Phillis Wheatley Association
Year Granted: 2022
Grant Amount: $65,000
Fund basic improvements to the Dwight Woods Repertory Theater at the Phillis Wheatley Center.
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GWG seeks to strengthen our community through arts by supporting projects that promote the creation of, access to, and appreciation of the arts, as well as programs that incorporate the arts as part of a multidisciplinary program.
Greenville Symphony Association
Year Granted: 2021
Grant Amount: $50,000
Operating funds to support the salaries of core musicians until revenue from live performances resumes.
Greenville Center for Creative Arts
Year Granted: 2020
Grant Amount: $84,183
To enhance visitor experience by installing signage, ADA compliant entrances, gallery lighting, and security lighting.
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Year Granted: 2019
Grant Amount: $100,000
To construct state-of-the-art music and art studios within Senior Action’s new Flagship Center. The art and music programs are among the most popular of the programs for this organization serving nearly 5000 seniors annually.
Visit WebsiteWarehouse Theatre
Year Granted: 2018
Grant Amount: $75,259
$75,259 to replace failing, noisy heating and air-conditioning units with a more efficient system which will not disrupt performances, workshops and community outreach programs.
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Year Granted: 2017
Grant Amount: $80,000
To purchase needed equipment for the new Theatre Arts Center to ensure state-of-the-art theatrical productions.
Visit WebsiteGreenville Little Theatre
Year Granted: 2016
Grant Amount: $42,208
The grant helped Greenville Little Theatre upgrade its antiquated lighting by purchasing and installing new state-of-the-art “intelligent” LED lighting equipment of the same caliber used on Broadway.
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Year Granted: 2016
Grant Amount: $73,242
Used to buy new instruments, repair existing ones and pay for supplies, so more disadvantaged students can benefit from Tanglewood Middle School Band.
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Year Granted: 2014
Grant Amount: $63,500
To train and mentor 25 new teachers in "SmartARTS", a successful program that has used arts integration intensively in Upstate classrooms for more than 12 years.
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Year Granted: 2010
Grant Amount: $40,000
Two years' funding for KNOW WAY, an elementary and middle school bullying prevention and gang-awareness program, the only project of its kind in our community.
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