Arts and Humanities
Our giving in the Arts and Humanities includes theater, dance, music, visual arts, film and other multidisciplinary art forms, as well as organizations that promote the humanities. We focus on nonprofits that have deep, meaningful impact and can demonstrate the depth and breadth of their local initiatives. The Foundation examines how access to the Arts and Humanities for diverse populations is created and how unique opportunities are provided for all ages to engage. In addition to more traditional approaches, we believe in the power of the Arts and Humanities to be innovative and create social change.
At our Fall Board of Directors’ Meeting in October 2020, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation awarded 117 grants for a total of $6,665,000. Below is a list of our recent grantees who applied for a grant between March 2, 2020 and July 1, 2020. Please visit our Annual Report Page for a full list of Cafritz grantees. Below is a list of our recent grantees in this program area.
Organization Amount
| Adventure Theatre MTC | $40,000 |
| Arlington Arts Center | $30,000 |
| Armed Services Arts Partnership | $20,000 |
| Art Enables | $25,000 |
| DC Youth Orchestra Program | $45,000 |
| District of Columbia Arts Center | $20,000 |
| Folger Shakespeare Library | $40,000 |
| Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture | $20,000 |
| In Series, Inc. | $25,000 |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | $925,000 |
| Levine Music | $75,000 |
| Olney Theatre Center | $50,000 |
| National Museum of Women in the Arts | $30,000 |
| Project Create | $30,000 |
| Pyramid Atlantic Art Center | $30,000 |
| Signature Theatre | $70,000 |
| Sitar Arts Center | $50,000 |
| Story District | $10,000 |
| Strathmore Hall Foundation, Inc. | $50,000 |
| Synetic Theater | $30,000 |
| The Choral Arts Society of Washington | $20,000 |
| The Phillips Collection | $85,000 |
| The Shakespeare Theatre Company | $75,000 |
| The Theatre Lab | $40,000 |
| The Washington Ballet | $100,000 |
| The Washington Chorus | $40,000 |
| Theater Alliance of Washington DC, Inc. | $20,000 |
| Washington Improv Theater | $25,000 |
| Washington Performing Arts | $100,000 |
| Washington Project for the Arts | $20,000 |
| WETA | $35,000 |
| Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts | $35,000 |
| Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | $70,000 |