Foundation for Stage Managers Announces Spring Fundraising Campaign
The Foundation for Stage Managers (FSM), formerly known as the Stage Managers’ Association Foundation, is pleased to announce its Spring 2025 Fundraising Campaign.
Starting Valentine’s Day, February 14, and running through March 14, FSM is seeking donations representing a love of Stage Managers, to fund grants to be awarded by the Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public nonprofit established in 2022. The Foundation supports and promotes the craft and the art of stage management by providing funds for continuing career education and development, for public events that enhance stage management skills, for advocacy, as well as for assisting in the creation of scholarships for early stage management training.
To find out more, or to make a tax-deductible contribution, visit: https://www.StageManagersFoundation.com/DONATE
The website can accommodate donations up to $1000. For larger contributions, contact Board President Elynmarie Kazle using the information below.
Applications for the Spring 2025 cycle of FSM grants will be accepted March 1 through 31, 2025. Awards will be announced on April 30, 2025.
Since 2022, FSM has awarded fourteen grants. Here’s a partial list of what they support:
- An individual Stage Manager to attend intimacy training.
- Compensation for a Stage Manager position that had been a volunteer slot.
- Training and promoting theatrical experience for SMs of color in a local theater company.
- A theater program to provide paid on-the-job training for beginning/early career SMs.●A webinar series increasing Stage Manager knowledge of technical specialties which interact with job activities.
To learn about submitting an application for a grant, visit:
https://www.stagemanagersfoundation.com/guidlines
For further information, contact:
Elynmarie Kazle, President
Foundation for Stage Managers
PO Box 2225, Times Square Station
New York, NY 10108-2225
(330) 618-1501
[email protected]
https://www.stagemanagersfoundation.com
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