American Girl's Fund for Children Awards Grants to 33 Dane County Organizations
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| Theatre Lila, and its strong education and outreach programming, is among the area arts organizations supported by the Fund for Children. |
Nearly $500,000 Designated for Arts and Environmental Programs for Area Children
American Girl’s Fund for Children is pleased to announce $499,150 in grant awards to support children’s programming in Dane County. The following 33 organizations will receive funding for their arts, cultural, and environmental programs:
- Overture Center for the Arts
- Aldo Leopold Nature Center
- American Players Theatre
- Arts and Literacy Institute
- Bayview Foundation Community Center
- Boys and Girls Club of Dane County
- Bridge Lake Point Waunona Neighborhood Center
- Centro Hispano
- Children’s Theater of Madison (CTM)
- Community GroundWorks at Troy Gardens
- Community Unity Arts
- Dane Arts Mural Arts, Inc. (DAMA)
- DeForest Area Public Library
- East Madison Community Center (EMCC)
- Friends of UW Odyssey Project
- Goodman Community Center
- Lake View Elementary School
- Li Chiao-Ping Dance
- Lussier Community Education Center
- Madison Reading Project
- Madison Symphony Orchestra
- Madison Youth Choirs
- Melharmony Foundation
- Opera for the Young
- Performing Ourselves
- PlayTime Productions
- Simpson Street Free Press
- TAPIT/New Works, Inc.
- The Road Home
- Theatre LILA
- Verona Area Community Theater
- VSA Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra
2017 Grant Recipients
27 Dane County Organizations Receive A Fund for Children Grants
American Girl’s Fund for Children is pleased to announce more than $324,245 in grants to support children’s programming in Dane County in 2017. The following organizations received funding for their arts, cultural, and environmental programs:
- Overture Center for the Arts
- Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra
- VSA Wisconsin
- Verona Area Community Theater
- Vera Court Neighborhoood Center
- Theresa Terrace Neighborhood Center
- Theatre Lila
- The Road Home
- TAPIT/New Works, Inc.
- Simpson Street Free Press
- PlayTime Productions
- Performing Ourselves
- Opera for the Young
- Madison Youth Choirs
- Madison Reading Project
- Madison School Community Recreation
- Lussier Community Education Center
- Goodman Community Center
- Girls Rock Camp Madison
- East Madison Community Center
- Dane Arts
- Children's Theater of Madison
- Community Groundworks
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County
- Bayview Foundation/Community Center
- American Players Theatre
- Wisconsin Book Festival
2016 Grant Recipients
25 Dane County Organizations Receive A Fund for Children Grants
American Girl’s Fund for Children is pleased to announce more than $355,000 in grants to support children’s programming in Dane County in 2016. The following 25 organizations received funding for their arts, cultural, and environmental programs:
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| Kids at The Road Home celebrate their arts activity using charcoal to draw a self portrait on canvas. |
- Overture Center for the Arts
- Aldo Leopold Nature Center
- Allis Elementary School
- American Players Theatre
- Community GroundWorks at Troy Gardens
- Children’s Theater of Madison (CTM)
- DeForest Area Public Library
- East Madison Community Center (EMCC)
- Friends of UW Odyssey Project
- Friends of the Waisman Center
- Greater Madison Jazz Consortium
- Lussier Community Education Center
- Madison Symphony Orchestra
- Madison Youth Choirs
- Melharmony Foundation
- Opera for the Young
- PlayTime Productions Children’s Theatre
- Simpson Street Free Press
- TAPIT/New Works, Inc.
- The Road Home
- Theatre LILA
- Vera Court Neighborhood Center, Inc.
- VSA Wisconsin
- Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Wisconsin Book Festival