Grants

Major Initiative ($5 Million)

Partner Grants

In 2014 the Harkness Foundation made a commitment of $1 million each to five major organizations of prominent importance to the dance field in New York City, as well as nationally and internationally. We are confident that this significant support, which was distributed over the ensuing decade culminating in 2024, benefited every sector of the dance community.

• The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
• The Joyce Theater
• New York City Center
• The 92nd Street Y/Harkness Dance Center
• NYU Langone Medical Center/ Hospital for Joint Diseases, home of the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries

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2025 Program Support

• 92nd STREET Y
• ABRAHAM IN MOTION, INC. (A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham)
• ABRAZOS TANGO FESTIVAL
• ALVIN AILEY DANCE FOUNDATION
• AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE
• AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL
• AMERICAN FRIENDS OF BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY
• APOLLO THEATER
• ARTICHOKE DANCE COMPANY
• ARTS RESOURCES IN COLLABORATION INC (EYE ON DANCE)
• BALLET HISPANICO
• BALLET TECH
• BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER
• BATTERY DANCE 
• BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC (BAM)
• BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE (BAX)
• BROOKLYN BALLET
• BUGLISI DANCE THEATRE
• CAMILLE A. BROWN & DANCERS (CABD)
• CAVE ORGANIZATION INC (LEIMAY)
• CENTER FOR PERFORMANCE RESEARCH (CPR)
• CLARK CENTER NYC (for FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH)
• COMPANY SBB // STEFANIE BATTEN BLAND
• CORA DANCE
• COVENANT BALLET THEATRE
• CREATIVE NETWERK
• CUMBE CENTER FOR AFRICAN & DIASPORA DANCE
• DANCE ENTROPY, INC.
• DANCE FILMS ASSOCIATION
• DANCE LAB NEW YORK
• DANCE NOW NYC
• DANCE PARADE
• DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM
• DANCE/NYC
• DANCE/USA
• DANCEWAVE INC
• DANCING CLASSROOMS
• DANSPACE PROJECT
• DIXON PLACE
• DORILL INITIATIVE
• DORRANCE DANCE
• DOVA, INC. (DOUG VARONE AND DANCERS)
• GALLIM DANCE COMPANY
• GINA GIBNEY DANCE (GIBNEY)
• HALEAKALA INC (THE KITCHEN)
• HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS
• HARLEM STAGE
• HBARTSCOLLECTIVE INC
• HENRY STREET SETTLEMENT / ABRONS ARTS CENTER
• HUNTER COLLEGE DANCE DEPARTMENT
• ISRAELI DANCE INSTITUTE INC
• JACK ARTS 
• JACOB’S PILLOW
• JAMAICA CENTER FOR ARTS AND LEARNING
• JAMEL GAINES CREATIVE OUTLET
• JODY APERLING/TIME LAPSE DANCE
• JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION
• JOSE LIMON DANCE FOUNDATION
• JOYCE THEATER
• KEEP RISING TO THE TOP (KR3TS)
• LA MAMA EXPERMIENTAL THEATRE CLUB
• LATSKY DANCE INC / HEIDI LATSKY DANCE
• LAYERHYTHM PRODUCTIONS
• LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO
• LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
• LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL (LMCC)
• LUBOVITCH DANCE FOUNDATION, INC.
• MARK DEGARMO DANCE/DYNAMIC FORMS INC
• MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP
• MONICA BILL BARNES & COMPANY
• MOVEMENT RESEARCH
• MOVE / NYC
• MUSIC FROM THE SOLE
• NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE
• NEW DANCE ALLIANCE
• NEW YORK CITY BALLET
• NEW YORK LIVE ARTS
• NEW YORK THEATRE BALLET
• NEW YORK UNIVERSITY – NYU SKIRBALL
• NEW YORK UNIVERSITY – TISCH DANCE DEPARTMENT
• NOCHE FLAMENCA
• NOTES IN MOTION/AMANDA SELWYN DANCE THEATRE
• NY PUBLIC LIBRARY – JEROME ROBBINS DANCE DIVISION
• OUR STEPS
• PACE UNIVERSITY/SANDS COLLEGE OF PERFORMING ARTS
• PARK AVENUE ARMORY
• PARSONS DANCE
• PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY
• PENTACLE
• PERFORMANCE SPACE NEW YORK
• PIONEERS GO EAST COLLECTIVE
• QUEENS COLLEGE FOUNDATION (CUNY DANCE INITIATIVE)
• RIO GRANDE UNION, INC. (DOUGLAS DUNN + DANCERS)
• ROULETTE INTERMEDIUM
• SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET
• SPANISH DANCE ARTS CO. (Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana)
• STREB INC.
• THE BILLIE HOLIDAY THEATRE, INC.
• THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
• THE FUND FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS (SAI & Creative Pipelines)
• THE HOUSE FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
• THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL
• THE MISTY COPELAND FOUNDATION
• THE NEW 42ND STREET (NEW VICTORY DANCE)
• THE PERFORMANCE ZONE, INC. d/b/a THE FIELD
• TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY
• TRISKELION ARTS
• URBAN BUSH WOMEN
• WHITE WAVE DANCE
• WORKS & PROCESS
• YYDC INC
• ZVI DANCE
• YOUNG DANCEMAKERS COMPANY

2025 Project Support

• ART SWEATS, INC. (DAVID DORFMAN DANCE)
• AUDREY ROSS / PUBLICITY 
• BEYOND THE BLACK BOX 
• CURRAN EVENTS / SEAN CURRAN COMPANY
• DELIIRIOUS DANCES/EDISA WEEKS
• DONNA UCHIZONO COMPANY
• DRASTIC ACTION / AVIVA GEISMAR
• EMILY JOHNSON / CATALYST 
• EPHRAT ASHERIE DANCE 
• EQUUS PROJECTS
• FELICE LESSER DANCE THEATER
• JAPAN SOCIETY
• JODY OBERFELDER DANCE PROJECTS
• JUDSON ARTS BLACK AESTHETICS
• KEERATI JUNAKUNWIPHAT 
• KIMBERLY BARTOSIK / DAELA
• KINETIC LIGHT
• LEELA NEW YORK / RACHNA NIVAS
• LEO BAECK INSTITUTE (Neta Pulvermacher project)
• MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY
• MCKOY DANCE PROJECT
• OGEMDI UDE
• PAM TANOWITZ DANCE 
• PERIDANCE CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY
• RICHARD MOVE, Ph.D. / MARTHA@BAM 
• SIDRA BELL DANCE NEW YORK
• TRIBE MVP
• UPTOWN DANCE COLLECTIVE
• KAYLA FARRISH 
• RONALD K. BROWN / EVIDENCE 
• THELMA HILL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (THPAC)