Grants

Category Arts & Culture

Grants Made in 2023 $53,058

Continuo Arts Foundation

Amount
$8,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

SeniorsSing! Music & Wellness Program

Friends of Summit Public Art

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

Art installation, educational programming and outreach initiatives

NJ Intergenerational Orchestra

Amount
$3,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

Family Holiday Concert at LCJ Summit Middle School, free to public

NJ Jazz Society

Amount
$2,750
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

Support for nine Sunday performances of JerseyJazzLIVE!

Playhouse Association Inc. (Summit Playhouse)

Amount
$5,058
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

Facility renovations and improvements

Reeves-Reed Arboretum

Amount
$5,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

Summer concert series

Summit Chorale

Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

9-11 Memorial Sing-In

Visual Arts Center of New Jersey

Amount
$13,250
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

Art programs in partnership with local nonprofits

Vivid Stage

Amount
$4,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2023

NJ premiere production of Kodachrome

Grants Made in 2022 $55,800

Continuo Arts Foundation

Amount
$11,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2022

Seniors Sing! and children’s choir scholarships

New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra

Amount
$3,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2022

Spring concert held at LCJSMS

Playhouse Association

Amount
$3,800
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2022

Repair and paint building exterior

Summit Public Schools

Amount
$33,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2022

Upgrade SHS auditorium’s sound system

Vivid Stage (fka Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre)

Amount
$5,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2022

World premiere of “Soft Animals” by NJ playwright Erin Mallon

Grants Made in 2021 $44,500

Continuo Arts Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2021

Seniors Sing artistic fees and filtration units

Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre

Amount
$4,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2021

Staged multilingual version of Our Town

Hilltopper Stage Productions

Amount
$5,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2021

SHS musical Newsies

HTTV Inc. (Hometowne Television)

Amount
$7,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2021

Produce “Summit Showcase” featuring creative indivuduals

Playhouse Association Incorporated (The Summit Playhouse)

Amount
$8,500
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2021

Computerized lighting controller and sound unit

Visual Arts Center of NJ

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2021

Arts-based programs for seniors, ELL children, and PEP-program students.

Grants Made in 2020 $32,500

ARTS By The People

Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2020

Summit Creative Writing Workshop

Friends of Summit Public Art

Amount
$8,500
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2020

General operating support

Summit Chorale

Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2020

Virtual music education and community singing opportunities

Visual Arts Center of NJ

Amount
$20,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2020

General operating support

Grants Made in 2019 $31,850

Arts by the People

Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2019

Creative writing workshop

Continuo Arts Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2019

Seniors Sing

Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre

Amount
$5,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2019

Production of “Ways to Be Happy”

NJ Jazz Society

Amount
$2,850
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2019

Traveling jazz history program

Summit Symphony

Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2019

Young artist competition

Visual Arts Center of NJ

Amount
$10,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2019

Visual arts enrichment programs for seniors, children, and ESL children

Grants Made in 2018 $22,200

Beth Hatikvah & Fountain Baptist

Amount
$2,500
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2018

Storytelling initiative

Discovery Orchestra

Amount
$4,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2018

Interactive concerts

Hometowne TV

Amount
$6,500
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2018

Produce talent show

NJ Dance Theatre Ensemble

Amount
$3,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2018

Dance performances at Reeves-Reed arboretum

Summit Free Public Library

Amount
$6,200
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2018

Mini-courses on art, literature for adults

Grants Made in 2017 $43,150

Arts by the People

Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2017

Poetry, prose and short-story writing workshop, drawing inspiration from nature, and run in cooperation with Reeves-Reed Arboretum

Continuo Arts Foundation

Amount
$8,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2017

Support Seniors Sing! a free program for seniors, as well as fifteen scholarship to the Children’s Choir of New Jersey for underserved students whose families are unable to afford musical opportunities for their children

Discovery Orchestra

Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2017

Three concerts, four recitals, two classes, and several lectures, all aimed at enhancing people’s understanding of music.

NJ Dance Theatre Ensemble

Amount
$3,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2017

Three site-specific dance performances to be held in conjunction with Reeves-Reed Arboretum.

SPARC

Amount
$6,150
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2017

Replacing stage lighting used for elementary school theater programs

Summit Symphony

Amount
$2,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2017

Young artist competition concert

Visual Arts Center of NJ

Amount
$20,000
Category
, Arts & Culture
Year
2017

Visual arts enrichment programs, regardless of participants’ income level, ability to pay, age, or other limitations, in cooperation with other local agencies

Total: $283,058