Funders / National Performance Network

NPN has received generous support from and is extremely grateful to the following foundations and public agencies who make our work possible.

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
The National Performance Network is honored to announce that it has received a core support grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Support for National Organizations Initiative. In November 2007, DDCF awarded core support grants totaling $5 million to eight national organizations. In addition to NPN, our colleagues who also received this prestigious support include: Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Chamber Music America, Creative Capital Foundation, Dance/USA, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, Nonprofit Finance Fund and the Theatre Communications Group.

The mission of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation is to improve the quality of people’s lives through grants supporting the performing arts, environmental conservation, medical research and the prevention of child maltreatment, and through preservation of the cultural and environmental legacy of Doris Duke’s properties.

We are very grateful to the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for this valuable funding opportunity which was designed to support national arts organizations who play a critical role in the dance, jazz, presenting and/or theatre fields.

The Ford Foundation

Robert Sterling Clark Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

The Nathan Cummings Foundation

MetLife Foundation
MetLife Foundation was established by MetLife to continue the company’s long tradition of corporate contributions and community involvement. The Foundation supports programs that improve education, promote health, encourage parental involvement and family engagement, help revitalize neighborhoods and stress accessibility and inclusion. Recognizing the vital role the arts play in building communities and educating young people, the Foundation contributes to arts and cultural organizations across the United States, with an emphasis on increasing opportunities for young people, reaching broad audiences through inclusive programming, and making arts more accessible for all people. For more information about the Foundation, please visit its Web site at www.metlife.org.

Joan Mitchell Foundation

Southwest Airlines. Official Airline of National Performance Network.

Louisiana Division of the Arts
The Louisiana Division of the Arts in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council is the catalyst for participation, education, development and promotion of excellence in the arts. It is the responsibility of the Division to support established arts institutions, nurture both emerging arts organizations and our overall cultural economy, assist individual artists, encourage the expansion of audiences and stimulate public participation in the arts in Louisiana.