NO ONE SHOULD USE LACK OF
INSURANCE AS A REASON NOT TO BE EXAMINED.”
ACTORS’ FUND WOMEN’S HEALTH INITIATIVE CLIENT
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THE AL HIRSCHFELD FREE HEALTH CLINIC
In a situation similar to one that took place in 1987, when The Actors’ Fund created The AIDS Initiative in concert with the
establishment of funding support from Equity Fight AIDS, in 2003 The Actors’ Fund established The Al Hirschfeld Free Health
Clinic with an initial grant of $300,000 from Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Dedicated to the memory of the famed Broadway caricaturist who died in January 2002 just short of his 100th birthday, The
Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic was initially located in three small offices on the 2nd floor of The Aurora, adjacent to The Colleen
Dewhurst Community Rooms.
In 2004, BC/EFA provided an outright grant of $325,000 to The Actors’ Fund for the operation of The Hirschfeld Clinic.
In June 2004, an additional one-time grant of $300,000 was made to The Fund to pay for The Clinic’s renovation and move to
the 4th floor of The Aurora Residence where it now occupies a suite of offices and examination rooms taking up half the entire floor.
This expansion enables Dr. Jim Spears and his staff to serve double the number of clients who otherwise would lack access to adequate
medical care.
The Hirschfeld Clinic was launched to address the very clear, immediate needs of members of the entertainment community
who are uninsured or underinsured. People who work in the entertainment industry have a high-uninsured rate. They work in
uncertain careers and may not make medical care a priority, ignoring symptoms, concealing diagnoses, and putting off treatment.
With the contributed services of a corps of physician volunteers under the fulltime direction of Dr. Spears and working in
collaboration with the Columbia University College of Physician and Surgeons, The Hirschfeld Clinic provides necessary medical
services and works to prevent illness and emergency room visits that result from neglecting health care.
The clinic provides primary and specialty care, health screenings, and patient education. Lab testing provided through the clinic
is free to uninsured patients. The clinic is open five days a week and has a physician on-call even when closed. Primary care includes
routine preventive medical care, ongoing management of medical problems, and urgent sick visits. A primary care doctor provides
specialty care following an evaluation. Then a referral is made to a specialist – whenever possible, to a volunteer specialist at the clinic.
Preventative care includes flu vaccinations, mammograms, prostate exams, breast examinations, tuberculosis and diabetes screening,
blood pressure and cholesterol testing, and vision screening.
At a series of annual health fairs offered in partnership with New York Presbyterian Hospital and Better Wellness and You
(BWAY), the clinic provides diagnostic screenings on a broader scope, including blood glucose levels, blood pressure measurements,
blood cholesterol levels, and mammograms to hundreds of health fair participants.
The Hirschfeld Clinic physicians are sensitive to these health issues and aware of the warning signs of neglect, malnutrition,
substance abuse, and mental health concerns. If needed, eligible patients are also referred to The Actors’ Fund social service
programs, through which they may receive individual counseling, referrals, and financial assistance toward living expenses. Many
individuals who receive social services and case management at The Actors’ Fund first made contact at an initial visit to The
Hirschfeld Clinic.
BC/EFA considers its support for The Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic to be an important new priority in the catalogue of services
offered by The Actors’ Fund.
In 2004, doctors at The Hirschfeld Clinic saw 951 patients, providing a total of 1,716 client visits in such areas as dermatology,
family and general medicine, infectious diseases, and internal medicine.
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THE ACTORS’ WORK PROGRAM
As AIDS Initiative clients with longer life expectancies were shifting their focus from dealing with an immediate critical illness
to managing a chronic condition, their needs evolved to include back-to-work issues. With this in mind, the AIDS Training and
Education Project (ATEP) of The Actors’ Work Program (AWP) was created by The Actors’ Fund in 1998 to prepare AIDS Initiative
clients to either return to work or participate in meaningful activity outside the home. Counselors work with clients responding well
to protease/anti-viral regimens to help them deal with the important implications of suddenly increased life expectancies, including
the challenge of returning to the workplace, both inside and outside the entertainment industry.
Many people with AIDS considering a return to the workplace in a non-performing capacity lack the resources necessary to
make such a career change. They must also consider the impact such a decision will have on issues such as health insurance and
entitlements, as well as the limitations imposed by side effects of their medications. ATEP counselors work with clients to assess
their health status, interests, and skills; to design individualized action plans; and to identify appropriate educational, volunteer,
and employment opportunities. Counseling, tuition assistance, and referrals to community resources help ATEP clients achieve
these goals. BC/EFA supported the Actors’ Work Program’s AIDS Training and Employment Project with $185,000 in 2004 – up
from $170,000 in 2003.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING INITIATIVES
Recognizing that an affordable, safe, and supportive place to live is the foundation of every person’s ability to fight for and
maintain his or her health, BC/EFA has been a long-time supporter of The Actors’ Fund’s affordable housing initiatives. From 1997
to 2001, BC/EFA provided $750,000 of support to The Aurora Residence in New York City, a 30-story apartment building
providing 178 units of supportive housing for people with HIV/AIDS, seniors, and low-income working professionals.
From 1998-2002, BC/EFA provided $250,000 of support to The Palm View Residence in Los Angeles, a 40-unit garden
apartment complex that provides low-cost supportive housing to people with AIDS. The Palm View, which also has an on-site
resident services coordinator, is a collaborative project between The Actors’ Fund, the West Hollywood Housing Corporation,
Housing for Entertainment Professionals, and funders like BC/EFA.
PHYSICIAN VOLUNTEERS FOR THE ARTS
Although Physician Volunteers for the Arts has not been a part of the services provided by The Actors’ Fund since 2002, BC/EFA
continues to provide financial assistance for its programs helping the Broadway theatre community. In 2004, a $17,000 grant from
BC/EFA helped Dr. Barry Kohn and PVA provide 1,500 flu shots backstage at Broadway shows, in the offices of theatre-related
organizations, as well as to seniors and those with compromised health issues at Actors’ Equity for the general membership. We thank
Dr. Kohn for also extending his services to The Actors’ Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, and to clients at New York’s CallenLorde Community Health Clinic.
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NATIONAL GRANTS
PROGRAM
Active since 1987, BC/EFA’s National Grants Program has become one of the largest of its kind in the
United States. A report published by Funders Concerned About AIDS showed that BC/EFA ranked sixth in the nation in terms of
grant dollars disbursed for HIV/AIDS, just behind The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and The Ford Foundation, and ahead
of such longstanding philanthropic powerhouses as the Rockefeller Foundation, The New York Community Trust, and the
California Endowment, among others. This achievement is a result of the rapid growth in our fundraising, and as a result, in our
grant-making, over the past several years.
From the outset, BC/EFA’s grants program has been fast, simple, and efficient. A concise two-page application allows us to make
disbursements twice a year to hundreds of community-based organizations, an unusual feature among top AIDS grant-makers, and
one that we have learned over the years is meaningful to relatively small organizations. The majority of these grassroots organizations
operate on bare-bones budgets, but still manage to have significant impact on their own communities.
The National Grants Program for Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) at BC/EFA attempts to address the ongoing and
unmet needs of these AIDS and family service organizations. Because AIDS is not just a single disease, but a combination of epidemics
exacerbated by discrimination and poverty, our grants in this category are geared to those organizations that are providing case
management, food, housing, transportation, emergency financial assistance, emotional support, and non-reimbursable and
emergency medical expenses.
In 2004, BC/EFA’s National Grants Committee awarded grants totaling $3,235,000 to over 564 AIDS and family service
organizations in 49 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico. (See the list of agencies by city and state, beginning on page 16).
In 2002, a subset of the National Grants Program, called simply National Grants II, was created to allow BC/EFA to support,
at a higher level, organizations serving large metropolitan areas or doing advocacy work that impacts the entire network of AIDS
service providers, many of which have received financial support through BC/EFA’s longtime grants program for more than a decade.
In 2004, BC/EFA awarded an additional $340,000 to 20 nationally recognized AIDS service and advocacy organizations
through National Grants II.
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“THREE YEARS AGO A GRANT FROM BC/EFA HELPED US PURCHASE A
FORD WINSTAR VAN, THE BACKBONE OF OUR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. THE RECENT GRANT FROM BC/EFA WILL COVER THE COSTS OF
TRANSPORTING OUR RESIDENTS TO MEDICAL, DENTAL AND COUNSELING APPOINTMENTS AND RECREATIONAL EXCURSIONS THIS YEAR.
THANKS FOR RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION FOR CLIENTS NOT LIVING NEAR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
YOUR SUPPORT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.”
AIDS COMMUNITY RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION
DURHAM, NC
“HUGS TO ALL WHO WORK SO HARD TO MAKE OUR FUNDING
POSSIBLE.”
HOUSTON CHALLENGE FOUNDATION
HOUSTON, TX
NATIONAL GRANTS II
March 2004, $340,000 awarded to 121 organizations
CITY
NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS
AMOUNT
6
$75,000
WASHINGTON, DC
AIDS Action Foundation, AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth and Family, Global Network of People with AIDS – North America,
National Association of People with AIDS, National Minority AIDS Council, Whitman-Walker Clinic
NEW YORK, NY
8
$135,000
AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, Funders Concerned About AIDS, GMHC, God’s Love We Deliver,
Harlem United, Hetrick-Martin Institute, New York AIDS Coalition
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
2
$50,000
4
$80,000
Project Inform, San Francisco AIDS Foundation
BOSTON, MA; CHICAGO, IL; LOS ANGELES, CA; SEATTLE, WA
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, AIDS Project Los Angeles, Black AIDS Institute, Lifelong AIDS Alliance
TOTAL
$340,000
(This is an increase of $125,000 over 2003’s total of $215,000 given to 16 organizations.)
Since a large portion of the money raised for BC/EFA comes directly from theatre audiences across America, not just New York,
we are committed to assisting the full spectrum of communities affected by AIDS. By making grants to diverse organizations
nationwide, BC/EFA is able to give back to those very communities that allow us to create a safety net for those in the entertainment
industry through the services of The Actors’ Fund.
Since its founding in 1988 through 2004, over $25 million has been distributed by BC/EFA through its National Grants
Programs.
The BC/EFA Grants Committee is comprised of individuals representing a diverse range of AIDS service providers and
populations affected by AIDS, as well as members of the theatrical fundraising family.
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“WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR CONFIDENCE
IN OUR ABILITY TO SERVE POOR AND HOMELESS WOMEN AND
CHILDREN. WHAT BEGAN AS A SIMPLE SOUP KITCHEN HAS GROWN
INTO A COMMUNITY CENTER. WE OFFER A SANCTUARY WHERE
VULNERABLE WOMEN FIND REFUGE, WHERE DESPAIR COLLIDES WITH
HOPE AND WHERE JUSTICE CONFRONTS OPPRESSION. WITH THE
HELP OF BROADWAY CARES, MIRACLES HAPPEN EVERYDAY HERE AT
ROSIE’S PLACE. THANK YOU.”
ROSIE’S PLACE
BOSTON, MA
“THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE $5,000 GRANT FOR OUR POSITIVE
DIRECTIONS PROGRAM. YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT ALLOWS US TO
PROVIDE OUR CLIENTS WITH ACCESS TO SERVICES THAT HELP THEM
IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH AND AVOID A RETURN TO THE STREETS”
PETER & PAUL COMMUNITY SERVICES
ST. LOUIS, MI
GRANT DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS (Number of organizations receiving grants)
$64.0
$31.5
(11)
(7)
$13.5
$47.5
(3)
(8)
$39.5
(7)
(1)
$35.0
(10)
$435.0
$88.5 $37.5
(5)
(8)
$47.5
(8)
(14)
$55.0
(6)
$7.5
$57.5
(10)
$87.0
(69)
$45.0
(8)
$15.5
(4)
(5)
$45.5
$27.5
(4)
(1)
$82.5
$ 27.0
$ 22.5
$ 76.0
$ 10.0
$ 31.0
$105.0
$ 10.0
$ 50.0
$182.5
(3)
(4)
(15)
(1)
(7)
(17)
(2)
(9)
(21)
(14)
(9)
$10.0 $60.0
$186.0
$42.0
(1)
(8)
$18.5
(17)
$62.5
(4)
(2)
$25
$107.5
$21.0
$15.0
$10.0
$38.0
(6)
(2)
(5)
(120)
(3)
(1)
$10.0
$712.5
$22.5
$10.0
VT
NH
MA
RI
CT
NJ
DE
MD
DC
$22.5
(5)
$97.0
(19)
(7)
(15)
key
(28)
$263.5
(43)
AK
10.0
HI
$10.0
PR
$45.0
(1)
(1)
(6)
$100,000 and above
$50,000 and above
$25,000 and above
$10,000 and above
Note: This map represents only National Grants and National Grants II (not supplemental/emergency grants, red ribbon purchases, and benefit and community relation support).
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BC/EFA GRANT COMMITTEE DISBURSEMENTS FISCAL YEAR 2004
food services
$ 909,000
Food banks and pantries, congregate and delivered meals
154
28%
direct services
$ 647,000
107
20%
Including case management, housing programs, personal care services and transportation
programs
emergency financial
assistance
$ 655,000
123
20%
one-time expenses
$ 529,000
77
16%
Covers such expenses as purchase or repair of transportation van, purchase of food service
equipment, renovation of kitchen space, and communication equipment upgrade
substance abuse and
harm reduction services
$ 250,500
45
8%
$ 245,000
Youth activity programs, retreats, veterinary services
58
8%
$3,235,000
564
100%
quality of life services
total
Note: These are only grants awarded by BC/EFA’s Grants Committee. These do not include
supplemental and emergency grants approved by the senior staff.
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NATIONAL GRANTS
BY STATE
JULY 14, 2004
STATE
ALASKA
ALABAMA
ARKANSAS
ARIZONA
CALIFORNIA
CITY
ORGANIZATION
Anchorage
Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association
Auburn
Birmingham
Birmingham
Huntsville
Mobile
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
El Dorado
Little Rock
Little Rock
Little Rock
Chinle
Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix
Phoenix
Tucson
Camarillo
Cathedral City
AMOUNT
STATE TOTAL:
$10,000
$10,000
STATE TOTAL:
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$60,000
STATE TOTAL:
$10,000
$10,000
$5,000
$2,500
27,500
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$2,500
$10,000
$10,000
$45,000
East Alabama AIDS Outreach
AIDS Alabama
Birmingham AIDS Outreach
AIDS Action Coalition/Davis Clinic
Mobile AIDS Support Services
Montgomery AIDS Outreach
West Alabama AIDS Outreach, Inc.
South Arkansas Fights AIDS
Arkansas AIDS Foundation
Positive Voices
Ward’s of Serenity
Navajo AIDS Network, Inc.
Agape Network
AIDS Project Arizona
Body Positive, Inc. (Phoenix)
Joshua Tree Feeding Program
Mercy Services Corporation/Mercy Housing
Phoenix Shanti Group
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation
Ventura County AIDS Partnership
Working Wonders
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$5,000
$2,500
“THANK YOU FOR THE RECENT AWARD. FOR AN ORGANIZATION SUCH
AS OURS, YOUR $5,000 GRANT MAKES A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE IN
OUR MEETING THE IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY NEEDS OF OUR CLIENTS
THAT CANNOT BE MET BY MORE BUREAUCRATIC FUNDING SOURCES.”
THE WOMEN’S COLLECTIVE
WASHINGTON, D.C.
STATE
CALIFORNIA
CONTINUED
CITY
ORGANIZATION
Escondido
Garden Grove
Guerneville
Irvine
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Monterey
North Hollywood
Palm Springs
Palmdale
Pasadena
Pasadena
Redding
Redwood City
Riverside
Rohnert Park
Sacramento
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Diego
San Diego
San Diego
San Diego
San Diego
San Diego
San Diego
San Diego
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco
San Jose
Fraternity House, Inc.
Gay & Lesbian Community Services Center of Orange County
Pets Are Loving Support
AIDS Services Foundation Orange County (ASF)
Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team
BIENSTAR Human Services
Camp Laurel Foundation
Caring for Children and Families with AIDS
Project Angel Food
John XXIII AIDS Ministry
Valley Community Clinic
Desert AIDS Project
Sunrise HIV/AIDS Coalition
AIDS Service Center
Serra Project
Shasta - Trinity - Tehama HIV Food Bank
AIDS Community Research Consortium
Inland AIDS Project
Sunburst Projects
Breaking Barriers Community Services Center
Central City Lutheran Mission
Auntie Helen’s Fluff ‘n’ Fold
Being Alive San Diego
Christie’s Place
Hemophilia Association of San Diego County
Karibu Center for Social Support and Education
Mama’s Kitchen, Inc.
SouthEast Abundant Resources (S.E.A.R.)
Special Delivery San Diego
Townspeople, Inc.
Acupuncture and Recovery Treatment Services
AIDS Emergency Fund
AIDS Legal Referral Panel
AIDS, Medicine and Miracles
Bay Area Young Positives
Black Coalition on AIDS
Continuum
Dolores Street Community Services
Healing Waters / The Tides Center
Immune Enhancement Project
Maitri
New Leaf: Services for Our Community
Project Open Hand
Quan Yin Healing Arts Center
Rita da Cascia/Positive Match
San Francisco Suicide Prevention – AIDS/HIV Nightline
Shanti
Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center
Combined Addicts and Professional Services (CAPS)
AMOUNT
17
$4,000
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$2,500
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$2,500
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$1,000
$2,500
$2,500
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$5,000
$10,000
$2,500
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
“THANK YOU FOR THE RECENT $5,000 GRANT. IT WILL LITERALLY
ENABLE US TO CONTINUE HELPING TO FEED FAMILIES LIVING WITH
AIDS WITHOUT HAVING TO SAY ‘NO.’ BC/EFA GRANTS HELP US GET
THROUGH THE YEAR. THEY KEEP THE PANTRY FILLED.”
PROJECT RESPONSE AIDS CENTER
FORT PIERCE, FL
STATE
CALIFORNIA
CONTINUED
COLORADO
CONNECTICUT
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
CITY
ORGANIZATION
San Jose
San Jose
San Luis Obispo
San Marcos
San Rafael
San Rafael
Santa Monica
Santa Ana
Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz
Sheep Ranch
West Hollywood
West Hollywood
West Hollywood
Health Connections
Positive Resources of Santa Clara County
San Luis Obispo County AIDS Support Network
North County Health Services HIV/AIDS Case Management
Marin AIDS Project
Meals of Marin (MOM)
Westside HIV Community Center – Common Ground
Mercy House Transitional Living Centers
Pacific Pride Foundation
Santa Cruz AIDS Project
Catherine’s House
Aid for AIDS (CA)
Being Alive People with AIDS Action Coalition
Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS/LA)
Boulder
Colorado Springs
Denver
Denver
Denver
Denver
Denver
Denver
Fort Collins
Grand Junction
Bridgeport
New Haven
New Haven
New Haven
New London
Stamford
Stamford
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
AMOUNT
STATE TOTAL:
$2,500
$2,500
$10,000
$3,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$2,500
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$7,500
$360,000
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$2,500
$10,000
$2,500
$10,000
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
$2,500
$2,500
$55,000
STATE TOTAL:
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$1,000
$10,000
$31,000
Boulder County AIDS Project
Southern Colorado AIDS Project (S-CAP)
Colorado AIDS Project/Colorado Health Network
Empowerment Program
Howard Dental Center for HIV/AIDS Oral Health
Jewish Family Service of Colorado
Project Angel Heart
Women’s Lighthouse Project
Northern Colorado AIDS Project
Western Colorado AIDS Project (WESTCAP)
FSW
AIDS Project New Haven, Inc.
Leeway, Inc.
Liberty Community Services, Inc.
Alliance for Living
Camp AmeriKids
St. Luke’s LifeWorks
Building Futures
Carl Vogel Center
Consortium for Child Welfare/Family Ties Project
Food & Friends
Hill’s Community Residential Support Services, Inc.
Joseph’s House
Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area
Marigold Place, Inc.
Miriam’s House, Inc.
Northwest Church Family Network
Pediatric AIDS/HIV Care
18
$2,500
$15,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$5,000
$10,000
$2,500
$2,500
$5,000
STATE
DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA
CONTINUED
DELAWARE
FLORIDA
CITY
ORGANIZATION
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
PreventionWorks!, Inc.
Safe Haven Outreach Ministry, Inc.
Sasha Bruce Youthwork
Women’s Collective
Wilmington
Wilmington
Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale
Fort Myers
Fort Pierce
Fort Pierce
Gainesville
Goulds
Jacksonville
Jacksonville
Key West
Kissimmee
Lakeland
Longwood
Melbourne
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami
Miami Beach
Naples
North Miami
Orlando
Pahokee
Parrish
Pensacola
Pensacola
Plantation
Port Charlotte
Sebastian
St. Petersburg
Tampa
AMOUNT
STATE TOTAL:
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$102,500
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
AIDS Delaware
Delaware HIV Consortium, Inc.
Diggs Miracle Care
Outreach Community Care Network
Community Healthcare Center One
Kids in Distress, Inc.
Wellness Center of South Florida
McGregor Clinic
AIDS Research & Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast, Inc.
Project Response AIDS Center - South
F.A.I.T.H., Inc.
Adult & Juvenile Educational Services, Inc.
Northeast Florida AIDS Network
Women’s Center of Jacksonville, Inc.
AIDS Help, Inc.
Transition House, Inc.
Friends-Together, Inc.
PLACE of Comfort
Project Response AIDS Center - North
Centro de Prevencion y Educacion Hemisferico Corazones Unidos
Community AIDS Resource, Inc.
Community Casemanagement, Inc.
Dade Family Counseling, Inc.
Empower U, Inc.
Food For Life Network
Minority Group Development, Inc.
United Foundation for AIDS
South Beach AIDS Project
Joe Logsdon AIDS Foundation, Inc.
Center for Positive Connections
Haven of Hope Ministries, Inc.
Church of the Harvest’s Food Pantry
Manatee County Rural Health Services, Inc.
Appetite for Life, Inc.
Escambia AIDS Services and Education, Inc.
Jewish AIDS Network
Charlotte HIV/AIDS People Support, Inc.
River Fund, The
AIDS Service Association of Pinellas, Inc.
Francis House, Inc.
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$7,500
$2,500
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$2,500
$10,000
$1,000
$5,000
$5,000
$1,000
$5,000
$6,000
$2,500
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
$4,000
$5,000
$10,000
$7,500
$10,000
$10,000
$8,000
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$1,000
STATE
FLORIDA
CONTINUED
GEORGIA
HAWAII
IOWA
ILLINOIS
CITY
ORGANIZATION
Tampa
Tampa
West Palm
Wilton Manors
Winter Park
Greater Mt. Carmel Development
PWA Coalition of Tampa Bay, Inc.
Hope House of the Palm Beaches, Inc.
Poverello Center, Inc.
Hope and Help Center of Central Florida, Inc.
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Atlanta
Augusta
Carrollton
Cartersville
Douglasville
Savannah
Savannah
Thomasville
Valdosta
Honolulu
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Iowa City
Carbondale
Champaign
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
AMOUNT
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$2,500
$10,000
$263,500
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$2,500
$10,000
$10,000
$5,000
$2,500
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$2,500
$1,000
$5,000
$2,500
$10,000
$6,000
$2,500
$97,000
STATE TOTAL:
$10,000
$10,000
STATE TOTAL:
$2,500
$10,000
$3,500
$5,000
$21,000
Absolutely Positive + Inc.
Action Ministries, Inc.
AID Atlanta, Inc.
AIDS Survival Project
Atlanta Harm Reduction Center
Atlanta Interfaith AIDS Network
Emory/Grady Pediatric HIV/AIDS Program
Jerusalem House, Inc.
National AIDS Education and Services for Minorities
Positive Impact, Inc.
SisterLove, Inc.
St. Stephen’s Ministry of Augusta, Inc.
Positive Response, Inc.
AIDS Alliance of Northwest Georgia, Inc.
Miracles AIDS Network. Inc.
My Brothaz H.O.M.E.
Project AZUKA, Inc.
Safe Haven, Inc.
South Georgia Coalition to End Homelessness
Save the FoodBasket, Inc.
Iowa Community AIDS Partnership
AIDS Project Quad Cities, Inc.
AIDS Project of Central Iowa
Iowa Center for AIDS Resources & Education (ICARE)
Southern Illinois Regional Effort for AIDS, Inc.
Greater Community AIDS Project
AIDSCARE, Inc.
Chicago House and Social Service Agency
Heartland Rafael Center
Project VIDA, Inc.
South Side Help Center
Test Positive Aware (TPA) Network, Inc.
TransGenesis Social Services
University of Chicago
Vital Bridges
20
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$5,000
$10,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$1,000
$5,000
grants program
“THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS GRANT OF $5,000. AS THE HIV/AIDS
EPIDEMIC IN THE BAY AREA CONTINUES TO CHANGE, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ADAPTING OUR PROGRAMS TO ENSURE WE PROVIDE THE HIGHEST QUALITY SERVICES TO OUR CLIENTS. YOUR GRANT WILL ALSO
ENABLE US TO EXPAND OUR MISSION TO PROVIDE MEALS FOR SENIORS
AND PERSONS LIVING WITH ANY HOMEBOUND CRITICAL ILLNESS. “
PROJECT OPEN HAND
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
STATE
ILLINOIS
CONTINUED
INDIANA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
CITY
ORGANIZATION
Peoria
Rock Island
Central Illinois Friends of PWA, Inc.
DeLaCerda House
Elkhart
Evansville
Fishers
Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Jasper
Muncie
South Bend
Lawrence
Topeka
Wichita
Wichita
Wichita
Paducah
Alexandria
Gretna
Houma
Monroe
New Orleans
New Orleans
New Orleans
New Orleans
New Orleans
New Orleans
New Orleans
Shreveport
Thibobaux
Thibodaux
Thibodaux
AMOUNT
STATE TOTAL:
$2,500
$2,500
$68,500
STATE TOTAL:
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$37,500
STATE TOTAL:
$10,000
$10,000
$3,500
$9,000
$2,500
$35,000
STATE TOTAL:
$7,500
$7,500
Elkhart County AIDS Community Action Group
Tri-State Alliance, Inc.
Promised Land Foundation, Inc.
Damien Center
Harm Reduction Institute
Patoka Valley AIDS Community Action Group
Open Door Community Services, Inc.
AIDS Ministries/AIDS Assist of North Indiana, Inc.
Douglas County AIDS Project
Topeka AIDS Project, Inc.
H.O.P.E., Inc./Wichita AIDS
Positive Directions
UKSM-W MPA HIV Program
Heartland CARES, Inc.
Central Louisiana AIDS Support Services
Kid’s Quarters, Inc.
Meadowlark, Inc.
Go Care (Greater Ouachita Providing AIDS Resources and Education)
Belle Reve New Orleans
Elysian Fields Church of Christ Inner City Outreach Ministry
NO/AIDS Task Force
Project Lazarus
St. John #5 Baptist Church
Taylor’s Alliance Center, Inc.
Women With A Vision, Inc.
Philadelphia Center
Angels of Mercy Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
Home of the Eagle Shelter, Inc.
New Beginning of Recovery, Inc.
STATE TOTAL:
MASSACHUSETTS
Acushnet
Boston
Boston
Boston
Burlington
Cambridge
Danvers
Association of Individuals Dedicated & Sincere (A.I.D.S., Inc.)
Boston Living Center
Pathways to Wellness, Inc.
Rosie’s Place
Junior Chamber Family AIDS Network
Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers (MAPS)
Strongest Link AIDS Services, Inc.
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$10,000
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$82,500
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$10,000
$2,500
$1,000
“THANK YOU FOR THE $5,000 CONTRIBUTION. THERE IS STILL NO CURE
FOR AIDS AND OVER 60,000 PEOPLE IN NEW JERSEY ALONE HAVE BEEN
DIAGNOSED. INFECTION RATES HAVE NOT DECLINED SINCE 1998 AND
THERE WERE OVER 2,000 NEW INFECTIONS REPORTED IN 2004 ALONE.
YET, THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAS PROPOSED THE LOWEST LEVEL
OF FUNDING IN FIVE YEARS. BC/EFA’S SUPPORT MEANS MORE TO US
NOW THAN EVER.”
HYACINTH AIDS FOUNDATION
NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ
STATE
MASSACHUSETTS
CONTINUED
MARYLAND
MAINE
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
CITY
ORGANIZATION
Fall River
Framingham
Framingham
Provincetown
Roxbury
Springfield
Worcester
Office of AIDS Ministry
Metrowest AIDS Consortium
MetroWest Latin American Center
Provincetown AIDS Support Group
Community Servings
AIDS Foundation of Western Massachusetts, Inc.
AIDS Project Worcester, Inc.
Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore
Hagerstown
Randallstown
Seat Pleasant
Augusta
Bangor
Belfast
Brunswick
Ellsworth
Portland
Portland
Detroit
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Northville
Sylvan Lake
Ypsilanti
Minneapolis
Minneapolis
Minneapolis
Minneapolis
Minneapolis
Moorhead
St. Paul
Stillwater
AMOUNT
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$2,500
$5,000
$66,000
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$2,500
$5,000
$2,500
$7,500
$2,500
$50,000
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$4,000
$5,000
$2,500
$7,500
$31,500
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$10,000
$9,500
$1,000
$2,500
$10,000
$38,000
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$10,000
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$47,500
AIDS Action Baltimore, Inc.
AIDS Interfaith Residential Services, Inc.
Health Education Resource Organizations, Inc. (HERO)
Moveable Feast, Inc.
New Life Fulfillment Childcare & Family Support Center
Women Accepting Responsibility
Project AIDS
Millennium Teens Stand Against Issues, Inc.
Heart to Hand, Inc.
Positively Social of New England
Eastern Maine AIDS Network
Coastal AIDS Network
Merrymeeting AIDS Support Services
Down East AIDS Network
AIDS Lodging House
Frannie Peabody Center
AIDS Partnership Michigan
Community Health Awareness Group
Grand Rapids REACH, Inc.
Rainbow Alliance, Inc.
Deaf Community Advocacy Network
HIV/AIDS Resource Center
AIDS Care Partners
Archdiocesan AIDS Ministry Program
Minneapolis Urban League
Minnesota AIDS Project
Open Arms of Minnesota
Minnkota Health Project
Clare Housing
Hope House of St. Croix Valley
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STATE
MISSOURI
MISSISSIPPI
MONTANA
NORTH CAROLINA
NEBRASKA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
CITY
ORGANIZATION
Columbia
Kansas City
Kansas City
Kansas City
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis
Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN-Central Missouri)
Guadalupe Center, Inc.
Hope Care Center
Kansas City Free Health Clinic
Doorways
Food Outreach, Inc.
Peter & Paul Community Services, Inc.
Saint Louis Effort for AIDS
Hattiesburg
Billings
Helena
Kalispell
Asheville
Asheville
Belmont
Charlotte
Charlotte
Clayton
Dunn
Durham
Franklin
Henderson
Lumberton
Raleigh
Raleigh
Wilmington
Lincoln
Omaha
Concord
Keene
Lebanon
Nashua
Atlantic City
Bellmawr
Dover
Fort Lee
AMOUNT
STATE TOTAL:
$7,500
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$7,500
$57,500
STATE TOTAL:
$10,000
$10,000
STATE TOTAL:
$10,000
$2,500
$1,000
$13,500
STATE TOTAL:
$10,000
$10,000
$8,500
$5,000
$1,000
$2,500
$2,500
$5,000
$10,000
$2,500
$7,500
$10,000
$7,500
$5,000
$87,000
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$10,000
$15,000
STATE TOTAL:
$7,500
$2,500
$7,500
$5,000
$22,500
AIDS Services Coalition
Yellowstone AIDS Project
Lewis and Clark AIDS Project
Flathead AIDS Council, Inc.
Loving Food Resources
Western North Carolina HIV/AIDS Consortium
House of Mercy, Inc.
House of Grace, Inc.
Regional HIV/AIDS Consortium
Just Blessed Baptist Church, Inc.
Community Service Network, Inc.
CAARE, Inc.
Nantahala AIDS Consortium
Agape Life Changing Ministries
Borderbelt AIDS Resources Team, Inc.
Alliance of AIDS Services – Carolina
Glory to Glory House of Refuge
Cure AIDS of Wilmington, Inc.
Camp Kindle
Nebraska AIDS Project, Inc.
Merrimack Valley Assistance Program
AIDS Services for the Monadnock Region
AIDS Community Resource Network (ACORN)
Southern New Hampshire HIV/AIDS Task Force
South Jersey AIDS Alliance
AIDS Coalition of Southern New Jersey
Catholic Social Services of Morris County/Hope House
FRIENDS FOR LIFE/Good Shepherd Community Services, Inc.
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$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
$12,500
STATE
NEW JERSEY
CONTINUED
NEW MEXICO
NEVADA
NEW YORK
CITY
ORGANIZATION
Hackensack
Jersey City
New Brunswick
New Brunswick
Newark
Newark
Newark
Paterson
Paterson
Paterson
Rutherford
Trenton
Trenton
Buddies of New Jersey, Inc.
Jersey City Connections, Inc.
Hyacinth AIDS Foundation
New Jersey Women and AIDS Network
AIDS Resource Center CDC of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark
Broadway House for Continuing Care
Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center
Coalition on AIDS in Passaic County, Inc.
Sancta Maria House of Mercy
St. Paul’s Community Development Corporation
Angelwish
Mount Carmel Guild
United Progress, Inc.
Albuquerque
Roswell
Santa Fe
Sante Fe
Sante Fe
Henderson
Las Vegas
Reno
Reno
Reno
Albany
Bayside
Brentwood
Bronx
Bronx
Bronx
Bronx
Bronx
Bronx
Bronx
Bronx
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
AMOUNT
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$10,000
$2,500
$105,000
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$1,000
$5,000
$3,500
$1,000
$15,500
STATE TOTAL:
$2,500
$10,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$25,000
Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless, Inc.
Alianza of New Mexico
Southwest C.A.R.E. Center
Camp Corazones
New Mexico POZ Coalition
Saint Therese Center
Golden Rainbow
Frontline of Northern Nevada
Nevada AIDS Foundation
Northern Nevada HOPES
AIDS Council of Northeastern New York
St. Mary’s Foundation/St. Mary’s Hosptial for Children
Brentwood Family Health Center
Bronx AIDS Services, Inc.
CitiWide Harm Reduction
Health People: Community Preventive Health Institute
Jacobi Medical Center
La Familia Unida AIDS Outreach Project-Research
Montefiore Medical Center/Women’s Center
Montefiore Medical Center/Project BRAVO
Tolentine Zeiser Community Life Center
After Hours Project, Inc.
Alliance for Family Education, Care and Treatment
Association for Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment, Inc.
Brooklyn AIDS Task Force, Inc.
Casa Betsaida
Dwa Fanm
Helping Hands Unlimited, Inc.
Housing Matters of New York
24
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
$10,000
“WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN THE AWARDING
OF $5,000 TO PURCHASE CLOTHING FOR OUR CLIENTS. BC/EFA IS
HELPING US MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR CLIENTS HEAD-ON AND IN WAYS
THAT MAY BE SLIGHTLY UNCONVENTIONAL BUT NECESSARY FOR THEIR
WELL-BEING. WE SHOP WISELY AND TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN WHAT WE
CAN PROVIDE OUR CLIENTS WITH YOUR HELP.”
AIDS NETWORK
MARTINSBURG, WV
STATE
NEW YORK
CONTINUED
CITY
ORGANIZATION
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Buffalo
Buffalo
Buffalo
Buffalo
Congers
Garrison
Hawthorne
Huntington
Ithaca
Ithaca
Jamaica
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
Life Force: Women Fighting AIDS, Inc.
Musica Against Drugs
New York City AIDS Housing Network
Turning Point
AIDS Community Services of Western New York, Inc.
AIDS Family Services
Faith Based Fellowship
Hispanics United of Buffalo
TOUCH of Rockland County, Inc. (T.O.U.C.H.)
Do Not Fear To Hope
AIDS-Related Community Services
Long Island Association for AIDS Care, Inc.
AIDS WORK
Southern Tier AIDS Program/Tompkins County Prevention Point
YMCA of Greater New York - Jamaica Branch
African Services Committee, Inc.
AGMA Emergency Relief Fund
Aid for AIDS (NY)
AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA)
AIDS Service Center NYC
Ali Forney Center
Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Inc.
Bailey House, Inc.
Betances Health Center
Blessed Sacrament Transitional Residence for HIV+ Men
Care for the Homeless
Career Transition for Dancers
Children of Parents with AIDS, Inc. (COPWA)
Children’s Friends for Life Foundation, Inc.
Children’s Hope Foundation
Church of St. Luke in the Fields - The AIDS Project
Episcopal Actors’ Guild of America, Inc.
Exponents, Inc.
Family Care Center - Harlem Hospital
Family Center, Inc.
Foundation for Research on Sexually Transmitted Disesases – FROST’D
Fraternite Notre Dame, Inc.
Free Arts for Abused Children of New York City
Friends In Deed
Gay Men of African Descent
Hispanic AIDS Forum
HIV Law Project, Inc.
Housing Works, Inc.
Identity House
Incarnation Children’s Center/Friends of ICC
Iris House
Kenmore HDFC
Lamb’s Manhattan Initiative/Gifted Hands Program
AMOUNT
events
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$2,500
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$3,500
$2,500
$2,500
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$5,000
$1,000
$5,000
$7,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$2,500
$2,500
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$4,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
$2,500
$10,000
$7,500
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
“BC/EFA’S $5,000 GRANT FOR OUR CLIENT EMERGENCY FUND COMES AT
A MOST CRITICAL TIME, BECAUSE WE ARE RECEIVING MORE REQUESTS
FOR ASSISTANCE FROM AN EVEN LARGER CLIENT POPULATION THAN
EVER BEFORE. ADVANCES IN TREATMENT HAVE HELPED PEOPLE
LIVING WITH AIDS TREMENDOUSLY BUT HAVE ALSO PRESENTED NEW
CHALLENGES FOR THEM AND THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE THEM.”
STATEN ISLAND AIDS TASK FORCE
STATEN ISLAND, NY
STATE
NEW YORK
CONTINUED
CITY
ORGANIZATION
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
Nyack
Oneonta
Patchogue
Patchogue
Pleasant Valley
Port Chester
Poughkeepsie
Rego Park
Richmond Hill
Riverhead
Rochester
Sayville
Schenectady
Smithtown
Staten Island
Staten Island
Staten Island
Staten Island
Staten Island
Troy
Yonkers
Yonkers
Yonkers
Latino Commission on AIDS
Legal Action Center
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center
Metropolitan Community Church of New York
Miracle House
Momentum AIDS Project
Narragansett Housing Development Fund Corporation
Partnership for the Homeless
Pediatric HIV/AIDS Program
Positive Health Project, Inc.
Prince George – Common Ground Community
Project STAY
Safe Horizon/Streetwork
Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE)
Sisterhood Mobilized for AIDS/HIV Research & Treatment
St. Mary’s Center, Inc.
Times Square – Common Ground Community
Visual AIDS for the Arts, Inc.
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Women and Children Care Center
Women’s Prison Association
Family Centered Immunotherapy Clinic
Catskill Rural AIDS Services, Inc.
South Brookhaven Family Health Center West
Thursday’s Child
NETWORTH/Positive Action
Family Service of Westchester: Camp Viva
Dutchess Outreach, Inc.
AIDS Center of Queens County, Inc.
River Fund New York, Inc.
Nassau/Suffolk Law Services David Project
AIDS Rochester, Inc.
Splashes of Hope
Schenectady Inner City Ministry
Options for Community Living, Inc.
Joey DiPaolo AIDS Foundation
Justin LiGreci HIV and AIDS Foundation
Project BUILD of Richmond County
Project Hospitality, Inc.
Staten Island AIDS Task Force
Troy Area United Ministries, Inc.
Fessenden House
Greyston Health Foundation
Sharing Community, Inc
AMOUNT
STATE TOTAL:
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$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$2,000
$5,000
$2,500
$7,500
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$7,500
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$2,500
$10,000
$3,500
$2,500
$1,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
$2,500
$577,500
STATE
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
CITY
ORGANIZATION
Akron
Canfield
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Columbus
Dayton
Westerville
Violet’s Cupboard
Ursuline Sisters HIV/AIDS Ministry
Caracole, Inc.
AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland
Columbus AIDS Task Force, Inc.
Project Open Hand/Columbus
AIDS Resource Center Ohio
Project Compassion
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City
Eugene
Portland
Portland
Portland
Portland
Portland
Portland
Bethlehem
Clarion
Eagleville
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Lancaster
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Williamsport
AMOUNT
STATE TOTAL:
$10,000
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$5,000
$10,000
$2,500
$62,500
STATE TOTAL:
$2,500
$1,000
$5,000
$10,000
$18,500
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$1,000
$1,000
$10,000
$2,500
$39,500
CarePoint, Inc.
Northern Lights Alternatives, Oklahoma City
Other Options, Inc.
RAIN-Oklahoma
HIV Alliance
Cascade AIDS Project, Inc.
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
For Us Northwest (FUN)
Friends of People with AIDS Foundation
Our House of Portland
Women’s Intercommunity AIDS Resource
AIDS Services Center - Lehigh Valley PA
Northwest PA Rural AIDS Alliance
Family Services of Montgomery County/Project Hope
Positive Opportunities
Gathering Place
Urban League of Lancaster County, Inc.
ActionAIDS
Blacks Educating Blacks About Sexual Health Issues (BEBASHI)
Calcutta House
Mazzoni Center
Metropolitan AIDS Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance (MANNA)
Prevention Point Philadelphia
Siloam
Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force
Prevention Point Pittsburgh
Shepherd Wellness Community
AIDS Resource Alliance
STATE TOTAL:
PUERTO RICO
Aguada
Arecibo
Arecibo
Arecibo
Programa de Apoyo y Enlace Comunitario, Inc.
Comunidad Para Envejecientes Vazquez, Inc.
Hogar Vida y Esperanza Multiservice, Inc.
Ministerio “En Jehova Seran Provitos” SIDA Pediatrico
events
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$2,500
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$10,000
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
$10,000
$2,500
$107,500
$12,500
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
STATE
PUERTO RICO
CONTINUED
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE
CITY
ORGANIZATION
Hatillo
Vega Baja
Centro de Intervencion e Integracion Paso a Paso
Fundacion U.P.E.N.S., Inc.
Providence
Columbia
Greenville
Greenville
Myrtle Beach
Ridgeland
Sioux Falls
Brentwood
Chattanooga
Columbia
Columbia
Memphis
Memphis
Nashville
Nashville
Nashville
Nashville
AMOUNT
STATE TOTAL:
$2,500
$5,000
$45,000
STATE TOTAL:
$10,000
$10,000
STATE TOTAL:
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$22,500
STATE TOTAL:
$10,000
$10,000
AIDS Project Rhode Island
Women’s Resource Center
AID Upstate
Project Host
Careteam, Inc.
ACCESS Network, Inc.
Berakhah House
Tennessee Hemophilia & Bleeding Disorders Foundation
Chattanooga CARES AIDS Resource Center
Columbia CARES, Inc.
Kids Fighting AIDS, Inc.
AIDS Virus Awareness Association
Friends for Life Corporation
Metropolitan Interdenominational Church First Response Center
Nashville CARES
New Hope Foundation, Inc.
New Hope Foundation, Inc.
STATE TOTAL:
TEXAS
Alvin
Amarillo
Austin
Austin
Austin
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Dallas
Denton
El Paso
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Fort Worth
Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston
AIDS Alliance of the Bay Area, Inc.
Panhandle AIDS Support Organization, Inc.
AIDS Services of Austin
Interfaith Care Alliance
Wright House Wellness Center
Triangle AIDS Network
Coastal Bend AIDS Foundation
Loving Spoonful, Inc.
Bryan’s House
Resource Center of Dallas, Inc.
AIDS Services of North Texas Inc.
International AIDS Empowerment
AIDS Outreach Center
Tarrant Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Tarrant County Samaritan Housing, Inc.
AIDS Foundation Houston, Inc.
AIDS Research Consortium of Houston dba The Center for AIDS
Assistance Fund
Bering Omega Community Services
events
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$2,000
$2,500
$10,000
$7,500
$5,000
$5,000
$1,000
$10,000
$2,500
$2,500
$45,500
$15,000
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$10,000
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
$1,000
$2,500
$2,500
$5,000
$10,000
$2,500
“WITH OVER 300 CLIENTS AND AN EVER-INCREASING DEMAND FOR
SERVICES, BC/EFA’S $5,000 GRANT WILL HELP MAKE UP SOME OF THE
SHORTFALL IN OUR 2004 BUDGET. WE WISH BROADWAY CARES AND
ALL ITS THEATRICAL PROFESSIONALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HEALTH
AND SUCCESS IN THEIR DAILY ENDEAVORS. I CAN’T BEGIN TO TELL
YOU HOW HELPFUL THIS GRANT WILL BE.”
ARKANSAS AIDS FOUNDATION
LITTLE ROCK, AR
STATE
TEXAS
CONTINUED
UTAH
CITY
ORGANIZATION
Houston
Houston
Houston
Houston
Longview
Nacogdoches
San Angelo
San Angelo
Tyler
Brentwood Community Foundation
Casa de Esperanza de los Ninos, Inc.
Fundacion Latino Americana Contra El Sida, Inc.
Houston Challenge Foundation
Special Health Resources for Texas
Health Horizons of East Texas, Inc.
Educare 2001, Inc.
San Angelo AIDS Foundation
Tyler AIDS Services, Inc.
Salt Lake City
AMOUNT
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$10,000
$5,000
$10,000
$10,000
$5,000
$12,500
$10,000
$10,000
$186,000
STATE TOTAL:
$10,000
$10,000
Utah AIDS Foundation
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville
Falls Church
Harrisonburg
Manassas
Norfolk
Norfolk
Richmond
Richmond
Richmond
Williamsburg
AIDS/HIV Services Group, Inc.
Northern Virginia AIDS Ministry (NOVAM)
Valley AIDS Network
Prince William Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers
CANDII, Inc. (Children’s AIDS Network Designed for Interfaith Involvement)
Full Circle AIDS Hospice Support
Cross-Cultural Agencies PLUS
Fan Free Clinic, Inc.
Transformation Retreats, Inc.
Williamsburg AIDS Network
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$5,500
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000
$9,000
$2,500
$2,500
$2,500
$2,500
$42,000
VERMONT
Brattleboro
Burlington
Burlington
AIDS Project of Southern Vermont
Imani Health Institute
Vermont Cares
$9,500
$2,500
$15,000
$27,000
STATE TOTAL:
WASHINGTON
Everett
Kennewick
Seattle
Seattle
Seattle
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Walla Walla
Yakima
Catholic Community Services of Snohomish County
Tri-Cities Chaplaincy
Bailey-Boushay House
Downtown Emergency Service Center
Rise n’ Shine
Rosehedge: AIDS Housing and Health Care
Spokane AIDS Network
Pierce County AIDS Foundation
Blue Mountain Heart to Heart
Care Bearers
WISCONSIN
Madison
Milwaukee
Stevens Point
AIDS Network
AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin, Inc.
Central Wisconsin HIV/AIDS Ministry Project
WEST VIRGINIA
Bluefield
Charleston
South Central Educational Development
Covenant House, Inc.
STATE TOTAL:
STATE TOTAL:
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$2,500
$4,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$7,500
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500
$44,000
$10,000
$10,000
$2,500
$22,500
$15,000
$5,000
“THE WORK THAT BC/EFA DOES IS A TRIBUTE TO THE THOUSANDS OF
PEOPLE IN THE THEATRE COMMUNITY WHOSE WORK MAKES WHAT YOU
DO POSSIBLE. THE TENACITY WITH WHICH YOU ALL CONTINUE TO
MEET THE CHALLENGES TO YOUR FUNDRAISING IS REFLECTIVE OF
THAT COMMITMENT. PLEASE ACCEPT HEARTFELT THANKS FOR THIS
SUPPORT - NOT JUST FROM US BUT FROM THE HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR
ORGANIZATIONS YOU ASSIST THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.”
PITTSBURGH AIDS TASK FORCE
PITTSBURGH, PA
STATE
WEST VIRGINIA
CONTINUED
WYOMING
CITY
ORGANIZATION
Charleston
Martinsburg
Martinsburg
Morgantown
West Virginia Coalition for People with HIV/AIDS, Inc.
AIDS Network of the Tri-State Area
Community Networks, Inc.
Caritas House, Inc.
Casper
Cheyenne
AMOUNT
STATE TOTAL:
$7,500
$10,000
$5,000
$5,000
$47,500
STATE TOTAL:
$5,000
$5,000
$10,000
Wyoming AIDS Project
Wyoming Positives for Positives
SUBTOTAL NATIONAL GRANTS:
OTHER GRANTS
National Grants II
Supplemental/Emergency Grants
Red Ribbons
Benefit Support and Community Relations
$3 , 2 3 5 , 0 0 0
$340,000
$528,332
$19,030
$142,476
TOTAL ALL GRANTS:
$4,264,838
Note: This does not include BC/EFA International Grants.
“EVERY DAY WE SEE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING INCREDIBLE DIFFICULTY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO MANAGING
HIV IN THEIR LIVES. WITHOUT INSURANCE FOR LIFE-SAVING MEDICATIONS, HIV IS STILL A FATAL ILLNESS. AND THE
VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WE SEE HAVE NO PRIVATE COVERAGE.
JUST YESTERDAY OREGON’S STATE LEGISLATURE TOLD THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO
INITIATE CUTTING BENEFITS FOR 50% OF THE PEOPLE CURRENTLY ENROLLED ON THE STANDARD OREGON HEALTH
PLAN. THERE IS SIMPLY NO MONEY. FEDERAL MONEY HAS DRIED UP AS TAXES ARE CUT AND THE DEFICIT
EXPLODES. STATES HAVE TO BEAR THE BURDEN. IT’S A SAD, SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS FOR ANYONE FACING ANY KIND
OF HEALTH CRISIS.
LIKE AIDS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE WORK VERY HARD TO PREVENT NEW INFECTIONS
AS WE HELP INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH AIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THIS HASN’T BEEN JUST A “GAY MAN’S DISEASE”
FOR A LONG TIME. BC/EFA’S GRANT MEANS MORE TO US THAN YOU’LL EVER KNOW. WE LITERALLY CAN FIGHT
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER WEEK...AND INTO A VERY INDEFINITE FUTURE.
THESE DAYS WHEN SO MUCH IS BEING CUT BACK OR TRANSFERRED TO PAY FOR GOD KNOWS WHAT OVERSEAS, AT
THE SAME TIME THAT THE EXTREMELY WEALTHY OR CORPORATE PLAYERS ARE ENABLED TO PAY LESS AND LESS IN
TAXES, PLEASE KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO COUNT ON THE SUPPORT OF PEOPLE WE MAY
NEVER SEE ON THE BROADWAY STAGE OR MEET AT THE OFFICES OF BROADWAY CARES. BUT WE ARE GRATEFUL TO
KNOW YOU ARE PARTNERS IN THIS WORK. WE WISH THAT MORE WOULD WANT TO JOIN US WITH YOU.”
GRANTS COORDINATOR / HIV ALLIANCE
EUGENE, OREGON
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INTERNATIONAL
GRANTS
Over the last few years, a number of Broadway shows originating overseas or with foreign-born actors
in their casts have participated generously in BC/EFA’s six weeks of audience appeals prior to the Gypsy of the Year and Easter Bonnet
Competitions.
In appreciation of their enthusiastic efforts, BC/EFA grants a portion of the funds raised by these companies to AIDS service
organizations in their native countries. These foreign charities are chosen and introduced to BC/EFA by the company members
involved. Once their charitable status has been officially established by BC/EFA, a grant in the name of the company is wired overseas.
The first of these international grants was a $5,000 donation made by BC/EFA to West End Cares (renamed Theatrecares in
2002), our sister theatre-based AIDS fundraising organization in London. This grant honored the Royal Shakespeare Company’s
production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream that participated in the 1996 Easter Bonnet Competition while playing an acclaimed limited
engagement at Broadway’s Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.
Since then, many performers from Broadway companies originating in London have very generously participated in BC/EFA’s
fundraising efforts. These include: Sir Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren (The Dance of Death), Dame Judi Dench and Samantha Bond
(Amy’s View), Petula Clark (the national tour of Sunset Boulevard), Sian Phillips (An Inspector Calls and Marlene), Alan Cumming and Natasha
Richardson (Cabaret), Patrick Stewart (The Tempest), Elaine Page (Sunset Boulevard), Antony Sher (Stanley), as well as the companies of
Closer, Swan Lake, Art, An Ideal Husband, The Chairs, and Blood Brothers. BC/EFA has also granted funds in the name of producers Bill
Kenwright and Sir Cameron Mackintosh for their committed and ongoing support. Grants have also been made to The Actors’ Fund
of Canada in honor of the Canadian actors in the first national touring company of Mamma Mia!, Oz Showbiz Cares in honor Hugh
Jackman in The Boy from Oz and Baz Luhrmann’s Broadway production of La Bohème, and Theatrecares Crusaid in honor of Clare
Higgins, Jochum Ten Haaf, and the cast of Vincent in Brixton.
In 2004, BC/EFA sent grants totaling $262,894.
The International grant-making program has expanded over the past eight years, most notably in grants made to AIDS service
organizations in South Africa in appreciation for the efforts of the South African members of the Broadway and touring productions
of The Lion King.
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INTERNATIONAL GRANTS – DISTRIBUTION OF AWARDS
1996-2002
In its first four years, international grants totaling $465,000 were made to such organizations as West End Cares (London),
14 organizations in South Africa, 2 organizations in Canada, The Kosovo Relief Fund, 2 organizations in Dublin, Ireland; and
Oz Showbiz Cares (Sydney, Australia).
2003
theatre cares /crusaid
(in honor of Clare Higgins and Vincent in Brixton)
the actors’ fund of canada
(in honor of the Canadian actors in national tour of Mamma Mia!)
oz showbiz cares
(In honor of Baz Luhrmann and Broadway’s La Bohème)
artists for a new south africa
bumbanani creche
geluksdal’s women & children’s initiative
karabo foundation
kwa-thema
living fountain ministry
buca project
n’kosi’s haven
prayer tower centre
thabong dominican project
thembelethu beaders
treatment action campaign
umlazi child care center
(in h.onor of the South African actors in The Lion King)
(london,
england)
$
10,000
canada)
$
43,585
australia)
$
5,000
angeles)
south africa)
(geluksdal, south africa)
(johannesburg, south africa)
(springs, south africa)
(middlebirg, south africa)
(mmabatho, south africa)
(mpumalanga, south africa)
(brakpan, south africa)
(durban, south africa)
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
5,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
7,500
5,000
10,000
10,000
5,000
5,000
67,900
5,000
12,500
theatre cares/crusaid
(london, england)
(in honor of Eileen Atkins and Ben Chaplin in The Retreat from Moscow)
the actors’ fund of canada
(toronto, canada)
(in honor of Mamma Mia!)
oz showbiz cares
(sydney, australia)
(in honor of Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz)
artists for a new south africa
(los angeles)
buca project
(mmabatho, south africa)
bumbanani creche
(greytown, south africa)
dominican counseling project
fountain of salvation bible church
(tembisa, south africa)
geluksdal’s women & children’s initiative
(geluksdal, south africa)
karabo foundation
kwa-thema
living fountain ministry
(middlebirg, south africa)
malawi children’s village
(malawi)
masizise hlabisa development
(pinetown, south africa)
molemong club
n’kosi’s haven
phumelela higher primary school
prayer tower centre
(mpumalanga, south africa)
south africa development fund
(boston)
thabong dominican project
thembelethu beaders
thusanang services
treatment action campaign
umlazi child care center
(In honor of the South African actors in The Lion King)
total international grants (1996-2004)
$
6,000
$
2,500
$
35,000
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
10,000
12,500
15,000
5,000
10,000
10,000
5,000
10,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
10,000
1,000
5,000
11,500
5,000
94,394
5,000
5,000
10,000
(toronto,
(sydney,
(los
(greytown,
2004
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$ 881,479
EVENTS
Thanks to the commitment of the celebrities and other vital members of the theatrical community
who devote countless hours to our cause, BC/EFA not only raises desperately needed funds for the organizations, foundations and
individuals nationwide who depend on our support, but does it in a way that’s fun for our supporters.
The following pages present the highlights of a year of BC/EFA fundraising events, from October 1, 2003, through September
30, 2004.
The Gypsy of the Year and Easter Bonnet Competitions are the mainstays of the BC/EFA event roster and together raised a record-breaking
$6.7 million this year! Both events mark the culmination of an intensive six-week fundraising campaign on Broadway, off-Broadway,
and by the many national touring shows traveling across the country.
Three other events loom almost as large on our yearly calendar: The Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction, The Broadway Bears Auction,
and Broadway Bares. The oldest of these is the Broadway Flea Market, which began as a table sale outside the stage door of A Chorus Line in
Shubert Alley in the fall of 1986. In June 2004, we hosted our 14th Broadway Bares, which began as seven dancers cavorting for cash
on a bar in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood and has become one of the most anticipated AIDS fundraisers – one many donors
plan their summer travel schedule around. The Broadway Bears Auction may be the baby of our major events, but it has grown like a
weed…or should we say…a bear. The creative enthusiasm brought to The Broadway Bears by the wardrobe and costume design
community has earned it a yearly home at BC/EFA since 1998. In addition to our annual events, each year brings a collection of
special fundraisers of every size and variety.
The following pages also feature 2004’s high-profile one-time only events: Heather Headley’s acclaimed concert at The New
Amsterdam Theatre, a staged reading of Auntie Mame by Charles Busch and an all-star cast at the John Jay College Theater, and The
Broadway Inspirational Voices’ Gospel Celebration. All of these events are supported by many smaller events produced every year to
benefit BC/EFA by individuals in the community that are not represented on the following pages – special cabaret performances,
dance presentations, club shows, concerts, and much more.
Each one is an important part of our annual fundraising calendar. Whether appearing with a hundred others in a bonnet
presentation at the New Amsterdam Theatre or in a solo for an audience of twenty in a quiet club on the Upper West Side, by
volunteering their time and talent, these dedicated entertainment professionals make BC/EFA’s grant-making efforts possible.
The casts of Fiddler on the Roof and Avenue Q came together to present “Avenue Jew” – the award-winning skit at The Easter Bonnet Competition;
cast members from Mamma Mia! at The Broadway Flea Market ; Avenue Q ’s John Tartaglia and “Rod” in rare bare form at Broadway Bares.
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14TH ANNUAL
GYPSY OF THE YEAR
COMPETITION
DECEMBER 8 AND 9, 2003
THE PALACE THEATRE BROADWAY
An extremely strong Broadway season helped push the 2003 edition of our annual Gypsy of the Year Competition to a whopping grand
total of $3,359,533, with 58 Broadway, off-Broadway, and touring shows participating in vigorous fundraising efforts.
The Boy From Oz and its star Hugh Jackman led the charge, bringing in an all-time record-breaking $632,998, substantially more
money than any other show in BC/EFA history has raised in one six-week appeal period (nearly doubling Hairspray’s record-breaking
numbers from 2002).
Runners-up in fundraising included Hairspray with $303,024, The Phantom of the Opera with $155,964, Gypsy with $147,366 and
Mamma Mia! with $133,286. The Broadway play that raised the most money was The Retreat from Moscow with $56,291, and the offBroadway winner was Fame on 42nd Street, which raised $18,004. The top fundraiser among touring companies was the Mamma Mia! #2
tour, which brought in $154,325. Tony Award®-winner Jackman, Gypsy’s Mama Rose Bernadette Peters, and Hairspray’s original Edna,
Harvey Fierstein, announced the winners.
Gypsy of the Year is about more than fundraising. It’s an opportunity for Broadway’s chorus men and women – many of whom are
destined for headlining roles – to step into the spotlight and strut their stuff on a single stage. The 2003 awards were hosted by the
droll duo of The Violet Hour’s Mario Cantone and Gypsy’s “You Gotta Have a Gimmick” girl Julie Halston.
Show highlights included the cast of Mamma Mia! in “The Winter Garden Showchoir Strikes Back”; The Producers’ Matt Loehr, who
choreographed and performed an athletic solo number “Break-Through You”; the cast of Little Shop of Horrors offered James Lipton –
or a hilarious impersonation by Rob Bartlett – interviewing Audrey II in a special edition of “Inside the Actors’ Studio”; the
unstoppable Lypsinka gave the audience a special holiday treat with “The 12 Daze of Christmas;” and cast members from Broadway’s
delightful Avenue Q presented an original number, “In Our Neighborhood.” Past and current members of the long-running offBroadway hit Naked Boys Singing came together to sing “Dreams,” written by Stephen Bates Baltes, who had recently passed away from
AIDS-related complications. Producer Rosie O’Donnell made a special appearance with her cast from Taboo.
The distinguished panel of judges included Delta Burke (who had recently made her Broadway debut in Thoroughly Modern Millie),
Ted Chapin of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, as well as BC/EFA major donors Judy Dove, Barbara Ann Klein and
Marion Duckworth-Smith. These judges, along with Jujamcyn VP and BC/EFA President Paul Libin, Priscilla Lopez (Anna in the
Tropics) and Ned Walker of loyal BC/EFA corporate sponsor Continental Airlines chose a dance number by the cast of Aida as
winner of the Judges’ Award for Best Presentation, with Urinetown, in its competitive swansong, a close runner-up.
(clockwise) Rob Bartlett interviews Audrey II in a special edition of Inside the Actors' Studio, as brought to you by the cast of Little Shop of Horrors; the opening number –
created by Christopher Gattelli, Seth Rudetsky, Matt Sklar, and Bill Ryall; The Producers’ Matt Loehr choreographed and performed an athletic solo number, “Break-Through
You”; a surprise appearance by Urinetown’s Officer Lockstock and Little Sally – gentle, as ever; the cast of Mamma Mia! in “The Winter Garden Showchoir Strikes Back.”
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GYPSY OF THE YEAR
TOTALS THROUGH HISTORY:
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
TOTAL:
$
64,000
$
92,000
$ 205,000
$ 445,000
$ 707,000
$ 802,000
$ 1,213,000
$ 1,262,000
$ 1,325,000
$ 1,751,000
$ 2,074,000
$ 2,056,000
$ 2,037,000
$ 2,623,000
$ 3,359,533
$ 20,015,533
MAKING HISTORY: GYPSY OF THE YEAR
In the fall of 1989, the Broadway Cares “steering committee” met to discuss what new event might be jointly produced by the
then two separate organizations, Broadway Cares and Equity Fights AIDS, that would capitalize on the shared success of the two
groups’ most recent collaboration, that year’s Broadway Flea Market. While these two groups were three years away from a formal merger
(which ultimately took place in May 1992), already it was clear that sharing revenue and resources was the future of AIDS fundraising
in the theatre community.
The group kept coming back to the success of the then three-year-old Easter Bonnet Competition. What would engage the Broadway
community in another round of competitive fundraising that could also culminate in a variety show? Ideas were tossed back and forth
across the committee table, but the group kept coming back to one: an afternoon to give “gypsies” a moment in the spotlight.
The very first Gypsy of the Year Competition debuted on the stage of the St. James Theatre – then home to the smash hit revival of Gypsy
– on November 28, 1989. Hosted by Gypsy stars Jonathan Hadary and Tyne Daly, directed by Michael Lichtefeld and produced by
Maria Di Dia for Broadway Cares and Tom Viola for Equity Fights AIDS, the show featured gypsies from A Chorus Line, Black and
Blue, Cats, Grand Hotel, Gypsy, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Sweeney Todd, Threepenny Opera, as well as
representatives from The Heidi Chronicles, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, and The Lady in Question. This fledgling event raised over $64,000.
Everyone was thrilled.
Over the next 16 years, new choreographers emerged from the ranks, and the quality of the events continued to improve.
Audiences grew and a second performance was added, as Gypsy became one of the most sought-after tickets of the season. The casts
from many more shows participated, fundraising efforts doubled, tripled and increased ten-fold. By the 7th annual edition, the $1
million dollar mark was broken for total fundraising – a goal unthinkable even five years before. Four years later in 1999 a sold out
audience of over 1,600 people at the Palace Theatre cheered when it was announced that the $2 million fundraising total had been
reached for the first time. This year’s GYPSY OF THE YEAR raised a phenomenal $3,359,533 — over 50 times more than that first
edition in 1989, when we swung the doors open at the St. James, hoping and working for the best.
(left to right) A “faux” Kristin Chenoweth (aka Tia Marie Zorne) made a 'surprise' appearance in the Beauty and the Beast presentation;
the opening number featured four veteran gypsies – Jennifer Smith, Harvey Evans, Patty Mariano, and Dana Moore; the number’s grand final pose;
Hugh Jackman and the phenomenal company of The Boy From Oz.
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THE 18TH ANNUAL
EASTER BONNET
COMPETITION
APRIL 19 AND 20 2004
The 18th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition – presented once again at Disney’s beautiful New
Amsterdam Theatre – raised a record-breaking $3,439,075 for BC/EFA in six busy weeks of fundraising. A total of 44 theatrical
companies participated in this fundraising success, with 23 Broadway shows bringing in a collective $2,694,372. Fourteen national
tours came in with $667,821 and seven off-Broadway shows raised a total $84,986 to make the truly grand total of $3,439,075. Last
year’s Bonnet competition raised $2,149,744.
The top fundraising award went to The Boy From Oz, which brought in an amazing $539,058, part of an unprecedented total of
$1,172,056 raised by this company for BC/EFA in just the first six months of its run. First runner-up was The Producers ($368,050),
followed by Hairspray ($217,813), Wicked ($158,496), and Gypsy ($149,595). Finally, although there wasn’t a fifth runner-up award, our
bonnets go off to the Broadway company of The Phantom of the Opera, which raised $123,633 through a combination of audience appeals
and a labor-intensive effort of signing and selling 2,200 posters for $40 each. Additional fundraising prizes were given to the
Broadway play that raised the most money, Golda’s Balcony ($78,654), the top-earning Off-Broadway production, Fame on 42nd Street
($21,882), and the most successful national tour, Mamma Mia! ($151,829).
This year’s opening number featured a take-off of “Come On, Get Happy,” rewritten as “Come On, Get Hatty “ by Drew Geraci
and Seth Rudetsky. Choreographed by Denis Jones, directed by Geraci and with musical direction by Steve Marzullo, “Get Hatty”
featured 16 of Broadway’s best dancers and (offstage) another 11 outstanding vocalists.
Our very own Ziegfeld ‘girl’ – Doris Eaton Travis – made her 7th appearance for BC/EFA on stage at The New Amsterdam, where
she first appeared over 80 years ago in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1918, 1919 and 1920. After joining the dancers in a conga, Doris was
surprised with a special cake marking her 100th birthday in March and received a standing ovation from the cheering house in honor
of her gracious heart and grand spirit.
Two highlights of the show included “Funny, Fast and Flawless” – the bonnet from 42nd Street and Aida’s Deborah Cox along with
several male dancers from Aida presenting their bonnet accompanied by Deborah’s remixed dance version of “Easy As Life.” A “Fab”
bonnet presented by the boys from the company of Movin’ Out and the “Star Child” bonnet presented by The Phantom of the Opera were
other crowd pleasers.
Best bonnet presentation was awarded to Avenue Q and Fiddler on the Roof, who joined forces to present a skit entitled “Avenue Jew.”
The Producers claimed second prize in this category for a skit about gay marriage, which included a parody of Stephen Sondheim’s
A truly grand, record-breaking total; stars of A Raisin in the Sun Sean Combs and Audra McDonald joined Harvey Fierstein in announcing the fundraising winners;
“Temptation” the bonnet from The Lion King; Still in character as the former Israeli Prime Minister, Tovah Feldshuh came by from Golda’s Balcony (her one-woman show
about Golda Meir at the Helen Hayes Theatre) to offer Golda’s interpretation of “Let Me Entertain You.”
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EASTER BONNET
TOTALS THROUGH HISTORY
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
TOTAL
$
18,740
$
51,757
$ 137,523
$ 226,819
$ 279,000
$ 500,049
$ 848,000
$ 1,001,649
$ 1,127,000
$ 1,304,525
$ 1,474,222
$ 1,793,137
$ 2,096,862
$ 2,129,168
$ 2,275,000
$ 1,826,392
$ 2,149,744
$ 3,439,075
$ 22,678,662
“Getting Married Today.” Thoroughly Modern Millie won third prize in the bonnet presentation category for a moving performance
entitled “Letters from Home," which incorporated “thank you” letters from Actors’ Fund clients and beneficiaries from BC/EFA’s
National Grants Program.
The afternoon featured guest hosts Bernadette Peters, Joel Grey, Ann Harada, Tovah Feldshuh, Randy Graff, Joe Machota,
Michael Mulheren, John Tartaglia (and “Rod”), Christopher Sieber, Ron Kunene, and Tsidii Manye. Harvey Fierstein, Audra
McDonald and Sean Combs announced the winners after Wicked’s Idina Menzel belted out the David Friedman anthem “Help Is On
the Way.”
BC/EFA is blessed to be a part of such an extraordinary theatrical family. And on behalf of the thousands of clients at The Actors’
Fund and hundreds of social service agencies across the country whose essential work will be supported by the funds raised, a very
special thanks to all who made and continue to make these efforts possible.
ONCE UPON A BONNET: EASTER BONNET HISTORY
The precursor to the first Easter Bonnet Competition was an informal show instigated by wardrobe supervisor Gayle Patton in 1986
backstage at the Palace Theatre during the original Broadway run of La Cage aux Folles. La Cage cast members dressed for a contest in
which they were judged in the categories “Poise,” “Personality,” and “Talent.” The company voted by stuffing dollar bills into jars
marked for each contestant. $1,200 was raised and donated to the then fledging AIDS service organization Gay Men’s Health Crisis.
By 1990 the Easter Bonnet Competition had become the Broadway community’s premier AIDS fundraising event with funds now
going to Broadway Cares. Produced by Susanne Ishee and a host of dedicated volunteers for its first eight years, the Easter Bonnet
returned to the Palace Theatre in 1995 where it was produced for the first time by BC/EFA. In 1998, the show moved to the gloriously
renovated New Amsterdam Theatre, its home ever since. Eighteen years and over 380 bonnets later, BC/EFA’s Easter Bonnet Competition
is one of New York City’s most popular annual events and has raised over $22,678,662 – all still based on a whole lot of “Poise,”
“Personality,” and “Talent.”
(clockwise) Our very own Ziegfeld ‘girl’ - Doris Eaton Travis - made her 7th appearance with us on stage at The New Amsterdam, where she first appeared
in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1918, 1919 and 1920; Deborah Cox, starring as Aida, along with the boys from Aida, presented their bonnet to Deborah's remixed dance version
of “Easy As Life”; the cast of Naked Boys Singing! — nearly naked and, of course, singing; the bonnet from off-Broadway’s Menopause, the Musical.
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BROADWAY BEARS VI
FEBRUARY 15, 2004
Theater fans and teddy bear collectors came together on February 15, 2004, for Broadway Bears VII:
A Grand Auction – an event featuring a cuddly chorus line of 40 one-of-a-kind teddy bears, each meticulously outfitted in original,
handmade costumes by Broadway’s leading costume designers and representing memorable characters from plays and musicals, past
and present. Auctioned off to the highest bidders, the bears raised $127,210 for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Bryan Batt hosted and BC/EFA stalwart Lorna Kelly served as auctioneer for the seventh edition of this growing Broadway
tradition. Celebrity presenters and audience members included Lucy Arnaz, Bebe Neuwirth, Mary Bond Davis, Michael McGowan
and Christine Pedi. One of the auction’s highlights was Susan Hilferty’s replica of Idina Menzel’s Elphaba from Wicked, which sold
for an impressive $10,000. Featured bears inspired by the animal kingdom included a rhino from The Lion King ($2,600) and one
based on Toad from Frog and Toad ($2,400). Avenue Q’s Stephanie D’Abruzzo signed her bear, which featured her holding a mini Kate
Monster. Other popular bears included Carnival’s Paul Berthalet, signed by the late Jerry Orbach, which sold for $3,200, and Kiss
Me, Kate’s Petruchio, signed by Brian Stokes Mitchell, which went for $3,000. An unusual creation inspired by Little Shop of Horrors –
featuring Hunter Foster as Seymour Bear and a baby Audrey II – brought in $2,400.
This year’s auction raised an impressive $127,000, bringing the cumulative grand total of money raised since 1998’s original
auction to just under $1 million.
The skill and imagination devoted to the creation of these coveted collectibles has been recognized worldwide, from The
Museum of The City of New York – where 10 bear alumni reside as part of the permanent costume collection – to media acclaim
as far away as England and Japan. In addition, noted designers such as Bob Mackie have created original bears for these auctions.
For this year’s auction, Mackie designed Lorelei bear, based on Carol Channing’s lovable gold digger in the musical Lorelei and
signed by Miss Channing.
BC/EFA is very grateful to the creative and talented artists who designed, outfitted, costumed, draped, frocked, dressed, shod,
hatted, painted, armored, tattooed, stuffed, “lipoed,” wigged, bejeweled and feathered the Broadway Bears – and in doing so created
truly one-of-a-kind, museum-quality pieces for auction. BC/EFA is also indebted to The North American Bear Company for
generously donating now hundreds of bears – each of which went out a bare bear and came back a star!
Tovah Feldshuh and the Golda Meir bear created by Trevor McGinness, complete with ever-present cigarette; Carole Shelley and “Elphabear,” created by Eric Winterling;
Whoopi “Goldbear” created by Arnold S. Levine; Into The Woods’ Milky White, created by Zoe Morsette; Mack’s Mabel, created Gene Barth; Miriam Carlin with her creation of
the Lion from The Wiz; Hairspray’s Tracy Turnblad, created by Vita Buscemi; and Boy George as Leigh Bowery as created by Carelli Costumes, Inc.
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BROADWAY BARES XIV
JUNE 20, 2004
Broadway Bares 14: Now Showing, the 2004 version of the spectacular that grins and bares it, brought
in $525,000 for BC/EFA, $18,000 of which was collected in sweaty dollar bills tucked into the sparkling g-strings worn by 200 of
Broadway’s hottest dancers. This success tops our total from 2003 by a whopping $75,000, and culminates in a grand total of
$2,825,000 raised since the event’s first edition in 1991.
Every year for 14 years, Broadway Bares’ creator and original director/choreographer, Jerry Mitchell, has convinced a group of
Broadway professionals to take it off for a good cause.
Titillating titles from past years included The Barest Show on Earth, Peep Show, Calendar Girl, A Comic Strip, 2001: A Strip Odyssey, and Knock,
Knock: Who’s Bare. Broadway Bares 14, which took over Roseland Ballroom on June 20, was directed by Mitchell’s protégé, Jodi Moccia,
and choreographed by Moccia and a stellar dance team.
Broadway Bares 14 took on the movies, featuring dance sequences inspired by Flashdance, Rocky, James Bond, Chariots of Fire, and
even a moment from Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Antigravity performed a skit based on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – appropriately renamed ‘”Crotching’ Tiger, Hidden Dragon”
– featuring an acrobatic appearance by gymnast and dancer Matthew Cusick. Hollywood’s golden days were honored in “Going
Bananas,” which blended the comedy of the Marx Brothers with outrageous costumes and dance moves inspired by Carmen Miranda.
Special guests included Into the Woods’ Christopher Sieber and Queer Eye for the Straight Guy’s Jai Rodriguez, Swoosie Kurtz, Patrick
Cassidy, Shirley Jones, and Paige Davis of Trading Spaces and Chicago plus, Avenue Q’s John Tartaglia and “Rod” in a cameo from Scream.
Las Vegas-based aerial troupe The Living Art of Armando – an audience favorite – pulled off a sexy acrobatic feat, spinning from
a sphere in midair as their costumes appeared to melt away, while Aaron Vexler and Mike Moran of the Las Vegas troupe Axiom
presented a specialty number “For the Boys.”
Following the finale came a reminder of what all the glitz and gaiety was for: a generous check for $75,000 from The MAC AIDS
Fund and MAC Viva Glam presented by MAC CEO John Demsey to Broadway Cares. With the support of MAC, our sold-out crowd,
and our volunteers and volunteer dancers, we’ve created a unique way to raise money to help people living with AIDS and their
families that now has become an annual “rite of spring” for over 5,000 aficionados of Broadway, dance, the flash of well-toned
muscle and a bit of booty. All, of course, for a good cause.
(left to right) A highlight of the evening was the appearance of special guests Aaron Vexler and Mike Moran of 'Axiom’;
“Going Bananas” featured Brad Aspel, James Leo Ryan and Denis Jones as Chico, Harpo and Groucho; “Yo Adrian” featured Keith Kuhl; this year’s Bares poster boy,
Eric Otte showed a side we've never seen of “Bond, James Bond.”
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18TH ANNUAL
BROADWAY FLEA MARKET
AND GRAND AUCTION
SEPTEMBER 19, 2004
We escaped the remnants of Hurricane Ivan and Sunday morning skies cleared for the 18th edition of
what some have come to call “Broadway’s Annual Company Picnic." Over 30,000 enthusiastic theatre fans shopped, schmoozed and
gawked their way through Shubert Alley as the best of NYC’s theatrical community united to make our last major fundraising event
of fiscal year 2004 a rousing success.
Fifty-three tables representing Broadway and off-Broadway shows, unions, management offices and theatre-related businesses
all pitched in, selling everything from signed memorabilia, Playbills, posters, baked goods and one-of-a-kind handmade items,
raising a total of $192,064. Top performers included: United Scenic Artists ($16,923), Wicked ($12,788), Avenue Q ($11,944),
Broadway Beat ($14,022), Broadway.com ($9,022), The Phantom of the Opera ($6,076), and The Producers ($5,443).
Over $12,000 was raised at the Celebrity Table and Photo Booth where stars from Broadway and daytime television signed
everything imaginable for their fans. Broadway’s Bernadette Peters, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Bebe Neuwirth, Richard Thomas, Tonya
Pinkins, Mario Cantone, Isabel Keating, Stephanie J. Block, Beth Fowler, Gary Beach, Joey McIntyre, Roger Rees, Tom Hewitt,
Marian Seldes, Carole Shelley, Tovah Feldshuh, Joe Machota, Peter Scolari, Michael McKeon, John Tartaglia, Andrea McArdle and
Tony Roberts were among the more than 90 stars who dropped by for an hour to meet and greet.
The Silent Auction – which featured 73 items sold over a five-hour period – raised $35,000. Bidding was led by a Hirschfeld
drawing of Gwen Verdon ($2,700). Two musical phrases from Avenue Q - written by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx - also received high
bids, earning $2,200 and $1,800. Mel Brooks’ handwritten musical phrase “When You Got It, Flaunt It," from The Producers, sold
for $1,600.
As has become tradition, The Grand Auction closed the day’s festivities. Auctioneer Lorna Kelly led the charge as another $172,400
was raised from such items as: a walk-on in The Phantom of the Opera ($8,500); two VIP tickets and a backstage visit to Bette Midler’s
show at Radio City ($7,500); additional walk-ons in Rent ($6,800), Fiddler on the Roof ($6,000) and 42nd Street ($4,500), as well as two
VIP tickets to the opening night performance and party for La Cage aux Folles.
Continental Airlines, The New York Times, and Ford Motor Company were this year’s major corporate sponsors. As always, we are
grateful to the hundreds of theatrical professionals who joined forces to make this day possible and the tens of thousands of theatre
fans who in turn made it fun and profitable for BC/EFA.
(clockwise) The crowd in front of the annual Celebrity Table on W. 45th Street and Shubert Alley; cast members from The Lion King selling special memorabilia; another table
loaded with wares for sale from 42nd Street; BC/EFA Trustee Maria Di Dia and Bebe Neuwirth, the star of Maria’s off-Broadway musical hit Here Lies Jenny; Neil Shastri from
Bombay Dreams auctioned off his own drawing of the stars of Bombay Dreams with the help of auctioneer Lorna Kelly.
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BROADWAY
BARKS 6
JULY 10, 2004
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
The Broadway community came together between
The Broadway Flea Market had an inauspicious start. In 1987,
the event debuted as two tables presented by the company of A
Chorus Line outside their stage door in Shubert Alley as a part of the
first Equity Fights AIDS week, raising what was thought to be an
astonishing $7,000. Over the next four years, under the
leadership of Ethel Bayer, Stephen Falat, Arne Gundresen and
Larry Hansen, the Flea Market grew, adding tables from more
shows, theatre-related offices, unions, and guilds – everyone
recognizing a good cause and a great chance to clean house. In
1988, the organizers added an auction of eight lots, but without
an experienced auctioneer on hand, the event sputtered to a
finish. In 1989, Sotheby’s Lorna Kelly came on board as our
official auctioneer and, by adding her expertise, a truly “grand”
auction was born. Today the Broadway Flea Market and Grand Auction
draws thousands of devoted theatre fans and members of the
theatre community to Shubert Alley and the adjoining area along
44th Street. As they say, from little acorns…Specifically, over 16
years (1987-2004), this event has raised nearly $6 million! And
we’re still signing posters, gathering swag, and cleaning closets
and auctioning one-of-a-kind theatrical experiences for a good
cause.
performances on a midsummer Saturday afternoon, finding
homes for more than three dozen animals and raising an
impressive $70,000 for 25 participating shelters around New
York City.
Hosted by founders Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler
Moore and special guest host Julie Halston, 2004’s lineup of
celebrity pet presenters – who all came by Shubert Alley eager to
help find homes for a wonderful collection of critters – and their
shows, included: Jennifer Barnhart, Jordan Gelber, John
Tartaglia and Natalie Venetia Belcon (Avenue Q); Gary Beach,
Brad Oscar and Angie Schworer (The Producers); Michael Cerveris,
Mario Cantone, Denis O’Hare and Neil Patrick Harris (Assassins);
Tonya Pinkins and Veanne Cox (Caroline, or Change); Sandra
Joseph and Hugh Panaro (The Phantom of the Opera); Shirley Jones
and Patrick Cassidy (42nd Street); Christy Carlson Romano (Beauty
and the Beast); Isabel Keating, Michael Mulheren, Beth Fowler and
Stephanie J. Block (The Boy from Oz); Paige Davis and Chris Sieber
(Chicago); Micky Dolenz (Aida); Rachel York, Elizabeth Berkeley
and Eric Stoltz (Sly Fox); Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked); Laura
Linney (Sight Unseen); Swoosie Kurtz (Frozen); Donna Murphy and
Jennifer Westfeldt (Wonderful Town); Audra McDonald (A Raisin in
the Sun); Patrick Page (The Lion King) and the legendary Eartha Kitt.
And a doggone good time was had by all.
www.broadwaybarks.org
One of the many dogs who found loving homes at Broadway Barks;
Kristin Chenoweth had instant rapport with this cute little one; Eartha Kitt, Broadway
star and the infamous “cat woman” of Batman fame…with what else, a kitty!
BC/EFA’s great friend, Broadway’s David Masenheimer, stands proudly in front
of his extraordinary display representing the day's Grand Auction;
two from the celebrity table, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Bernadette Peters.
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THE ANNUAL
GOSPEL
CELEBRATION
AUNTIE MAME:
THE READING
NOVEMBER 24, 2003
OCTOBER 19, 2003
The BC/EFA fiscal year begins on October 1. On Actor/playwright Charles Busch met a larger-thanthat day, every year, the “fundraising odometer” rolls back to zero
and we start again. It seems somehow fitting that our first major
event of the fiscal year was The Broadway Inspirational Voices
special 10th Anniversary Concert of gospel music at New York’s
historic Town Hall.
Star Jones hosted and our special guest, the legendary Patti
LaBelle, joined the Voices in a grand finale. The Broadway
Inspirational Voices is a gospel ensemble founded and musically
directed by Michael McElroy, a well-known Broadway performer
and BC/EFA Trustee. The Inspirational Voices is comprised of
an impressive roster of singers from current and recent Broadway
shows such as Aida, Beauty & the Beast, Cabaret, Hairspray, The Lion King,
Mamma Mia!, The Producers, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Rent, Man of
La Mancha, Jesus Christ Superstar, Kiss Me, Kate, Jekyll & Hyde, Smokey
Joe’s Cafe and The Music Man. For the last ten years, The Gospel
Celebration has helped its audience to feel strength in our
common humanity, as people of all faiths and backgrounds come
together to celebrate as a community a higher power that
underlines every faith. Over 50 voices strong, The Broadway
Inspirational Voices sold out Town Hall and filled the hearts of
those in attendance with a light-hearted and joyous enthusiasm,
as it marked the beginning of the BC/EFA fundraising season
The Broadway Inspirational Voices at Town Hall; Without a doubt,
the highlight of the evening was the legendary Patti LaBelle's appearance as guest
artist, joining the Voices on their performance of “Shake Yourself Loose”;
Aisha de Haas brings it home with “Go Tell It.”
life challenge when he took on the part of Auntie Mame, the title
role in Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee’s 1956 play, and one
long-identified with the legendary Rosalind Russell.
Based on the bestseller by Patrick Dennis, our Auntie Mame
dream cast, led by Mr. Busch and directed by Richard Sabellico,
featured Marian Seldes as Vera Charles, Swoosie Kurtz as Agnes
Gooch, Anthony Edwards as Beauregard Burnside, Rue
McClanahan as Mother Burnside, Christopher Sieber as Older
Patrick, T.J. Larke as Young Patrick, and Valerie Harper as the
Master of Ceremonies. Also participating in this incredible
evening were Alan Aisenberg, Lucie Arnaz, Dylan Baker, Michael
Berresse, Glory Crampton, Ray DeMattis, Alison Fraser, Hans
Frederichs, Diane Findlay, Beth Howland, Charles Kimbrough,
Douglas Sills, Sarah Uriarte Berry, and B.D. Wong. In a special
guest appearance, veteran actor Cris Alexander recreated his
performances from the original 1956 Broadway production, as
Cousin Jeff and Mr. Loomis (Mame’s manager at Macy’s). It was
a delight to meet Mr. Alexander – who also created the roles of
Chip and Frank Lippincott in the original Broadway productions
of On the Town and Wonderful Town.
Special thanks for making the evening possible go out to
Deborah Robison and Janet Waldo Lee for the generous permission
on behalf of the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee estates.
Mame's pals – played by Douglas Sills, Marian Seldes, Michael Beresse and
Christopher Sieber – meet Gloria Upson, played by Sarah Uriate Berry; Special guest
and legendary Broadway star Cris Alexander recreating his 1956 performance as
Mr. Loomis with a 2004 version of Sally Cato, played by Lucie Arnaz; TJ Larke
and Charles Busch as Young Patrick and his Auntie Mame.
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NOTHIN’ LIKE
A DAME
HEATHER
HEADLEY IN
CONCERT
MARCH 1, 2004
MAY 27, 2004
There’s nothing like Nothing Like a Dame. Presented Broadway and pop star Heather Headley – a longby BC/EFA on March 1, at the St. James Theatre, the popular
event raised $250,000 for The Phyllis Newman Women’s Health
Initiative of The Actors’ Fund. Cynthia Nixon, Alfre Woodard,
and Tovah Feldshuh were among the celebrity hosts for this 9th
annual production. Laura Benanti, Kathy Brier, Carolee
Carmello, Kathleen Chalfant, Victoria Clark, Kate Clinton,
Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Christine Ebersole, Lauren Flanigan,
Bebe Neuwirth, Julie Halston, Ann Harada, Amanda Green, Dee
Hoty, Kate Monster, Christine Pedi, Tonya Pinkins, Chita
Rivera, Camille Saviola, Liz Smith, and Gay Willis were also on
the roster of luminaries appearing at the event.
Chase Brock and Rob Berman conceived this year’s opening
number, with Brock providing choreography and Berman the
arrangement and orchestration. Mary-Mitchell Campbell
conducted and provided musical direction ffor the number,
which featured a dancing chorus of red-gloved Dames and four
singing and dancing soloists: Sutton Foster, Nancy Lemenager,
Mamie Duncan Gibbs and Karen Ziemba. Among the many
highlights was a recurring comic bit by legendary leading lady and
Tony Award® winner Zoe Caldwell (playing a stagehand!) and
audience favorite Idina Menzel, closing the first act with her
show-stopping song “The Wizard and I” from Wicked.
The opening number of Nothin’ Like A Dame featured a dazzling collection of
Broadway’s loveliest; Camille Saviola and Chita Rivera regret the lack of
“Class”; opera star Lauren Flanagan and Kathleen Chalfant perform a duet
from Tosca, in song and word, accompanied by Miriam Charney;
Phyllis Newman is gently encouraged to move through her remarks by our
special stagehand, legendary actress Zoe Caldwell.
time friend of BC/EFA, best known to New York audiences for
her performance as Nala in The Lion King and her Tony Award® winning work in Aida – returned to the city of her earlier
triumphs for a one-night-only concert event entitled “Home."
Before a full house, the curtain came up on Heather in
silhouette in front of musical director Rob Mathes and an 18piece orchestra. The star’s assured handling of the evening’s
signature song, “Home” from The Wiz, let the audience know that
in the three years since she played her last performance in Aida,
she had lost none of the shimmering sound that had made her a
Broadway favorite. The first act continued with Headley’s superb
versions of such Broadway favorites as “Nothing," “My Heart
Belongs to Daddy” and “His Is the Only Music That Makes Me
Dance.” Clay Aiken, fellow RCA recording artist and American
Idol contestant, brought the act to a close with the duet “Can You
Feel the Love Tonight” from The Lion King.
The second act broke out of the Broadway mold and opened
with a smoking version of Aretha Franklin’s “Chain of Fools” and
featured four numbers from Heather’s Grammy-nominated gold
CD “This is Who I Am.” Michael McElroy and The Broadway
Inspirational Voices joined Heather on the rousing gospel
numbers “Someway, Somehow” and “Never Leave Me Alone.”
Heather closed the show with a very emotional encore of “If It
Wasn’t for Your Love” from her CD.
Tony Award® winning star Heather Headley; fellow RCA recording artist
and American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken joined Heather and brought down the house
with The Lion King's “Can You Feel the Love Tonight.” Aida co-star Adam Pascal
joined Heather on one of their duets from the show, “Written in the Stars.”
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NATIONAL SUPPORT
A strong commitment to BC/EFA extends far beyond New York City. In regional, stock, and dinner
theatres across the country, as well as in cities that play host to Broadway’s national touring shows, casts come together as they do in
New York to raise funds continually for BC/EFA.
Broadway’s national tours are BC/EFA’s ambassadors on the road. Without the added administrative expense of official chapters
in cities across the country, BC/EFA is able to raise funds through autographed poster sales and curtain speeches as companies travel.
These efforts raise hundreds of thousands of dollars each year and are an important piece of the financial support BC/EFA provides
through the National Grants Program to many AIDS service organizations in the very cities visited by the national tours as they wind
their way across the country. These special appeals have been made by such touring shows as 42nd Street, A Few Good Men Dancin’, Aida,
Beauty and the Beast, Blue Man Group, Chicago, Flower Drum Song, Hairspray, Jesus Christ, Superstar, Les Misérables, Mamma Mia!, Movin’ Out, The Phantom
of the Opera, The Lion King, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Urinetown.
Cast members from many tours go to the added effort of presenting special cabaret evenings in local clubs of theatres, the
proceeds of which are then shared with local AIDS organizations and BC/EFA. However you measure it, the generous efforts of our
friends on the road amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars that go back through BC/EFA to local AIDS service organizations
nationwide.
Fourteen years ago, the first “Equity Fights AIDS Week” was declared. What was then the Equity Fights AIDS Committee sent
letters to every equity theatre asking that an appeal be made during Thanksgiving Week. That first year brought in over $70,000 from
a few dozen theatres. Over the years, more local theatres joined in what turned into annual efforts, and in 1992, EFA Week became
BC/EFA Week, a fundraising tradition which continues to this day. More importantly, over time, many regional theatres became
allied with their local AIDS service organizations, raising funds for them as the national tours do for BC/EFA. Some theatres
continue to do both. The Actors’ Playhouse at The Miracle Theatre in Coral Gables, FL; the Sacramento Theatre Company, CA;
the Lyric Stage Company of Boston, MA; Portland Center Stage, OR; Syracuse Stage, NY; Actor’s Theater of Louisville, KY;
Cincinnati’s Playhouse in the Park, OH; Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, PA; Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia, PA; North
Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, MA; Connecticut’s Goodspeed Opera House, Charlotte Repertory Theatre, NC; Arena Stage in
Washington, DC; Alliance Theatre Company in Atlanta, GA; New Jersey’s Papermill Playhouse, and Hartford Stage, CT are just a
few of BC/EFA’s stalwart supporters across the country. Our thanks go out to each and all.
One of BC/EFA’s greatest ongoing national supporters is the Carousel Dinner Theatre in Akron, Ohio. In 2004, seven of its musical productions raised over $41,000!
(Miss Saigon is pictured); The Merry Go-Round Theatre’s production of Show Boat in Auburn, New York raised $1,535; the smash hit production of
Smokey Joe’s Café at the Oqunquit Playhouse in Maine raised over $14,000 during the course of its summer run. Jacques Brel at the Stuart Street Playhouse
in Boston raised more than $1,000.
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SCHOOLS OUTREACH
PROGRAM:
THESPIAN FUNDRAISING
In 2004, the money raised through our BC/EFA Schools Outreach Program almost doubled – from
$46,000 to $83,000 – as did our opportunities to inspire theatre departments in middle schools, high schools and colleges across
the country to take on active roles in HIV prevention education.
Nearly all theatre students love Broadway, so it’s no surprise to us that they would want to get involved in what the professional
community does to support us. Many school groups attend shows during our Easter Bonnet and Gypsy of the Year campaigns, where they
contribute to the donation buckets, stay for question and answer sessions with the casts, and buy autographed posters. So when we
suggest that they undertake similar projects on our behalf during their own production seasons, most readily agree. In fact, they often
go the extra step to come up with their own production concepts and fundraising campaigns. Some schools have written and designed
their own shows about AIDS, while others have taken the opportunity to turn their “AIDS benefits” into week-long awareness
campaigns involving the AIDS Quilt, guest speakers from our office and from their local organizations (many of which are BC/EFA
grantees), and even live auctions and donation drives for BC/EFA.
Teacher and parent response continues to be positive. These projects help students develop self-respect and social advocacy skills
while learning compassion and increasing their own awareness of HIV. Our outreach efforts help spread the word about BC/EFA in
both rural and urban areas across the country. To date, we have registered schools from Maine to California that contribute anywhere
from hundreds to thousands of dollars apiece. We’ve been invited to theatre festivals and school conferences to present workshops
on the work that we do here, and to speak about the local AIDS organizations that we support in their respective cities and towns.
On top of the work they do for us on their own stages, many students from nearby schools visit New York to volunteer for
BC/EFA’s regular calendar events. High school troupes (and their families) from all over the tri-state area have traveled to Shubert
Alley to help at the Annual Broadway Flea Market each September, while New York City college students lend production and fundraising
support throughout the year. This new generation of volunteers is essential to BC/EFA and to the Broadway community as well. Many
hope to make a life for themselves here in the theatre after they graduate. They’re learning early in their careers that theatre is about
so much more than just performing – it’s about coming together as a community.
We are proud to recognize the International Thespian Society and the Educational Theatre Association, as our strongest and
largest supporters in high schools across the nation. We are also grateful to have both the New York State Theatre Education
Association (NYSTEA), and Alpha/Delta Psi Omega – the national theatre college fraternity/sorority – as our new partners in the
fight against AIDS.
Students hold a benefit concert at their school for BC/EFA; International Thespian Society student officers work the Broadway Cares Flea Market in Shubert Alley;
Indian River students promote AIDS Awareness and raise funds for BC/EFA at the annual NYSTEA conference in upstate New York.
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BROADWAY
ON EBAY
Our eBay auctions began as a way of making lemonade out of a fundraising lemon. It rained during
the 2001 Broadway Flea Market, drying out most of the buying and bidding action at that day’s auction. Rather than store our
merchandise for another year, we put various objects up for auction on eBay to see how they’d sell. They sold and they’ve continued
selling ever since. From that lucky bit of bad luck, a successful new BC/EFA fundraising initiative was born: Broadway Cares Auctions
on eBay. Since then, these auctions have become a uniquely lucrative fundraising initiative – a profitable endeavor we stumbled on
in an unexpected way. In 2004, 818 items sold for a collective $104,565, an increase over 2003’s total of $92,000.
Autographed playbills and posters as well as props, costume pieces, exclusive opening night gifts, and one-of-a-kind theatrical
memorabilia have all contributed to this very successful campaign. Stand-out items from fiscal year 2004 included a signed poster
from Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, which sold for $657; a conductor’s score from Fiddler on the Roof, which went for $585, and one of our
most successful auction items ever – tickets and party passes to the closing night of Hugh Jackman in The Boy From Oz, which sold for an
amazing $15,567. Other items included signed posters from Wicked ($320) and The Producers ($392); a “goody bag” from the Tony
Awards® ($300); and a festive piñata decorated in the image of Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray ($182). Obviously, other
items went for less, but all added up to a very profitable year for BC/EFA on eBay.
SIGNING FOR A CAUSE: BROADWAY SHOW POSTERS
In addition to the direct financial support BC/EFA provides to hundreds of AIDS and family service organizations, we regularly
receive requests for signed Broadway show posters that can be included in fundraising auctions and raffles across the country. Last
year, over 620 signed show posters were sent in packages of 6-10 to 64 AIDS service providers to enhance their ability to raise funds
in their local communities.
It is no small favor to ask the casts of Broadway shows to sign dozens of posters, month after month, year after year. In addition
to thousands sold for BC/EFA in theatres and by BC/EFA on eBay, hundreds more are sent by BC/EFA to agencies that would
otherwise never have this kind of unique fundraising resource.
Consider this: 620 signed posters at $100 each (and many are auctioned for much more) add up to $62,000 in additional
revenue to dozens of grassroots organizations across the country. Our sincere thanks to everyone in any show who has ever taken pen
to poster and signed their name once, twice, a dozen times, or until their hands hurt.
(clockwise) Just a few of the one-of-a-kind (ok, maybe two) theatrical memorabilia sold on eBay by BC/EFA: an original crystal from the chandelier in
The Phantom of the Opera; a Broadway Flea Market poster signed by over 50 celebrities in attendance; the wooden stake and mallet used to dispatch the “undead” in
Frank Wildhorn’s Dracula; signed posters from Avenue Q and The Boy from Oz; and a hand-written phrase of “I Am My Own Best Friend”
signed by Chicago’s composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb.
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RETAIL
OUTREACH
THE CATALOG OF GIVING AND THE BROADWAY CARES COLLECTION
The primary goal of the Retail Outreach Program is to promote AIDS awareness and visibility for BC/EFA. In pursuit of this
goal, BC/EFA makes the classic Red Ribbon available for free or at cost to AIDS service organizations and individuals nationwide.
The retail Catalog of Giving (in print and online at www.broadwaycares.org) appeals to Broadway enthusiasts and collectors across
the country, presenting an impressive array of Broadway-related goods and paraphernalia, such as autographed theatre-related books,
compact discs, videos on VHS and DVD, opening night gifts, and exclusive red ribbon gift ideas for the holidays and year-round
occasions.
Posters and T-shirts from BC/EFA events continue to be popular with those supporters around the country who can’t actually
be here in person. One of our biggest successes is The Broadway Cares Collection – featuring one-of-a-kind collector items created
especially for BC/EFA with over twenty Broadway musical logos adorning an ornament, tote bag, coffee mug, beach towel, throw
blanket, charm bracelet, collector’s plate, mouse pad and T-shirt. The most popular item continues to be the Broadway Cares snow
globe, again featuring Broadway musical logos, which has collectors anticipating each year’s new original design. In fiscal year 2004,
The Catalog of Giving generated $545,801 in sales, topping 2003’s total of $494,000 by over $50,000.
The Retail Outreach Program also forges relationships with other AIDS service and fundraising organizations by agreeing to
include their products in the BC/EFA catalog. All silkscreen printing of BC/EFA merchandise, such as our popular T-shirts, is by
Night Sweats & T-Cells, an Ohio based shop owned and operated by people living with HIV/AIDS. Many of the handcrafted items
offered in the catalog come from The Alpha Workshops in Manhattan, where all artisans and trainees are people living with HIV/AIDS.
South Africa-based Thembalethu Beaders provides all hand-beaded items that are made by women living with HIV/AIDS.
CARETIX
The CareTix program offers BC/EFA supporters access to the best seats in the house for Broadway, off-Broadway, Radio City
Music Hall, The Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and national touring company shows in exchange for a
charitable donation equal to the face value of the ticket price. CareTix tickets are house seats, normally reserved for entertainment
industry insiders, which means that CareTix buyers get the very best seats in the house to shows that are often already sold out to the
general public. Since 1988, CareTix has raised more than $10.9 million, generating $1,718,729 in fiscal year 2004 alone.
The Broadway Cares mug, the 2004 Broadway Bares calendar, the annual Carols for a Cure holiday CD; Christmas balls from “The Broadway Cares Collection”;
African holiday ornaments handmade by women from The Thebelethu Beaders in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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CORPORATE
SUPPORT
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS was fortunate to have the continued support of a broad range of
corporate donors in 2004. As one of the largest charities representing Broadway and the American Theatre, Broadway Cares is able
to connect major corporate brands with some of the nation’s foremost creative industries. We are also able to ensure that a
corporation’s support reaches into nearly every community in the country through our National Grants Program, and our corporate
partners are able to build brand loyalty among the millions of people who are in some way associated with Broadway, be it on tour,
onstage, backstage, or in the audience.
Companies can partner with BC/EFA on a broad range of projects, including one-time event sponsorship, annual sponsorship
packages covering a series of events, cash and in-kind donations that directly support our programs, and specialized cause-related
marketing initiatives.
With the creation of Broadway Delivers! in 2001 (see opposite page), a new way for Broadway Cares and corporations to work
together was born. Many of the events that BC/EFA produced through Broadway Delivers! were originally produced for existing
corporate clients such as Anheuser-Busch and Target, but this program has also provided a great way to bring new corporations into
the Broadway Cares family.
We salute the generous companies that provided major support of our programs in 2004.
The official airline of Broadway and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
The official print media sponsor of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Viva Glam
The official web partner of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
John Demsey, Chairman of MAC Cosmetics and President of the MAC AIDS Fund presents Jerry Mitchell and 42nd Street stars Patrick Cassidy and Shirley Jones
with a check for $75,000 for Broadway Bares (MAC also provided all the makeup and 50 MAC pro-team makeup artists); Ford Motor Company joined BC/EFA’s largest annual
sponsors, Continental and The New York Times, in sponsoring the Broadway Flea Market; Anheuser-Busch’s Michelob Light presented $50,000 to BC/EFA
as part of its sponsorship for the Broadway Show League.
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BROADWAY
DELIVERS!
CUSTOM CORPORATE ENTERTAINMENT
Broadway Delivers! is a fundraising initiative of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS created in 2001
to provide customized Broadway-style entertainment for a wide variety of corporate functions. This year’s events included a movie
premiere, a restaurant opening, a fashion show, a product launch, and book festivals across the country.
BC/EFA’s production expertise and access to the deep well of talent both on and off-Broadway has resulted in our being able to
successfully provide entertainment whenever and wherever a corporation needs it. Broadway Delivers! draws on the phenomenal
commitment of the theatre community to Broadway Cares, offering the guaranteed magic of “Live Broadway,” along with the
marketing and production expertise associated with the best of the “Great White Way.”
A corporation makes a contribution to BC/EFA, and BC/EFA recruits and rehearses celebrities and Broadway performers,
accompanists, and stage managers, customizing an official Broadway revue to match the company’s needs. BC/EFA supplies
everything from one singer to an entire evening’s entertainment, and tailors the performance to the company’s event and theme.
In fiscal year 2004, BC/EFA was able to bring a touch of Broadway to the following events around New York and across the
country. In November 2003, we partnered with HBO to present a Broadway insiders’ premiere screening of Angels In America. Two days
later we were downtown at the Accessories Council ACE Awards where we “delivered” Tom Wopat as MC and several leading ladies –
including performers from Mamma Mia!, Nine, Hairspray, and Aida – to accept an award. That same evening we celebrated the opening of
Applebee’s Restaurant in the theatre district with stars from neighboring musicals like Little Shop of Horrors, Mamma Mia! and Avenue Q.
February brought the Tonner Doll Fashion Show and an appearance by Cabaret’s Kate Shindle to accept a check on our behalf.
In March, to promote Swoops, its latest snack food, the Hershey’s Store unveiled the newest addition to its Times Square sign, and
we produced an encore Broadway Delivers!, bringing out the “Swoops Dancers” to celebrate the event. Bebe Neuwirth, along with
Kathy Brier and “The Dynamites” from Hairspray, joined in the festivities.
Also in 2004, Anheuser-Busch renewed its annual commitment to Broadway Cares and The Broadway Show League. Broadway
Delivers! helped celebrate by bringing out celebrities to the Opening Day of the show league, with stars singing the National Anthem
and throwing out the first pitch. Successful events with long-term corporate partner Target included The LA Times Festival of Books,
Chicago Tribune Printers’ Row Book Fair, The Boston Globe Book Festival, and New York is Book Country. These festivals start in the spring
and continue through the fall, giving Broadway Cares a chance to reach into communities nationwide.
"Schoolhouse Rock" presented on the Target Stage at the LA Times Festival of Books; Hairspray's "The Dynamites" sing "Welcome to the 60's" as they welcome Hershey's
Swoops to Times Square; Eartha Kitt and Jamie Lynn DiScala at The Accessories Council ACE Awards; Kate Shindle at The Tonner Doll Fashion Show.
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DANCERS
RESPONDING TO AIDS
(DRA)
Dancers Responding to AIDS is the American dance community’s ongoing response to the health crisis,
rallying the dance world to raise money to provide direct assistance to dance professionals living with HIV/AIDS, as well as to AIDS
service organizations nationwide. These funds are distributed through The Actors’ Fund of America (see page 6), and through
BC/EFA’s National Grants Program (see page 12). The following are DRA’s signature events during fiscal year 2004:
THE REMEMBER PROJECT 2003
The Remember Project, a remembrance to those lost and living with HIV/AIDS, returned to Danspace at St. Mark’s Church on
December 6, 2003. More than 200 performers participated in this 12-hour vigil-in-motion, which lasted from noon to midnight.
Dance groups represented included Susan Marshall & Company, The Erick Hawkins Dance Company, Dance Theatre of Harlem,
Elisa Monte Dance, Joyce Trisler Danscompany, Pilobolus, American Ballet Theatre, Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, Chinese Folk
Dance Company, Battleworks, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and Lawrence Goldhuber.
An unforgettable highlight was one of the final performances by Homer Avila, a dancer/choreographer who lost his right leg and
hip to a rare form of cancer. Avila passed away just a few months later on April 25, 2004. An inspiration to so many in the dance
community, he continues to be missed.
JOINING FORCES WITH THE FUTURE OF DANCE
DRA is thrilled that young dancers across the country are joining professionals in their fundraising efforts. In 2004, more than
$160,000 was raised through bake sales, special dance classes and audience appeals through our Studio of the Year program. With
assistance from dance organizations like the New York City Dance Alliance and Tremaine Dance Convention, dance studios raise
money for the opportunity to win trips to London or Los Angeles. During the summer of 2004, Marietta, GA’s Rhythm Dance
Center (which raised almost $25,000) earned a trip to London to perform at Sadler’s Wells, while Topeka, KS’s Dance Factory
(which raised $7,000) learned it would be traveling to Los Angeles to perform at a premier dance gala.
The DRA Dance Invitational with special guest, Broadway’s Christopher Sieber, and over 100 dancers from seven studios across Los Angeles;
Cedar Lake Dance Ensemble perform in DECADE at The Fire Island Dance Festival; enthusiastic audience members outdoors at Danskin’s Ballroom in Bryant Park
spontaneously joined in the finale.
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DECADE: 10 YEARS OF THE FIRE ISLAND DANCE FESTIVAL
In July of 2004, Dancers Responding to AIDS presented DECADE, the tenth year of the Fire Island Dance Festival, a tremendously
successful event that raised more than $160,000. During the past decade, we’ve seen this critically praised celebration of dance
become one of the most anticipated social events of the Pines’ summer season. Alan Cumming emceed the three performances at this
year’s Festival, held at the bay-front home of Beau Clarke. Performers included classical and modern dancers from the Martha
Graham Dance Company, Limón Dance Company, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, and
American Ballet Theatre. The weekend of festivities began on Friday night with a Hawaiian VIP leadership cocktail party at the
beautiful home of William Hayden and Ron Perkov. A highlight of Friday’s event was the appearance of a troupe of hula dancers and
slack-keyed guitar players who entered from the bay via canoe!
NEW YORK CITY FESTIVAL OF DANCE
July 19 through August 6 marked Dancers Responding to AIDS’ New York City Festival of Dance. Activities ranged from benefit
performances to master classes.
Artists of all ages and from all spheres of the dance world – from Broadway to the concert stage – came together to perform in
the main stage performances of Dancing for Life! in Bryant Park. The free outdoor performances showcased such troupes as
Buglisi/Foreman Dance and ballet star Julio Bocca and his Ballet Argentino. Two New Jersey dance studios, The Art of Dance and
Denise Daniele Dance Studio, who tirelessly raised money for DRA throughout the year, performed along with Dance Masters’ Mr.
and Miss Dance of America. On August 5, in conjunction with 106.7 LITE FM, DRA presented Broadway Dances, which featured
dancers from 42nd Street, Bombay Dreams, The Lion King and Movin’ Out. A highlight was Wicked’s Idina Menzel singing her own
composition. Also that evening, Danskin sponsored Ballroom in Bryant Park, featuring performances by Dance Times Square, Stepping
Out Studios, American Ballroom Theatre, and Blackpool competitors Christian Barens and Kristina Staykova.
Homer Avila appeared in over half a dozen editions of The Remember Project. Avila died in April 2004. We remember him fondly;
American Ballet Theatre’s Danny Tidwell dances across the waters at The Fire Island Dance Festival; dance students from Topeka Kansas won a trip to Los Angeles from
The Tremaine Dance Experience. Broadway’s Felicia Finley leads the dancers in Joe Lanteri’s “Hit Me With a Hot Note” at Broadway Dances in Bryant Park
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CLASSICAL ACTION:
PERFORMING ARTS
AGAINST AIDS
Classical Action: Performing Arts Against AIDS merged with BC/EFA in October of 1997. Founded
in 1993 using BC/EFA as a model, Classical Action draws on the talents, resources, and generosity of the performing arts community
nationwide, with an emphasis on the classical, jazz, and opera communities, to raise funds for AIDS services. These funds are
distributed primarily through The Actors’ Fund of America (see page 6) and BCEFA’s National Grants Program (see page 12).
Classical Action maintains its own identity and conducts its own fundraising endeavors, while BC/EFA assumes most administrative
responsibilities, allowing Classical Action to devote maximum energies to its events and other fundraising activities.
THE MICHAEL PALM SERIES
The inaugural Michael Palm Series matched in financial success what it achieved in artistic excellence, raising more than
$250,000. Underwritten by The Michael Palm Foundation, the series was established in memory of Michael Palm and in honor of
his support of the arts and HIV/AIDS causes nationwide during his life. Classical Action is fortunate to be the beneficiary of a fiveyear grant to support the series, which consists of four annual concerts: three in New York City, all at the home of Judy and Steven
Gluckstern, and one in a city outside New York.
The opening concert of the 2003-04 season featured charismatic superstar pianist André Watts on November 16, 2003
performing a program of Schubert, Chopin and Debussy. On March 8, 2004, violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Simon Mulligan
once again donated their services for a Classical Action benefit, giving the audience a preview of their imminent nationwide recital
tour. The lovely Deborah Voigt, one of opera’s most beloved sopranos, performed with pianist Brian Zeger on April 1, 2004 with
a program ranging from Schubert and Tchaikovsky to Ives and Sondheim.
The “out-of-town” Michael Palm Series concert took place this season with a Texas-native performing in front of a Texas crowd.
April 15, 2004 marked the third and most successful collaboration between Classical Action and Houston’s Center for AIDS with a
concert featuring Tony Award®-winner Betty Buckley. Ms. Buckley’s cabaret-style program, with accompaniment by pianist Kenny
Werner, brought the attraction of a glamorous nightspot to the living room of hosts Mike and Becky Cemo’s River Oaks home.
UP OUR ALLEY VI: CLASSICAL ACTION’S SIXTH ANNUAL BENEFIT BOWLING BONANZA
The heart and soul of wacky fundraising party Up Our Alley is the performing arts community – from artist managers to orchestra
members to record companies – who formed 36 bowling/fundraising teams this year to raise a record $77,000 for people living with
Isn’t she lovely?.. Deborah Voigt had us in the palm of her hand; Violinist Leila Josefowicz and pianist John Novacek share an intense musical moment; Larry Lovins and
Center for AIDS Board Member Steve Loden were instrumental in the production of Betty Buckley’s benefit house concert in Houston.
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HIV/AIDS. After three hours of bowling at New York City’s Bowlmor Lanes, the party continued at their upstairs party space,
“Pressure.” Prizes were awarded in fundraising categories to Downtown NYC River to River Festival’s “Bowling Greens” and G.
Schirmer’s “Bowllet mécanique,” among others. In more inventive categories, Best Team Name honors were given to “Shabbat
Shabowl” (Tisch Center for the Arts) and “The Anna Bowlenas” (Opera News), and the Best Team Costume was proudly donned by
Orchestra of St. Luke’s team members “Britney Spares.” Sponsors of Up Our Alley 6 included WQXR 96.3 FM and ViceVersa
Restaurant, with the participation of Izze Beverage Company.
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME: CLASSICAL ACTION HOUSE CONCERTS
One of Classical Action’s most successful fundraising endeavors is the production of private house concerts. Supporters host
concerts in their homes featuring some of the most prominent artists in music today, who generously agree to donate their time and
talent. These events are not always initiated by Classical Action. This past fiscal year, jazz singer Audrey Silver spearheaded a house
concert in New York City in May; Aaron Mendelsohn offered his Santa Monica, CA home for a house concert in November 2003
by pianist Emanuel Ax; and a trio comprised of violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, pianist/conductor André Previn, and cellist Lynn
Harrell performed in the elegant Upper East Side (NYC) home of Steve Hellman and Katharine Hsu. Our Annual Appreciation
Concert, exclusively for Classical Action Maestros (major donors), took place in May at the home of Judy and Steven Gluckstern and
featured a dynamic performance by violinist Leila Josefowicz and pianist John Novacek.
SUMMER IN THE CITY: ADDITIONAL CLASSICAL ACTION COLLABORATIONS
Six events provided additional support for Classical Action during the summer months in 2004 through the generosity of our
friends in the presenting community. The River to River Festival & Pace University, in association with Classical Action, presented
Summer Stars, a 5-week concert series featuring some of today’s most exciting young artists in classical music. These free performances,
which took place at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University, showcased the talents of pianists Kit Armstrong and
Natasha Paremski and the Imani Winds Quintet, among others. On August 20, 2004, further uptown, the Mostly Mozart Festival
and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts donated a portion of each ticket sold to that concert to Classical Action. The evening’s
performers themselves, from orchestra members to soloist Joshua Bell and conductor Louis Langrée, made contributions in support
of our work.
Bell isimo – violinist Joshua Bell appears on The Michael Palm Series; “The Britney Spares” from Orchestra of St. Luke’s show off their winning team costume
at Up Our Alley 6; Pianist André Watts shakes hands with 12-year-old “colleague” Kit Armstrong, who performed the opening concert for Summer Stars;
Audience members were seated just feet from the Mutter-Previn-Harrell Trio during the performance.
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THE MAESTRO
PROGRAM
The Maestro Program, Classical Action: Performing Arts Against AIDS’s annual giving program for major
donors, pays tribute to individuals who invest $1,000 or more in the work we do on behalf of HIV/AIDS service organizations and
programs nationwide. Every great Maestro knows that each section of the orchestra, whether strings, woodwinds, brass or percussion,
plays an important role in creating an overall sound. Similarly, those who contribute to The Maestro Program know that whatever giving
category they choose, their contribution helps orchestrate the success of Classical Action, thus ensuring the future of AIDS services
across the country.
CONCERTMASTERS
($25,000 and above)
American Express Company
Judy and Steven Gluckstern
Michael Palm Foundation
Mrs. Nancy Pierce Brumback
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. Carye
Dr. Oscar Chamudes
Michael Cohen
Sylvie and Gary Crum
William J. III and Carol Drawe
BRASS
Mary Lou Falcone and
($2,500 - $4,999)
STRINGS
Nicholas Zann
Josh Aronson
($10,000 - $24,999)
Raymond A. and Barbara F. Carye José Feghali
Annalee Newman Fund
David Finckel and Wu Han
Columbia Artists Management,
John and Sophie Bilezikian
Jan and Milton Finegold
Inc.
in loving memory of Sara Bilezikian
Rita and Herbert Z. Gold
Mrs. Catherine G. Curran
Downtown NYC River to River
Maria and Noah Gottdiener
Eva and Brendan Dillon
Festival
Kathy Griffin
Elizabeth and Stephen Eisenmann Charles Dimston
Kevin Guyer
Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels
in memory of Michael Palm
The Hargrove Pierce Foundation
Foundation
Jay M. Furman
in honor of Charles Hamlen
Jeffrey and Helen Friedman
Gail Furman
Mary Rodgers and Henry Guettel Harry Hjardemaal and
Jim and Ellen Marcus
Philip Claps
Mark M. Levin
Paul L. Newman
Florette Hoffheimer
Jean E. Merrill
Sandra Wagenfeld and
Suzanne C. Hoyt
Adam Mizel and
Francine Goldstein
Taunya Van Der Steen-Mizel George and Eileen Hricik
in memory of Robert Wagenfeld
Rockwood Jenkins
Simon Yates and Kevin Roon
Christopher Kennedy
Linda and Stuart Nelson
in memory of Jim Ricketts
Veronica G. Ogden
WOODWINDS
Alice Kornhauser
Josephine Bay Paul and C.
($5,000 - $9,999)
Louis Langrée
Michael Paul Foundation
Helen Bodian and Roger Alcaly
Stephanie and Edgar Larsen
in memory of Daniel A. Demarest
Michael and Rebecca Cemo
LHW – Leading Hotels of the
Carol A. Rennie
Foundation
World / Frosch International
Scott Dunn and Robbie Moray
Travel
Jane Scovell
Brandon Fradd
Harvey Lichtenstein
in memory of Peter Ansin
Steve Hellman and Katharine Hsu
Steve Loden and Larry Lovins
Ted Snowdon
The Irene Diamond Fund
Kay H. Logan
Ted and Vada Stanley
Lincoln Center for the
Bert Melnick and Carl Moore
Performing Arts
Geoffrey and Sophie Menin
Universal Classics
Friedrike Merck
Ginni and Richard Mithoff
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Peabody ViceVersa Restaurant
Barney and Ann Mizel
Sara Wolfensohn
Kenneth Rosenberg Foundation
Shelly and Jerome Mulanax
in memory of Frank A. Imperato
John Vlahoplus and
PERCUSSION
Dr. Howard Scheiner
Uma Muthu
($1,000 - $2,499)
Frank Spring
Cherrie L. Nanninga
Jerome and Fanchon Apfel
in memory of Malcolm Hoare
Bob Naparsteck
Richard P. Baks
Wheelock Whitney III
WQXR – 96.3 FM
William H. Wright II
George R. Zuber and Guy Avni
Anonymous
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Sheila Porter
Dana and Doug Ramos
Carol Relihan and John Arthur
Conrad Riggs
Susan and Elihu Rose
Dale and Peter Ryan
San Francisco Performances
András Schiff
The Seaberg Foundation
Harold Shaw
Howard Solomon
Fran Sorin
Jeffrey Sosnick and
Albert A. Carucci
Stevens/Bandes Graphics
Lee Tannen and Tom Wells
Ellen Thrower
Cindy Booth Van Schaack
Shelby White
The Wise Family Charitable
Foundation
IN-KIND
MAJOR DONORS
Attitude New York Chauffeured
Transportation
Bösendorfer New York
Cohn Davis Communications
Jackson Hicks
Merrill Corporation
Fred Patella
Playbill Magazine / Playbill.com
Steve J. Sherman Photography
Steinway & Sons
Represents donations made in our 2004
fiscal year, October 1, 2003 – September
30, 2004.
THE ANGELS
CAMPAIGN
Angels are supporters who make total annual donations of $1,000 or more to support the vital work
of BC/EFA. These gifts are especially important, as they provide us with a dependable core of donors whose gifts are not related to
the purchase of merchandise and/or event tickets. These funds go directly into our pool of grant-making dollars, which are in turn
distributed to HIV/AIDS service organizations nationwide, as well as to the numerous social service and housing programs of The
Actors’ Fund of America.
In Broadway lingo, an “angel” is an investor in a theatre production. In exchange for that financial investment, angels are
traditionally guaranteed the best seats in the house for the shows their dollars make possible. The Angels Campaign creates a similar
tradition for its supporters, granting BC/EFA Angels VIP status, along with a host of associated benefits.
2004 ANGELS CAMPAIGN
The following individuals, family foundations, and corporations made contributions to The Angels Campaign in our fiscal year
2004 between October 1, 2003 and September 30, 2004. Names in bold indicate BC/EFA Archangels, angel donors who increased
their unrestricted giving by 25% or more over the past year.
PRODUCER
(gifts of $25,000 and up)
Laura M. Boedeker
Cable Positive, Inc.
H. Van Ameringen Foundation
Anita Jaffe
The Richmond/Ermet AIDS
Foundation - San Francisco
The Shubert Foundation
HOUSE SEATS
(gifts from $10,000 to $24,999)
The Edgar Foster Daniels
Foundation
Gary Gunas and Bill Rosenfield
Anne Hathaway
Paul Libin and
Florence Rowe Libin
Joe Masteroff
Paul L. Newman/Newman’s Own
Rosie O’Donnell
in honor of George O’Dowd, Chris
Renshaw, Jeff Calhoun, John
McDaniel, and Mark Dendy
Thomas Schumacher and
Matthew White
Bradshaw Smith/Broadway Beat
State Farm Insurance
Companies
The Hargrove Pierce Foundation
The League of American Theatres
and Producers
The Ted Snowdon Foundation
in memory of Lori Schmidt
William Morris Agency
Anonymous
in honor of Kristin Chenoweth
ORCHESTRA SEATS
(gifts from $5,000 to $9,999)
Roger Berlind
Bertsch Family Charitable
Foundation
in honor and in memory of
“Wagon Wheelies”
Aron Bromberg – Aron
Bromberg/Abe Raskin
Partners Fund
The Edith Meiser Foundation
William W. Donnell
Dr. Gerald J. & Dorothy R.
Friedman Foundation
Aaron Frankel
in loving memory of
Abetha Aayer Frankel
Freddie and Myrna Gershon
Harriet and
Terry Guin-Kittner
Jerome S. Glazer, Inc.
Ronald and Patricia Lee
Stephanie and
Carter McClelland
Paul L. and Marion J. Ross
Sean L. Sunkel
The Barrington Foundation, Inc.
Doris Eaton Travis
W New York - The Court
Wexner Family Fund
BOX SEATS
(gifts from $2,500 to $4,999)
Sam Altman
in memory of Murrray Schapiro
Frank Argiro
in loving memory of Robert Argiro
Steven Schnepp and Mark Basile
in memory of Paul Penfield and
John Heppenstall
Melvin Bernhardt and Jeff
Woodman
Briggs, Inc.
William Ludel and Tracy Cohen
Ellora deCarlo and
Gary J. Cooper
William Craver
Mark and Susan Dalton
Merle Debuskey & Pearl Somner
James W. Dennis
Jamie deRoy
in memory of Rod Hausen
Maggie Flanigan and Richard Dow
Edward and Lori Forstein
JP Morgan Chase
Marianne Ganzer
in memory of John Ganzer
Tim Gill
Louise Guthman
William S. Hoover, MD
James C. Hormel
Carl Jacobs
George M. Jacobstein Rose Brand
Billy and Kate Joel
in honor of Manny & Lani Azenberg,
the “Movin’ Out” NYC and Tour
Company, Cast & Crew, Hal Luftig,
Terry Allen Kramer, Andy Snyder,
Donald Trump & Melania Knauss,
Jann Wenner & Matt Nye, Bob
White, and Walter Yetnikoff
Joelson Foundation
Michael A. Leppen
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Kevin R. Lyle
Jerry Mitchell
Phyllis Newman
in memory of Adolph Green
Gilbert Parker
in memory of Richard Bauman
Ruso D. Perkins
Charles L. Ross
in memory of David Carroll
Amy Sherman-Palladino
Margaret (Peg) Small
in memory of Erik
Society of Stage Directors and
Choreographers
The Cooper Family Foundation
The Students of the Stella Adler
Studio of Acting
in memory of Casey Kizziah
The Kaufmann Family
Foundation
The Ziegfeld Club
Tina and Jeffrey Bolton
Family Fund
Jay Laudato and Tom Watson
Whittier & Associates, Inc.
FRONT MEZZANINE
(gifts from $1,000 to $2,499)
Joe Allen Restaurant
David G. Armstrong and
Jeffrey Miller
in honor of Todd Coroliuc
Jerry Arrow
Scott Barnes
honoring the second half century for
CCM grads of 1976
William J. Behan
THE ANGELS CAMPAIGN (continued)
Joe and Nancy Benincasa
Phil and Mary Beuth
Robert Billig
Mr. Walter Bobbie
Robert Bouchard
J. Arthur Brost
Caffe Cielo
Buck Henry Charitable Fund
Robert Callely
Frank Carucci
in honor of Maria Di Dia
Stockard Channing
Paula and David Chase
Edward A. Chernoff
Karen Christofferson
Michael Clowers and
Clay Chaffin
Jo Ann Albano Cohen and
James A. Cohen
Thomas Cott
in memory of Philip Carlson
Peggy Cowles
Cunningham - Escott - Dipene
& Associates, Inc.
Scott Dainton
in honor of Laura Mantell
Hermine Douglas
Roy and Shirley Durst
Charitable Fund
Ellen M. Violett and Mary P.R.
Thomas Foundation, Inc.
in memory of Murray Schapiro
Don Ellwood and Sandra
Johnigan
Peter Entin and
Barbara Janowitz
William Eppel
Angelina Fiordellisi
Jules Fisher
Mary Fogarty
David A. Friedman
in memory of my mother
Shirley Friedman
John Garcia’s “The Column”
Theatre Awards
Neal C. Garelik
Jay Garner
Contemporary Theatre
Steven Gartner
Bruce Geismar
Roger Alan Gindi
Dale and Ellyn Glasser
in memory of Steven Glasser
Angela Goldberg
Robert D. Gonzales
in memory of Cameron L. Mason
and Charles H. Falls
Michael Greif
in honor of the “Rent” Company
Benjamin M. Hammer and
Rachel Hammer
Harry Winston, Inc.
in honor of Jefferson Mays
Jeffrey Hayenga and
Michael Belanger
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Henshel
Jerry Herman
Robert C. Hickman
Craig Horowitz
Theatrical Stage Employees
Local One/IATSE
Jill Goodson Family
Foundation
Jason Kantrowitz
Elaine Kend
Robert Kilgore and
Edward Richmond
in loving memory of Dee Kilgore
Caryn B. Klein-Cohen
Nathan Lane
Norma Langworthy
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Lasdon
Leftfield Productions
Lindy Linder
in memory of Robert Farber and
Christine Swann
Janine and Peter Lowy
William Ludel and
Tracy Cohen
John J. Mackerey
Macy’s East Inc.
J. Patrick Mahoney and
Martin Hicks
Arif and Latife Mardin
Marsh Inc.
Kathy Keneally and Tom Marshall
Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher
Foundation, Inc.
Marin Mazzie and Jason
Danieley
in memory of Gary Bonasorte
John McDaniel
Bill Melamed, Jr.
The Janis and Alan Menken
Foundation
Keith Miller
Michael S. Mills
Ira Mont and Jill Cordle Mont
Mrs. Claire Mooers
in memory of Ruth Hoefgen
NAC Enterprises Ltd.
Judith A. Nelson
in memory of Wayne McCarthy
Michael F. O’Donnell
One World Incentives, Inc.
Sally Ann Parsons Parsons-Meares, Ltd.
in memory of Lee Danser
Ralph L. Pellecchio and
Dr. James C. Wernz
Heinz Poll
in memory of Thomas R. Skelton
L. Glenn, Jeffrey, Alex & Marc
Poppleton Finn
Judy Rasmuson and
Ronald Wallace
Richard E. Rauh
Long Beach Longriders
in honor of Bill “Uncle Bill” Sapsis
and in memory of Victoria “Tory”
Odum-Reed
Richard F. Walsh/Alfred W. Di
Tolla/Harold P. Spivak
Foundation
Drs. Carlos and Jayne Rivera
Mickey Rolfe
Rosalind and Eugene J. Glaser
Foundation
Amy Rosenthal
Lori Rubinstein and John
McGraw
Bikram Yoga
Samuel L. Phillips Family
Foundation
Nick Scandalios
Serino/Coyne
Angela Shaw
Jeffrey B. Soref
Meryl Streep
Charles H. Svensson
Beech Street Foundation
The McGaw Foundation
The Eisner Foundation
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The Lodestar Foundation
The Ritter Foundation, Inc.
David and Deborah Trainer
Video Industry AIDS Action
Committee
Orso Restaurant
Phil and Merle Wahl
Joan Melber Warburg
Arthur E. Webster, Esq.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Wilson
Margo Wintersteen
Terrence J. Witter
Anonymous
Anonymous
in memory of Martin Worman
Anonymous (6)
MAJOR
DONORS
In addition to The Angels Campaign, significant funds are generated through various BC/EFA annual
and one-time special events, such as The Easter Bonnet Competition, Gypsy of the Year, The Broadway Flea Market, and Broadway Bares. Considerable
financial support also comes to us through our CareTix and CareCard programs. Contributions from all these sources are among
the most vital to BC/EFA.
The following pages list the names of those who have supported these events and programs with contributions of $1,000 or more
during our fiscal year 2004 from October 1, 2003 to September 30, 2004. Amounts listed are the tax-deductible portion of the
donation, the total gift amount minus any fair market value for goods received.
GIFTS OF
$50,000 AND ABOVE
Estée Lauder Inc.
Target Stores
The League of American Theatres
and Producers
GIFTS FROM
$10,000 TO $49,999
Terry Abernathy
Meridee Alter
James Bashor
Ronald Black
BMG Bertelsmann
Celebrity Blackjack
The Cooper Family Foundation
Danskin, Inc.
James W. Dennis
done and dusted@radical, llc
Tim and Judy Dove
Edelman Public Relations
Worldwide
Federated Department Stores
Foundation
Ford Motor Company
Brandon Fradd
Mr. Neal C. Garelik
Gill Foundation
Charles and Heather Golden
Diane L. Gott
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Halpern
HBO
HSBC Bank USA, Inc.
Hugh Jackman
Anita Jaffe
Joe Lanteri
Learning on Location
Connie Nicoud
Schaeffer Family Foundation
Noriko Takigawa
The Adam R. Rose
Foundation
William Goldman - The Fezzik
Foundation, Shapiro & Lobel
The Grosevnor Foundation, Inc.
Theatre Vendors, Inc.
Tonner Doll Company
Trackdown Productions, Inc.
Twentieth Century Fox Home
Entertainment
Heloise Waislitz
Robert M. Wallach
Washington Drama Society, Inc.
Weil Foundation
Anonymous
GIFTS FROM
$5,000 TO $9,999
Accesories Council
Allco Finance Corp.
Apple-Metro, Inc.
Michael and Maureen Benton
Lawrence A. Bock
Elizabeth Breslow
Beth Brody
Ellora deCarlo and Gary J.
Cooper
Gail Corvette
Creative Artists Agency
Thomas Dimercurio
Jean Doede
Marianne Dorfman
Paul Driscoll
Steven G. Einhorn
Debra Faiello
Patricia Geoghegan
Linda Hammer
David A. Harris
Laura and J. M. Hartstein
Mickey Z. Heller
Regina Y. Hicks
Sally Huxley
Jim Beam Brands Co.
John Johnson
Sandra Kallenberg
Robert Karp
David DonHowe Kean
in loving memory of Norman and
Gwyda DonHowe Kean
Maureen E. Kershaw
Susan L. Kruger
David Lai
Las Vegas Academy of
International Studies
Lawrence H. Levy
Lord & Taylor
Carolyn Lowen
Dennis Malaney
Merck Partnership for Giving
Richard Nacht
National Association of Insurance
Commissioners
Paul L. Newman/Newman’s Own
Carole W. Nussbaum
On & Off Broadway
Joseph Palumbo
Mary A. Papagjika
Dean Piearson
Anthony T. Ponturo
David S. Pottruck
Donald Puryear
Ronald B. Reck
Rockwell Architecture,
Planning & Design, PC
William J. Ruehle
Maryetta Saccomano
Susan J. Sampliner
Dr. Howard Scheiner
Anthony P. Scheinman
Howard Schwartz
Mr. Barry Skovgaard and
Mr. Marc Wolinsky
The Ted Snowdon Foundation
Colleen D. Sorensen
R.W. Soria
SPI Marketing, LLC
major donors
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Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stretton Jr.
The Dance Factory
The Imperial Court of N.Y., Inc.
The J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation
Matching Gift Program
The New York Hairspray Co., LP
Times Square Alliance
John Travolta
Union Station Foundation
Phil and Merle Wahl
Scott Wittman
Anonymous
GIFTS FROM
$2,500 TO $4,999
Albert & Pearl Ginsberg
Foundation, Inc.
Christie L. Alexander
Association Of Nurses In AIDS
Care
Michael C. Baldwin
Carol Bayer Sager
Douglas W. Bloss
Carolyn P. Blum
Sara L. Boles
Kyle Bowker
Katherine B. Bradley
David Braver
Alan Braverman
Briggs, Inc.
May L. Briggs
Beverly Burch
Patrick J. Callahan
Mr. and Mrs. David Canary
Chelsea Fund, Inc.
Todd Ciccarone
Sandra K. Cohen
Mary Collins
Computer Associates
James J. Conway
Suzanne E. Corso
Bridget Crudo
MAJOR DONORS (continued)
Diana Cuca
Peter David
Debra M. Davis
Roseanne Delaglio
Leonard L. Destefano
Shari Douglas
Judith Drasner
Patrick S. Durkin
Empire Force Events, Inc.
Ronald Falcon
Charles A. Ferrell
Elisabeth A. Finley
Beth Waters Finston
Frances J. Frawley
Izumi Furukawa
Melinda A. Gartzman
Suzanne Gawron
Paula Gerber
Freddie and Myrna Gershon
Michael Gluck
Julie Goldsmith
Michael C. Goodell
Nancy K. Goodman
Joan Gotti
Todd Graff
Monica Graham
Joan M. Grande
Andrew J. Greenhut
Michael S. Greenly
Joseph M. Gregory
Richard Grey
Michael Gross
Nancy T. Grumbacher
Richard V. Hamilton
Wendy Hashmall
William Haskell
Melissa Heider
Tanya Henneman
Janet M. Illiano
Karen L. Issokson-Silver
Joseph M. Jacobs
Jammy Productions, Inc.
Jewish Communal Fund
Curtis Johnson
Junior Bus Tours, Inc.
Michael S. Kaufman
Douglas Warren Kesten
Cynthia C. Kimmel
Barbara Ann Klein
in tribute to my city, New York
Miryam L. Knutson
Beth R. Kryger
Rhonda P. Kyong
Ilona D. Lardis
Albert R. Lepage
Diane Lippert
Jessica G. Liu
Katherine W. Lum
Craig Martone
Peter W. May
Casey L. McClellan
Anthony G. McLean
Sandra T. McManus
C. E. Miller
Chase Mishkin
Robert A. Nectow
Claire Parr
Kathryn H. Penske
Katherina A. Perry
Judy Lynn Prince
Pro Musica Tours, Inc.
Samuel A. Ramirez
Mr. G. Remak Ramsay
Lori J. Raymond
Madeline Reed
Amy M. Reid
Grace M. Renna
Susan Romano
Philip D. Ryan
Helen L. Ryu
Junko Sasaki
Barbara C. Schneider
Julie R. Schneider
Lynda Schuler
Thomas Schumacher and
Matthew White
Jean E. Scott
Elizabeth A. Sechrest
Serino Coyne Advertising, Inc.
Sigma Alpha Iota
William S. Skowronnek
Marion D. Smith
Jerry Sokolow
Alan Spen
Annette C. Steiner
Ray Sterling
Kathryn L. Stettner
Stonewall Community Foundation
Arielle Tepper
The Bessie Ratner Foundation
The Shubert Organization, Inc.
The Ziegfeld Club
George H. Turner
Sherri L. Tuso
United Way of New York City
Margret E. Valenti
Vinton A. Vickers
Doug Weinstein
Ann Weiss
Deborah Williams
Wisdom Digital Media, LLC
Gretchen G. Wood
Young Presidents Houston
Chapter
Anonymous
in honor of Kristin Chenoweth
Anonymous
GIFTS FROM
$1,000 TO $2,499
Dianne M. Abruzzo
Mark C. Adams
Adolph & Ruth Schnurmacher
Foundation, Inc.
John L. Albanese
Kate Aldinger
Kenneth Alpert
Nancy Alpert and Gwen Marcus
Alpha Psi Omega
Sam Altman
in memory of Murray Schapiro
Michele W. Andelson &
Arlen Andelson Esq.
Jennifer Ander
Esperanza R. Andrade
Madeleine Andress
Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
Laura S. Armitage
Robert W. Armstrong
Richard M. Aronstein
Jerry Arrow
Salah Bachir
Melissa Bakalis-Milbank
D. J. Baker
Alta S. Baker
Benjamin L. Balkind
Dolores V. Ballintyn
Jean Banks
Matthew Barbara
Peter Bardach
Julia Barr
Brett Barrett
Lisbeth R. Barron
major donors
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Harlan Batrus
Kimberly A. Baumgartner
Bay Street Theatre Festival, Inc.
J. M. Bayless
Edith Beatty
Beautiful Tulip Inc.
Carol Becker
Bonnie L. Becker
William J. Behan
Valerie Belcher
Andrew Benedict
Renee Berger
Carol Berman
Jed W. Bernstein
Michael J. Berry
Alex Binstock
Laurie Black
Michele B. Bloch
Joyce F. Bluestone
Karen C. Bockenkamp
Donna M. Boekley
Anne N. Bonner
Rex Bonomelli
Ann Boon
Melissa Boxer
Janice E. Boyd
Patrick A. Bradford
Brian Hilton Bradley
Brandon Associates
Jodi F. Brandt
Broadway Inspirational Voices, LLC
Alan Brockman
Aron Bromberg/Abe Raskin
Partners Fund
J. Arthur Brost
Mary T. Browne
Andrew C. Brummer
M. T. Brust
Christine K. Buchanan
J. P. Buckeridge
Errol Buntuyan
Cheryl A. Burdumy
David Burris
James E. Burrows
Bonna S. Burtt-Greenberg
Derrick Bushman
Michelle L. Butler
Glen M. Butrick
Ralph Caccipuoti
Cahill, Gordon, & Reindell, LLP
Luigi Caiola
Patricia H. Callahan
Camp Broadway, LLC
David Cantor
Albert Cantu
Todd Caplan
Jeferey E. Cappo
Christopher V. Cara
Linda R. Carlozzi
Bertram F. Carr
Joseph Carretta
Wes Carroll
Amy Casale
Greg Casciato
Holli Cash
Doug & Rhonda Cassity
Nellie Castan
Joanna Cayot
Matthew Celebuski
Lewis F. Center
Central Park Dance Studio
Debora P. Champa
Charles & Mildred Schnurmacher
Foundation, Inc.
Glen Charlow
Rosanna L. Chenette
Robert W. Chernick
Edward A. Chernoff
Chicago Title Insurance Company
Nini Chow
Karen Christofferson
Cirque du Soleil (US), Inc.
Jerome S. Clark
Kevin Clash
Clear Channel Management
Services, LP-Radio
William Alan Coats
Toni Cobb
Gladys G. Cofrin
Larry Cohen
College of Santa Fe
Topher Collier
Mary Beth B. Collins
Erin Collins
Lynn J. Colyer
Connecticut College Student
Organizations Fund Office
Glenn Connolly
Tony L. Conway
Linda G. Cooper
Tracy Corn
Howard B. Cowan
Michael Cowing
Kevin Coyle
Michael Crahan
Jeremy Cramer
Palma Crooks
Cross Company/
Hanover Show Biz Kids
Mel Crystal
Yolanda Culler
Cumberland College
Frederick P. Cummings
Brandon M. Currie
CW Plaza, LLC
Stephen T. Dacek
Stephen Dahlem
Deborah Dakin
John T. Daley
Dalton School Parent Teacher
Association
Dance Attitudes
Dance Dynamix – MCPA
Maria D’Angelo
Daniel Rosenblum Family
Foundation
The Edgar Foster Daniels
Foundation
Peter DaPuzzo
Peggy W. Dassatti
Robert Davenport
David S. Steiner and Sylvia Steiner
Charitable Trust
Keith C. David
Kathleen David
Michael Davidson
Linda De Cerbo
Kathleen L. Deadrick
Carmel Dean
Kevin Dehler
Joseph Deitch
Sandra E. Delbridge
Jeff DeSalvo
Allison DeTemple
Jacqueline E. Dibella
Victor DiMonda
Charles P. Dinino
Benjamin Doller
Karen W. Dopher
Roy and Shirley Durst
Charitable Fund
Thomas J. Dwyer
Holly Dyer
Edward Sulzberger Foundation, Inc.
Elliott F. Einhorn
Eisner, LLP
Shawn Elliott
Sam Ellis
in memory of Valerie Silver Ellis
Abraham Encarnacion
Cheryl L. Endelson
Norman Engelke
Christina Enriquez-Bolobo
A. J. Epstein
Lawrence H. Estrin
David B. Farer
Kathleen S. Faries
Jerald Farley
Jennifer M. Farrell
Philip Feiner
Mr. Bennett F. Feintuch
Kirsten Felix
Jan Felshin
Robert Fenstersheib
Anthony J. Ferrante
Ken Field
David Fields
Arthur L. Finn
Fire Island Pines Art Project
Elizabeth S. Fishback
Tammy Fisher
Stuart R. Fishman
Maggie Flanigan and Richard Dow
Randy Florence
Food Outreach, Inc.
Christine E. Ford
Linda Forrey
Joann Forte
Elizabeth A. Fox
Mark A. Fox
Richard Frankel
Warren M. Fraser
Jane L. Frenkel
Paula Friedman
Tony Frieze
Laura Froelich
Howard Froman and Scott Briggs
Delwin D. Fullen
Arthur P. Gaffin
Simone L. Galletta
Don M. Gandy
Martin A. Geiger
Bruce Geismar
Paul Gemignani
major donors
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Chris Genry
April D. Gentile
Edward J. Gernon
Leslie Getto
Edward C. Getty
B. L. Giddings
D. C. Gila
Fred Gilbert
Gindi Theatrical Management,
Inc.
Laurie Girsky
Cecile Glass
Dale A. Glasser
Thom Goff
Joseph F. Goldberg
Angela Goldberg
Seymour L. Goldblatt
Sylvia & Wayne Golden
Katja Goldman
Rona Goldstein
Tony Golmon
Nichole Gonsalves
Kathryn Goodman
David Gorenstein
John R. Gossard
Robert Gottesman
Fran Grabow
Marcy Granata
Sheryl S. Grant
Heather L. Gray
Michael Graziano
Robert L. Green
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Patricia Greenstein
Mr. Dean R. Greer
Michael G. Gregory
Norman Greif
Mark Grigalunas
Lissa C. Grubbs
Elizabeth A. Guez
Frances I. Haacke
Susan Haber
Robin M. Haight
Helen Hakimian
Nils Hanson
Jeffrey E. Hanson
Elisabeth S. Harding
Pamela K. Haron
Diann E. Harrell
Elizabeth E. Harris
Susan M. Hart
Harter Woo Associates, Inc.
Alan E. Hassell
Sarah Hassell
Hal H. Hayes
Barbara Heil
Elizabeth Held
Jill K. Heller
Cheryl Hendershot
Henderson-Hogan Agency, Inc.
Julianne Hendren
Jean E. Henry
Joan Henshall
Ronald Hermann
John Heyman
Alan J. Hilburg
Cathleen W. Hoadley
Iva Hochstim
Jeffrey S. Hoffman
Mari Hoffman
Robin Hoffman
Janice L. Hofstetter
Mildred Holland
Patricia Holtzman
Eugene M. Holtzman
Robert A. Horne
Mayo Hosoda
Mary E. Howard
Shephard Summers &
Byron Howard
Tonya Hughes
William M. Humfreville
Steve Hyduke
James Indorato
Interep National Radio Sales
Intimode Canada, Inc.
Irma & Arthur Miller Family
Foundation
Island Properties of the Pines, Inc.
Jamie A. Jackette
Keith Jackson
Benjamin U. Jackson
Ron Jacobs
Craig G. Jacobs
JAM Dance & Fitness Center
Gary Javitch
Russell A. Jay
Nancy F. Johnson
Brenda L. Johnson
Joan M. Johnston
Christine Jones
Tracey L. Jones
Aradean F. Jordan
Jujamcyn Theatres
Lewis Kaden
Victoria Kalligeros
Joseph E. Kaminkow
Gregg Kaminsky
Gregory Kammerer
Mannon Kaplan
Denise Katzman
Moises Kaufman
Ashley Keiter
William E. Kelly
Karl H. Kemp
Robert Kempler
Susie L. Kennedy
Judy L. Kent
James D. Kern
Steven Kerper
D’Shawn Kerrins
Karen K. Kessler
Susan D. Kiely
Robert Kilgore and
Edward Richmond
in loving memory of Dee Kilgore
Manny Kladitis
Marilyn F. Klaus
Lesley M. Klein
Caryn B. Klein-Cohen
Toba S. Knobel
Peter Knobel
Susan R. Knox
Edgar A. Knudson
Jeffrey A. Kolsrud
Ronald S. Konecky
Karl W. Koon
Koppelman Family Foundation
Kevin M. Korney
Kenneth Kowalski
Stephanie Kozak-Allen
Carrie Krumtum
Diane B. Kulbacki
Karen L. Kuster
Alexander A. Lach
Lindsay & John Landes
Norma Langworthy
Michael T. Lappen
Michael J. Lassell
Arthur Laurents
Lois K. Lawrence
Leawood Appraisal
Joel and Mindy Lefkowitz
Leftfield Productions
Alan Leibman
David LeMieux
Harriet Leve
Alan Levey
William S. Levine
Hildy Levitt
Standard Folding Cartons
Franklin H. Levy
Mrs. Frances Lewis
Edward S. Lewis
Warren Liang
Martha A. Lichter
Steven Lichtman
Marc Lieberson
Jessica W. Lim
Lisa Lobiondo
The Arthur Loeb Foundation
Chris P. Longobucco
Douglas Love
Kim A. Lucchesi
Larry Luing
Lukaslandinc
Anna M. Lupo
Kevin R. Lyle
Maureen A. Macfadden
John J. Mackerey
Macy’s East, Inc.
Gary A. Maffei
Saul H. Magram
Richard H. Maidman and
Gail Lowe Maidman
Scott R. Mallalieu
Sheldon Mallan
John-John C. Manlutac
Judith Mann
Virginia M. Marantz
Marc Routh Productions, Inc.
Paul Marchesiani
Frederick K. Marek
Tony A. Martin
Gwendolyn K. Marx
Melanie L. Marzano
Paul E. Mast
Rani N. Mathura
Helen Mattin
Harold B. Matzner
Michael Mayer
Susan McCart
Kathryn McCoy
Robert McDowall
major donors
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Laurie McFarlin
Bob McGarity
Wallace N. Mcleod
Carolyn C. Meehan
Bill Melamed, Jr.
Daniel Meloy
Neil Messinger
Michael Meyers
David & Mariana Meyerson
Steven L. Miller
Hy Miller
C. P. Mirarchi
Ivy Mitchell
Adrianne Mittentag
Teresa Reyes and Martin Monas
Monterey Fund, Inc.
Ann K. Monton
Kenneth Moore
Sharon Y. Moore
Jenny Morales
Sally C. Morse
Steven E. Motto
Vanette L. Mrachek
Michael W. Mulheren
Daniel A. Murray
Patrick Murray
Cindy H. Muth
Nobuko C. Narita
National Association of
Home Builders
Agnes G. Neider
Mary E. Neill
Bebe Neuwirth
New Horizons Tour and Travel, Inc.
New York State Theatre Education
Association
NewDance, Inc.
Kristin Nieuwenhuis
Daniel J. Nilsen
Robert Nolan
in memory of Kevin Patterson
Jack O’Brien
Nancy O’Connor
Michael F. O’Donnell
Stanley Olan
Darcy L. O’Loughlin
Sheila M. O’Neil
Kenneth Ortega
Larry D. Ottaway
Kile Ozier
Martin Pakledinaz
Joseph Palazzolo
Donna Palumbo
Patricia E. Palumbo
Robert Pangia
Alex A. Pappas
Kathryn M. Parsons
Joanne Pascoe
Ellen Paternoster
Nancy H. Paulson
Brian Pawlowski
Rachel N. Payne
Brook S. Payner
William Pencer
Fred M. Penn
Allison M. Percy
Perlman Family Foundation, Inc.
Larry Phillips
Barbara M. Phillips
Anthony M. Picciano
Thomas J. Podiak
Cori M. Poff
Jerald S. Politzer
Pamela S. Pollack
Harvey Polly
Frannie Pope
Wayde Porrevecchio
Linda Potash
Patricia Preis
Elyse Pressner
Virginia L. Price
Margaret Primiano
Robert Protheroe
Risa Y. Pulver
R. Family Vacations
Kristin M. Ramey
Stephen E. Raphael
Phylicia Rashad
Taffin W. Ray
Thomas B. Ray
Craig Re
Nicholas C. Reale
David Reale
Long Beach Longriders
Roger J. Rees
Michael A. Reid
Eric M. Reinitz
Earl Reiss
Paula Resnick
Laura Reynolds
Alison J. Rhodes
John F. Richardson
Elan Rieser
Jo A. Rinallo
Stacy J. Ritter
Drs. Carlos and Jayne Rivera
Peter Robinsohn
Katherine L. Robinson
Janice Rogak
Juanito A. Rohan
Yolanda Ronda
Michele Rosen
Maury L. Rosenberg
David Rosenberg
Maxine B. Rosenthal
James Rosenthal
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Rosenthal
Richard Rosenthal
Michael Rosenzweig
Thomas A. Rosin
Lynn Rotando
Fred M. Rotondaro
Neal Ruchman
Robert W. Rudderow
John Rudey
Katherine L. Rudin
Samuel D. Rudy
Beverly J. Russell
Kimberly P. Russell
Linda Safir
Erven R. Samsel
Mary Savage
Rudy Saviano
Melanie Schaffran
Jolie Schaffzin
Micki Schildkraut
Rocky Schmidt
Steven Schmidt
Robert Schmier
Robert P. Schneider
Ivan Schneider
Kevin D. Schon
Maury D. Schott
Nancy Schradoff
Ira Schreck
Betty J. Schultz
Sophfronia Scott
Ivy Scricco
Susan J. Sehring
Lori Seid
Peggy J. Sella
Paul E. Shapiro
Angela Shaw
John C. Shaw
Kathleen E. Sheehan
Jonathan A. Shevelew
Arthur Shorin
Gretchen Shugart
Richard S. Shulman
Sidney R. Rosenau Foundation
Christopher L. Sieber
Laurie Simowitz
Bryan J. Singer
Joseph F. Sinisi
Sirius Satellite Radio
Robin Skye
Henry F. Smeal
Scott R. Smith
Wayne Smith
Yeardley Smith
Sarah T. Smith
Robert J. Smolin
Rebecca L. Snead
Brian S. Snyder
Suzanne Snyder
Society of Stage Directors and
Choreographers
Sandra Soeda
Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.
Louise Soowal
Robert H. Sorbanelli
Rosemarie Stack
Eugene A. Stallings
Kenneth I. Starr
Marianne T. Stegeland
Charles Steinberg
Michael F. Steward
Seymour Stewart
Victor E. Stewart
Geraldine Stutz
Charles H. Svensson
Steven Sweet
Caryn M. Szpigiel
Michael Taragan
James Tarleton
Sherry Taylor
Margaret Taylor
Jane Taylor
in honor of Betty Buckley
Temple Emanuel of Great Neck
Susan Tenney
David Terveen
Rosemary Testa-Mack
events
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The Capital Group Companies
Charitable Foundation
in honor of Steve Rubin
The Dance Zone
The Dorothy Strelsin Foundation, Inc.
The Inquirer and Mirror, Inc.
The Jill Handelsman Foundation
The Joelson Foundation
The Joyce and Seward Johnson
Foundation, Inc.
The L and R Donner Foundation
The Lapin Foundation, Inc.
The New York London Project
The Perry & Martin Granoff
Family Foundation, Inc.
The Segal Company (Eastern
States), Inc.
Theatre Direct, Inc.
Judith M. Thiel
Thomas Travel
Jo-Anne S. Thomas
Joseph M. Thomas
James E. Thomas
Charles Thorne
Teresa M. Throenle
The Andrew Tobias Fund
of Stonewall Community
Foundation
Joseph P. Torre
Doriann Traina
Trec Corporation
Daniel E. Trimbach
Joseph F. Tringali
A. S. Truesdale
Dana D. Tyler
United Way Metro Chicago
Unity Church of New York
Uptown Dance Academy
Neal F. Vallins
Reginald Van Lee
Dennis P. Vaux
Visiting Nurse Service of
New York
Margarita Volftsun
Peter H. Von Mayrhauser
Joshua Walden
Suzyn Waldman
in memory of Michael Hartig
Honey Waldman
Jamie Walker
Michel Wallerstein
Wallin, Simon and Black
Anita Walts
Kendall D. Ward
Terry K. Watanabe
Melinda M. Waters
Samuel A. Waterston
Phyllis Wayne
Larry Weinberg
Sheila A. Weinberg
Scott A. Weiner
William D. Rollnick Nancy Ellison
Rollnick Foundation
Ellen D. Williams
P. E. Williams-Hawkes
Peter S. Wilson
Sally F. Windsor
Anita K. Wolkowitz
Honey Wolosoff
Nabeel Youakim
Lois Yuen
H. S. Weingarten
Cynthia Weinman
Louis E. Weiss
Barbara M. Weltsek
John Wendell
Mr. William Wenger
Bryce West
White & Case, LLP
Brenda D. Whitney
Kathie L. Willett
Richard E. Zacharoff
Frank Zeccola
Anthony Zelig
Alan J. Zimmermann
Anonymous
Anonymous
DRA
DONORS
DRA would like to thank the following major corporate and individual donors who gave $1,000 or more to support our programs:
H. Thomas Axt & Alan E. Hassell
Alan Brockman
David Cantor & Peter Schamel
Capezio
Cirque du Soleil (US), Inc.
Beau Clarke
Dance Master of America
Danskin
Neil & Vera Esposito
Jan Felshin & Edrie Ferdun
Fire Island Pines Art Project
Brandon Fradd
Don M. Gandy
Mark Grigalunas
Laura & J.M. Hartstein
William Hayden & Ron Perkov
The J.P. Morgan Chase
Foundation Matching
Gift Program
Karl H. Kemp
Bruce & Billy Kolber-Stuart
Alexander A. Lach
Albert R. Lepage
Edward S. Lewis & Glen J. Wielgus
Chris P. Longobucco
Saul H. Magram
P.J. McAteer
Bob McGarity
Michael Meyers & Chad LaBenz
New York City Dance Alliance
Kile Ozier
Eric M. Reinitz & Marc Blackwell
Sidney R. Rosenau Foundation
Kate Rudin & Nancy DeLieto
The Sayville Inn
Maury D. Schott
Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher
Foundations, Inc.
Charles & Mildred Schnurmacher
Foundations, Inc.
Sirius Satellite Radio
SPI Marketing, LLC
Frank Stark
Stonewall Community Foundation
Tremaine Dance Conventions
Andrew Tobias & Charles Nolan
Bruce Tracy & Mickey Rolfe
Jon Wilner/Island Properties
The following dance companies and venues have contributed $500 or more to the efforts of DRA through audience appeals following
performances. We thank each of them for their generous support!
Alvin Ailey American Dance
Theater
Aaron Davis Hall
American Ballet Theatre
American Dance Festival
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance
Company
Brooklyn Academy of Music
BodyVox
Buglisi/Foreman Dance
City Center
Clarke Studio Theatre
The Cunningham Studio
Dance Theater Workshop
Dancelab Theater - Purchase
Danspace Project
David Parker and the Bang Group
Doug Varone and Dancers
The Duke on 42nd Street
Elisa Monte Dance
Fugate/Bahiri Ballet NY
Horses Mouth
International Dance Festival
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Johannes Wieland
John Jay Theatre
Joyce SoHo
The Joyce Theater
The Kitchen
Limón Dance Company
Mark Morris Dance Group
Martha Graham Dance Company
Merce Cunningham Dance
Company
MOMIX
Nikolais Dance Theatre
Pascal Rioult
Peter Boal
Philadanco
events
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Pilobolus
P.S. 122
Puffin Room Gallery
Ron Brown/Evidence
Skirball Center
Smuin Ballets/SF
Stephen Petronio Company
Symphony Space
Tere O’Connor
Tribeca Arts Canter
Zvi Gotheiner
THE
COLLEEN DEWHURST
SOCIETY
“I’M SO PROUD OF WHAT WE DO FOR EACH OTHER. THERE ARE
SO MANY PEOPLE WHO THOUGHT THIS THING WOULD NEVER GO,
THAT IT COULDN’T BE DONE. BUT IT HAPPENED ANYWAY BECAUSE
SO MANY PEOPLE CAME FORWARD AND, IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS,
MADE IT HAPPEN. AND TO THIS VERY DAY, I LOVE YOU ALL FOR THAT.”
COLLEEN DEWHURST
JUNE 1991
PLANNING FOR YOUR FUTURE AND OURS
Gifts made by bequest are a growing source of income for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Founded in 1988 and named for
Colleen Dewhurst, the late Actors’ Equity Association President who spearheaded the formation of the Equity Fights AIDS
Committee (which merged with Broadway Cares in 1992), The Colleen Dewhurst Society is the planned giving program of BC/EFA
that honors those individuals who have generously included BC/EFA in their will and estate plans.
the following people have provided for an estate or other planned gifts to BC/EFA:
Samuel G. Altman
Melvin Bernhardt and
Jeff Woodman
Katherine Brader
Oscar Chamudes
Elizabeth B. Cole
Frank P. Conway
Dennis J. Cooney
Erick Devine
Kirsten Felix
Cecelia H. Fink
Aaron Frankel
F. Kenneth Freedman
Ken Glass
Robert Dean Gonzales
Christopher C. Harrison
Michael F. Hartig
Melody R. Henshaw
George K. Jones
Henry Kaplan
Constance Keene
Robert W. Kilgore and
Edward Richmond
Ronald Kollen
Belinda J. Kotin
Dorothy Loudon
Michael T. Marino
Gilbert Parker
Sheila Porter
Julie Ann Richardson
Amy Rosenthal
Paul L. Ross
Stuart H. Ross
Margaret L. Small
Frank E. Spring
Cheryl Lee Toth
Jay Laudato and
Thomas G. Watson
Terrence James Witter
Carolyn Zaput
gifts to bc/efa have been received from the following estates:
Estate of Louise Alexander
Estate of Walter Alford
Estate of Eva Sully Block
Estate of Robert L. Borod
Estate of Thomas Boyd
Estate of Aron Bromberg
Estate of Alice C. Brown
Estate of Dennis J. Cooney
Estate of Dolores Gray
Crevolin
Estate of Alvin C. Davis
Estate of Fred Ebb
Estate of Joan Houseman
Estate of Mary L. Laslo
Estate of Richard Lerner
Estate of Paul R. Lipson
Estate of Murray H. Schapiro
Estate of Eileen R. Shields
Estate of
Milton Joseph Tatelman
Estate of David P. Taylor
the colleen dewhurst society
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Estate of John Wylie Thomas
Estate of Gwen Verdon
Estate of Julius Wittman
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
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Accountants and Advisors
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New York, NY 10017-2703
Tel 212.949.8700 Fax 212.891.4100
www.eisnerllp.com
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT
Board of Directors
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Inc.
New York, New York
We have audited the accompanying statements of financial position of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Inc. as of September
30, 2004 and 2003, and the related statements of activities, functional expenses, and cash flows for the years then ended. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Organization's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free
of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements enumerated above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Inc. as of September 30, 2004 and 2003, and the changes in its net assets and its cash flows
for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
New York, New York
January 14, 2005
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BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS, INC.
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
year ended september 30,
2004
2003
ASSETS
cash and cash equivalents
accounts receivable
prepaid expenses and other current assets
inventory
property and equipment, net
security deposit
$
1,465,940
22,150
141,673
253,827
91,464
17,656
$
1,696,817
47,149
77,613
169,143
86,893
12,918
$
1,992,710
$
2,090,533
$
141,129
25,000
705,000
$
196,601
40,465
1,294,200
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
accounts payable and accrued expenses
deferred revenue
grants payable
total liabilities
$
1,531,266
commitments (note d)
net assets - unrestricted
See notes to financial statements.
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$
1,121,581
$
559,267
$
1,992,710
$
2,090,533
STATEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER
2004
public support and revenue:
contributions
special events, net of direct benefit to donors of $390,492 in 2003
and $318,605 in 2002
merchandise sales
donated goods and services
interest and other income
total public support and revenue
$ 11,256,252
$
9,066,859
1,436,856
565,341
368,450
13,975
954,063
494,336
265,000
11,571
$ 13,640,874
$ 10,791,829
7,797,838
1,881,095
6,138,469
1,753,575
expenses:
program services:
grants
other program services
total program services
30,
2003
$
ssupporting services:
management and general
fund-raising
9,678,933
$
1,298,713
2,100,914
1,257,695
1,591,854
total supporting services
$
total expenses
$ 13,078,560
$ 10,741,593
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS
562,314
559,267
50,236
509,031
unrestricted net assets - october 1
UNRESTRICTED NET ASSETS
- SEPTEMBER 30
$
66
3,399,627
7,892,044
1,121,581
$
$
2,849,549
559,267
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
2004
30,
2003
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
increase in net assets
adjustments to reconcile increase in net assets to net cash provided by
operating activities:
depreciation and amortization
donated investments
changes in:
receivables
prepaid expenses and other current assets
inventory
security deposits
accounts payable and accrued expenses
deferred revenue
grants payable
$
net cash provided by operating activities
562,314
$
50,236
41,147
(33,281)
40,294
(5,378)
24,999
(64,060)
(84,684)
(4,738)
(55,472)
(15,465)
(589,200)
(15,298)
24,476
(27,216)
(1,200)
97,702
(14,725)
719,200
(218,440)
868,091
33,281
(45,718)
5,378
(45,226)
(12,437)
(39,848)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
proceeds from sale of investment
purchases of property and equipment
net cash used in investing activities
net change in cash and cash equivalents
cash and cash equivalents - october 1
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
(230,877)
1,696,817
- SEPTEMBER 1
828,243
868,574
$ 1,465,940
$ 1,696,817
$
$
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
noncash donation of goods and services
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270,000
265,000
NOTES TO
FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
NOTE A - ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
[1] ORGANIZATION:
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Inc. (the "Organization") is a not-for-profit entity that raises money to provide grants to
organizations providing assistance for health care to individuals in the entertainment industry (particularly HIV/AIDS and
related womens' health issues) and to organizations and programs nationwide and internationally that provide care and
services to people living with HIV/AIDS. Occasionally, the Organization also facilitates the fund-raising capabilities of the
entertainment industry to address an urgent crisis or need, as directed by the Board of Directors.
The Organization is exempt from federal income taxes under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, and from
state and local taxes under comparable laws.
[2] FINANCIAL REPORTING:
(a) Basis of accounting:
The accompanying financial statements of the Organization have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting and
conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America as applicable to not-for-profit
entities.
(b) Cash equivalents:
For financial-presentation purposes, cash and cash equivalents include cash invested in highly liquid money-market
accounts.
(c) Functional allocation of expenses:
The cost of providing the various programs and supporting services has been summarized on a functional basis in the
accompanying statements of activities. Accordingly, certain costs have been allocated among the programs and supporting
services in reasonable ratios determined by management.
(d) Use of estimates:
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets, liabilities, revenues and
expenses. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
(e) Net assets:
Unrestricted net assets represent those resources for which there are no donor restrictions as to their use. Temporarily
restricted contributions, the requirements of which are met in the year of donation, are reported as unrestricted.
[3] REVENUE RECOGNITION:
Contributions:
Contributions are recorded as revenue upon receipt of cash or unconditional pledges. Contributions are considered
available for unrestricted use unless specifically restricted by the donor. It is the Organization’s policy to sell donated
investments upon receipt.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE A - ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
(CONTINUED)
Volunteers:
A substantial number of unpaid volunteers have made significant contributions of their time to the Organization. The
value of this contributed time does not meet the criteria for recognition of contributed services required under generally
accepted accounting principles and accordingly, is not included in the accompanying financial statements.
Special events:
The Organization conducts special events for which the use of the theater may be donated and the performers and support
staff donate their time. A portion of the gross proceeds paid by the attendees represents payment for the direct cost of the
benefits received by the attendees at the event. Unless a verifiable, objective means exists to demonstrate otherwise, the fair
value of entertainment provided at these special events is measured at the cost to the Organization. The special event
income is reported net of the direct costs of the event that are attributable to the benefit that the donor receives.
Merchandise sales:
The Organization operates a retail outreach program that sells AIDS-awareness red-ribbon items; items crafted by
workshops sheltered for people living with AIDS; and general Broadway-show-related memorabilia. Sales are conducted
via a printed catalog and on-line through the Organization’s website.
[4] PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:
Property and equipment are reported at their costs at the dates of acquisition or at their fair values at the dates of donation.
Depreciation of furniture and equipment is provided using the straight-line method over estimated useful lives of five years,
and leasehold improvements are amortized using the straight-line method over the term of the underlying lease.
[5] INVENTORY:
Inventory consists of merchandise available for sale and is valued at the lower of cost or market value. Certain items have been
contributed to inventory and have been recorded at their approximate fair values at the dates of contribution. Included in
inventory are original, one-of-a-kind toy bears, each of which is a designer-costumed, collectible "Broadway Bear" that is to
be offered at auction during the next fiscal year.
[6] DEFERRED REVENUE:
The revenue from advance ticket sales related to a future year's event is deferred and recognized as income in the year in which
the performance is held.
[7] GRANTS PAYABLE:
Grant expenses are considered to be incurred at the time of approval for payment by the Board of Directors. Grants
outstanding at the end of each fiscal year are expected to be paid in the following fiscal year.
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NOTE B - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
At each fiscal year-end, property and equipment consisted of the following:
2004
office furniture and fixtures
equipment
leasehold improvements
$
99,049
105,392
59,730
$
264,171
(172,707)
less accumulated depreciation
$
91,464
30,
2002
115,280
145,825
61,755
322,860
(235,967)
$
86,893
During fiscal-year 2004, fully depreciated furniture and equipment of $104,407 were written-off.
NOTE C - COMMITMENTS
[1] LEASE AGREEMENT:
The Organization rents office space under an operating lease agreement that expires on June 30, 2008. The lease requires
minimum lease payments plus escalation charges. Rent expense for each of the fiscal-years 2004 and 2003 was approximately
$248,000 and $236,000, respectively. The minimum annual future obligations under this lease are as follows:
30,
2005
2006
2007
2008
212,396
218,767
225,328
172,770
$
829,261
[2] CONSULTING AGREEMENT:
On October 1, 2004, the Organization entered into a consulting agreement for direct mailing services. The agreement expires on
September 30, 2006. The minimum fee is expected to be $27,000 for fiscal-year 2005 and $27,000 for fiscal-year 2006.
notes to financial statements
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NOTE D - DONATED GOODS AND SERVICES
Contributed goods are recognized at their fair market values at the dates of donation. Contributions of services are recognized
when they are received, if the services (a) create or enhance nonfinancial assets or (b) require specialized skills, are provided by
individuals possessing those skills, and would typically need to be purchased if not donated.
During fiscal-year 2004, the Organization received $62,850 of donated airfare and $35,600 of donated security. In addition,
the Organization received (i) donated toy bears of $100,000 and $90,000 in fiscal-years 2004 and 2003, respectively, and (ii)
an in-kind contribution in the form of donated advertising which was valued at $170,000 and $175,000 in fiscal-years 2004 and
2003, respectively.
NOTE E - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTION
A director of the Organization is a principal owner of the press agency used by the Organization. Fees paid for services and
expense reimbursements to the press agency were $32,741 and $27,538 for fiscal-years 2004 and 2003, respectively.
For the fiscal-years 2004 and 2003, grants of $3,360,500 and $2,972,500, respectively, were paid to the Actors Fund of
America, a not-for-profit organization that has several board members in common with the Organization.
NOTE F - CONTRIBUTIONS TO RELIEF EFFORTS
As a result of the terrorist attacks in 2001, various Broadway shows collected donations for the relief efforts and submitted these
contributions to the Organization. The Organization in turn distributed these funds, which amounted to approximately
$215,000 in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, to appropriate recipients.
NOTE H - RETIREMENT BENEFITS
The Organization has a defined-contribution pension plan formed under U.S. Internal Revenue Code Section 401(k) that covers
all employees who meet certain length-of-service requirements. Participants' contributions are fully vested at all times, and vesting
of the Organization's contributions is phased-in over a six-year period. There were no employer contributions made in fiscalyears 2004 and 2003. It is the Organization's policy to fund pension costs currently.
NOTE I - CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
The Organization deposits its cash in accounts with major banking institutions. At times, such amounts may be in excess of federal
insurance limits. Management believes that the Organization has no significant risk of loss on these accounts due to the failure of
the institutions.
notes to financial statements
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CREDITS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Prepared by the BC/EFA
senior staff
editor
Tom Viola
Tom Viola
Executive Director
photo editor
Carol Ingram
Larry Cook
Director of Finance and
Administration
design
Design 158, NYC
Michael Graziano
Producing Director
Frank Sonntag
Director of Development
and
Andy Smith
Associate Director of Development
and Communications
Paul Libin, President
Alan Eisenberg, Vice-President
Patrick Quinn, Second Vice-President
Maria Di Dia, Third Vice-President
Philip Birsh, Tresurer
Judith Rice, Secretary
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
photography
Jay Brady Photography,
Kenneth Blauvelt/
Studio 66
Rivka Katvan
Moody Pics
Christopher Economakos
The Actors’ Fund of
America and candid photos
donated by BC/EFA
volunteers
printing
Arista Printing and
Computer Graphics
Cornelius Baker
Scott Barnes
Joseph Benincasa
Jed Bernstein
Chris Boneau
Barry Brown
Kate Burton
Robert Callely
Kathleen Chalfant
Thom Christopher
Sherry Cohen
Alan Cumming
Gavin Darraugh
Michael David
Merle Debuskey
Paul DiDonato
Sam Ellis
Neal Garelik
credits
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Gary Gunas
Charles Hamlen
ex officio
Craig Jacobs
Richard JayAlexander
Cherry Jones
Nathan Lane
Jay Laudato
Scott Mauro
Michael McElroy
Terrence McNally
Jerry Mitchell
Ira Mont
Bernadette Peters
Martin Richards
Chita Rivera
Jordan Roth
Nick Scandalios
Peter Schneider
Thomas
Schumacher
Marian Seldes
Matthew Serino
Philip J. Smith
Stuart Thompson
Tim Tompkins
Fred Vogel
Beth Williams
George C. Wolfe
as of October 1, 2004
42nd STREET
A FEW GOOD MEN DANCIN’
A RAISIN IN THE SUN AIDA AVENUE Q BEAUTY AND
THE BEAST BECKETT/ALBEE BEYOND RECOGNITION
BLUE MAN GROUP BOOBS, THE MUSICAL THE BOY
FROM OZ CABARET CHICAGO DE LA GUARDA
FAME FIDDLER ON THE ROOF FLOWER DRUM SONG
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY THE FULL MONTY GOLDA’S
BALCONY GYPSY HAIRSPRAY I AM MY OWN WIFE
I LOVE YOU, YOU’RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
JESUS CHRIST, SUPERSTAR LES MISÉRABLES THE
LION KING LISTEN TO MY HEART LITTLE SHOP OF
HORRORS LYPSINKA MAMMA MIA MENOPAUSE,
THE MUSICAL MORE MOVIN’ OUT NAKED BOYS
SINGING NINE OMINUM GATHERING THE PHANTOM
OF THE OPERA THE PRODUCERS RENT THE
RETREAT FROM MOSCOW SARAH, SARAH STOMP
STRICTLY ACADEMIC TABOO TAKE ME OUT THE
THING ABOUT MEN THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
TWENTIETH CENTURY URINETOWN THE VIOLET
HOUR WICKED WINTERTIME WONDERFUL TOWN
THANK
YOU!
Company members from Avenue Q at the Broadway Flea Market; this says it all – the “rotation” at Broadway Bares; Leslie Gore and Richard Thomas at the Celebrity Photo Booth
during The Broadway Flea Market; the kids from the musical Gypsy accept their fundraising award at The Gypsy of the Year Competition; two BC/EFA champions, Christopher
Sieber and Harvey Fierstein; the star of Take Me Out, Daniel Sunjata, with his very own Take Me Out bear – fully clothed. The irrepressible Charles Busch as Auntie Mame.
BROADWAY CARES/
EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS
165 West 46th Street, Suite 1300
New York, NY 10036
T.212.840.0770
F.212.840.0551
www.broadwaycares.org

Annual Report 2004 - Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

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