Support UBW
SUPPORT UBW
Support UBW
SUPPORT UBW
URBAN BUSH WOMEN
CELEBRATE OUR LEGACY. FUND OUR FUTURE.
For more than 38+ years, Urban Bush Women’s mission has been to create exceptional, provocative art, develop future leaders, and engage communities in our homebase of Brooklyn, across the country, and around the world in art-making as a way of effecting social change.
This important work is only possible due to our donors! As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and in this unprecedented year, tickets and other earned revenue account for only 10 percent of UBW’s budget. The rest is covered by contributions from generous donors like you.
It will take all of us. Every audience member. Every SLI alum. Everyone who has danced with UBW as a member of The Company or as a participant in a BOLD workshop. Every person who has been inspired by the work UBW creates year after year. Everyone who has a personal philosophy, career or view of the world shaped by UBW. You can make a difference!
HOMECOMING FUND
UBW ANNUAL FUND
HOMECOMING FUND
UBW ANNUAL FUND
UBW ANNUAL FUND
Show your support for UBW by donating to strengthen our signature programs:
WHY NOW?
WHY NOW?
WHY NOW?
WHY NOW?
WHY NOW?
This is a truly unique moment for UBW, the dance community, and our country, and it is our responsibility to build on this moment to increase support of UBW organizational capacity.
UBW's work on stages and in communities has gained the organization significant national awards and recognition. Most recently, Urban Bush Women was honored to be one of only 20 organizations designated by the Ford Foundation as one of “America’s Cultural Treasures.” In June 2021, it became public that UBW was a recipient of another transformational gift, this one from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
Simultaneously, we are starting to see the impact of many efforts, including the UBW Choreographic Center Initiative, on the dance community as it has experienced increased engagement (presenting, funding and residencies) with women(+) of color choreographers.
Finally, we are seeing more people and institutions seeking ways to leverage the arts and social justice for real change during our current political climate. UBW has spent more than 35 years developing the tools in communities and on the stage to meet these needs in the dance community and in our country.
Our supporters seek to nurture the art that nurtures them. Please join us as we seize the opportunity to leverage this moment to build UBW organizational capacity.
WAYS TO GIVE
WAYS TO GIVE
WAYS TO GIVE
WAYS TO GIVE
WAYS TO GIVE
Make a Gift
Make a one-time gift to UBW: a gift of any amount can make a difference to UBW and the artists, audiences, communities and future leaders we serve!
For example…
$100
$250
$500
$1,000 would cover costumes for UBW’s newest work, HAINT BLU
Make a Monthly Gift
Make a Monthly Gift: You can maximize your gift to UBW by committing to a monthly donation. Your gift of $10, $15, $20 or more every month will provide much needed consistent support to UBW. Use the DONATE button or text GIVE to 347-767-4408 to make a recurring gift (monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually).
Make a Major Gift
Make a Major Gift: To create transformational work, UBW will need transformational gifts. Please consider a gift or pledge of $2,500. Your gift can be made in monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual installments.
For example…
$2,500
$5,000
$10,000 would cover all artist fees for our Virtual Summer Leadership Institute (SLI)
Make a Legacy Fund Gift
UBW Legacy Fund: Income from the endowed UBW Legacy Fund will support the most pressing needs of UBW for generations. The UBW Legacy Fund will provide major donors and planned giving donors the opportunity to provide true sustainability for UBW. If you would like more information about making a Legacy Fund Gift, please contact Brooke Rucker at (718) 398-4537 or brucker@urbanbushwomen.org.
Special Thanks to All Our Funders
Our Funders
Special Thanks to All Our Funders
Our Funders
Special Thanks to Our Funders
Government
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA)
New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
Foundations
Anonymous
The New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellowships
New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project (NEFA NDP)
Solidaire Network - Black Liberation Pooled Fund
The O'Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation
The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD)
William Talbott Hillman Foundation
National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund
The Urban Bush Women Creative Catalyst Circle (CCC)
The UBW Creative Catalyst Circle invites the partnership of individual donors who believe in the vision and mission of UBW and who wish to bring this vision to the stage through their philanthropic gifts.
Alfred & Patricia Zollar
Anonymous
Tracey & Phillip Riese
