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Harlem Stage is a performing arts center that celebrates and perpetuates the unique and diverse artistic legacy of Harlem and the indelible impression it has made on American culture. We provide opportunity, commissioning and support for artists of color, make performances accessible to all audiences, and introduce children to the rich diversity, excitement and inspiration of the performing arts.
Your support makes it all possible!
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Your Support at Work
Harlem Stage is a jewel in the crown of New York’s performing arts centers.
While tickets and earned income are crucial, we rely on private support from friends and supporters to fulfill our mission and fully underwrite our broad programming initiatives.
We serve our community and the people of New York as we support Harlem’s extraordinary contribution to American culture making our performances accessible to all. Harlem Stage proudly showcases the talents of artists of color from the established genius of artists like Bill T. Jones, Harry Belafonte, Max Roach, Eddie Palmieri and Savion Glover to extraordinary emerging performers like Jason Moran, Carl Hancock Rux, Camille Brown and marc Carey. With your support, Harlem Stage is influencing dance, music, film, and theater - presenting it to people around the corner and across the world.
Your generous support enables Harlem Stage to:
- Provide opportunity, commissioning and support for artists of color. 10-15 emerging and established artists are commissioned each season to create, develop and perform new work in music, theater, and dance.
- Make performances accessible to all audiences. Tickets range from FREE to $40. And we make a night out even more accessible by providing our members an additional discount of 20%.
- Connect audiences to artists and the artistic process. 5-10 conversations, panel discussions and workshops with the artists each season.
- Introduce children to the rich diversity, excitement and inspiration of the performing arts. Serving 10,000+ Harlem and New York City children each year through our educational programs and partnerships with public schools throughout the City.
- Provide a home for artists and presenting organizations who have no stage of their own. Classical Theatre of Harlem, Columbia/Harlem Jazz Project, Black Documentary Collective, Jazz Mobile, Ballet Hispanico, Forces of Nature Dance Co., Harlem School of the Arts, and many more.
Our Supporters
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Harlem Stage deeply appreciates the many individuals and institutions that provide their generous support, making our programs possible. New York City Department of Cultural Affairs $100,000 and up $25,000 to $49,999 $15,000 to $24,999 $5,000 to $9,999 $1,000 to 4,999 $500 to $999 $100 to $499 Up to $99 Major institutional support provided, in part, by The Booth Ferris Foundation, The Ford Foundation, LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Emma A. Schaefer Charitable Trust, and by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, and the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation.
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Billie Allen Henderson
Membership
In keeping with our mission to make performances easily accessible to all, we have created My Harlem Stage, a membership program with a difference. We have eliminated the graduated fee and benefit structure common to most member programs! With just a single member fee you’ll receive a host of benefits designed to connect audiences with artists, starting with a 20% discount off our already reasonably priced tickets.
BECOME A myHarlemStage MEMBER TODAY!
Membership Benefits
Single Membership $50 ($35 Senior)
- 20% ticket discounts (max 2 tickets per performance)
- Elimination of ticketing fees when purchased through member services
- Invitations to rehearsals, annual gala/benefit, pre/post performance receptions, and other special events
- Discounts on space Harlem Stage rentals for your private events and/or meetings
- Newsletter subscription
- All of the above benefits PLUS
- 20% ticket discounts (max 4 tickets per performance)
Donate
Harlem Stage needs YOU!
We can only sustain our dance, music, theatre, educational and community programs through the help of YOU, our individual and institutional supporters.
There are many ways to make a contribution to Harlem Stage. Click here to make a tax-deductible donation using our secure online service.
For more information, please call the development office at 212.281.9240 x26 or email us.
Corporate Giving
Harlem Stage offers our Corporate Sponsors special opportunities to make an investment in the arts in Harlem. We will work directly with you, tailoring our offering to meet your marketing goals.
In addition to being a great place to experience music, dance, theater and film, Harlem Stage is contributing to our community’s economic development. Our burgeoning neighborhood is a great place to work, live and visit. We are proactive in Harlem’s growth and prosperity and our new membership program, My Harlem Stage, provides a vehicle to help make this happen. My Harlem Stage builds loyalty, generates new customers, and builds awareness for your brand in the Harlem community and across the city.
Put your brand on Harlem Stage and:
- Support artists of color and the continuation of Harlem’s great performing arts tradition.
- Help make performances at Harlem Stage accessible to all.
- Support Education on Harlem Stage and the 10,000 children we influence each year.
- Add your name and those of your employees to the My Harlem Stage membership roster. A great benefit to be enjoyed all year long!
- Share your support of Harlem Stage with your customers by gifting them a My Harlem Stage membership.
- Participate as a featured sponsor in a host of communication initiatives like our new website, e-communications, promotions and more.
- Introduce our tickets buyers to your brand and all it offers.
Other Ways to Give
There are many ways to make a contribution to Harlem Stage, from gifts of cash and securities, to bequests and charitable trusts. These gifts can provide the individual important reductions in current personal income taxes and estate taxes while maintaining ever increasing income from the donated assets involved.
Harlem Stage recommends that you discuss your gift plans with your legal and financial advisors. Our Development staff can work with you and your advisors to discuss the many ways your contribution to Harlem Stage can benefit a great cultural institution and provide tax savings for you.
Special Events
Watch our website for announcements of upcoming special benefit events.
Recent Benefit Events include:
June 10, 2009
Benefit Celebration Honoring Bill T. Jones
View images from this event on our Flickr page.
April 16, 2009
E-Moves 10th Anniversary Celebration
January 13, 2009
Harlem Stage Gatehouse Dinner
